The Four Acts of Despotism: Comprising I. The Tax Bill, with All the Amendments. II. The Finance Bill. III. The Conscription Act. IV. The Indemnity Bill. With Introductions and Comments

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Strana 105 - SEC. 98. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any stamp or die, or any part, of any stamp or die, which shall have been provided, made, or used in pursuance of this act, or shall forge,
Strana 1 - be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits •without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Strana 154 - Where the person or persons entitled to any beneficial interest in such property shall be a brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother, or a descendant of the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother of the person who died possessed of such property, for each and every $100 of the clear value of
Strana 123 - That, in addition to the duties imposed by the act entitled '' An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the public debt," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, on all brown, 'Muscovado, or clarified sugars, produced directly from the
Strana 123 - of America in Congress assembled, That section seventy-seven of an act entitled " An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the public debt" be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word " May," and inserting " August.
Strana 123 - to support the Government and [to] pay interest on the public debt," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be so amended that no instrument, document, or paper made, signed, or issued prior to the first day of January, eighteen. hundred and sixty-three, without being duly stamped, or having thereon an adhesive stamp to denote
Strana 137 - the court shall, for reasonable cause, grant a continuance to either party for such time and as often as shall appear to be just: Provided, That if the prisoner be in close confinement, the trial shall not be delayed for a period longer than sixty days. SEC. 30. And be it further
Strana 154 - a brother or sister of the father or mother, or a descendant of a brother or sister of the father or mother of the person who died possessed of such property, for each and every $100 of the clear value of
Strana 142 - Treasury be and he is hereby authorized to borrow, from time to time, on the credit of the United States, a sum not exceeding three hundred millions of dollars for the current fiscal year, and six hundred millions for the next fiscal year, and to issue therefor
Strana 54 - as aforesaid, then, and in that case, it shall 'be the duty of the officer to make such list, which, being distinctly read, consented to, and signed, by the person so owning, possessing, or having the care and management as aforesaid, shall be received as the list of such person. SKC. 9. And be

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