United States Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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Act Making appropriations America in Congress Approved Arkansas Bayou breakwater canal Cape Fear River cents channel CHAP Cocheco River Congress assembled Connecticut construction Continuing improvement continuing the improvement Creek Cumberland River Delaware River dred dredging eighteen hundred expended fifteen thousand dollars fifty thousand dollars five hundred dollars five thousand dollars Florida following sums further enacted harbor of refuge House of Representa House of Representatives hundred and fifty hundred thousand dollars Illinois Improving harbor Island June Kanawha River Lake lands lars Louisiana Michigan Mississippi River Missouri River mouth North Carolina Ohio River otherwise appropriated piers provement Provided Proviso Red River repair Saint sand dollars Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House Sodus Bay Tennessee River thereof thirty thousand dollars thou thousand dol thousand eight hundred thousand five hundred three thousand dollars tinuing improvement tion treasury not otherwise twenty thousand dollars twenty-five thousand dollars United Virginia Wisconsin York
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Page 139 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 251 - That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State...
Page 481 - ... one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction.
Page 251 - ... with the secretary of the interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs...
Page 481 - And any and every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any material specified in section thirteen of this Act to any point or place of deposit or discharge...
Page 110 - Moines shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States or persons in their service passing through or along the same; Provided always.
Page 575 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes...
Page 118 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 584 - That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Page 750 - That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete...