The Standard Library Cyclopedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on the Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations ...H. G. Bohn, 1849 - Political science |
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... employ them ; and they differ from mere agents in being intrusted with a general authority to transact the affairs of their employers . The common duty of a factor is to receive consignments of goods , and make sales and remittances ...
... employ them ; and they differ from mere agents in being intrusted with a general authority to transact the affairs of their employers . The common duty of a factor is to receive consignments of goods , and make sales and remittances ...
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... employed to denote an establish- an hydraulic wheel , the water for which ment in which a considerable number of was furnished by a single - stroke atmos workmen or artisans are employed toge - pheric pumping steam - engine . The pro ...
... employed to denote an establish- an hydraulic wheel , the water for which ment in which a considerable number of was furnished by a single - stroke atmos workmen or artisans are employed toge - pheric pumping steam - engine . The pro ...
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... employed in the cotton manufacture are given at COTTON MANUFACTURE AND TRADE , p . 696 . " In the woollen manufacture the number of adult males employed is three times as great as that of the adult females , while the number of either ...
... employed in the cotton manufacture are given at COTTON MANUFACTURE AND TRADE , p . 696 . " In the woollen manufacture the number of adult males employed is three times as great as that of the adult females , while the number of either ...
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... employed therein ; and to enter by day any place which he shall have reason to believe to be a factory ; and to spector . Holidays are fixed by both acts , which. ries , in order to carry into effect the vari- ous provisions which it ...
... employed therein ; and to enter by day any place which he shall have reason to believe to be a factory ; and to spector . Holidays are fixed by both acts , which. ries , in order to carry into effect the vari- ous provisions which it ...
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... employed for the same time and in the same manner as " young persons ; " an arrangement intro- duced for the first time by the amending act . No " child " is to be employed more than six hours and a half in any one day , unless when the ...
... employed for the same time and in the same manner as " young persons ; " an arrangement intro- duced for the first time by the amending act . No " child " is to be employed more than six hours and a half in any one day , unless when the ...
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Page 463 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
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