The Current Encyclopedia: A Monthly Record of Human Progress, Količina 2Modern Research Society, 1902 |
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Stran 824
... nearly half of South America and is larger than the United States exclusive of Alaska . It is divided into twenty States and one Federal District . In 1890 the population of Brazil was 14 , - 333,915 ; it is now estimated at 17,500,000 ...
... nearly half of South America and is larger than the United States exclusive of Alaska . It is divided into twenty States and one Federal District . In 1890 the population of Brazil was 14 , - 333,915 ; it is now estimated at 17,500,000 ...
Stran 826
... nearly one - half . " one - half . " The total production of the Amazon Valley in 1900 was 25,807 tons . as The sugar industry is described as being yet in its infancy . The total production of the last season was estimated at 4,040 ...
... nearly one - half . " one - half . " The total production of the Amazon Valley in 1900 was 25,807 tons . as The sugar industry is described as being yet in its infancy . The total production of the last season was estimated at 4,040 ...
Stran 828
... nearly 45,000,000 milreis . " Of the estimated revenue in 1901 ( about 59,000,000 milreis gold and 286,000,000 mil- reis paper ) , the principal items are import duties , 36,460,000 milreis gold and 123 , - 454,000 milreis paper ...
... nearly 45,000,000 milreis . " Of the estimated revenue in 1901 ( about 59,000,000 milreis gold and 286,000,000 mil- reis paper ) , the principal items are import duties , 36,460,000 milreis gold and 123 , - 454,000 milreis paper ...
Stran 829
... nearly $ 70,000,000 , or about of its total foreign commerce . Its trade with Great Britain was next larg- est , being about $ 59,000,000 , or about 4 of the total . More than half of the commerce between In the U. S. Consular Reports ...
... nearly $ 70,000,000 , or about of its total foreign commerce . Its trade with Great Britain was next larg- est , being about $ 59,000,000 , or about 4 of the total . More than half of the commerce between In the U. S. Consular Reports ...
Stran 839
... nearly four centuries ; and , what is more im- portant , it accomplished the complete super- session of the Clayton - Bulwer treaty , which had recently become so burdensome to Americans . The Commissioners , in their report , comment ...
... nearly four centuries ; and , what is more im- portant , it accomplished the complete super- session of the Clayton - Bulwer treaty , which had recently become so burdensome to Americans . The Commissioners , in their report , comment ...
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Stran 1093 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Stran 1119 - Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a ^particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Stran 868 - It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from Government the privilege of doing business under corporate form, which frees them from individual responsibility, and enables them to call into their enterprises the capital of the public, they shall do so upon absolutely truthful representations as to the value of the property in which the capital is to be invested.
Stran 1253 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Stran 972 - ... 5. To enable such students as may find Washington the best point for their special studies to enjoy the advantages of the museums, libraries, laboratories, observatory, meteorological, piscicultural, and forestry schools, and kindred institutions of the several departments of the Government. 6. To ensure the prompt publication and distribution of the results of scientific investigation, a field considered highly important.
Stran 1094 - A person shall be deemed to have given a preference if, being insolvent, he has, within four months before the filing of the petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such...
Stran 1007 - Then ye returned to your trinkets; then ye contented your souls With the flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals. Given to strong delusion, wholly believing a lie, Ye saw that the land lay fenceless, and ye let the months go by Waiting some easy wonder, hoping some saving sign Idle - openly idle - in the lee of the forespent Line.
Stran 1017 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Stran 842 - That there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands the rates of duty which are required to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign countries...
Stran 842 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise shall be imported, under penalty of forfeiture thereof, from one port of the United States to another port of the United States...