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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 46

Chap. XLVI.—An Act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana.
1845, ch. 36. Lafayette a port of delivery.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana, shall be a port of delivery, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions as other ports of delivery of the United States, except as is hereinafter provided; that a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at said port;Surveyor to be appointed. Ships and vessels to make report and entry at New Orleans before unlading at Lafayette. that all ships and vessels bound to said port shall first make report and entry at the port of New Orleans, within the time limited by law, and shall be permitted to unlade their cargoes at the said city of Lafayette, adjoining the city of New Orleans, under the rules and regulations prescribed by law, and such further regulations as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Vessels departing from Lafayette to clear at the custom-house at New Orleans. Goods, &c. entitled to drawback.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all vessels about to depart from the said port of Lafayette, for foreign ports and places, shall be permitted, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to clear out with their cargoes at the custom-house in the city of New Orleans, and depart as from the port of New Orleans; and ​goods or merchandise imported into the United States, and exported from said port of Lafayette, under the regulations aforesaid, shall be entitled to the benefit of drawback of the duties, upon exportation to any foreign port or place, under the same provisions, regulations, restrictions, and limitations, as if the said goods, wares, and merchandise had been exported directly from New Orleans.
Approved, June 12, 1844.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 47

Chap. XLVII.—An Act relating to the unlading of foreign merchandise on the right bank of the river Mississippi, opposite New Orleans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Salt from foreign ports may be unladen on the right bank of the Mississippi, opposite New Orleans. That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, to permit salt imported from foreign places to be unladen on the right bank of the river Mississippi opposite the city of New Orleans, at any point on said right bank between the upper and lower corporate limits of the municipalities of said city.
Approved, June 12, 1844.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 50

Chap. L.—An Act granting a section of land for the improvement of Grant river at the town of Potosi, in Wisconsin Territory.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,One section of land granted to be divided into lots and disposed of. That there be, and hereby is, granted to the Territory of Wisconsin, section number thirty-four, in township number three north, in range number three west, of the fourth principal meridian in the said Territory, for the purpose of improving Grant river, known as the Grant Slue, at the town of Potosi, in the said Territory, and for no other use or purpose whatever: and the said land shall be surveyed, and divided into lots, and shall be sold and disposed of in such manner, and under such regulations and restrictions, as the Legislature of the said Territory shall establish: Provided,Proviso. That in disposing of the same, pre-emption rights shall be granted to actual settlers and occupants residing on said lots, at the time of the passage of this act, according to the provisions and restrictions in the next section provided.
Commissioners to be appointed to value occupied lots, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Surveyor General of Wisconsin and Iowa, shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, whose duty it shall be to view and examine all the lots which are actually occupied and improved, and assess the true value of said lots, without taking into the estimation, any of the improvements on the same; and the occupants of said lots, by paying, within one year from the passage ​of this act, the assessed value as aforesaid of their respective lots, shall be entitled to the right of pre-emption as aforesaid; and upon the failure of any, or all said occupants to do so, the said lot or lots to the extend of such failure, shall be sold as other lots in said town:Proviso. Provided, That the said occupants may at any time before said lots are sold, pay the assessed value and thereby save their right of pre-emption aforesaid:Further proviso. And provided further, That the said commissioners aforesaid shall, before they enter upon their duties as such, be sworn faithfully to discharge their duties according to the provisions of this act; and they shall receive a compensation for their services to be prescribed by the Legislature of said Territory:Proviso. Provided, that the whole compensation to said commissioners shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars.
Approved, June 15, 1844.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 39

Chap. XXXIX.—An Act relating to bonds to be given by custom-house officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Custom-house officers to give requisite bond before entering upon their duties. That all custom-house officers who now are, or hereafter may be, required by law to give bond with surety for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office, shall give such bond, with surety, according to the requirements of law, before they shall be qualified to enter upon the performance of said duties.
Approved, June 4, 1844.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 49

Chap. XLIX.—An Act for repairing the roof of the court-house in Alexandria.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation for covering the roof of the court house with tin. That the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for covering the roof of the United States court-house in Alexandria, District of Columbia, with tin; and that the same shall be expended, or so much of it as may be necessary, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public buildings, who is authorized to contract for the same.
The zinc at present on it to be disposed of.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner of the Public Buildings is hereby authorized and instructed to dispose of the zing with which the court-house in Alexandria is at present covered; and to use the proceeds in part payment of the new covering.
Approved, June 15, 1844.
# United States v. Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
99 U.S. 491
United States v. Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company
This was an action brought by the United States against the defendant in the court below to recover fire per cent of its net earnings.
The facts of the case were admitted by the parties, and, amongst others, the following:--
'5. That if the amount paid by the company as hereinbefore stated for interest on its first-mortgage bonds during said time should, under the law, be deducted from the receipts of the company in order to ascertain the net earnings thereof, then there were no net earnings during said time; but if, on the other hand, the said payments of interest should not be deducted from the earnings of the road to ascertain the net earnings, then the net earnings of the road during said period amounted to the sum of four hundred and seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine 50/100 dollars ($407,799.50).'
It thus appears that, although the company made net earnings to the amount of $407,799.50, during the period covered by the time in respect of which the suit was brought, yet that they were all absorbed by the interest accruing on the first-mortgage bonds. According to the principles laid down in our decision, Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States (supra, p. 402), the government cannot claim the five per cent which would otherwise be applicable to its subsidy.
Judgment affirmed.
MR. JUSTICE STRONG and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissented.

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# United States v. Sisal Sales Corporation

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United States Supreme Court
274 U.S. 268
United States v. Sisal Sales Corporation
Argued: March 9, 1927. --- Decided: May 16, 1927
The Attorney General and Mr. William J. Donovan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.
Mr. W. W. Aldrich, of New York City, for appellees Sisal Sales Corporation and others.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 268-270 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Harold R. Medina, of New York City, for appellees Hanson & Orth and others.
[Argument of Counsel from page 270 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States v. Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians

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United States Supreme Court
208 U.S. 561
United States v. Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians
Argued: January 27, 28, 1908. --- Decided: February 24, 1908
Messrs. William H. Robeson, Marion Butler, J. M. Vale, Charles A. Maxwell, and George S.C.hase for the Indians.
Mr. George M. Anderson and Assistant Attorney General Thompson for the United States.
Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court:

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# United States v. Sisson

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    Black

## Dissenting Opinion

    White
United States Supreme Court
399 U.S. 267
UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. John Heffron SISSON, Jr.
Argued: Jan. 20 and 21, 1970. --- Decided: June 29, 1970
[Syllabus from pages 267-269 intentionally omitted]
Sol. Gen. Erwin N. Griswold, for appellant.
John G. S. Flym, Boston, Mass., for appellee.
Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

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* Mr. Justice BLACK joins only Part II C of this opinion. Mr. Justice BRENNAN, Mr. Justice STEWART, and Mr. Justice MARSHALL join the entire opinion.
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# United States v. Sischo

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United States Supreme Court
262 U.S. 165
United States v. Sischo
Argued: April 23, 1923. --- Decided: May 7, 1923
The Attorney General and Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, of New York City, for the United States.
Mr. John M. Woolsey, of New York City, for respondent.
Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 64

Chap. ⅬⅩⅣ.—An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act to provide an additional Armament for the further protection of the trade of the United States, and for other purposes.”
Sec. 2. Rates of the ships of war to be procured or accepted. Ante, p. 552. And be it further enacted, That the vessels authorized by the act, intituled “An act to provide an additional armament for the further protection of the trade of the United States, and for other purposes,” and those which shall be authorized by this act, shall be procured and accepted according to the following rates, as nearly as may be; that is to say—six of them not exceeding eighteen guns each, and twelve of them not less than twenty, or exceeding twenty-four guns each, and six not less than thirty-two guns each; and the guns for each vessel, to be of such caliber and weight of metal, as the President of the United States shall approve; any thing in the said former act, to the contrary hereof, notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. The President may accept of vessels given to the use of the U. States. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may, at his discretion, accept of any vessel armed and equipped, or suitable to be armed, of a model, size and force proper for the public service, which any state, body politic or corporate, citizen or citizens of the United States, shall voluntarily offer and give, for the use of the United States, to increase the naval armament.
Sec. 4. The President may regulate the rank, pay, &c. of officers, and number of men to be employed, &c. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to determine and direct, according to the rate of each vessel which shall be furnished or accepted in pursuance of this act, the rank, pay, and subsistence of the commissioned and warrant officers, who shall be appointed thereto; and the number of men to be engaged, and the pay to be allowed them, not exceeding the proportionable grades and allowances which are or shall be authorized by law, for the navy of the United States. And all officers of the said navy, according to their respective ranks, shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by the act, intituled 1794, ch. 12.“An act to provide a naval armament.”
Sec. 5. The President may vary the quotas of seames, landsmen, &c. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may, at his discretion, increase or vary the quotas of seamen, landsmen and marines, to be employed on board the frigates, and may permit a proportion of boys for them, and the other vessels of the navy of the United States, according to the exigencies of the public service.
Approved, June 30, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 67

Chap. ⅬⅩⅦ.—An Act to declare the treaties heretofore concluded with France, no longer obligatory on the United States.
Ante, p. 561, 565, 578.Whereas the treaties concluded between the United States and France have been repeatedly violated on the part of the French government; and the just claims of the United States for reparation of the injuries so committed have been refused, and their attempts to negotiate an amicable adjustment of all complaints between the two nations, have been repelled with indignity: And whereas, under authority of the French government, there is yet pursued against the United States, a system of predatory violence, infracting the said treaties, and hostile to the rights of a free and independent nation:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the treaties, and of the consular convention, heretofore concluded between the United States and France; and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the government or citizens of the United States.
Approved, July 7, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 69

Chap. ⅬⅩⅨ.—An Act limiting the time, within which claims against the United States, for credits on the books of the Treasury, may be presented for allowance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all credits on the books of the treasury of the United States, for transactions during the late war, which, according to the course of the treasury, have hitherto been discharged by issuing certificates of registered debt, shall be forever barred and precluded from settlement or allowance, unless claimed by the proper creditors, or their legal representatives on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to cause this act to be published in one or more of the public papers of each state.
Approved, July 9, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 65

Chap. ⅬⅩⅤ.—An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States.
Section 1. 30,000 stands of arms to be provided, and sold to the state governments, and Act of April 23, 1808, ch. 55.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places; for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe.
Sec. 2. those remaining unsold may be delivered to the militia, when called into service. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause all or any part of the arms herein directed to be provided and deposited for sale, which shall, at any time, remain unsold, to be delivered to the militia, when called into the service of the United States, proper receipts and security being given for the return of the same.
Sec. 3. Amount of sales to be paid into the Treasury. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and the amount received shall be annually reported to Congress.
Sec. 4. Appropriation. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a ​sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 6, 1798.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 73

Chap. ⅬⅩⅩⅢ.—An Act establishing an annual salary for the Surveyor of the port of Gloucester.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to the surveyor of the port of Gloucester, in the state of Massachusetts, the yearly salary of two hundred and fifty dollars; to commence from the last day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.
Approved, July 14, 1798.
# United States v. Barker (25 U.S. 559)

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United States Supreme Court
25 U.S. 559
United States v. Barker
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Court below by the United States, against the personal representative of A. Barker, deceased, the endorser of several bills of exchange, drawn in the year 1814, by J. Barker, in New-York, on different houses of trade in England. Among the bills, two were protested for non-acceptance, and two for non-acceptance and non-payment. It appeared in evidence at the trial, that the agent of the United States Treasury, in New-York, where the bills were drawn, and where the drawer and endorsers resided, received a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, dated Washington, December 7th, 1814, requesting him to notify the drawer and endorsers of the non-acceptance of the first set of bills, and that notice was accordingly given to them on the 12th of December. It was further proved, that the mail which left Washington on the 8th of the same month, arrived at New-York at 35 minutes past 10 o'clock, A. M. on the 10th. It was also proved, that the said agent received a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, dated at Washington, May 8th, 1815, directing him to give notice of the non-payment of the second set of bills of exchange to the drawer and endorsers, and that they were notified on the 12th of the same month. It was further proved, that the mail which left Washington, containing letters of the 8th of May, reached New-York early in the morning of the 11th. But no notice of the non-acceptance of this second set of bills was proved.
The learned judges in the Court below instructed the jury, that the holders of the bill had not used due diligence. The letter of the 7th of December, 1814, must be considered as having been written on that day, and ought to have been put into the post office to come by the mail of the 8th, and, if so, it would have reached New-York on the morning of the 10th. That the letter of the 8th of May, 1815, should have been put into the post office to come by the mail of the 9th, and would have reached New-York the morning of the 11th. The earliest notice alleged was on the 12th of May and December, respectively; and it seemed clear, either that the letters were not put into the post office at Washington in due time, or that the agent in New-York was guilty of negligence in giving notice to the parties, in either of which cases they were discharged.
A verdict and judgment was rendered upon this instruction in the Court below, on which the cause was brought, by writ of error, to this Court. Feb. 16th.
The cause was submitted without argument, by the Attorney General, for the United States, and by Mr. Webster for the defendant.
Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court:

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# United States v. Barker (25 U.S. 559)/Opinion of the Court

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That whatever doubts might be entertained as to the charge of the Court below relating to the transactions in England, (which it has not been though necessary to state,) in respect to the protest and transmission of the bills, we think there is none as to what took place after their arrival at the treasury of the United States. The question was, whether notice of the dishonour of the bills was transmitted to the party within the time prescribed by the general law in respect to bills of exchange. The Court were of opinion, that there was negligence either at Washington or New-York, as to giving such notice; and that the notice actually given was too late to fix him with the responsibility. The letter from the treasury department giving the notice, was either not sent in due course of mail to New-York, or there was negligence at New-York in not giving notice there as early as it should have been given, after the letter arrived at that city. Whether, therefore, the Judge erred or not, as to the first part of his charge, in respect to the transmission of the bills from England in a reasonable time, there was no doubt that the United States had no right to recover on account of the neglect in giving due notice after the return of the bills.
Upon this ground, the judgment of the Circuit Court was affirmed.

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