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... Washington , Louisiana , to construct a bridge across Pearl River , between Pearl River County , Mississippi , and Washington Parish , Loui- siana . February 27 , 1917 .. Flood control , Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers . An Act To ...
... Washington , Louisiana , to construct a bridge across Pearl River , between Pearl River County , Mississippi , and Washington Parish , Loui- siana . February 27 , 1917 .. Flood control , Mississippi and Sacramento Rivers . An Act To ...
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... Washington , Davenport division . and Clinton , which shall constitute the Davenport division of said district ; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Davis , Appanoose , Mahaska , Keokuk , Jefferson ...
... Washington , Davenport division . and Clinton , which shall constitute the Davenport division of said district ; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Davis , Appanoose , Mahaska , Keokuk , Jefferson ...
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... Washington , D. C .. Central heating , etc. , plant . Proviso . additional buildings . Vol . 38 , p . 25 . South Boston , Virginia , post office : For commencement , $ 20,000 . Stamford , Texas , post office : For continuation ...
... Washington , D. C .. Central heating , etc. , plant . Proviso . additional buildings . Vol . 38 , p . 25 . South Boston , Virginia , post office : For commencement , $ 20,000 . Stamford , Texas , post office : For continuation ...
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... Washington , and the towns of Metaline and Metaline Falls , Pend Oreille County , Washington , their successors and assigns , be , and they are hereby , authorized , jointly or separately , to construct , maintain , and operate a bridge ...
... Washington , and the towns of Metaline and Metaline Falls , Pend Oreille County , Washington , their successors and assigns , be , and they are hereby , authorized , jointly or separately , to construct , maintain , and operate a bridge ...
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... Washington Circle and neighboring reservations ; one in Dupont Circle and neighboring res- ervations ; one in McPherson Park and Farragut Square ; one in Stanton Park and neighboring reservations ; two in Henry and Seaton Parks and ...
... Washington Circle and neighboring reservations ; one in Dupont Circle and neighboring res- ervations ; one in McPherson Park and Farragut Square ; one in Stanton Park and neighboring reservations ; two in Henry and Seaton Parks and ...
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Page 378 - ... shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page xxi - An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education ; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects ; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure,
Page 493 - If the precise amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is, at the time of the issue of the receipt, unknown to the warehouseman or to his agent who issues it, a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient. A warehouseman shall be liable to any person injured thereby, for all damage caused by the omission from a negotiable receipt of any of the terms herein required.
Page 474 - AN ACT To establish agricultural experiment stations In connection with the colleges established In the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto...
Page 544 - ... who for value and in good faith purchases such bill, whether such purchaser acquired title to the bill before or after the delivery of the goods by the carrier and notwithstanding delivery was made to the person entitled thereto.
Page 559 - States shall have jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm the final judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands in all actions, cases, causes, and proceedings now pending therein or hereafter determined thereby in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States is involved...
Page 549 - means the person named in the bill as the person from whom the goods have been received for shipment. " Goods " means merchandise or chattels in course of transportation or which have been or are about to be transported. " Holder " of a bill means a person who has both actual possession of such bill and a right of property therein. " Order " means an order by indorsement on the bill. " Person " includes a corporation or partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common interest. To "...
Page 548 - That where an order bill has been issued for goods no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transitu shall defeat the rights of any purchaser for value in good faith to whom such bill has been negotiated, whether such negotiation be prior or subsequent to the notification to the carrier who issued such bill of the seller's claim to a lien or right of stoppage in transitu. Nor shall the carrier be obliged to deliver or justified in delivering the goods to an unpaid seller unless such bill is first...
Page 550 - That in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf.
Page 603 - States, presidents of courts-martial and summary court officers shall have power to issue warrants to arrest accused persons and to bring them before the court for trial whenever such persons shall have disobeyed an order in writing from the convening authority to appear before such court, a copy of the charge or charges having been delivered to the accused with such order, and to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum and to enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and the production of...