House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 11 |
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Page ccxvii - In the absence of special legislation on this subject, the law has vested the power in the committee to regulate the system of distribution and classification; and when this power is reasonably exercised, without being abused or perverted by colorable pretences, the decision of the committee must be deemed conclusive.
Page cliv - The instruction includes (1) the dressing of blisters, burns, sores, and wounds; the application of fomentations, poultices, and minor dressings; (2) the application of leeches ; (3) the administration of enemas; (4) the use of the catheter...
Page ccxxiii - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed, under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the states and territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
Page cxxxvi - I, , do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will demean myself, as an attorney and counsellor of this court, uprightly, and according to law; and that I will support the Constitution of the United States.
Page lxxviii - ... year, and loth to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should; for he suffereth them to have tame and well-ordered horse, but wild and unfortunate children; and therefore in the end they find more pleasure in their horse than comfort in their children.
Page clxii - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and hereby is, set apart as a perpetual fund for the purpose of aiding the education of the blind in the United States of America, through the American Printing House for the Blind.
Page 66 - State superintendent of public instruction, secretary of state, and attorney general, shall constitute a board of commissioners, for the management and investment of the school funds. Any two of said commissioners shall be a quorum.
Page cxliv - Every district dental society shall at its annual meeting appoint not less than three nor more than five censors to continue in office for one year and until others are chosen, who shall constitute a district board of censors.
Page 167 - Regents, and by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall be ex officio Regents.
Page cxxxvi - ... in the Supreme Court of the United States or in the highest court of the District of Columbia or in the highest court of some State or Territory, of which admission he shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the court.