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3Vuiraised under any other authority than the act of con- 'gress had delegated. ^0I5th. As to the validity of the commissions of thefatofficers they had not arrived at a conclusion. At pre- I sent they were divided, nor had they time to giveto the question that degree of consideration and research which its novelty and importance demanded, grThey did not deem it material in the particular cases ' that bar, which were before them on tho summary pro-Icess of habeas corpus. The question whether theofTienlistment was legal and binding on the parties was ; bovery distinct from the question whether the officers , hewere constitutionally commissioned. The enlistment was a contract with the United States, not with thethparticular officer under whose command a party hadplaced himself.6th. The court were of opinion that no one undertwenty-one years of age* enlisting without the consentiof his parent or guardian, could be he held by his en-thlt;anofiniIlistment in the corps.I 47th. But as to those of full age, who had enlisted,Ibeing competent in law to make such a contract, and having made a contract with the United States, they | must be held to abide by it.Glt;It was therefore ordered, that those who had beencoCiGij proved to be under age, and to have enlisted without consent, should be discharged; and otherwise us tothe adults.Another Presentation.—Lieut. Alfred W. Ad- ; su a me, of Company K, will be presented this eveningveat the Pemberton House, with a splendid sword, sash, holt and a pair of beautiful revolvers. These *elt;
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Jan 27, 1847
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