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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said monument I authorize and direct my trustees to secure the ownership of and control of said site and monument to the State of Pennsylvania , to be preserved as a memorial of her distinguished citizen : In trust second : To secure ...
said monument I authorize and direct my trustees to secure the ownership of and control of said site and monument to the State of Pennsylvania , to be preserved as a memorial of her distinguished citizen : In trust second : To secure ...
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... secure necessary property rights , easements , and agreements by contract may acquire all such rights , either to use or damage any dam sites , lock sites , lands , or property of others necessary to the construction , mainte- nance ...
... secure necessary property rights , easements , and agreements by contract may acquire all such rights , either to use or damage any dam sites , lock sites , lands , or property of others necessary to the construction , mainte- nance ...
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... secure navigation , which the Government could 1.ot , or would not , furnish on account of the high cost , and the owners of the property could not develop the water power and promote navigation without the consent of the Govern- ment ...
... secure navigation , which the Government could 1.ot , or would not , furnish on account of the high cost , and the owners of the property could not develop the water power and promote navigation without the consent of the Govern- ment ...
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... secure renewals when the periods of their grants had expired without fault on their part . In reporting this bill to amend the general dam act we have tried faithfully to protect all the interests of the Government in every project for ...
... secure renewals when the periods of their grants had expired without fault on their part . In reporting this bill to amend the general dam act we have tried faithfully to protect all the interests of the Government in every project for ...
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... secure a bill that will promise development , which would be entirely prevented by adopting the other course . We have also provided against monopo- lies and combinations , and provided every precaution to protect not only the ...
... secure a bill that will promise development , which would be entirely prevented by adopting the other course . We have also provided against monopo- lies and combinations , and provided every precaution to protect not only the ...
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64TH CONGRESS accompany H. R. acres Amendment numbered amount appropriation approved assessment authorized bill H. R. bonds bridge by-pass California Débris Commission cent channel Chief of Engineers Clarke amendment Colusa Commerce Committee on Interstate Congress construction cost County court cubic Department district estimated expenses Farm Loan Board Feather River Federal Farm Loan Federal land bank feet flood control following REPORT Frederick County Government granted hereby House of Representatives hydraulic mining Indians insert interest Interior Interstate and Foreign Island levees Marysville ment miles navigation necessary officers Oregon park patent payment Philippine proposed Public Lands purchase purpose reclamation board recommendation referred the bill reserve Rittman Sacramento River Sacramento Valley San Joaquin San Joaquin Rivers Secretary Secretary of War secure Senate numbered Slough submitted the following thereof tion Union and ordered United United States Army Valley Washington Weir Yuba
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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...