Foreign Intercourse of the United States. Hearings... on H.R. 9937 and H.R. 10213. Jan. 18, 20, 21, 19221922 - 43 pages |
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... fact , of a lot of unnecessary machinery , detail , etc .. and accomplishes exactly the result which the other did not accomplish , and has given the department a leeway in handling it . Mr. COOPER . Do you think that the President ...
... fact , of a lot of unnecessary machinery , detail , etc .. and accomplishes exactly the result which the other did not accomplish , and has given the department a leeway in handling it . Mr. COOPER . Do you think that the President ...
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... fact , I do not see any objection to that ; it is small enough as it is . Mr. COOPER . I thought that was what you wanted ; that is the reason I was getting down to it . Mr. CARR . I think that an ambassador to any country is worth at ...
... fact , I do not see any objection to that ; it is small enough as it is . Mr. COOPER . I thought that was what you wanted ; that is the reason I was getting down to it . Mr. CARR . I think that an ambassador to any country is worth at ...
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... fact that he is a white man and an American . Mr. CARR . A white man and an American , and a very capable one always . Mr. COOPER . That is the most inaccurate language that FOREIGN INTERCOURSE OF THE UNITED STATES . 17.
... fact that he is a white man and an American . Mr. CARR . A white man and an American , and a very capable one always . Mr. COOPER . That is the most inaccurate language that FOREIGN INTERCOURSE OF THE UNITED STATES . 17.
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... facts , since we never appoint a subject of either of those countries . Mr. COOPER . That would be satisfactory ... fact that Congress has created the position of minister to each of the Central American countries . Therefore , that ...
... facts , since we never appoint a subject of either of those countries . Mr. COOPER . That would be satisfactory ... fact that Congress has created the position of minister to each of the Central American countries . Therefore , that ...
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... fact , we have had one or two cases , almost scandalous , in their nature arising from the fact that we were not able immediately to take care of the remains of deceased officers for whom no other means were available . Mr. FAIRCHILD ...
... fact , we have had one or two cases , almost scandalous , in their nature arising from the fact that we were not able immediately to take care of the remains of deceased officers for whom no other means were available . Mr. FAIRCHILD ...
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Page 1 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
Page 37 - The laws relating to seamen on foreign voyages shall apply to seamen on vessels going from the United States and its possessions aforesaid to said Islands, the customs officers there being for this purpose substituted for consular officers in foreign ports. The...
Page 28 - If any consular officer, when discharging any seaman, shall neglect to require the payment of and collect the arrears of wages and extra wages required to be paid in the case of the discharge of any seaman, he shall be accountable to the United States to the full amount thereof.
Page 28 - In cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the period contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the loss or wreck of the vessel, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period.
Page 6 - ... acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American citizens from shipwreck.
Page 29 - ... Congress notwithstanding; but such seaman shall, for all purposes of protection as an American citizen, be deemed such after the filing of his declaration of intention to become such citizen : Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall be taken or construed to repeal or modify any portion of the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirtyeighth Statutes at Large, part one, page eleven hundred and sixty-four, chapter one hundred and fifty-three), being an Act to promote...
Page 28 - If the seaman is discharged on account of injury or illness, incapacitating him for service, the expenses of his maintenance and return to the United States shall be paid from the fund for the maintenance and transportation of destitute American seamen...
Page 28 - ... or injury incurred on the vessel. If the seaman is discharged by voluntary consent before the consul, he shall be entitled to his wages up to the time of his discharge, but not for any further period.
Page 28 - State shall give ; and that all masters and commanders of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and bound to some port of the same, are...
Page 37 - ... to be used as prisons for American convicts in those countries, not to exceed in any case the rate of six hundred dollars a year ; and also the wages of the keepers of the same, and for the care of offenders, not to exceed, in any case, the sum of eight hundred dollars per annum.