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... citizens , representative in character , advocating the passage of this bill . To us it seems a simple act of justice . We can imagine no reason why the District of Columbia , with 340,000 American citizens , should be excluded from the ...
... citizens , representative in character , advocating the passage of this bill . To us it seems a simple act of justice . We can imagine no reason why the District of Columbia , with 340,000 American citizens , should be excluded from the ...
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... citizens of the United States in the full sense of the word . We have not agreed they should be . If I were in Europe , standing under a monarchial form of government , I would say that the Porto Ricans are our " subjects " - a word I ...
... citizens of the United States in the full sense of the word . We have not agreed they should be . If I were in Europe , standing under a monarchial form of government , I would say that the Porto Ricans are our " subjects " - a word I ...
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... citizens of the United States in one of the States belong to the citizens of the District of Columbia . " If the citizen of Illinois , for instance , on trial in the federal courts sitting in that State , is en- titled to invoke certain ...
... citizens of the United States in one of the States belong to the citizens of the District of Columbia . " If the citizen of Illinois , for instance , on trial in the federal courts sitting in that State , is en- titled to invoke certain ...
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... citizens of the United States , and worthy to be citizens of the United States . Here is a part of the population of this country equal to any in the whole United States . I think I have seen a good many parts of this country , and I ...
... citizens of the United States , and worthy to be citizens of the United States . Here is a part of the population of this country equal to any in the whole United States . I think I have seen a good many parts of this country , and I ...
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... citizens who are here and can not get away ? Will you give them a good education and fit them for a good life in the industrial and commer- cial world and in the professional world ? If so , then we must have the aid which we ask . When ...
... citizens who are here and can not get away ? Will you give them a good education and fit them for a good life in the industrial and commer- cial world and in the professional world ? If so , then we must have the aid which we ask . When ...
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Page 417 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 417 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 418 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for ten years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the preceding year...
Page 413 - Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of August, AD 1882, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventh.
Page 417 - ... shall be required to report to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before the first day of September of each year, a detailed statement of the amount so received and of its disbursement.
Page 417 - July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety...
Page 418 - ... therefor shall be reported to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress...
Page 417 - That there shall be, and hereby is, annually appropriated} out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, arising from the sales of public lands, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 417 - SEC. 2. That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the thirty-first day of July of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of the Interior, out of the Treasury of the United States, to the state or territorial treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same...
Page 408 - That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the...