United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 6904U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... secure the payment . Will such a receipt be held as a bar against the individual Indian ? Is there not such a sense of injustice growing from the facts of this case as will compel the payment of the whole award ? The Indians depend more ...
... secure the payment . Will such a receipt be held as a bar against the individual Indian ? Is there not such a sense of injustice growing from the facts of this case as will compel the payment of the whole award ? The Indians depend more ...
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... secure , are so great that only the ambitious and daring are prompted to undertake to master it . I will not use words to characterize a system such as that prevailing in our service , where incompetence and indifference have added to ...
... secure , are so great that only the ambitious and daring are prompted to undertake to master it . I will not use words to characterize a system such as that prevailing in our service , where incompetence and indifference have added to ...
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... secure this particular property it must hereafter be content to occupy premises insignificant and incon- venient in location and entirely out of keeping with the consular offices provided by its chief commercial rivals for the trade of ...
... secure this particular property it must hereafter be content to occupy premises insignificant and incon- venient in location and entirely out of keeping with the consular offices provided by its chief commercial rivals for the trade of ...
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... secure a room and bath was $ 3 , making it utterly impossible to get meals for the remaining $ 2 per day , and he added : " I was obliged to pay from 35 cents to $ 1.60 each day for meals alone in 14 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR ...
... secure a room and bath was $ 3 , making it utterly impossible to get meals for the remaining $ 2 per day , and he added : " I was obliged to pay from 35 cents to $ 1.60 each day for meals alone in 14 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR ...
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... secure for the purpose of a site for a monument , either by private negotiations or under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania , an acre or more of ground at Stony Batter , near Mercersburg , Pa . , the birthplace of my uncle , James ...
... secure for the purpose of a site for a monument , either by private negotiations or under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania , an acre or more of ground at Stony Batter , near Mercersburg , Pa . , the birthplace of my uncle , James ...
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Page 30 - That if any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Page 8 - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 12 - Education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 7 - States, and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 5 - Commission is hereby authorized to require annual reports from all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act, and from the owners of all railroads engaged in interstate commerce as defined in this Act, to prescribe the manner in which such reports shall be made, and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission may need information.
Page 7 - That a Council of National Defense is hereby established for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.
Page 6 - That unless otherwise specially authorized by law, no money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be available for payment to any person receiving more than one salary when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds the sum of $2,000 per annum...
Page 15 - To exercise by its board of directors, or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin and bullion; by loaning money on personal security...