Hearings Before the Postal CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 934 páginas |
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If my information be correct , these publishers will appear before you in the same
spirit and with the same purpose that the Department appears — that is , to
endeavor to rid the statute books of laws which are practically inoperative and ...
If my information be correct , these publishers will appear before you in the same
spirit and with the same purpose that the Department appears — that is , to
endeavor to rid the statute books of laws which are practically inoperative and ...
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... erected by the statute against the admission of pure advertising sheets , or , in
other words , “ house organs , " would be broken down , and the generous policy
of Congress , which has always been to favor dissemination of current news and
...
... erected by the statute against the admission of pure advertising sheets , or , in
other words , “ house organs , " would be broken down , and the generous policy
of Congress , which has always been to favor dissemination of current news and
...
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The intent of the law , he thought , was clear , but , however convinced we were of
the intent of the statute , it was quite another thing to enforce the intent , and
especially if without regard to the intent the practice had been for years to admit ...
The intent of the law , he thought , was clear , but , however convinced we were of
the intent of the statute , it was quite another thing to enforce the intent , and
especially if without regard to the intent the practice had been for years to admit ...
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... legitimate list of subscribers , and a few instances of how this requirement of
law is complied with , or , rather , not complied with , by many of the publications
which are commonly regarded as not within the intent and purposes of the statute
.
... legitimate list of subscribers , and a few instances of how this requirement of
law is complied with , or , rather , not complied with , by many of the publications
which are commonly regarded as not within the intent and purposes of the statute
.
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It would , as far as possible , administer the statutes according to what was
believed to be their plain intent . So that we may say that these laws were
administered in two distinct epochs , the first beginning with the act of 1879 and
ending July ...
It would , as far as possible , administer the statutes according to what was
believed to be their plain intent . So that we may say that these laws were
administered in two distinct epochs , the first beginning with the act of 1879 and
ending July ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 137 - The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right ; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Página 555 - ... failure to give any definition which would be at once perspicuous, comprehensive and satisfactory, there is wisdom, we think, in the ascertaining of the intent and application of such an important phrase in the Federal Constitution by the gradual process of judicial inclusion and exclusion, as the cases presented for decision shall require, with the reasoning on which such decisions may be founded.
Página 133 - That it shall be lawful to transmit through the mail, free of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States : Provided, That every such letter or package, to entitle it to pass free, shall bear over the words 'Official business...
Página 18 - It must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts or some special industry, and having a legitimate list of subscribers: Provided, however.
Página 391 - Third. It must be formed of printed paper sheets, without board, cloth, leather, or other substantial binding, such as distinguish printed books for preservation from periodical publications. Fourth. It must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, arts, or some special industry...
Página 133 - And if any person shall make use of any such official envelope to avoid the payment of postage on his private letter, package, or other matter in the mail, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of three hundred dollars, to be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Página 721 - Act all period, leal publications issued from a known place of publication at stated intervals, and as frequently as four times a year, by or under the auspices of a benevolent or fraternal society or order organized under the lodge system and having a bona fide membership of not less than one thousand persons, or by a regularly incorporated institution of learning, or by or under the auspices of a trades...
Página 184 - Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second-class rate regular publications designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates.
Página 721 - ... membership of not less than one thousand persons, or by a regularly incorporated institution of learning, or by or under the auspices of a trades union, and all publications of strictly professional, literary, historical, or scientific societies, including the bulletins issued by State boards of health, shall be admitted to the mails as Opinion of the Court.
Página 39 - A mark, except by written or printed words, to designate a word or passage to which it is desired to call attention. (viii) The words "Sample Copy" when the copies are sent as samples.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Hearings Before the Postal Commission |
| Autor | United States. Postal commission. [from old catalog] |
| Colaborador | Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography |
| Editor | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca del Congreso |
| Digitalizado | 27 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 934 páginas |
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