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Page 529 - March 1, 1805. JAMES H. PECK, Judge of the United States District Court for the district of Missouri, acquitted: Monday, April 26. 1830, to Monday, January 31, 1831.
Page 554 - Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation.
Page 883 - Informal name used to designate a group of four affiliated international institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The...
Page 535 - Mall on a plateau 88 feet above the level of the Potomac River, commanding a westward view across the Capitol Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument 1.4 miles away and the Lincoln Memorial 2.2 miles away. The geographic location of the head of the Statue of Freedom that surmounts the Capitol dome is described by the National Geodetic Survey as latitude 38 degrees 53 minutes 23.31098 seconds north and longitude 77 degrees 00 minutes 32.
Page 535 - Congress had met in eight different towns and cities — Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York, Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton, and New York City — part of the time pursued by the enemy and after the war by disgruntled soldiers.
Page 875 - Economic and Social Council: The Economic and Social Council has 54 members elected for three-year terms by the General Assembly. The term of office for each member expires on December 31. International Court of Justice: Purpose: As the principal judicial organ of the UN, to decide in accordance with international law such disputes between states as are submitted to it. Membership: The Court has 15 members, elected by the General Assembly and Security Council...
Page 540 - ... the Congress authorized the erection of a fireproof office building for the use of the House Members as office and committee rooms. The first brick was laid July 5, 1905, in square no. 690, and formal exercises were held at the laying of the cornerstone on April 14, 1906, in which President Roosevelt participated. The building was completed and occupied January 10, 1908. A subsequent change in the basis of congressional representation made necessary the building of an additional story. The entire...
Page 539 - Page school; renovation, restoration, and modification of the interiors and exteriors of the Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings of the Library of Congress and provision of off-site book storage facilities for the Library...
Page 789 - to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page xxii - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat as principal organs.