Congressional Serial Set, Issue 8870U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... cost so large a sum as , in the state of my family , it would be very imprudent for me to devote to such an object , which I find is very likely to be the case . Tierney , who manages this business for the friends of the late ...
... cost so large a sum as , in the state of my family , it would be very imprudent for me to devote to such an object , which I find is very likely to be the case . Tierney , who manages this business for the friends of the late ...
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... cost of providing paintings and sculpture , including in this estimate four statues for the Senate retiring room ( $ 20,000 ) and for two colossal busts for the Senate Chamber ( $ 3,000 ) . These recom- mendations failed to receive the ...
... cost of providing paintings and sculpture , including in this estimate four statues for the Senate retiring room ( $ 20,000 ) and for two colossal busts for the Senate Chamber ( $ 3,000 ) . These recom- mendations failed to receive the ...
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... cost provided for out of the contingent fund of the Senate . The tablet was designed by the Henry - Bonnard Bronze Co. , the copy for which is said to have been furnished by Senator George F. Hoar : In this room Henry Wilson , Vice ...
... cost provided for out of the contingent fund of the Senate . The tablet was designed by the Henry - Bonnard Bronze Co. , the copy for which is said to have been furnished by Senator George F. Hoar : In this room Henry Wilson , Vice ...
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... cost of maintenance and an increase in cur system of economy . A concrete tunnel was built under the Jersey yards of the Penn- sylvania Railroad to accommodate the new 36 - inch circulating water main from the Anacostia River . This ...
... cost of maintenance and an increase in cur system of economy . A concrete tunnel was built under the Jersey yards of the Penn- sylvania Railroad to accommodate the new 36 - inch circulating water main from the Anacostia River . This ...
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... cost of maintenance presents itself steps are imme- diately taken after careful investigation to correct the same . All work in the past year has proceeded without interruption or any inconvenience to the various buildings supplied with ...
... cost of maintenance presents itself steps are imme- diately taken after careful investigation to correct the same . All work in the past year has proceeded without interruption or any inconvenience to the various buildings supplied with ...
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Page 39 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion...
Page 22 - Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take.
Page 10 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 26 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Page 41 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Page 39 - For who knows not that Truth is strong, next to the Almighty ; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that Error uses against her power.
Page 17 - ... truth is great and will prevail, if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them...
Page 31 - Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part...
Page 33 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 10 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a State other than those in which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the Nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by Congress.