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Page 19 - contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a member of the natural community who visits but does not remain and whose travels leave only trails.
Page 27 - The Indian Claims Commission, created by the act of August 13, 1946, 60 Stat. 1049, is vested with the jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United
Page 5 - Title to any land or interest in land acquired within the boundaries of the reservation shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe or the individual Indian for whom the land is acquired, and title to any land or interest in
Page 31 - of the United States or of the Virgin Islands by force or violence or other unconstitutional means, or seeking by force or violence to deny other persons their rights under the Constitution and laws of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands or the laws of the Virgin Islands. "And I do further swear (or affirm) that I will not
Page 2 - the Senate of the United States, and shall hold his office for four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The Governor shall be a civilian or a retired officer of the armed forces of the United States. He shall reside in Guam during his incumbency.
Page 81 - or by any county, municipality or other municipal subdivision of any State, Territory or Possession of the United States, or by the District of Columbia, or by the authority of any of them, shall be exempt from taxation by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Page 14 - the party shall have been duly convicted by a court of law, shall not exist in the Virgin Islands. Slavery shall not exist in the Virgin Islands. No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of
Page 17 - appointed to any office which has been created by the legislature, or the salary or emoluments of which have been increased, while he was a member, during the term for which he was elected, or during one year after the expiration of such term. (g) The legislature shall be the sole judge of the
Page 243 - 3. During the absence or incapacity of both the president and the first vice president, the second vice president shall perform all the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers and be subject to all the restrictions vested in or imposed upon the president.
Page 81 - institution, or association, or system of religion, or for the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other religious teacher (o) No person shall be convicted of treason against the United States unless on the testimony of two witnesses