The New Standard American Business Guide: A Complete Compendium of how to Do Business by the Latest and Safest Methods ...Leslie-Judge Company, 1911 - 480 pages |
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... agreed , the sender can compel it to pay for all loss resulting . There is ordinarily no contract between the company and the one to whom the message is sent and it is therefore not respon- sible for any loss he may suffer . The ...
... agreed , the sender can compel it to pay for all loss resulting . There is ordinarily no contract between the company and the one to whom the message is sent and it is therefore not respon- sible for any loss he may suffer . The ...
Page 112
... agreed upon at the time . Such bargains are called time bargains , and this practice is gambling in every sense of the word . Wall Street , in New York City , is the principal scene of stock jobbing in the United States . The New York ...
... agreed upon at the time . Such bargains are called time bargains , and this practice is gambling in every sense of the word . Wall Street , in New York City , is the principal scene of stock jobbing in the United States . The New York ...
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... agreed that all loss or damage to property occasioned by fire , water leakage . vermin ratage , breakage , frost , accidental or providential causes , riot or insurrection or to perishable property is at owners risk Loose fish , loose ...
... agreed that all loss or damage to property occasioned by fire , water leakage . vermin ratage , breakage , frost , accidental or providential causes , riot or insurrection or to perishable property is at owners risk Loose fish , loose ...
Page 125
... agreed , that the said party of the second part may modify the before - mentioned specification , in any particular , without impair- ing its validity , or the validity of this contract in other respects ; -provided that the sum to be ...
... agreed , that the said party of the second part may modify the before - mentioned specification , in any particular , without impair- ing its validity , or the validity of this contract in other respects ; -provided that the sum to be ...
Page 127
... agreed to enter the service of the said James Freeman as a clerk ( or Journeyman ) and promises faith- fully , honestly and diligently to give and devote to him his time and labor as aforesaid , for the space of three years , from the ...
... agreed to enter the service of the said James Freeman as a clerk ( or Journeyman ) and promises faith- fully , honestly and diligently to give and devote to him his time and labor as aforesaid , for the space of three years , from the ...
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Page 96 - Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert Flint as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Page 76 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 136 - A qualified indorsement constitutes the indorser a mere assignor of the title to the instrument. It may be made by adding to the indorser's signature the words " without recourse ", or any words of similar import.
Page 249 - That it shall be the duty of said commissioners : FIRST. To aid the President, as he may request, in preparing suitable rules for carrying this act into effect, and when said rules shall have been promulgated it shall be. the duty of all officers of the United States in the departments and offices to which any such rules may relate to aid, in all proper ways, in carrying said rules, and any modifications thereof, into effect.
Page 76 - Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 192 - ... suffered or permitted, while insolvent, any creditor to obtain a preference through legal proceedings, and not having at least five days before a sale or final disposition of any property affected by such preference vacated or discharged such preference...
Page 291 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States...
Page 433 - Senate to the offices therein named, and such as are eligible to the office of President under the Constitution, and not under impeachment by the House of Representatives of the United States at the time the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon them respectively.
Page 18 - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3 ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5 FRUGALITY Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing.
Page 173 - In witness whereof, the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, one of which being accomplished, the other two to stand void.