Congressional Serial Set, Issue 3900U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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Page 62 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 129 - ... willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness, or to testify, or produce documentary evidence which such person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, for which such person shall be punished...
Page 129 - ... board appointed for such purpose, shall have authority to administer an oath to any witness attending to testify or depose in the course of such investigation.
Page 57 - Each troop of cavalry shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant...
Page 136 - The person making the return shall at the same time bring the body of the party before the judge who granted the writ.
Page 129 - ... to file an information against and prosecute the person so offending, and the punishment of such person, on conviction, shall be a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, at the discretion of the court: Provided, That the fees of such witness...
Page 504 - ... or while being served in the mess tent. It is for this reason that a strict sanitary police is so important. Also because the water supply may be contaminated in the same way, or by surface drainage. If it can be avoided, marches should not be made in the hottest part of the day...
Page 101 - The Constitution declares that ' Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.' No public property can therefore be disposed of without the authority of law, either by an express act of Congress for that purpose, or by giving the authority to some department or subordinate agent.
Page 12 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 472 - Sinks should be dug before a camp is occupied, or as soon after as practicable. The surface of fecal matter should be covered with fresh earth or quicklime or ashes three times a day.