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Page iv
... . Lewistown , improvements at 336 three Indians murdered at taxables in Liens , act respecting 273 Liverpool and Manchester railway , report on fixed and locomotive engines 36 79 30 208 Logan , James , biographical sketch of IV INDEX .
... . Lewistown , improvements at 336 three Indians murdered at taxables in Liens , act respecting 273 Liverpool and Manchester railway , report on fixed and locomotive engines 36 79 30 208 Logan , James , biographical sketch of IV INDEX .
Page vi
... railway 252 decision respecting erection of wooden meetings and memorials on termina- buildings in 214 tion of rail road 63,69,70 old state - house clock for St. Augus- tine church 72,87 old reservoir leased to Tucker 72 report ...
... railway 252 decision respecting erection of wooden meetings and memorials on termina- buildings in 214 tion of rail road 63,69,70 old state - house clock for St. Augus- tine church 72,87 old reservoir leased to Tucker 72 report ...
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... Railway , is one sur- bridge at Fair Mount is not feasible without a vast de- veyed by Maj . Douglass under the orders of the Board struction of public and private interest , then the Rail- of the 11th and 21st August last , and ...
... Railway , is one sur- bridge at Fair Mount is not feasible without a vast de- veyed by Maj . Douglass under the orders of the Board struction of public and private interest , then the Rail- of the 11th and 21st August last , and ...
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... railways can be readily taken to accom- modate the flourishing districts of Spring Garden , the Northern Liberties and Kensington - it can also be ta- ken to any part of our city plat , and by conducting a line through the centre of ...
... railways can be readily taken to accom- modate the flourishing districts of Spring Garden , the Northern Liberties and Kensington - it can also be ta- ken to any part of our city plat , and by conducting a line through the centre of ...
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... Railway crossing at Peters ' Island and terminating at the intersection of Vine and Broad streets , with a branch railway to accommodate the eastern front of the Schuyl kill as best calculated to promite the interests of the city and ...
... Railway crossing at Peters ' Island and terminating at the intersection of Vine and Broad streets , with a branch railway to accommodate the eastern front of the Schuyl kill as best calculated to promite the interests of the city and ...
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Page 150 - And generally shall minister justice to all persons, and exercise the jurisdictions and powers hereby granted concerning all and singular the premises according to law, as fully and amply, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as the justices of the court of King's Bench, common pleas and exchequer at Westminster, or any of them, may or can do.
Page 251 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears." But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock.
Page 284 - That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases, which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the Legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. The intention of the Legislature is to be collected from the words they employ.
Page 253 - But for the interests of the community at large, as well as for the purposes of the Treasury, it is essential that the nation should possess a currency of equal value, credit, and use, wherever it may circulate. The Constitution has intrusted Congress exclusively with the power of creating and regulating a currency of that description...
Page 62 - That the Cherokee nation may be led to a greater degree of civilization, and to become herdsmen and cultivators, instead of remaining in a state of hunters, the United States will from time to time furnish gratuitously the said nation with useful implements of husbandry...
Page 245 - ... is apt to lead one, a principle of malevolence to particulars ; for the law, by the term malice...
Page 156 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Page 247 - The offence of burglary at common law is defined to be ' a breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another in the night, with intent to commit some felony within the same, whether such felonious intent be executed or not.
Page 246 - And malice is implied by law from any deliberate cruel act committed by one person against another, however sudden...
Page 241 - That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the Hon. JOHN C. CALHOUN, be communicated to the family of the deceased by the Clerk.