Statutes of the United States of AmericaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 |
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Act approved additional allowed ally of enemy amended America in Congress amount annum application Artillery bridge buildings Bureau Canal centum clerks commission compensation Congress assembled construction contingent expenses continuation corporation court Department District of Columbia duty employees engineer enlisted entitled An Act equipment exceed exceeding Federal reserve Federal Reserve Board Federal reserve notes fiscal year nineteen Government Harbor hereby authorized hospital House of Representatives hundred and eighteen hundred and seventeen hundred and sixteen issued June thirtieth labor lands maintenance manufacture ment military National Guard naval Navy necessary nineteen hundred objects specified operation Ordnance paid Panama Canal payment person post office prescribed President proclamation Provided further purchase purposes Quartermaster Corps regulations repairs River ROBERT LANSING Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House stations subsistence sundry civil supplies thereof thereto tion transportation Treasury United vessel Washington WOODROW WILSON
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Page 39 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque or privateer, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of...
Page 219 - States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Page 220 - Whenever the President by proclamation or Executive order declares a national emergency to exist by reason of actual or threatened war, insurrection, or invasion, or disturbance or threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may make, subject to the approval of the President, rules and regulations governing the anchorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States...
Page 333 - ... upon the obligee, or to reimburse the obligee for any portion of the tax, or to pay the interest without deduction for any tax which the obligor may be required or permitted to pay thereon, or to retain therefrom under any law of the United States...
Page 322 - ... shall show the date thereof, the name of the seller, the amount of the sale, and the matter or thing to which it refers.
Page 208 - President is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum, as, added to...
Page 102 - States a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, which shall accrue to the United States and may be recovered in a civil action brought by the United States.
Page 125 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 39 - States to any country named in such proclamation any article or articles mentioned in such proclamation, except at such time or times, and under such regulations and orders, and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe, until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress: Provided, however, That no preference shall be given to the ports of one State over those of another.
Page 219 - ... to elicit any information with respect to the movement, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the Armed Forces, ships, aircraft, or war materials of the United States, or with respect to the plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct of any naval or military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification or defense of any place, or any other information relating to the public defense, which might...