Annual ReportJ.B. Lyon Company, 1908 |
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... interest on deposits before investment and from interest on bonds since investment , has been $ 330.77 and has been disbursed for the following purposes : 1907 . Jan. July Oct. 13. Polhemus Printing Co. , 2,000 envelopes for Letchworth ...
... interest on deposits before investment and from interest on bonds since investment , has been $ 330.77 and has been disbursed for the following purposes : 1907 . Jan. July Oct. 13. Polhemus Printing Co. , 2,000 envelopes for Letchworth ...
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... interests of the three owners of the Genesee River Company should not weigh against the larger interests of the People in the Park ; and that in any event , the regulation of the Genesee river should be done by the State , not by ...
... interests of the three owners of the Genesee River Company should not weigh against the larger interests of the People in the Park ; and that in any event , the regulation of the Genesee river should be done by the State , not by ...
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... interest , and com- memorates the Fortitude of Washington and his Generals in one of the crises of the American Revolution . " The proximity to this spot of the building in which Washington made his headquarters , the tavern in which ...
... interest , and com- memorates the Fortitude of Washington and his Generals in one of the crises of the American Revolution . " The proximity to this spot of the building in which Washington made his headquarters , the tavern in which ...
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... interest in the Hall and the history of the city which had grown up around it . On October 18 , 1882 , the bicentennial of the Hall , commemorated with the greatest popular demonstration that Yonkers had ever seen , still further ...
... interest in the Hall and the history of the city which had grown up around it . On October 18 , 1882 , the bicentennial of the Hall , commemorated with the greatest popular demonstration that Yonkers had ever seen , still further ...
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... interest in scenic and historic preservation throughout the United States has been indicated during the past year by the unusual number of inquiries from Members of Con- gress , public officials , historical and civic societies and ...
... interest in scenic and historic preservation throughout the United States has been indicated during the past year by the unusual number of inquiries from Members of Con- gress , public officials , historical and civic societies and ...
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Page 155 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 65 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 218 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 155 - And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shalt stand, Ere the Doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land ? Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet 'tis Truth alone is strong...
Page 124 - But reason and religion teach, that we too are primary existences ; that it is for us to move in the orbit of our duty, around the Holy Center of perfection, the companions, not the satellites, of men...
Page 11 - Objects," which title was changed by chapter 302 of the laws of 1898 to " The Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects," and by chapter 385 of the laws of 1901 to " The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Page 262 - York at four in the afternoon: time, thirty hours; space run through, one hundred and fifty miles, equal to five miles an hour. Throughout my whole way, both going and returning, the wind was ahead. No advantage could be derived...
Page 146 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 262 - AMERICAN CITIZEN." SIR, — I arrived this afternoon at four o'clock, in the steamboat from Albany. As the success of my experiment gives me great hopes that such boats may be rendered of great importance to my country, to prevent erroneous opinions and give some satisfaction to...
Page 212 - We, the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Westchester, having assembled at the White Plains, in consequence of certain advertisements, do now declare that we met here to express our honest abhorrence of all unlawful congresses and committees, and that we are determined, at the hazard of our lives and properties, to support the King and Constitution, and that we acknowledge no representatives but the General Assembly, to whose wisdom and integrity we submit the guardianship...