REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS |
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... directed to be made . It turned out that the plans and specifications of the Navy Department were in whole or in part worthless , in consequence of which it became necessary to make radical changes in the plans and method of ...
... directed to be made . It turned out that the plans and specifications of the Navy Department were in whole or in part worthless , in consequence of which it became necessary to make radical changes in the plans and method of ...
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... directed " to appoint a board of three skillful naval officers to investigate the plans and specifications that may be sub- mitted for the construction or completing of iron or steel clad steamships or steam - batteries , and , on their ...
... directed " to appoint a board of three skillful naval officers to investigate the plans and specifications that may be sub- mitted for the construction or completing of iron or steel clad steamships or steam - batteries , and , on their ...
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... directed to be made . It turned out that the plans and specifications of the Navy Depart- ment were in whole or in part worthless , in consequence of which it be- came necessary to make radical changes in the plans and method of ...
... directed to be made . It turned out that the plans and specifications of the Navy Depart- ment were in whole or in part worthless , in consequence of which it be- came necessary to make radical changes in the plans and method of ...
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... directed the Secretary of the Navy to investigate the claims of all contractors for building vessels of war and steam machinery under contracts made after May 1 , 1861 , and before January 1 , 1864 , upon the following basis : He was to ...
... directed the Secretary of the Navy to investigate the claims of all contractors for building vessels of war and steam machinery under contracts made after May 1 , 1861 , and before January 1 , 1864 , upon the following basis : He was to ...
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... directed to investigate the claims of all contractors for building vessels of war and steam - ma- chinery for the same under contracts made after the first day of May , 1861 , and prior to the first day of January , 1864 , and said ...
... directed to investigate the claims of all contractors for building vessels of war and steam - ma- chinery for the same under contracts made after the first day of May , 1861 , and prior to the first day of January , 1864 , and said ...
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Page 4 - But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any sections, or any parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the governor of said State to select...
Page 343 - No advertisement, notice, or proposal for any Executive Department of the Government, or for any bureau thereof, or for any office therewith connected, shall be published in any newspaper whatever, except in pursuance of a written authority for such publication from the head of such Department ; and no bill for any such advertising, or publication, shall be paid, unless there be presented, with such bill, a copy of such written authority.
Page 415 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St Croix, from its mouth in the bay of fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St Lawrence...
Page 4 - That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation of this act...
Page 4 - State only in manner following : that is to say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads...
Page 4 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.