Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments, in Relation to Their Official DutiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 - Attorneys general's opinions |
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... Congress authorizing the Sec- retary of the Treasury to bestow medals of honor of the first class and of the second class upon persons who make signal exertions in endeavoring to save life from the perils of the sea , etc. , in the ...
... Congress authorizing the Sec- retary of the Treasury to bestow medals of honor of the first class and of the second class upon persons who make signal exertions in endeavoring to save life from the perils of the sea , etc. , in the ...
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... Congress , then at least , deemed too nar- row , and to give to this legislation a broader scope . In doing this , Congress has plainly made the territorial extent of this legislation as broad as the waters over which the United States ...
... Congress , then at least , deemed too nar- row , and to give to this legislation a broader scope . In doing this , Congress has plainly made the territorial extent of this legislation as broad as the waters over which the United States ...
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... Congress . Here , too , the language of the statutes and their obvious reason , purpose , and object agree in the same construction and conclusion . By the act of June 20 , 1874 , these were defined simply as " perils of the sea , " and ...
... Congress . Here , too , the language of the statutes and their obvious reason , purpose , and object agree in the same construction and conclusion . By the act of June 20 , 1874 , these were defined simply as " perils of the sea , " and ...
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... Congress under the Constitution was limited , in the fram- ing of such an article , to the English practice , and still less to the scope of the article itself , which does not concern civilians . Congress does , as a matter of fact ...
... Congress under the Constitution was limited , in the fram- ing of such an article , to the English practice , and still less to the scope of the article itself , which does not concern civilians . Congress does , as a matter of fact ...
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... Congress had chiefly in mind . When such a state of affairs should exist , martial law , so far as it dealt with civil offenses committed by soldiers , was to come into play and to withdraw from the courts of civil judicature their ...
... Congress had chiefly in mind . When such a state of affairs should exist , martial law , so far as it dealt with civil offenses committed by soldiers , was to come into play and to withdraw from the courts of civil judicature their ...
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Page 553 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, cauaL lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless...
Page 329 - An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes...
Page 225 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 61 - ... on all sales, or agreements to sell, or memoranda of sales or deliveries or transfers of shares or certificates of stock in any association, company, or corporation, whether made upon or shown by the books of the association, company, or corporation, or by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery, or by any paper or agreement or memorandum or other evidence of transfer or sale, whether entitling the holder in any manner to the benefit of such stock, or to secure the future payment of money...
Page 276 - ... them thereon, or shall refuse or neglect to return them to the port from which they came, or to pay the cost of their maintenance while on land, such master...
Page 457 - Officers and enlisted men who, in their own right or by right of inheritence, are members of military societies of men who served in the armies and navies of the United States in the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion...
Page 569 - That the President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall by public proclamation declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.
Page 175 - That hereafter any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the United States for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion of any public work, or for repairs upon any public building or public work, shall be required, before commencing such work, to execute the usual penal bond, with good and sufficient sureties, with the additional obligation that such contractor or contractors shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them with...
Page 29 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...
Page 69 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: first, that the judgment of a court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another court...