The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... duty which requires the President from time to time to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union , and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient , is fittingly entered upon ...
... duty which requires the President from time to time to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union , and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient , is fittingly entered upon ...
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... duty amounted to $ 444 , 544 , 211 , a decrease from the preceding year of $ 13,455,447 . Internal - rev- enue receipts exceeded those of the preceding year by $ 7,147,445.32 . The total tax collected on distilled spirits was ...
... duty amounted to $ 444 , 544 , 211 , a decrease from the preceding year of $ 13,455,447 . Internal - rev- enue receipts exceeded those of the preceding year by $ 7,147,445.32 . The total tax collected on distilled spirits was ...
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... duty required of it has been in the Department of Texas , where violations of the neutrality laws of the United States and Mexico were promptly and efficiently dealt with by the troops , eliciting the warm approval of the civil and ...
... duty required of it has been in the Department of Texas , where violations of the neutrality laws of the United States and Mexico were promptly and efficiently dealt with by the troops , eliciting the warm approval of the civil and ...
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... duty to rectify these wrongs should not be accused of enmity or indifference to the claims of honest veterans . The sum expended on account of pensions for the year ending June 30 , 1893 , was $ 156,740,467 . 14 . The Commissioner ...
... duty to rectify these wrongs should not be accused of enmity or indifference to the claims of honest veterans . The sum expended on account of pensions for the year ending June 30 , 1893 , was $ 156,740,467 . 14 . The Commissioner ...
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... duty of caring for their wards , is of the utmost importance . The law providing that , except in especial cases , Army officers shall be detailed as Indian agents , it is hoped will prove a successful experiment . There is danger of ...
... duty of caring for their wards , is of the utmost importance . The law providing that , except in especial cases , Army officers shall be detailed as Indian agents , it is hoped will prove a successful experiment . There is danger of ...
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Page 541 - It shall not be lawful for any person appointed after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, as an officer, clerk or employee in any of the departments, to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting any claim against the United States, which was pending in either of said departments while he was such officer, clerk, or employee...
Page 43 - Government for the control and management of public affairs and the protection of the public peace is hereby established, to exist until terms of union with the United States of America have been negotiated and agreed upon.
Page 1 - President from time to time to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Page 615 - That all persons who served ninety days or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the late war of the rebellion and who have been honorably discharged therefrom...
Page 715 - States during the late war of the rebellion and who have been honorably discharged therefrom, and who are now or who may hereafter be suffering from a mental or physical disability of a permanent character not the result of their own vicious habits, which incapacitates them from the performance of manual labor in such a degree as to render them unable to earn a support...
Page 10 - President be, and is hereby, requested to invite, from time to time, as fit occasions may arise, negotiations with any government with which the United States has or may have diplomatic relations, to the end that any differences or disputes arising between the two governments which can not be adjusted by diplomatic agency may be referred to arbitration and be peaceably adjusted by such means...
Page 682 - ... by authority of the Council speaking for such Indians, for a period not to exceed five years for grazing, or ten years for mining purposes in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the agent in charge of such reservation may recommend, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 383 - March 3, 1893, an act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and for other purposes...
Page 460 - PostmasterGeneral is hereby directed to cause to be placed to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States for the service of the Post-office Department, the net proceeds of the money-order business...
Page 421 - An Act to Provide for the Examination of Certain Officers of the Army, and to regulate Promotions Therein