Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, Consisting of Messrs. Holman, Sayers, Breckinridge (KY.) Cogswell, and Bingham, in Charge of Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill for 1894

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 - United States - 249 pages
 

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Page 82 - Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 121 - OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: For the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States...
Page 232 - cause to be taken on a special schedule of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of said inquiry, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines.
Page 222 - Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina. . . Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee ........ Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Total.
Page 117 - States, the study of the waters of the coast and interior in the interest of fish culture, and the investigation of the fishing grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with the view of determining their food resources and the development of the commercial fisheries; (3) the...
Page 239 - In accordance with an act of Congress approved March 1, 1889, entitled "An act to provide for taking the Eleventh and subsequent Censuses...
Page 59 - And the said solicitor shall have charge of all lands and other property which have been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed to the United States, in payment of debts, and of all trusts created for the use...
Page 121 - States, three hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the United States, including researches with a view of determining geological conditions favorable to the presence of deposits of potash...
Page 43 - That hereafter all legal services connected with the procurement of titles to site for public buildings, other than for life-saving stations at pier-head lights, shall be rendered by United States district attorneys : Provided further, That hereafter, in the procurement of sites for such public buildings, it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to require of the grantors in each case to furnish, free of all expenses to the Government, all requisite abstracts, official certifications, and evidences...
Page 100 - MAINTENANCE OF VESSELS: For the maintenance of the vessels and steam launches of the United States Fish Commission, and for boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, including salaries or compensation of all necessary civilian employees, forty-three thousand nine hundred dollars.

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