Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important EventsD. Appleton & Company, 1899 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... companies , and 2,824 miles of line and 9,309 of wire to other companies and individuals . The number of dispatches in 1896 was 4,953,887 . The number of letters and packets that passed through the post office during 1896 was ...
... companies , and 2,824 miles of line and 9,309 of wire to other companies and individuals . The number of dispatches in 1896 was 4,953,887 . The number of letters and packets that passed through the post office during 1896 was ...
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... companies or their assigns all title to the 273 , - 000 acres of land that have been in dispute , thus quieting the titles of settlers . It became a law by the signature of the President in April . A suit involving the right of the ...
... companies or their assigns all title to the 273 , - 000 acres of land that have been in dispute , thus quieting the titles of settlers . It became a law by the signature of the President in April . A suit involving the right of the ...
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... companies in Arkansas met at the capital in May and organized the Arkansas Com- press Association . Its object is to promote a uni- form and efficient method of baling cotton , for , ac- cording to the report of a committee , it is ...
... companies in Arkansas met at the capital in May and organized the Arkansas Com- press Association . Its object is to promote a uni- form and efficient method of baling cotton , for , ac- cording to the report of a committee , it is ...
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... companies created such indignation_among the miners that they mobbed Sir John Forrest when he visited Kalgoorlie in March . Mr. Wittenoom resigned the Ministry of Mines to succeed Sir Malcolm Fraser as agent general in London , and Mr ...
... companies created such indignation_among the miners that they mobbed Sir John Forrest when he visited Kalgoorlie in March . Mr. Wittenoom resigned the Ministry of Mines to succeed Sir Malcolm Fraser as agent general in London , and Mr ...
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... companies ' lines 933 miles were operated by the state and 4,774 miles by the companies . The total receipts from 106,443,000 passengers and 93,879,000 tons of freight carried in 1895 were 89,586,000 florins , and the operating expenses ...
... companies ' lines 933 miles were operated by the state and 4,774 miles by the companies . The total receipts from 106,443,000 passengers and 93,879,000 tons of freight carried in 1895 were 89,586,000 florins , and the operating expenses ...
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Page 203 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 161 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 192 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this Act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Page 203 - ... liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt, and the property affected by the levy, judgment, attachment, or other lien shall be deemed wholly discharged and released from the same, and shall pass to the trustee as a part of the estate of the bankrupt...
Page 202 - A person shall be deemed to have given a preference if, being insolvent, he has, within four months before the filing of the petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such,...
Page 204 - States, or from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States. The term
Page 159 - That it is the duty of the United States to demand and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 204 - That when any bankrupt shall have any insurance policy which has a cash surrender value payable to himself, his estate, or personal representatives, he may, within thirty days after the cash surrender value has been ascertained and stated to the trustee by the company issuing the same, pay or secure to the trustee the sum so ascertained and stated, and continue to hold, own, and carry such policy free from the claims of the creditors participating in the distribution of his estate under the bankruptcy...
Page 321 - He nevertheless succeeded in passing several ameliorative measures which later culminated in the Land Purchase Act of 1904. Succeeding William Henry Smith as first lord of the treasury and leader of the House of Commons in...
Page 193 - ... transferred, while insolvent, any portion of his property to one or more of his creditors with intent to prefer such creditors over his other creditors; or (3) suffered or permitted, while insolvent, any creditor to obtain a preference through legal proceedings, and not having at least five days before a sale or other disposition of any property affected by such preference vacated or discharged such preference...