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... passed too late in the last session of Congress to provide the means for carrying it into practical operation , during the past season , is a step in the direction here indicated . In view of the necessity for the most effective ...
... passed too late in the last session of Congress to provide the means for carrying it into practical operation , during the past season , is a step in the direction here indicated . In view of the necessity for the most effective ...
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... passed February 28 , 1878 , amounted on the 23d of November , 1878 , to $ 19,814,550 , of which amount $ 4,984,947 are in circulation , and the balance , $ 14,829,603 , is still in the possession of the Government . With views unchanged ...
... passed February 28 , 1878 , amounted on the 23d of November , 1878 , to $ 19,814,550 , of which amount $ 4,984,947 are in circulation , and the balance , $ 14,829,603 , is still in the possession of the Government . With views unchanged ...
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... passed establishing a mint at Buenos Ayres to coin gold and silver ; abolishing the old Spanish system of weights and measures and adopting the decimal system ; and granting aid to the Trans - Andine Railway . Amnesty accepted by ...
... passed establishing a mint at Buenos Ayres to coin gold and silver ; abolishing the old Spanish system of weights and measures and adopting the decimal system ; and granting aid to the Trans - Andine Railway . Amnesty accepted by ...
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... passed . Denmark to remain neutral in the event of war : Sympathy of people with Russia ; army concen- trated near the capital ; launch of the iron - clad Helgoland ; navy to be held in readiness . The negro revolt in Santa Cruz : 43 ...
... passed . Denmark to remain neutral in the event of war : Sympathy of people with Russia ; army concen- trated near the capital ; launch of the iron - clad Helgoland ; navy to be held in readiness . The negro revolt in Santa Cruz : 43 ...
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... passed ;, report upon emigration ; aggregate from ports of Ham- burg and Bremen for current year , 41,759 . The celebration of the Emperor's birthday Prussian Diet closed ; ministerial changes ; com- ments upon Lord Salisbury's circular ...
... passed ;, report upon emigration ; aggregate from ports of Ham- burg and Bremen for current year , 41,759 . The celebration of the Emperor's birthday Prussian Diet closed ; ministerial changes ; com- ments upon Lord Salisbury's circular ...
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Page 317 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 322 - The commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 322 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy.
Page xvi - Among the means which have been employed to this end none have been attended with greater success than the establishment of boards (composed of proper characters) charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Page xvi - It will not be doubted, that with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population, and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent ; and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it, grow up supported by the public purse : And to what object can it be dedicated with greater propriety...
Page 36 - SEC. 2. That immediately after the passage of this act, the President shall invite the governments of the countries composing the Latin Union, so-called, and of such other European nations as he may deem advisable, to join the United States in a conference to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver, for the purpose of establishing, internationally, the use of bi-metallic money, and securing fixity of relative value between those metals...
Page 318 - The commissioners so named shall meet in the city of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named, and shall before proceeding to any business make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide the matters referred to them to the best of their judgment and according to justice and equity; and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings.
Page 262 - Powers, signed a declaration affirming it to be " an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties by means of an amicable arrangement.
Page 394 - ... shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation, as nearly as possible, of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement if the concession shall have been conditional.
Page 285 - Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.