Reports of the Department of the Interior, Volume 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919

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Page 181 - That permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation of archaeological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity upon the lands under their respective jurisdictions may be granted by the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and War to institutions which they may deem properly qualified to conduct such examination, excavation, or gathering...
Page 690 - Interior, to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning mining, and the preparation, treatment, and utilization of mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions, and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries...
Page xxv - An act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916, 39 Stat.
Page 341 - ... and in case of the death or remarriage of the widow, leaving a child or children of such officer or enlisted man under the age of sixteen years, such pension shall be paid such child or children until the age of sixteen...
Page 1024 - That licenses shall be issued within any reservation only after a finding by the commission that the license will not interfere or be inconsistent with the purpose for which such reservation was created or acquired, and shall be subject to and contain such conditions as the Secretary of the department under whose supervision such reservation falls shall deem necessary for the adequate protection and utilization of such reservation...
Page 443 - Interior, in his discretion and under his direction, with the advice and cooperation of the Public Health Service, to provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska...
Page 621 - Act lands the surface of which is, in his opinion, chiefly valuable for grazing and raising forage crops, do not contain merchantable timber, are not susceptible of irrigation from any known source of water supply, and are of such character that six hundred and forty acres are reasonably required for the support of a family...
Page 605 - Of these requests 4,259 were acted upon, leaving 2,307 awaiting action at the end of the year. At the beginning of the year 295 requests for information as to mineral character only were pending, and during the year 1,665 such cases were received.
Page 696 - That the purchase or possession of said ingredients when purchased or held in small quantities and not used or intended to be used in the manufacture of explosives are...
Page 261 - March 1, 1919, and providing appropriations for the fiscal year 1920, provided also for the appointment of a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives...

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