Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties, Band 9R. Farnham, 1866 |
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... contractor is referred by an act of Congress to the Comptroller of the Treasury for an adjustment of the damages which he alleges have been occasioned by the abrogation of the con- tract , the Postmaster General has a right to be heard ...
... contractor is referred by an act of Congress to the Comptroller of the Treasury for an adjustment of the damages which he alleges have been occasioned by the abrogation of the con- tract , the Postmaster General has a right to be heard ...
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... contractor has no right to carry the mail , and the Postmaster General has no lawful authority to permit letters or packages to be transported by him from one post office to another . 5. Such a contract does not bind the Postmaster ...
... contractor has no right to carry the mail , and the Postmaster General has no lawful authority to permit letters or packages to be transported by him from one post office to another . 5. Such a contract does not bind the Postmaster ...
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... contractors carried the mails under this contract or incurred any expense in pre- paring to do so . But it is not material whether they did or not , since they were distinctly warned that the Govern ment would not be liable until the ...
... contractors carried the mails under this contract or incurred any expense in pre- paring to do so . But it is not material whether they did or not , since they were distinctly warned that the Govern ment would not be liable until the ...
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... contractors must take it with all its imperfections on its head , and subject to all the conditions expressed in it . One of its terms is , that until Congress should approve it the contractors could not be called on for any service ...
... contractors must take it with all its imperfections on its head , and subject to all the conditions expressed in it . One of its terms is , that until Congress should approve it the contractors could not be called on for any service ...
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... contractors were to exercise no rights as such , and to claim no payment until Congress would make an appropriation . The Postmaster General claimed nothing for the Gov- ernment beyond what he bargained for . He warned the contractors ...
... contractors were to exercise no rights as such , and to claim no payment until Congress would make an appropriation . The Postmaster General claimed nothing for the Gov- ernment beyond what he bargained for . He warned the contractors ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 524 - This certainly means nothing more than the power to commence and carry on hostilities against the foreign enemies of the nation. Another clause in the same section gives Congress the power " to provide for calling forth the militia," and to use them within the limits of the State.
Seite 538 - Cases may be found in which it is held, that, where the computation is to be made from an act done, the day on which the act is done is to be included.
Seite 190 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void...
Seite 254 - An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point upon the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary near Fulton in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi River...
Seite 124 - No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever...
Seite 66 - And in the case of any machine, he shall fully explain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle or character, by which it may be distinguished from other inventions...
Seite 69 - ... is defective and insufficient, he shall notify the applicant thereof, giving him briefly such information and references as may be useful in judging of the propriety of renewing his application, or of altering his specification to embrace only that part of the invention or discovery which is new. In every such case...
Seite 190 - ... unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Seite 67 - The applicant shall also make oath or affirmation that he does verily believe that he is the original and first inventor or discoverer of the art, machine, composition, or improvement, for which he solicits a patent, and that he does not know or believe that the same was ever before known or used ; and also of what country he is a citizen ; which oath or affirmation may be made before any person authorized by law to administer oaths.
Seite 547 - ... hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duty of the examining Judge or Magistrate to certify the same to the proper executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugitive. The expense of such apprehension and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by the Party who makes the requisition and receives the fugitive.