American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and PoliticalAmerican News Company, 1886 - Almanacs, American |
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Page 56 - ... photograph, or a description of the painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary or model, or design for a work of the fine arts, for which copyright is desired, must be sent by mail or otherwise, prepaid, addressed "Librarian of Congress, Washington, DC" This must be done before publication of the book or other article.
Page 56 - Entered according to act of Congress, in the year , by , in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington...
Page 72 - SEC. 19. —That every person, firm, association, other than national bank associations, and every corporation, state bank, or state banking association shall pay a tax of ten per centum on the amount of their own notes used for circulation and paid out by them.
Page 56 - ... any article of manufacture. If protection for such names or labels is desired, application must be made to the Patent Office, where they are registered, if admitted, at a fee of $6 for labels, and $25 for trade-marks.
Page 315 - The unit of volume (or litre) ia the capacity of a cubical vessel measuring one tenth of a metre on its edges ; and the unit of weight is the actual weight of distilled water which will fill such a vessel. The following tables exhibit the various designations of weights and measures under the metric system, and their equivalents in existing American or English weights and measures, as legalized by act of Congress, July 27, 1866. MEASURES OF LENGTH.
Page 72 - Wines, liquors, or compounds known or denominated as wine, and made in imitation of sparkling wine or champagne, but not made from grapes grown in the United States, and liquors not made from grapes, currants, rhubarb or berries grown in the United States, but produced by being rectified or mixed with distilled spirits or by the infusion of any matter in spirits, to be sold as wine, or...
Page 278 - Previous to the election of 1804 each elector voted for two candidates for President ; the one receiving the highest number of votes, if a majority, was declared elected President ; and the next highest Vice-Président.
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