Speeches in Congress ; Legal arguments and speeches to the juryLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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Página 153
... ad valorem duty will disappoint their hopes of any consider- able amount of revenue . If I mistake not , under such a system it will be soon found that teas made up in Canton for the New York market will become wonderfully cheap . A ...
... ad valorem duty will disappoint their hopes of any consider- able amount of revenue . If I mistake not , under such a system it will be soon found that teas made up in Canton for the New York market will become wonderfully cheap . A ...
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... ad valorem , is an entirely new and untried principle in this govern- ment . I may say , too , in respect to the principal practical meas- ure of this bill , that its rates of imposition , and its distribution of duties upon the several ...
... ad valorem , is an entirely new and untried principle in this govern- ment . I may say , too , in respect to the principal practical meas- ure of this bill , that its rates of imposition , and its distribution of duties upon the several ...
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... ad valorem ; that is to say , to fifty cents . There is , then , fifty cents to be made on every gallon of brandy in the United States , if it can be carried out of the country now , and brought in on the 1st of December next . Such ...
... ad valorem ; that is to say , to fifty cents . There is , then , fifty cents to be made on every gallon of brandy in the United States , if it can be carried out of the country now , and brought in on the 1st of December next . Such ...
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... ad valorem duties . Secondly , to consider its effects on certain interests supposed to be protected by former and now existing laws . Thirdly , I propose to consider its effects upon the navigation . and commercial interests of the ...
... ad valorem duties . Secondly , to consider its effects on certain interests supposed to be protected by former and now existing laws . Thirdly , I propose to consider its effects upon the navigation . and commercial interests of the ...
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... ad valorem assessment ; not an equal assessment , it is true , but still a system of ad valorem duties , entirely . Now that has not been the practice of the government at any time since its organization . In every administration , from ...
... ad valorem assessment ; not an equal assessment , it is true , but still a system of ad valorem duties , entirely . Now that has not been the practice of the government at any time since its organization . In every administration , from ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Página 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Página 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Página 373 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 361 - ... without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Página 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Página 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.