Official Congressional Directory, Volume 65, Issue 3, Part 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919

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Page 313 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with Agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate and distribute among the people, new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 316 - ... for a shorter than for a longer haul, over the same line, in the same direction...
Page 89 - Oreg., until 1906, when he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in...
Page 317 - ... (c) To establish maximum proportional rates by rail to and from the ports to which the traffic is brought, or from which it is taken by the water carrier, and to determine to what traffic and in connection with what vessels and upon what terms and conditions such rates shall apply.
Page 397 - it extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the State.
Page 321 - To permit, or, on the affirmative vote of at least five members of the Reserve Board to require Federal reserve banks to rediscount the discounted paper of other Federal reserve banks at rates of interest to be fixed by the Federal Reserve Board.
Page 321 - From time to time to classify corporations and to make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Page 314 - Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices; three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives...
Page 313 - Labor, who is directed to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation -to capital; the hours of labor; the earnings of laboring men and women; and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 330 - Committee (1) to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution...

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