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... present ses- sion , submitted a privileged report ( No. 1204 ) thereon , with the recommendation that the resolution be agreed to . The resolution was agreed to . A message from the Senate , by Mr. Waldorf , one of its secre- taries ...
... present ses- sion , submitted a privileged report ( No. 1204 ) thereon , with the recommendation that the resolution be agreed to . The resolution was agreed to . A message from the Senate , by Mr. Waldorf , one of its secre- taries ...
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... present session of the Congress . I realize the limitations of time under which you will neces- sarily act at this session and shall make my suggestions as few as possible ; but there were some things left undone at the last session ...
... present session of the Congress . I realize the limitations of time under which you will neces- sarily act at this session and shall make my suggestions as few as possible ; but there were some things left undone at the last session ...
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... present laws . We should clear away all legal obstacles and create a basis of undoubted law for it which will give freedom without permitting unregulated license . The thing must be done now , because the opportunity is here and may ...
... present laws . We should clear away all legal obstacles and create a basis of undoubted law for it which will give freedom without permitting unregulated license . The thing must be done now , because the opportunity is here and may ...
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... present . The Speaker , after counting , announced that there were 180 Members present , not a quorum , and directed a call of the House . The doors were closed , The Sergeant at Arms was directed to notify the absentees , The yeas and ...
... present . The Speaker , after counting , announced that there were 180 Members present , not a quorum , and directed a call of the House . The doors were closed , The Sergeant at Arms was directed to notify the absentees , The yeas and ...
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... present , Those who voted in the affirmative are- Buchanan , Ill . Burnett Callaway Doughton La Follette Lazaro ... present are- Flood Houston Yeas Thomas Tilson Timberlake Tinkham Towner Treadway Walsh Ward Wason Webb Williams , T. S. ...
... present , Those who voted in the affirmative are- Buchanan , Ill . Burnett Callaway Doughton La Follette Lazaro ... present are- Flood Houston Yeas Thomas Tilson Timberlake Tinkham Towner Treadway Walsh Ward Wason Webb Williams , T. S. ...
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Page 244 - An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational education ; to provide for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects ; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure,
Page 184 - Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels, the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.
Page 185 - Under these circumstances, Germany will meet the illegal measures of her enemies by forcibly preventing, after February 1, 1917, in a zone around Great Britain, France, Italy and in the Eastern Mediterranean, all navigation, that of neutrals included, from and to England and from and to France, etc. All ships met within the zone will be sunk.
Page 197 - ... having met. after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows : That the Senate recede from its amendment numl>ered 3.
Page 248 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,' approved February 17, 1911, as amended March 4, 1915, an action has accrued to the plaintiff,
Page 280 - ... shall be presented to the governor, and before it shall take effect, be approved by him, or being disapproved, shall be re-passed by two-thirds of both houses, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in case of a bill.
Page 31 - Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions, and that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. rt] Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
Page 177 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 176 - That all administrative, special, and general provisions of law, including the laws in relation to the assessment, remission, collection, and refund of internal-revenue taxes not heretofore specifically repealed and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, are hereby extended and made applicable to all the provisions of this section and to the tax herein imposed.
Page 158 - An Act To provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for other purposes,