The Current Encyclopedia: A Monthly Record of Human Progress, Volume 2Modern Research Society, 1902 |
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Page 821
... He arose and pro- ceeded to give his views . His voice is strong and his method of expression force- ful . He said : " In coming here this morning it was with no intention to make any remarks . My at- titude. ARBITRATION BOARD . 821.
... He arose and pro- ceeded to give his views . His voice is strong and his method of expression force- ful . He said : " In coming here this morning it was with no intention to make any remarks . My at- titude. ARBITRATION BOARD . 821.
Page 826
... force numbers about 900 men , including officers . The headquarters of the force are at Manáos , detachments being sent to the various municipalities as required . The appointment and promotion of officers in the militia rests with the ...
... force numbers about 900 men , including officers . The headquarters of the force are at Manáos , detachments being sent to the various municipalities as required . The appointment and promotion of officers in the militia rests with the ...
Page 830
... force , to consist of 4,000 national sailors , 1,500 sailor apprentices , 700 enlisted men , and 450 men of the marine corps . In time of war the number of men will be doubled . Besides the regular officers there are to be 180 cadet ...
... force , to consist of 4,000 national sailors , 1,500 sailor apprentices , 700 enlisted men , and 450 men of the marine corps . In time of war the number of men will be doubled . Besides the regular officers there are to be 180 cadet ...
Page 837
... when a stream flows through several States or when the water is in one State and the use of it in another . In such cases - and they occur frequently - there is no court J. D. RICHARDSON . 1 Leader of the Democratic forces. CONGRESS . 837.
... when a stream flows through several States or when the water is in one State and the use of it in another . In such cases - and they occur frequently - there is no court J. D. RICHARDSON . 1 Leader of the Democratic forces. CONGRESS . 837.
Page 838
A Monthly Record of Human Progress. J. D. RICHARDSON . 1 Leader of the Democratic forces in the House . having jurisdiction . To meet the situation Mr. Stewart offers his amendment . THE NATIONAL NAVAL RESERVE . - At the instance of ...
A Monthly Record of Human Progress. J. D. RICHARDSON . 1 Leader of the Democratic forces in the House . having jurisdiction . To meet the situation Mr. Stewart offers his amendment . THE NATIONAL NAVAL RESERVE . - At the instance of ...
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Page 1093 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Page 1119 - Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a ^particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Page 868 - It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from Government the privilege of doing business under corporate form, which frees them from individual responsibility, and enables them to call into their enterprises the capital of the public, they shall do so upon absolutely truthful representations as to the value of the property in which the capital is to be invested.
Page 1253 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Page 972 - ... 5. To enable such students as may find Washington the best point for their special studies to enjoy the advantages of the museums, libraries, laboratories, observatory, meteorological, piscicultural, and forestry schools, and kindred institutions of the several departments of the Government. 6. To ensure the prompt publication and distribution of the results of scientific investigation, a field considered highly important.
Page 1094 - A person shall be deemed to have given a preference if, being insolvent, he has, within four months before the filing of the petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such...
Page 1007 - Then ye returned to your trinkets; then ye contented your souls With the flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals. Given to strong delusion, wholly believing a lie, Ye saw that the land lay fenceless, and ye let the months go by Waiting some easy wonder, hoping some saving sign Idle - openly idle - in the lee of the forespent Line.
Page 1017 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 842 - That there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands the rates of duty which are required to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign countries...
Page 842 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise shall be imported, under penalty of forfeiture thereof, from one port of the United States to another port of the United States...