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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... objection I will ask Mr. Carr to make a general statement . Mr. COCKRAN . I will not be able to stay here , so I would like to ascertain in advance if this bill is to obviate wanton points of order . Is that the purpose of the bill ? Mr ...
... objection I will ask Mr. Carr to make a general statement . Mr. COCKRAN . I will not be able to stay here , so I would like to ascertain in advance if this bill is to obviate wanton points of order . Is that the purpose of the bill ? Mr ...
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... objection . Mr. COCKRAN . If I can get back from this other meeting , I will come in to see what progress you have made . But I want to preserve my right to present to the House the question of whether rules can be obviated or whether ...
... objection . Mr. COCKRAN . If I can get back from this other meeting , I will come in to see what progress you have made . But I want to preserve my right to present to the House the question of whether rules can be obviated or whether ...
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... 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 least $ 17,500 . Mr ...
... 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 least $ 17,500 . Mr ...
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... objection can there be to defining it as a diplomatic commissioner ? What is the objection to the use of the word diplomatic ? Mr. CARR . I think there is an objection if that is required to go into his title . Mr. TEMPLE . A ...
... objection can there be to defining it as a diplomatic commissioner ? What is the objection to the use of the word diplomatic ? Mr. CARR . I think there is an objection if that is required to go into his title . Mr. TEMPLE . A ...
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... objection to using the same language in each of these sections ? Mr. COCKRAN . I think it is a more peremptory necessity . I think a man who dies abroad is entitled to the right to have his remains brought home . Mr. COOPER . I think it ...
... objection to using the same language in each of these sections ? Mr. COCKRAN . I think it is a more peremptory necessity . I think a man who dies abroad is entitled to the right to have his remains brought home . Mr. COOPER . I think it ...
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75 per cent ambassadors annum appointment of vice appropriation acts appropriation bills attorney at Shanghai bassador BEGG Bureau CARR CHAIRMAN chargé d'affaires charges citizens COCKRAN committee CONNALLY consular officer Consular Service COOPER Court for China destitute diplomatic and consular diplomatic or consular diplomatic representative discharge district attorney entitled to receive exceeding existing law expenses FAIRCHILD foreign country Government hereby amended hereby authorized Holcomb International International Hydrographic Bureau Japan Japanese secretary John Jacob Rogers jurisdiction kavasses language legation legislation Liberia LINTHICUM matter minister resident missions and consulates MOORES NIELSEN Panama Canal Zone passport Philippines point of order PORTER possessions President is authorized purposes are hereby resign Revised Statutes ROGERS secretary of embassy secretary of legation Senate specific Statutes is hereby student interpreters Tangier TEMPLE tion transportation Undersecretary United States Court United States district vessel vice consuls widow year's salary
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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.