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... for other reasons not connected with the merits of the matter , these provisions
failed of passage . In the resulting conference committee the provisions intended
to consolidate all surveys of mensuration in a single service to be HISTORY.
... for other reasons not connected with the merits of the matter , these provisions
failed of passage . In the resulting conference committee the provisions intended
to consolidate all surveys of mensuration in a single service to be HISTORY.
Strana 9
On March 3 , 1879 , the bill containing these provisions became law ( 20 Stat . L .
, 394 ) . Pursuant to the provisions of this law , the President appointed as
Director of the Geological Survey , Clarence King , who , as already stated , had ...
On March 3 , 1879 , the bill containing these provisions became law ( 20 Stat . L .
, 394 ) . Pursuant to the provisions of this law , the President appointed as
Director of the Geological Survey , Clarence King , who , as already stated , had ...
Strana 14
At first the Survey took the position that by the term " classification of the public
lands , ” Congress did not intend to imply a detailed survey of the individual tracts
of land in the public domain , with respect to their inclusion under the provisions
of ...
At first the Survey took the position that by the term " classification of the public
lands , ” Congress did not intend to imply a detailed survey of the individual tracts
of land in the public domain , with respect to their inclusion under the provisions
of ...
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This provision was accordingly incorporated in the sundry civil appropriation act
adopted shortly afterward ( act of August 4 ... research , the utility of which had
been questioned by the minority of the commission , and these provisions
became.
This provision was accordingly incorporated in the sundry civil appropriation act
adopted shortly afterward ( act of August 4 ... research , the utility of which had
been questioned by the minority of the commission , and these provisions
became.
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the minority of the commission , and these provisions became permanent
features of the appropriation acts of the Survey . The Powell Irrigation Survey ,
1888 - 1890 . The Director of the Survey , Major Powell , had for some years been
deeply ...
the minority of the commission , and these provisions became permanent
features of the appropriation acts of the Survey . The Powell Irrigation Survey ,
1888 - 1890 . The Director of the Survey , Major Powell , had for some years been
deeply ...
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Strana 65 - every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Strana 65 - ... upon payment to the receiver of not less than ten dollars per acre for such lands where the same shall be situated more than fifteen miles from any completed railroad, and not less than twenty dollars per acre for such lands as shall be within fifteen miles of such road.
Strana 8 - The publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geological and economic maps illustrating the resources and classification of the lands, and reports upon general and economic geology and paleontology.
Strana 118 - An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers...
Strana 83 - If kept revised to date by the services, they constitute exceedingly important tools of administration. They permit the directing personnel to see at a glance the organization and personnel at their disposition. They establish definitely the line of administrative authority and enable each employee to know his place in the system. They furnish the essential basis for making plans for determining costs by organization division and subdivision. They afford the data for a consideration of the problem...
Strana 130 - EXPLANATORY NOTE The bibliographies appended to the several monographs aim to list only those works which deal directly with the services to which they relate, their history, activities, organization, methods of business, problems, etc. They are intended primarily to meet the needs of those persons who desire to make a further study of the services from an administrative standpoint. They thus do not include the titles of publications of the services themselves, except in so far as they treat of the...
Strana 23 - States, the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells and the preparation of reports upon the best...
Strana 112 - L., 194. (An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.