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... present mayor , and P. Coughlin , an ex - mayor , of the city of Bridgeport , Conn . , and of Dr. F. B. Downs , of said city of Bridgeport , filed with your committee , show that the said boy Richard , when about 8 years of age , had an ...
... present mayor , and P. Coughlin , an ex - mayor , of the city of Bridgeport , Conn . , and of Dr. F. B. Downs , of said city of Bridgeport , filed with your committee , show that the said boy Richard , when about 8 years of age , had an ...
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... present time the population is over 2,000,000 . While the population is estimated at 2,000,000 , this does not cover the people who live outside of the city , but do business therein , coming and going daily , the number of whom , as ...
... present time the population is over 2,000,000 . While the population is estimated at 2,000,000 , this does not cover the people who live outside of the city , but do business therein , coming and going daily , the number of whom , as ...
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The present office is almost constantly in a congested condition owing to the inadequate space and facilities in which to handle the vast vol- ume of mail matter there treated . Lack of proper space is a constant menace to good service ...
The present office is almost constantly in a congested condition owing to the inadequate space and facilities in which to handle the vast vol- ume of mail matter there treated . Lack of proper space is a constant menace to good service ...
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... present at the capture of the town of Nor- folk , at the battle of White Plains , in the retreat of General Washington through New Jersey , at the battle of Trenton , and at the surrender of Cornwallis ; he was also a prisoner of war ...
... present at the capture of the town of Nor- folk , at the battle of White Plains , in the retreat of General Washington through New Jersey , at the battle of Trenton , and at the surrender of Cornwallis ; he was also a prisoner of war ...
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... present disabilities . " His left arm was splintered and a bone in his left foot broken . He was crushed at the hips , and bowels and spine injured . He was pensioned by the Department at $ 12.50 per month , which was increased to $ 30 ...
... present disabilities . " His left arm was splintered and a bone in his left foot broken . He was crushed at the hips , and bowels and spine injured . He was pensioned by the Department at $ 12.50 per month , which was increased to $ 30 ...
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$12 per month 2d Session accompany H. R. act of June affidavit alleged amended amount appropriation April Army August beneficiary bill H. R. bill is recommended building Captain certificate of medical claimant commissioners Committee on Invalid Committee on Pensions Court of Claims Department diarrhea disability discharge District of Columbia dollars duty February FEBRUARY 13 Fifty-sixth Congress filed following REPORT Government granting an increase gunshot wound hereto appended honor hospital House of Representatives HOUSE REPORT increase of pension Infantry injury Invalid Pensions January JANUARY 29 January 30 July June 27 land manual labor March medical examination military mustered November October officers paid passage Pension Bureau Porto Rico printed private in Company records referred the bill regiment rejected respectfully rheumatism Secretary Secretary of War September service origin soldier submitted the following testimony Treasury United United States Army United States Senate Volunteers War Department Washington widow
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Page 48 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect of which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States either in a court of law, equity or admiralty if the United States were suable...
Page 44 - That no suit against the Government of the United States shall be allowed under this paragraph unless the same shall have been brought within six years after the right accrued for which the claim is made: Provided, That the 'claims of married women.
Page 11 - STATE. — The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Fob.
Page 45 - It shall be the duty of the district attorney upon whom service of petition is made as aforesaid to appear and defend the interests of the government in the suit, and within sixty days after the service of petition upon him, unless the time should be extended by order of the court made...
Page 4 - Soldiers nnd may be admitted thereto upon the order of a member of the board of managers, namely, all honorably discharged officers, soldiers, and sailors who served In the Regular or Volunteer forces of the United States in any war In which the country has been engaged, including the Spanish-American War.
Page 45 - That it shall be the duty of the court to cause a written opinion to be filed in the cause, setting forth the specific findings by the court of the facts therein and the conclusions of the court upon all questions of law involved in the case, and to render judgment thereon.
Page 44 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 147 - That the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated...
Page 24 - That reports of the Court of Claims to Congress under this act, if not finally acted upon during the session at which they are reported, shall be continued from session to session and from Congress to Congress until the same shall be finally acted upon.
Page 6 - That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the -sui)««iu«nt uie of. Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe...