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1828. National Committee. Nov: 14: Friday

    The following communication was received from the Principal Chief, objecting to the amendment passed the present session, to the law of 1824, on the subject of hiring without permits: which was read.
    To the President of the Committee.

Sir,

    The amendment to the Resolution of 13th Nov: 1824 on the subject of employing citizens of the United States without permits, so as to fix the penalty at fifty dollars, without discretion to the judgement of the court, is herewith returned.
    I am compelled by a sense of justice dequity to believe that the court should be vested with a diteriminating? power to decide according to the