Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of a General, Permanent and Public Nature in Force on the First Day of January, 1916, Volume 1Edward Thompson Company, 1916 |
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... give it operation.17 Provisions of general law contained in an appropriation act , such as allowances of private claims , regulations of salaries by addition or diminution , etc. , take effect immediately upon the approval of the act by ...
... give it operation.17 Provisions of general law contained in an appropriation act , such as allowances of private claims , regulations of salaries by addition or diminution , etc. , take effect immediately upon the approval of the act by ...
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... give effect to the clear policy and intention of the legislature that such a liberty can be taken with the plain words of a statute , " as to construe the word may to mean must . Mr. Justice Story , speaking for the court in a case ...
... give effect to the clear policy and intention of the legislature that such a liberty can be taken with the plain words of a statute , " as to construe the word may to mean must . Mr. Justice Story , speaking for the court in a case ...
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... give a judgment against the United States at least for interest in case it should be found that payments on the contracts held by the claimants had been unreasonably delayed . But if Congress had desired to grant such authority , it ...
... give a judgment against the United States at least for interest in case it should be found that payments on the contracts held by the claimants had been unreasonably delayed . But if Congress had desired to grant such authority , it ...
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... give effect to those words virtually destroy the meaning of the entire context , that is , give them a significance which would be clearly repugnant to the statute looked at as a whole and destructive of its obvious intent . " 85 ...
... give effect to those words virtually destroy the meaning of the entire context , that is , give them a significance which would be clearly repugnant to the statute looked at as a whole and destructive of its obvious intent . " 85 ...
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... . ed . ) 1041 , where the court suggested the insertion or omission of a comma in order to give full effect to the words of adopting a reading which will make the entire provision harmonious STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION 71.
... . ed . ) 1041 , where the court suggested the insertion or omission of a comma in order to give full effect to the words of adopting a reading which will make the entire provision harmonious STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION 71.
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Page 210 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 507 - 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 223 - First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Page 210 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same...
Page 220 - Act have been violated by such party, then the Secretary of Agriculture shall at once certify the facts to the proper United States district attorney, with a copy of the results of the analysis or the examination of such article duly authenticated by the analyst or officer making such examination, under the oath of such officer.
Page 224 - Act, or is otherwise dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or is of a kind forbidden entry into, or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the country in which it is made or from which it is exported...
Page 224 - That upon the payment of the costs of such libel proceedings and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the effect that such articles shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this Act or the laws of...
Page 560 - Acts of bankruptcy by a person shall consist of his having (1) conveyed, transferred, concealed or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of his property with intent to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors, or any of them...
Page 65 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Page 512 - ... with such jurisdiction at law and in equity as will enable them to exercise original jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings...