nem con

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It was finally agreed, nem. con., to make the clause read— "But a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each PERSON."

From Abraham Lincoln by Putnam, George Haven

Mr. Gouverneur Morris having so varied his motion by inserting the word "direct," it passed, nem. con., as follows: "provided always that direct taxation ought to be proportioned to representation."

From The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

It was so agreed; he moved them, they were agreed to nem. con. and a committee of correspondence appointed, of whom Peyton Randolph, the speaker, was chairman.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

The Committee agreed nem. con. to the grant of a seaside holiday, and the Shalotten Shammos with a gratified feeling of importance waived his twopence halfpenny.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

To the important post of "watch-dog of the Treasury," he was, nem. con., the successor to the lamented Holman.

From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)