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... examination of all the estimates submitted to Congress . Increase of public expenditures in time of great pros- perity and extravagance is accomplished by an easy process ; but a corresponding reduction when the reverse comes can be ...
... examination of all the estimates submitted to Congress . Increase of public expenditures in time of great pros- perity and extravagance is accomplished by an easy process ; but a corresponding reduction when the reverse comes can be ...
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... examination of statistical returns from all the districts in the United States will show that in some of them the amount of business transacted is not sufficient to justify keep- ing up the corps of officers whose aggregate compensation ...
... examination of statistical returns from all the districts in the United States will show that in some of them the amount of business transacted is not sufficient to justify keep- ing up the corps of officers whose aggregate compensation ...
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... examination , with explana- tory notes , together with wreck charts showing the localities of disas ters , will be found in Appendix B. LIGHT - HOUSE SERVICE . The light - house establishment REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY . XLIII.
... examination , with explana- tory notes , together with wreck charts showing the localities of disas ters , will be found in Appendix B. LIGHT - HOUSE SERVICE . The light - house establishment REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY . XLIII.
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... examination .... 39 1 , 181 96 20 The amount paid out on the claims allowed , as aforesaid , is $ 180,358 43 . The claims now under examination will be disposed of in a short time . Upon their decision all proceedings under the act will ...
... examination .... 39 1 , 181 96 20 The amount paid out on the claims allowed , as aforesaid , is $ 180,358 43 . The claims now under examination will be disposed of in a short time . Upon their decision all proceedings under the act will ...
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... examination by a court and jury , and the interests of the government would be protected by its attorneys . The highest test of the credibility of a witness consists in cross- examination by opposing counsel in the presence of the ...
... examination by a court and jury , and the interests of the government would be protected by its attorneys . The highest test of the credibility of a witness consists in cross- examination by opposing counsel in the presence of the ...
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Page 181 - That there might be no misunderstanding of the universality of this principle, it was expressly enacted, in 1867, that ' no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court.
Page 186 - Every incorporated or other bank, and every person, firm, or company having a place of business where credits are opened by the deposit or collection of money or currency, nuDject to be paid or remitted upon draft, check, or order...
Page xvii - An act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States...
Page xvi - ... that this policy may be converted into cash at the option of the holder at any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the date hereof, for the amount indorsed upon the back of the policy.
Page xviii - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Page 186 - ... without profit or compensation to the association or company, shall be exempt from tax on so much of their deposits as they have invested in securities of the United States, and on all deposits, less than five hundred dollars, made in the name of any one person...
Page xvi - To the purchase or payment of one per centum of the entire debt of the United States, to be made within each fiscal year after the first day of July, 1862, which Is to be set apart as a sinking fund, and the interest of which shall in like manner be applied to the purchase or payment of the public debt as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time direct.
Page 777 - ... to remain at that temperature for several' hours. The plan adopted for determining the freezing-point of different samples of oil at one operation consisted in making a series of small openings, or windows, closed with glass, in the side of a cylindrical wooden tub about 2£ feet in diameter.
Page 171 - ... the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe. SEc. 3446 (RS, as amended). The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may establish and, from time to time, alter or change the form, style, character, material, and device of any stamp, mark, or label used under any provision of the laws relating to internal revenue.
Page xvi - In addition to other amounts that may be applied to the redemption or payment of the public debt...