REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS |
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... guns , upon which vast sums of money were expended . The parties making these contracts were not acting on plans and specifications of their own ; they were essaying to carry out the plans of the Government , and this under the ...
... guns , upon which vast sums of money were expended . The parties making these contracts were not acting on plans and specifications of their own ; they were essaying to carry out the plans of the Government , and this under the ...
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... gun - boats for the use of the Navy of the United States , " and the sum of $ 10,000,000 was ap- propriated to carry out the provisions of the act . Under the authority thus conferred , the Secretary of the Navy entered into contracts ...
... gun - boats for the use of the Navy of the United States , " and the sum of $ 10,000,000 was ap- propriated to carry out the provisions of the act . Under the authority thus conferred , the Secretary of the Navy entered into contracts ...
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... guns , upon which vast sums of money were expended . The parties making these contracts were not acting on plans and specifications of their own ; they were essaying to carry out the plans of the Government , and this under the ...
... guns , upon which vast sums of money were expended . The parties making these contracts were not acting on plans and specifications of their own ; they were essaying to carry out the plans of the Government , and this under the ...
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... gun unloaded rest- ing on his shoulder fell asleep , when he was shot in the left arm , shat- tering it to such an extent as to make amputation necessary . These facts are clearly proved by well - authenticated testimony , and the only ...
... gun unloaded rest- ing on his shoulder fell asleep , when he was shot in the left arm , shat- tering it to such an extent as to make amputation necessary . These facts are clearly proved by well - authenticated testimony , and the only ...
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... gun - shot wound in the abdomen . The ball struck his sword - belt ring and divided into unequal parts , the smaller part lodging in the muscles that support the abdomen , the larger portion passing downward and backward , and lodging ...
... gun - shot wound in the abdomen . The ball struck his sword - belt ring and divided into unequal parts , the smaller part lodging in the muscles that support the abdomen , the larger portion passing downward and backward , and lodging ...
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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.