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Page 226
... yard has been raised to the level of the floor of the principal story , and a small portion of the cornice set . The granite piers and arches of the inner arcade of the post office delivery are completed and set . The gateway into the ...
... yard has been raised to the level of the floor of the principal story , and a small portion of the cornice set . The granite piers and arches of the inner arcade of the post office delivery are completed and set . The gateway into the ...
Page 275
... yards of stone , 227 cubic yards of brick , and 163 cubic yards of concrete : total , 1,138 cubic yards . The balance now in hand will be applied to the masonry of the work , which it is proposed to continue with the appropriation asked ...
... yards of stone , 227 cubic yards of brick , and 163 cubic yards of concrete : total , 1,138 cubic yards . The balance now in hand will be applied to the masonry of the work , which it is proposed to continue with the appropriation asked ...
Page 342
... yards of matter was excavated and removed from the line of the new channel and from the shoals in its immediate vicinity , being an excess of 12,354 cubic yards over the quantity removed the previous year . Soundings taken along the ...
... yards of matter was excavated and removed from the line of the new channel and from the shoals in its immediate vicinity , being an excess of 12,354 cubic yards over the quantity removed the previous year . Soundings taken along the ...
Page 343
... yard or days ' labor . Thus , deprived of the means of further dredging , and not having sufficient funds to procure another machine , it was decided to try raking , though without any sanguine hope of success commensurate with the ...
... yard or days ' labor . Thus , deprived of the means of further dredging , and not having sufficient funds to procure another machine , it was decided to try raking , though without any sanguine hope of success commensurate with the ...
Page 378
... yards with accuracy , rapidity , and force , and without injury to the rifle barrel . Against masses of cavalry the effect of this species of fire may be increased to 250 or 300 yards . Experiments have also been made which show that ...
... yards with accuracy , rapidity , and force , and without injury to the rifle barrel . Against masses of cavalry the effect of this species of fire may be increased to 250 or 300 yards . Experiments have also been made which show that ...
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Page 47 - ... shall be composed of ten companies, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, one wagoner, and from sixty-four to eighty-two privates.
Page 95 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 95 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 95 - ... to employ for the same purposes such part of the land or naval force of the United States as shall be judged necessary, having first observed all the prerequisites of the law iu that respect.
Page 95 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions,' it is enacted, ' that whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the power vested in the marshals...
Page 95 - ... whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 95 - ... it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State, or of any other State or States, as may be necessary to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed...
Page 169 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Page 58 - States, do issue this my proclamation to command all persons engaged in unlawful combinations .against the constituted authority of the Territory of Kansas or of the United States to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes...
Page 375 - SIR : The following report of the principal operations of the Ordnance Department during the last fiscal year, with such remarks, suggestions, and recommendations as are deemed appropriate to the respective subjects mentioned in it, is respectfully submitted: FUNDS.