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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... meaning , and clearly show an intention to embrace persons other than combatants , and to include " all persons made prisoners of war , " whether combatants or not . It also clearly implies that the term " prisoners of war " was not ...
... meaning , and clearly show an intention to embrace persons other than combatants , and to include " all persons made prisoners of war , " whether combatants or not . It also clearly implies that the term " prisoners of war " was not ...
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... meaning and intent of these statutes- that the main contemplation of paragraph 295 is directed to the normal number of twelve bottles , and the contempla- tion of the proviso to the penalty of the dozen rate merely for a short package ...
... meaning and intent of these statutes- that the main contemplation of paragraph 295 is directed to the normal number of twelve bottles , and the contempla- tion of the proviso to the penalty of the dozen rate merely for a short package ...
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... meaning to every clause . The rule of construction in tax laws is that if there is doubt as to the liability of any instrument or other thing to taxa- tion , the construction is in favor of the exemption , because a tax can not be ...
... meaning to every clause . The rule of construction in tax laws is that if there is doubt as to the liability of any instrument or other thing to taxa- tion , the construction is in favor of the exemption , because a tax can not be ...
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... of our temporary jurisdiction over that island . The plain meaning and intent of the language of the acts of 1880 and 1882 in my opinion forbid that view . As to the application to raise the wreck of the The Secretary of the Navy . 77.
... of our temporary jurisdiction over that island . The plain meaning and intent of the language of the acts of 1880 and 1882 in my opinion forbid that view . As to the application to raise the wreck of the The Secretary of the Navy . 77.
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... relief intended by Congress . But , you ask the meaning of the terms " perils of the sea " and " the shipwrecked . ” 19395 - VOL 23-02- -6 As has been already stated , the purpose and objects The Secretary of the Treasury . 81.
... relief intended by Congress . But , you ask the meaning of the terms " perils of the sea " and " the shipwrecked . ” 19395 - VOL 23-02- -6 As has been already stated , the purpose and objects The Secretary of the Treasury . 81.
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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...