The American Governmentauthor, 1911 - 386 páginas |
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... ment Declaration of Independence Printing Dollar Bills · PAGE 28 36 44 52 60 Troopers at Fort Myer Clock that regulates time for the United States 68 The Naval Observatory Destroying Old Paper Money Searching the files in the Patent ...
... ment Declaration of Independence Printing Dollar Bills · PAGE 28 36 44 52 60 Troopers at Fort Myer Clock that regulates time for the United States 68 The Naval Observatory Destroying Old Paper Money Searching the files in the Patent ...
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... ment . The American people govern themselves by means of a complicated machinery unlike that of any other Nation . Things that are local in their nature , or that were local at the time the Constitution was adopted , are under the ...
... ment . The American people govern themselves by means of a complicated machinery unlike that of any other Nation . Things that are local in their nature , or that were local at the time the Constitution was adopted , are under the ...
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... ment . Having only one - sixteenth of the world's population , the United States has a fourth of its wealth , owns a third of its railways , distributes a third of its mail , wields a third of its banking power , and prints more than ...
... ment . Having only one - sixteenth of the world's population , the United States has a fourth of its wealth , owns a third of its railways , distributes a third of its mail , wields a third of its banking power , and prints more than ...
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... ment of State points with pride to the success of the American foreign service in securing a single order amounting to $ 23,000,000 for battleships and arma- ment from Argentina . The office of consul is not a bed of roses . If a consul ...
... ment of State points with pride to the success of the American foreign service in securing a single order amounting to $ 23,000,000 for battleships and arma- ment from Argentina . The office of consul is not a bed of roses . If a consul ...
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... was to have merit applied , both with respect to appointment and promotion in the service . Pres- ident Taft has extended the same system of appoint- ment and promotion to the Diplomatic Service , up to THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 39.
... was to have merit applied , both with respect to appointment and promotion in the service . Pres- ident Taft has extended the same system of appoint- ment and promotion to the Diplomatic Service , up to THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 39.
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Página 346 - All cases for the enforcement, otherwise than by adjudication and collection of a forfeiture or penalty or by infliction of criminal punishment, of any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission other than for the payment of money.
Página 343 - A large number of cases are not tried by juries, but each term of each district court requires the services of jurors. These jurors, both grand and petit, are publicly drawn from a box containing, at the time of each drawing, the names of not less than 300 persons possessing the necessary qualifications, and whose names are placed therein by the clerk of the court and a commissioner appointed by the judge. The commissioner is a citizen of good standing residing in the district in which the court...
Página 349 - Claims original jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Página 343 - All such jurors, grand and petit, including those summoned during the session of the court, shall be publicly drawn from a box containing, at the time of each drawing, the names of not less than three hundred persons, possessing the qualifications prescribed in...
Página 258 - An Act requiring common carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce to make full reports of all accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and authorizing investigations thereof by said commission.
Página 348 - ... shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than two years; and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the Government of the United States.
Página 44 - He is also the medium of correspondence between the President and the chief executives of the several States of the United States...
Página 147 - those of storms and hurricanes, issued for the benefit of marine interests, are the most important and pecuniarily valuable. Storm warnings are displayed at nearly 300 points along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, and the shores of the Great Lakes, including every port and harbor of any considerable importance; and so nearly perfect has this service become, that scarcely a storm of marked danger to maritime interests has occurred for years for which ample warnings have not been issued from...
Página 255 - There is a legislature of two houses; a Senate of 15 members elected for four years and a House of Representatives of 30 members elected for two years. Sessions, limited to 60 days, are held biennially.