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The 1871 State of the Union address was delivered by the 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant to the 42nd United States Congress on December 4, 1871.President Grant highlighted the nation's prosperity and emphasized the enforcement of federal laws.
Evolution of the District's internal boundaries. The passage of the Residence Act in 1790 created a new federal district that would become the capital of the United States. . Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the capital territory already included two large settlements at its creation: the port of Georgetown, Maryland and the town of Alexandria, Virgin
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April 2 – Jacob M. Howard, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1862 to 1871 (born 1805) April 23 – James Monroe Whitfield, African American barber, poet and abolitionist (born 1822) May 11 – Thomas Buchanan Read, poet and portrait painter (born 1822) July 9 – John Slidell, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1853 to 1861 (born 1793)
Collector v. Day, 78 U.S. (11 Wall.) 113 (1871), was a United States Supreme Court case that questioned the United States Federal government's ability to impose a tax upon the "salary of a judicial officer of the State."
The 1871 Constitution of the German Empire did not change the legal form of the parliament as it had been laid down for the Reichstag of the North German Confederation in its 1867 constitution. [4] Members were elected by universal, equal and secret manhood suffrage, with the voting age set at 25. [5]
German constitution of 1871, chart. The Constitution of the German Empire (German: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871–1918, from 16 April 1871, coming into effect on 4 May 1871. [1] Some German historians refer to it as Bismarck's imperial constitution (German: Bismarcksche Reichsverfassung, BRV).
Treaty of Washington; Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Amicable Settlement of all Causes of Difference Between the Two Countries ("Alabama" Claims; Fisheries; Claims of Corporations, Companies or Private Individuals; Navigation of Rivers and Lakes; San Juan Water Boundary; and Rules Defining Duties of a Neutral Government during War).