The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers, Militia, and to Bounty Lands and Pensions, from the Foundation of the Government to the Year 1863. To which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States (with an Index Thereto,) and a Synopsis of the Military Legislation of Congress During the Revolutionary War

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1400 Feb 20 Chap 9 An act to suspend in part an act entitled An
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1777 June
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May 3 Chap 52 An act additional to and amendatory of an act entitled
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1803 Feb 28 Chap 13 An act in addition to an act entitled An act fixing
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Chap 32 An act directing a detachment from the militia
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Chap 32 An act authorizing a detachment from the militia
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1808 March 3 Chap 39 An act authorizing a detachment from the militia
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Chap 58 An act concerning invalid pensioners
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1809 June 28 Chap 12 An act to suspend for a limited time the recruiting
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March 28 Chap 46 An act to establish a quartermasters department
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1812 April 29 Chap 72 An act making further provision for the corps
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1777 June
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Chap 133 An act respecting the pay of the army of the United
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1813 March 3 Res 2 Resolution requesting the President of the United
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Chap 50 An act supplementary to the act entitled An
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Chap 82 An act in addition to the act entitled An act
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March 3 Chap 79 An act fixing the military peace establishment
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1817 March 3 Chap 45 An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public
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1818 March 18 Chap 19 An act to provide for certain persons engaged
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April 20 Chap 88 An act in addition to the Act for the punishment
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1820 May 1 Chap 52 An act in addition to the several acts for the establish
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1821 March 2 Chap 13 An act to reduce and fix the military peace establish
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the prompt settlement of public accounts and for the punishment
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1825 March 3 Chap 93 An act to authorize the sale of unserviceable ordnance
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1929 March 2 Chap 28 An act making provision for the payment of pen
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1834 June 30 Chap 133 An act to increase and regulate the pay of the sur
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Página 31 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Página 36 - Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Página 28 - State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. 3. 'The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State...
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Página 30 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Página 24 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Página 212 - ... in the service of any foreign prince or State, or of any colony, district, or people...
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Página 36 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Página 383 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States ; and...

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