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Page 46 - December 8, 1874, have begun to receive the attention of the observatory. " It is essential to the complete success of these observations that the various parties which may be sent out by the Government should make their observations on a uniform and carefully prepared plan. " The Superintendent of the Observatory has been invited to become a member of a committee of the National Academy of Sciences, appointed to devise such a plan. The functions of the Academy being purely advisory, and it being...
Page 119 - All balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills, and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made within that year; and balances not needed for such purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund. This section, however, shall not apply to appropriations known as permanent...
Page 7 - It is hereby also stipulated and agreed by the said contractors and their sureties, that in all cases there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of a trip when the trip is not...
Page 150 - OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, October 27, 1870.
Page 101 - Plenipotentiaries, duly authorized by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following Articles: Article I...
Page 104 - The President Is authorized from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may require, to rearrange, by consolidation or otherwise the several customs-collection districts and to discontinue ports of entry by abolishing the same or establishing others In their stead: Provided, That the whole number of...
Page 102 - June, 1846, have resolved to conclude a treaty for this purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : The President of the United States of America, William H.
Page 115 - ... military service, was at the time actually in the field, or on the march, or at some post, fort, or garrison, or en route, by direction of competent authority, to some post, fort, or garrison; or, if in the naval service, was at the time borne on the books of some ship or other vessel of the United States, at sea or in harbor, actually in commission, or was at some naval station, or on his way, by direction of competent authority, to the United States or to some other vessel or naval station...
Page 143 - They also undertake, covenant, and agree with the United States, and do bind themselves, jointly and severally as aforesaid, to be answerable for the...
Page 145 - Bartlett, their sureties, do jointly and severally undertake, covenant, and agree with the United States, and do bind themselves — 1st.