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Page vii
... enacted into law . Upon further consideration , however , it occurs to me that the measure in its present form will require the department to sell certain lands now held by half - blood Indians which are entirely free of restrictions ...
... enacted into law . Upon further consideration , however , it occurs to me that the measure in its present form will require the department to sell certain lands now held by half - blood Indians which are entirely free of restrictions ...
Page viii
... enacted , the amount of work devolving upon the department will be greatly increased . On this account I desire to urge the necessity of provision being made for an adequate working force , which should not be less than that recommended ...
... enacted , the amount of work devolving upon the department will be greatly increased . On this account I desire to urge the necessity of provision being made for an adequate working force , which should not be less than that recommended ...
Page xii
... enacted . This is not believed to have been the original intention of the drafters of the bill , but I can see no ... enactment . The first two provisos relate to settlements or improvements placed upon land theretofore designated as ...
... enacted . This is not believed to have been the original intention of the drafters of the bill , but I can see no ... enactment . The first two provisos relate to settlements or improvements placed upon land theretofore designated as ...
Page xvi
... enacted into law . Very respectfully , SAMUEL ADAMS , First Assistant Secretary . The report of the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Committee on Public Lands of the Senate is made a part of this report and is as follows : Hon ...
... enacted into law . Very respectfully , SAMUEL ADAMS , First Assistant Secretary . The report of the Acting Secretary of the Interior to the Committee on Public Lands of the Senate is made a part of this report and is as follows : Hon ...
Page xxii
... enacted . During the existence of withdrawals , however , it is believed that no such right should be accorded to the State . This objection does not , of course , exist as to national forest lands , which are made specifically subject ...
... enacted . During the existence of withdrawals , however , it is believed that no such right should be accorded to the State . This objection does not , of course , exist as to national forest lands , which are made specifically subject ...
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accompany H. R. additional amendment as follows Amendment numbered amount appropriation approved assessment authorized bill H. R. bridge Canal cent Chairman Committee Chief of Engineers Commerce commission conference Congress construction Corps cost court Department disagreement District of Columbia duty enacted enlisted expense following REPORT FRANKLIN MACVEAGH Government granted Harbor hereby House of Representatives House recede improvements increase Indian insert in lieu insert the following interest Interior July June 25 legislation lieu thereof ment Military Reservation militia National Guard navigation Navy necessary nineteen hundred officers operation Organized Militia Panama Canal pass patent President public buildings Public Lands purchase purpose railroad recommend referred the bill Regular Army report thereon respectfully River SAMUEL ADAMS Secretary of War Senate agree Senate numbered Senate recedes submitted the following sum proposed insert thousand dollars tion Treasury Union and ordered United United States Army vessels War Department Washington
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Page 5 - to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 12 - Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States...
Page 23 - If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package...
Page 10 - Act, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report : The Senate amendment struck out all of the House bill after the enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.
Page 11 - That such lien shall not be valid as against any mortgagee, purchaser, or judgment creditor until notice of such lien shall be filed by the collector in the office of the clerk of the district court of the district within which the property subject to such lien is situated...
Page 12 - State, or of any colony, district, or people ; it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Page 12 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 2 - ... made jointly by the Surgeon General, the Surgeon General of the Army, and the Surgeon General of the Navy, and approved by the Administrator, and licenses for new products may be Issued only upon a showing that they meet such standards.
Page 21 - Every patent shall contain a short title or description of the invention or discovery correctly indicating its nature and design, and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, for the term of seventeen years, of the exclusive right to make, use, and vend the invention or discovery throughout the United States and the Territories thereof, referring to the specification for the particulars thereof.
Page 2 - SEC. 3. That the persons constructing, maintaining, or operating any dam or appurtenant or accessory works, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall be liable for any damage that may be inflicted thereby upon private property, either by overflow or otherwise. The persons owning or operating any such dam...