The American Year BookAlbert Bushnell Hart T. Nelson & Sons, 1912 - Almanacs, American |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vii
... lines . The number of learned and technical societies which are now included is 38. In some cases the representative of a society has himself prepared the material for the YEAR BOOK for 1912 ; in other cases he has desig- nated the ...
... lines . The number of learned and technical societies which are now included is 38. In some cases the representative of a society has himself prepared the material for the YEAR BOOK for 1912 ; in other cases he has desig- nated the ...
Page 34
... line following the eastern boundaries of Montana , Wyoming , Colorado and New Mexico . The region west of that line with two - fifths of the area contains one- thirteenth of the population of the country . The region east of that line ...
... line following the eastern boundaries of Montana , Wyoming , Colorado and New Mexico . The region west of that line with two - fifths of the area contains one- thirteenth of the population of the country . The region east of that line ...
Page 40
... lines and be composed of persons qualified to on coastwise vessels carrying immi- exercise judicial functions , that the grants . The report pertains to con- hearings should be public and that ditions before Jan. 1 , 1909 , when the an ...
... lines and be composed of persons qualified to on coastwise vessels carrying immi- exercise judicial functions , that the grants . The report pertains to con- hearings should be public and that ditions before Jan. 1 , 1909 , when the an ...
Page 54
... lines to the coal fields in competition with the Ryan syndi- cate ; that no monopoly was possible , for , by law , every third quarter - mile of the shore was retained in absolute ownership by the government . Final- ly he said : The ...
... lines to the coal fields in competition with the Ryan syndi- cate ; that no monopoly was possible , for , by law , every third quarter - mile of the shore was retained in absolute ownership by the government . Final- ly he said : The ...
Page 57
... lines in the Southwest , ordered them to re- tain in force their existing rates . The decision said : " There is no evidence before us which establishes the neces- sity for higher rates . From the standpoint of net revenue and of ...
... lines in the Southwest , ordered them to re- tain in force their existing rates . The decision said : " There is no evidence before us which establishes the neces- sity for higher rates . From the standpoint of net revenue and of ...
Contents
1 | |
34 | |
44 | |
107 | |
167 | |
175 | |
193 | |
215 | |
506 | |
525 | |
544 | |
565 | |
581 | |
606 | |
620 | |
640 | |
229 | |
262 | |
271 | |
290 | |
328 | |
347 | |
368 | |
375 | |
397 | |
481 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres adopted Agriculture Alaska Amending Sec American amount annual appointed Association Austria-Hungary authorized banks bill Board Bureau California Canada Canal Census cent charge Charities Chicago cial coal Commerce commission committee companies Conference Congress constitution coöperation corporations cotton Court Demurrage Department disease District election employees enacted eral established federal Honduras House Illinois important increase industrial interest International investigation Jersey July June June 30 labor land legislation legislature of 1911 manufacture Massachusetts ment Mexico miles Missouri municipal National North North Carolina North Dakota officers Ohio operation organized passed population port present President President Taft Prison railroad railway rates result Russia Senate Sept sion South statute tariff Texas tion tons trade treaty typhoid fever United United States Senate vote Washington Wisconsin York
Popular passages
Page 688 - the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man...
Page 101 - They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce.
Page 101 - There shall be between the territories of the high contracting parties, a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The inhabitants of their respective states shall, mutually have liberty to enter the ports, places, and rivers of the territories of each party, wherever foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection...
Page 352 - The said bureau shall investigate and report to said department upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories.
Page 202 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 164 - But the prohibition of compelling a man in a criminal court to be a witness against himself is a prohibition of the use of physical or moral compulsion to extort communications from him, not an exclusion of his body as evidence when it may be material.
Page 96 - It is further agreed, however, that in cases in which the Parties disagree as to whether or not a difference is subject to arbitration under Article I. of this Treaty, that question shall be submitted to the Joint High Commission of Inquiry ; and if all or all but one of the members of the Commission agree and report that such difference is within the scope of Article I. it shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty.
Page 97 - The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty.
Page 130 - Money Bill means a Public Bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration...
Page 96 - States will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; His Majesty's Government reserving the right before concluding a special agreement in any matter affecting the interests of a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire to obtain the concurrence therein of the Government of that Dominion.