Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 6; Volume 41D. Appleton & Company, 1902 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Committee on Agriculture and Forestry , Hon . Al- gernon S. Paddock , chairman . The committee took favorable action , and the bill was passed by the Senate on May 23 , 1892. On the following day it was reported to the House of ...
... Committee on Agriculture and Forestry , Hon . Al- gernon S. Paddock , chairman . The committee took favorable action , and the bill was passed by the Senate on May 23 , 1892. On the following day it was reported to the House of ...
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... committee to increase the society's working capital to £ 100,000 , to wipe off the remaining mortgage on the Church Missionary House , and to add a new building to the Children's Home , as well as to cover a large part of the additional ...
... committee to increase the society's working capital to £ 100,000 , to wipe off the remaining mortgage on the Church Missionary House , and to add a new building to the Children's Home , as well as to cover a large part of the additional ...
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... committees . The guests were addressed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of London , and ... committee as to his Scripture knowledge and his full acceptance of the plain teachings of the Prayer - Book and his ...
... committees . The guests were addressed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of London , and ... committee as to his Scripture knowledge and his full acceptance of the plain teachings of the Prayer - Book and his ...
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... committee of the lower house " to inquire liament , and a declaratory act , therefore , was the into and report upon the methods of electing proper method of enabling the clergy to express representatives of the laity and the nature of ...
... committee of the lower house " to inquire liament , and a declaratory act , therefore , was the into and report upon the methods of electing proper method of enabling the clergy to express representatives of the laity and the nature of ...
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... committee . Resolutions were adopted contem- plating a national system of elementary educa- tion , working according ... committee on the accession service were agreed to in both houses . The House of Laymen took up the consideration of ...
... committee . Resolutions were adopted contem- plating a national system of elementary educa- tion , working according ... committee on the accession service were agreed to in both houses . The House of Laymen took up the consideration of ...
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Page 138 - the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly Powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire," He was successful in obtaining the assent of the other Powers to the policy thus announced.
Page 162 - Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba. IV That all Acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified and validated, and all lawful rights acquired thereunder shall be maintained and protected.
Page 161 - President is hereby authorized to ' leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people ' so soon as a government shall have been established in said island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows:
Page 171 - Whoever fails to comply with any duty imposed upon him by section 304, or, having in his possession or control any record, file, or paper, containing or supposed to contain any information concerning the estate of the decedent, or, having in his possession or control any property comprised in the gross estate of the decedent...
Page 180 - ... to file an information against and prosecute the person so offending, and the punishment of such person, on conviction, shall be a fine of not more than...
Page 161 - ... until the legislature of such state in the manner herein prescribed shall redistrict such state, and if there be no increase in the number of representatives from a state the representatives thereof shall be elected from the districts now prescribed by law until such state be redistricted as herein prescribed by the legislature of said state.
Page 170 - Deed, instrument, or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction...
Page 168 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 148 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is completed to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 168 - ... any person or persons liable to pay the tax as herein provided, or anyone who acts in the matter as agent or broker for such person or persons, who shall make any...