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Page 31
In 1898 , of the exports from Hawaii the United States received 99.44 per cent
and of the total imports to Hawaii we contributed 75.97 per cent . In 1896 taxes
amounting to $ 706,541 were collected , the tax being $ 6.48 per capita .
In 1898 , of the exports from Hawaii the United States received 99.44 per cent
and of the total imports to Hawaii we contributed 75.97 per cent . In 1896 taxes
amounting to $ 706,541 were collected , the tax being $ 6.48 per capita .
Page 59
About ten per cent . of the island is under cultivation . The land is very fertile and
well adapted to the raising of extensive crops of maize , cocoa , tobacco , sugar ,
coffee and cotton , particularly for sugar raising which is the principal product .
About ten per cent . of the island is under cultivation . The land is very fertile and
well adapted to the raising of extensive crops of maize , cocoa , tobacco , sugar ,
coffee and cotton , particularly for sugar raising which is the principal product .
Page 109
... for each mile he shall travel in coming to or going from the place of
examination , the sum of five cents each way ; but nothing shall be paid for
travelling when the witness has been summoned at the place of trial . RULE
XXXVIII . PAPERS . 1.
... for each mile he shall travel in coming to or going from the place of
examination , the sum of five cents each way ; but nothing shall be paid for
travelling when the witness has been summoned at the place of trial . RULE
XXXVIII . PAPERS . 1.
Page 119
The changes in the national banking law are as follows : Under the old law the
circulation of a national bank was 90 per cent . of the face value of the bonds
deposited by such bank to secure the circulation . The new law allows the
circulation ...
The changes in the national banking law are as follows : Under the old law the
circulation of a national bank was 90 per cent . of the face value of the bonds
deposited by such bank to secure the circulation . The new law allows the
circulation ...
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bearing interests at from 2 1-2 per cent to 5 per cent . had to be deposited to
secure circulation , making it necessary for the banks to pay a premium of 12 to
20 per cent . for the bonds purchased for the purpose . Under the new law
provision is ...
bearing interests at from 2 1-2 per cent to 5 per cent . had to be deposited to
secure circulation , making it necessary for the banks to pay a premium of 12 to
20 per cent . for the bonds purchased for the purpose . Under the new law
provision is ...
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Page 158 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 158 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 151 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 154 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 156 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 152 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 158 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
Page 157 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 163 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 159 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
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| Title | The Congressional Manual |
| Editor | International Survey Company |
| Publisher | International survey Company, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 186 pages |
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