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... seems to me , simply deserve that passing irritated attention that we would give to the proverbial dog in the manger . There are no valid objec- tions to the favorable consideration of this measure , but all the rea- sons in history and ...
... seems to me , simply deserve that passing irritated attention that we would give to the proverbial dog in the manger . There are no valid objec- tions to the favorable consideration of this measure , but all the rea- sons in history and ...
Page 359
... seem to me that it is as little as the United States can do to place the people of this District on an equal footing with the inhabitants of Porto Rico and Hawaii . This District , it is true , is not an organized Territory of the ...
... seem to me that it is as little as the United States can do to place the people of this District on an equal footing with the inhabitants of Porto Rico and Hawaii . This District , it is true , is not an organized Territory of the ...
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... seems to me , that some of your money should go to the support of a college of the mechanic arts for the District of Columbia . A gentleman from one of the Western States , in response to a letter I had the privilege of writing on this ...
... seems to me , that some of your money should go to the support of a college of the mechanic arts for the District of Columbia . A gentleman from one of the Western States , in response to a letter I had the privilege of writing on this ...
Page 371
... seems to us we should be particularly cared for or there should be even more solicitude on the part of Congress for our welfare . We have no voice in the Government in any way whatever , as you know ; no vote . The National Legislature ...
... seems to us we should be particularly cared for or there should be even more solicitude on the part of Congress for our welfare . We have no voice in the Government in any way whatever , as you know ; no vote . The National Legislature ...
Page 372
... seems to me , in view of the fact that we are educating these children who go throughout the United States , it should receive your unusual atten- tion . There is another thought I want to suggest , and that is it is a great advantage ...
... seems to me , in view of the fact that we are educating these children who go throughout the United States , it should receive your unusual atten- tion . There is another thought I want to suggest , and that is it is a great advantage ...
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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...