Pensions and Other Benefits for Veterans and Their Dependents of Service in and After the Spanish War ...: Hearings ... on H.R. 707, 714, 754, 2407, 2867, 2998, 3708, 4069, 4210, 4684, 4945, 5055, 5056, 5058, 5246, H.J.Res. 65, 94, 110, 115, 124, 151, 183, 190, 249, 281 ... April 21 and 22, 1955

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Page 716 - July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled, "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes...
Page 528 - All public laws granting medical or hospital treatment, domiciliary care, compensation and other allowances, pensions, disability allowance, or retirement pay to veterans and the dependents of veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection, and...
Page 555 - An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the town of. Mills, Wyoming, a sewerage system located in such town", approved September 25, 1950,3 is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: "Provided...
Page 672 - I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to appear before you this morning.
Page 705 - Instance or in the court of a convenient justice of the peace, according to the nature of the action and the proper and usual jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance or the justice of the peace. The legislative council shall prescribe a simple procedure for the district courts and require a written record of its proceedings. (I) To enact laws for the abolition of slavery and the suppression of all slave hunting and slave trade. (m) To regulate by statute the use, registration, and licensing of...
Page 715 - I, , solemnly swear (or affirm) that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United States of America in the Philippine Islands and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; that I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily without mental reservation or purpose of evasion. So help me God.
Page 530 - That all persons who served ninety days or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, or the China relief expedition, and...
Page 519 - Other eligible veteran means any other veteran who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized.
Page 563 - Whereas the insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the United States is now at an end, and peace has been established in all parts of the archipelago, except in the country inhabited by the Moro tribes...
Page 700 - He shall attest all the official acts of the governor of the province, and shall record all of the governor's acts which are required by law to be recorded; he shall' be the custodian of the provincial seal; he shall receive from the...

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