The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 11Americana Company, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... central interference in local matters , usually legislative and judicial , resulting in mis- government , corruption and decreased effi- ciency in central administration . The report of the Commission on Municipal Corporations for 1835 ...
... central interference in local matters , usually legislative and judicial , resulting in mis- government , corruption and decreased effi- ciency in central administration . The report of the Commission on Municipal Corporations for 1835 ...
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... central gov- ernment . In several American cities ( for ex- ample , St. Louis , Baltimore , and Boston ) , the police authorities are appointed by the State . In practically all countries except the United States , the central ...
... central gov- ernment . In several American cities ( for ex- ample , St. Louis , Baltimore , and Boston ) , the police authorities are appointed by the State . In practically all countries except the United States , the central ...
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... central and western Europe is the municipal pawn shop ( see MONT DE PIETE ) in nearly all of the larger and many of the smaller cities , except in Great Britain , where no steps have yet been taken in this direction . In the United ...
... central and western Europe is the municipal pawn shop ( see MONT DE PIETE ) in nearly all of the larger and many of the smaller cities , except in Great Britain , where no steps have yet been taken in this direction . In the United ...
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... central government rather than to the city . His term of office is four years . The Prussian bürgermeister is not a member of the elective council , but of the board of mag- istrates a sort of executive council which ini- tiates ...
... central government rather than to the city . His term of office is four years . The Prussian bürgermeister is not a member of the elective council , but of the board of mag- istrates a sort of executive council which ini- tiates ...
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... central figure , as well as its masterly composition and technique . been exhibited in all quarters of the civilized It has world and was bought by John Wanamaker of Philadelphia for $ 120,000 . his dramatic Christ on Calvary , ' the ...
... central figure , as well as its masterly composition and technique . been exhibited in all quarters of the civilized It has world and was bought by John Wanamaker of Philadelphia for $ 120,000 . his dramatic Christ on Calvary , ' the ...
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Page 36 - All naturalized citizens of the United States, while in foreign countries, are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born citizens.
Page 11 - Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or...
Page 36 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 41 - He became Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons.
Page 41 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Page 36 - States, may have become citizens of any one of the states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of the naturalization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof...
Page 36 - ... Any alien, being under the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority...
Page 22 - That the lands given and granted to the governors of the college of the province of New York in the city of New York in America...
Page 36 - States, be considered as citizens thereof ; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 36 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.