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... construction for use as offices or residences , or both , within the limits of appropriations made by Congress , buildings and grounds in foreign countries , and to alter , repair , and furnish such buildings for the use of the ...
... construction for use as offices or residences , or both , within the limits of appropriations made by Congress , buildings and grounds in foreign countries , and to alter , repair , and furnish such buildings for the use of the ...
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... construction of a drawbridge over a river and required compliance with other regulations . At one place Mr. Harrah filled in 35,000 square meters of marshland , which , according to the law of Cuba , belongs to the man who reclaims the ...
... construction of a drawbridge over a river and required compliance with other regulations . At one place Mr. Harrah filled in 35,000 square meters of marshland , which , according to the law of Cuba , belongs to the man who reclaims the ...
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... construction of the Elephant Butte Dam as compensation to the American citizens for the water delivered to Mexico , and in addition developed land on the American side and made possible the develop- ment of the large enterprise there at ...
... construction of the Elephant Butte Dam as compensation to the American citizens for the water delivered to Mexico , and in addition developed land on the American side and made possible the develop- ment of the large enterprise there at ...
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... ther and investigated a proposition to irrigate a very large- They actually began the construction of a Wens er - area . pauteña canal which rivaled the very largest on the American side 12 EQUITABLE USE OF WATERS OF RIO GRANDE.
... ther and investigated a proposition to irrigate a very large- They actually began the construction of a Wens er - area . pauteña canal which rivaled the very largest on the American side 12 EQUITABLE USE OF WATERS OF RIO GRANDE.
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... Construction of the United States Reclamation Service , dated October 15 , 1918 , paragraph 54 , under the head of " Water rights . " You will remember that this is the preliminary report which led to the investigation by the United ...
... Construction of the United States Reclamation Service , dated October 15 , 1918 , paragraph 54 , under the head of " Water rights . " You will remember that this is the preliminary report which led to the investigation by the United ...
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Page 8 - The river Gila, and the part of the Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the southern boundary of New Mexico, being, agreeably to the fifth article, divided in the middle between the two republics, the navigation of the Gila and of the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and common to the vessels and citizens of both countries; and neither shall, without the consent of the other, construct any work that may impede or interrupt, in whole or in part, the exercise of this right; not even for the purpose...
Page 22 - Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds; and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Page 22 - That all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands...
Page 1 - The treaty power, as expressed in the Constitution, is in terms unlimited except by those restraints which are found in that instrument against the action of the government or of its departments, and those arising from the nature of the government itself and of that of the States.
Page 20 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 8 - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea : from thence up the middle of that river...
Page 20 - And provided further, that the citizenship of such minor child shall begin at the time such minor child begins to reside permanently In the United States.
Page 22 - April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain signed at Paris December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 9 - Tex., and also declares fully settled and disposed of, and hereby waives, all claims heretofore asserted or existing, or that may hereafter arise, or be asserted, against the United States on account of any damages alleged to have been sustained by the owners of land in Mexico, by reason of the diversion by citizens of the United States of waters of the Ric.
Page 20 - That all children born outside the limits of the United States who are citizens thereof in accordance with the provisions of section nineteen hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States and who continue to reside outside the United States shall, in order to receive the protection of this Government, be required upon reaching the age of eighteen years to record at an American consulate their intention to become residents and remain...