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... ment claimed that the goods were dutiable at fifty per cent under the clause " all goods , wares , and manufactures of silk , or of which silk is the component material of chief value . " The jury found that the goods were trimmings ...
... ment claimed that the goods were dutiable at fifty per cent under the clause " all goods , wares , and manufactures of silk , or of which silk is the component material of chief value . " The jury found that the goods were trimmings ...
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... ment explicitly forbids the publication of any details of an execution . Newspapers are allowed to announce the mere fact that such and such a prisoner had been executed according to law , but are not allowed to report any details . Of ...
... ment explicitly forbids the publication of any details of an execution . Newspapers are allowed to announce the mere fact that such and such a prisoner had been executed according to law , but are not allowed to report any details . Of ...
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... ment has been improving in Europe and deteri- orating here ; so that Americans who go abroad , and compare what they observe there with things at home , perceive some advantages in the former . In nothing is the contrast more striking ...
... ment has been improving in Europe and deteri- orating here ; so that Americans who go abroad , and compare what they observe there with things at home , perceive some advantages in the former . In nothing is the contrast more striking ...
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... ment , is striking . There can be no doubt that he was right in vetoing the bill to prevent deception by gilded ware . That bill was as absurd as would be a law forbidding any one to commit murder with an axe , another forbidding the ...
... ment , is striking . There can be no doubt that he was right in vetoing the bill to prevent deception by gilded ware . That bill was as absurd as would be a law forbidding any one to commit murder with an axe , another forbidding the ...
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... ment's managing the post - office are two : first , the transportation and distribution of mail matter is slow and insecure , as may be seen by considering how much more rapidly daily newspapers are distributed by private agencies than ...
... ment's managing the post - office are two : first , the transportation and distribution of mail matter is slow and insecure , as may be seen by considering how much more rapidly daily newspapers are distributed by private agencies than ...
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Page 461 - An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes.
Page 453 - has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other...
Page 464 - ... of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 436 - Nobody does a sum in the province without some one doing the same sum in the capital, to "check" him, and see that he does it correctly. The consequence of this is, to throw on the heads of departments an amount of reading and labour which can only be accomplished by the greatest natural aptitude, the most efficient training, the most firm and regular...
Page 461 - Treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract and shall be receivable for customs, taxes, and all...
Page 460 - SCIENCE MONTHLY was started to help on the work of sound public education, by supplying instructive articles on the leading subjects of scientific inquiry. It contains papers, original and selected, on a wide range of subjects, from the ablest scientific men of different countries, explaining their views to non-scientific people.
Page 461 - June 25, 1868, constituted, on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.
Page 467 - All property, not exempted from taxation by this Constitution, shall be assessed for taxation at its fair cash value, estimated at the price it would bring at a fair voluntary sale...
Page 436 - In early times, when a despot wishes to govern a distant province, he sends down a satrap on a grand horse, and other people on little horses; and very little is heard of the satrap again unless he send back some of the little people to tell what he has been doing. No great labour of superintendence is possible. Common rumour and casual report are the sources of intelligence.
Page 471 - It shall be the duty of every sanitary authority to keep the streets of their district, which are repairable by the inhabitants at large, including the footways, properly swept and cleansed so far as is reasonably practicable, and to collect and remove from the said streets, so far as is reasonably practicable, all street refuse.