The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 5Samuel Hazard W.F. Geddes, 1828 |
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... estimate of cast iron pipes 204 367 E Eagle , large taken in Conneaut township Easton , town of discribed 271 Grain , inspected at Philada . Grand Jury , presentments , 80 136 , 196 , 254 349 Economy establishment , expenditures of ...
... estimate of cast iron pipes 204 367 E Eagle , large taken in Conneaut township Easton , town of discribed 271 Grain , inspected at Philada . Grand Jury , presentments , 80 136 , 196 , 254 349 Economy establishment , expenditures of ...
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... estimated expense of do . ib . wheat and rye flour inspected members of Assembly pay rent of the room in which they meet 112 number of churches in 1793 ib . city appropriations ib . 113 report on re - numbering houses 390 rights of ...
... estimated expense of do . ib . wheat and rye flour inspected members of Assembly pay rent of the room in which they meet 112 number of churches in 1793 ib . city appropriations ib . 113 report on re - numbering houses 390 rights of ...
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... estimation of south- ern statesmen , congress not only had the power of pro- tecting the staple products of one state , to a greater de- gree than those of another ; but , that considerations of sound policy authorised its exercise ...
... estimation of south- ern statesmen , congress not only had the power of pro- tecting the staple products of one state , to a greater de- gree than those of another ; but , that considerations of sound policy authorised its exercise ...
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... estimate for one mile and ten chains of Rail and Horse paths , and 7000 dolls . for the addi- tional Engine . The second route , viz : that from George's Gate is also longer than the Belmont line hy 38 chains , and would exceed it in ...
... estimate for one mile and ten chains of Rail and Horse paths , and 7000 dolls . for the addi- tional Engine . The second route , viz : that from George's Gate is also longer than the Belmont line hy 38 chains , and would exceed it in ...
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... estimates , that the expense of construction will be nearly in the same ra- tio . We might indeed make the length of ... estimated as follows : 1. From the foot of the inclined plane to the point of crossing the river . Excavations , viz ...
... estimates , that the expense of construction will be nearly in the same ra- tio . We might indeed make the length of ... estimated as follows : 1. From the foot of the inclined plane to the point of crossing the river . Excavations , viz ...
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Página 148 - 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.
Página 283 - 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 entrusted Congress, exclusively, with the power of creating and regulating a currency of that description...
Página 281 - Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank as being precluded in my judgment by repeated recognitions under varied circumstances of the validity of such an institution in acts of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government, accompanied by indications, in different modes, of a concurrence of the general will of the nation...
Página 277 - 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.
Página 161 - I have tried your patience with this long story. The country lieth bounded on the East by the River and Bay of Delaware and Eastern Sea. It hath the advantage of many creeks, or rivers rather, that run into the main river or bay, some navigable for great ships, some for small craft. Those of most eminency are Christina, Brandywine, Skilpot, and Sculkil, any one of which has room to lay up the...
Página 164 - ... having given some proofs of their manhood, by a good return of skins, they may marry; else it is a shame to think of a wife.
Página 178 - ... to love the Christians, and particularly live in peace with me, and the people under my government: that many governors had been in the river, but that no governor had come himself to live and stay here before; and having now such an one that had treated them well, they should never do him or his any wrong.' At every sentence of which they shouted, and said, Amen, in their way.
Página 177 - I must needs commend their respect to authority, and kind behaviour to the English; they do not degenerate from the old friendship between both kingdoms. As they are people proper, and strong of body, so they have fine children, and almost every house full; rare to find one of them without three or four boys, and as many girls; some six, seven, and eight sons: and I must do them that right, I see few young men more sober and laborious.
Página 145 - ... as to authorize manifest injustice by positive law; or to take away that security for personal liberty, or private property, for the protection whereof the government was established. An act of the legislature (for I cannot call it a law) contrary to the great first principles of the social compact, cannot be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority.
Página 74 - Upon a review of the cases which are reported, this court is of opinion that a letter written within a reasonable time before or after the date of a bill of exchange, describing it in terms not to be mistaken, and promising to accept it, is, if shown to the person who afterwards takes the bill on the credit of the letter, a virtual acceptance binding the person who makes the promise.