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... Columbia .. Reporter of decisions of Supreme Court of the United States . District attorneys of the United States Marshals Intercourse with foreign nations . Miscellaneous : Expenses of loans , & c . Supervising and local inspectors ...
... Columbia .. Reporter of decisions of Supreme Court of the United States . District attorneys of the United States Marshals Intercourse with foreign nations . Miscellaneous : Expenses of loans , & c . Supervising and local inspectors ...
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... Columbia . Smithsonian Institution Details of War Department : Pay of the army , & c .... Quartermasters ' department . Surgeon General's office . Ordnance office . Military Academy Office of Chief Engineer . Signal office .. Bureau ...
... Columbia . Smithsonian Institution Details of War Department : Pay of the army , & c .... Quartermasters ' department . Surgeon General's office . Ordnance office . Military Academy Office of Chief Engineer . Signal office .. Bureau ...
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... Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb .... Annual report of the board of visitors and superintendent of construction of the Government Hospital for the Insane for the year 1866 - '67 ... Annual report of the Metropolitan Police for ...
... Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb .... Annual report of the board of visitors and superintendent of construction of the Government Hospital for the Insane for the year 1866 - '67 ... Annual report of the Metropolitan Police for ...
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... Columbia . Letter from the Secretary of the .. Interior , relative to the proposed reduction of estimates for the surveying service for the year ending June 30 , 1869. Letter from the Secretary of the ... 15 191 15 192 Interior ...
... Columbia . Letter from the Secretary of the .. Interior , relative to the proposed reduction of estimates for the surveying service for the year ending June 30 , 1869. Letter from the Secretary of the ... 15 191 15 192 Interior ...
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... Columbia ; that in many parts of this vast mineral range travel is still difficult and expensive ; that the business of mining is new to the American people , and the collection of statistics unsystem- atized in this department of ...
... Columbia ; that in many parts of this vast mineral range travel is still difficult and expensive ; that the business of mining is new to the American people , and the collection of statistics unsystem- atized in this department of ...
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Seite 183 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Seite 537 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Seite 40 - When the old sheriffs house was destroyed at Lexington, Captain JA Wilson secured the slave whip which had been the official Lafayette County flagellum. It is composed of a wooden handle attached to a flat piece of rubber strap about eighteen inches long, an inch and a half wide, and a quarter of an inch thick. It has the appearance of having been cut from rubber belting, being reen forced with fibre as 1s rubber hose.
Seite 183 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Seite 496 - Shining mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance.
Seite 566 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Seite 279 - ... west; and the cloud supplying the rain is mostly of the cumulo-stratus or nimbus form, and quite low in the sky. What is singular, the rain begins most frequently to the northward, although the cloud comes from the south. The horizon in the south may be entirely clear under these circumstances, the cloud forming in view, and growing denser and denser in its northward travel, until it precipitates the rain. The following table exhibits the mean quantity of rain falling at different stations, and...
Seite 265 - The largest crystals are generally enclosed in a stiff blue clay, at a depth of between three and four feet, and a short distance above them is a nearly pure stratum of smaller ones, some two and...
Seite xvii - Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States for canal purposes from the year 1827 to June 30, 1869.
Seite xxxiv - I respectfully transmit herewith a report and accompanying documents from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the...