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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... prior tariff act , for example , there is a presumption of some force that Congress intended that they should have the same signification when used in a subsequent act in relation to the same subject - matter . The same observation ...
... prior tariff act , for example , there is a presumption of some force that Congress intended that they should have the same signification when used in a subsequent act in relation to the same subject - matter . The same observation ...
Page 87
... prior use and prior decisions , and committed to doubt and controversy ? There is a pre- sumption against it . " The court then laid down the rule stated in the text and proceeded as follows : " This rule we lately applied in Bardes v ...
... prior use and prior decisions , and committed to doubt and controversy ? There is a pre- sumption against it . " The court then laid down the rule stated in the text and proceeded as follows : " This rule we lately applied in Bardes v ...
Page 90
... prior legislation , Mr. Justice Clifford said : " Where a section or clause of a statute is ambiguous , much aid , it is admitted , may be derived in ascertaining its meaning by comparing the section or clause in question with prior ...
... prior legislation , Mr. Justice Clifford said : " Where a section or clause of a statute is ambiguous , much aid , it is admitted , may be derived in ascertaining its meaning by comparing the section or clause in question with prior ...
Page 91
... prior acts were still authorized . " These people have , since the date of the first law enacted to restrict their immigra- tion , demanded jury trials , " said Judge Hanford , " and now if , by the new law , this government has , in ...
... prior acts were still authorized . " These people have , since the date of the first law enacted to restrict their immigra- tion , demanded jury trials , " said Judge Hanford , " and now if , by the new law , this government has , in ...
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... prior revenue laws in the construction of a particular act . 75. See § 99 . 76. Rankin v . Hoyt , 4 How . 332 , 11 U. S. ( L. ed . ) 999 , citing Taylor v . U. S. , 3 How . 210 , 11 U. S. ( L. ed . ) 565. See also U. S. t . Breed , 1 ...
... prior revenue laws in the construction of a particular act . 75. See § 99 . 76. Rankin v . Hoyt , 4 How . 332 , 11 U. S. ( L. ed . ) 999 , citing Taylor v . U. S. , 3 How . 210 , 11 U. S. ( L. ed . ) 565. See also U. S. t . Breed , 1 ...
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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...