The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... the Commissioner of Public Buildings , the Board of Inspectors and Warden of the Penitentiary , the Superinten- dent and Board of Visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane , the Engineer in charge of the Potomac Water Works ...
... the Commissioner of Public Buildings , the Board of Inspectors and Warden of the Penitentiary , the Superinten- dent and Board of Visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane , the Engineer in charge of the Potomac Water Works ...
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... and public buildings ; and the principle on which this policy has been inaugurated and sanctioned is , that the United States , as a proprietor , receives , from the application of the grants to the prescribed uses , a compensation ...
... and public buildings ; and the principle on which this policy has been inaugurated and sanctioned is , that the United States , as a proprietor , receives , from the application of the grants to the prescribed uses , a compensation ...
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... agricultural imple- ments , the opening of farms , building houses , and other useful pur- poses . It gives me great pain to refer to the treatment which the Texas reserve Indians and their superintendent and agents have received .
... agricultural imple- ments , the opening of farms , building houses , and other useful pur- poses . It gives me great pain to refer to the treatment which the Texas reserve Indians and their superintendent and agents have received .
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During the last ten years I am informed by the Commissioner of Public Buildings that $ 2,376,042 86 have been raised by taxation of private property and expended for the general good ; and since the city was laid out many millions ...
During the last ten years I am informed by the Commissioner of Public Buildings that $ 2,376,042 86 have been raised by taxation of private property and expended for the general good ; and since the city was laid out many millions ...
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ing public buildings and making other improvements . But much yet remains to be done , for which large appropriations will be required . A portion of these should doubtless be made by Congress , but what por- tion that body alone must ...
ing public buildings and making other improvements . But much yet remains to be done , for which large appropriations will be required . A portion of these should doubtless be made by Congress , but what por- tion that body alone must ...
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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