Official Congressional DirectoryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1877 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
academic education admitted Alabama appointed Baltimore born Charles City Clerk College Colonel commenced practice Commercial agent common-school education Confederate Army Consul Consular agent County Delegate Democrat Department District Attorney Division.-Chief East Capitol street elected a member entered the Confederate expire March F street FIFTH DISTRICT Forty-fifth Congress Forty-fourth Congress Forty-second Forty-third and Forty-fourth Fourteenth street George George W Georgetown Georgia graduated Henry House of Representatives Illinois Indiana Infantry Iowa James January Jersey Kentucky Legislature Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri N. W. Chief North Carolina Ohio practised law President Presidential Elector re-elected received a common-school received an academic regiment removed Republican resigned Riggs House Saint School seat March SECOND DISTRICT Secretary of Legation served service will expire studied law Tennessee term of service Thirteenth street Thomas took his seat Union Army United States Senate Vermont Vice-commercial agent Vice-consul Virginia Volunteers Washington West William William H Wisconsin York
Pasajes populares
Página 132 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Página 131 - SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the supervision of public business relating to...
Página 130 - ... fortresses of the country, the armies in the field, and for the whole body of the militia of the Union. In these duties are comprised that of determining the general principles of construction and of prescribing in detail the models and forms of all military weapons employed in war. They comprise also the duty of prescribing the regulations for the proof and inspection of all these weapons, for maintaining uniformity and economy in their fabrication, for insuring their good quality, and for their...
Página 122 - Executive proclamations, to various commissions, and to warrants for the extradition of fugitives from justice. He is regarded as the first in rank among the members of the Cabinet. He is also the custodian of the treaties made with foreign States, and of the laws of the United States.
Página 126 - ... justice. He is regarded as the first in rank among the members of the Cabinet. He is also the custodian of the treaties made with foreign States, and of the laws of the United States. He grants and issues passports, and exequaturs to foreign consuls in the United States are issued through his office. He publishes the laws and resolutions of Congress, amendments to the Constitution, and proclamations declaring the admission of new States into the Union.
Página 106 - 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 131 - COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. The Commissioner of the General Land Office is charged with the survey, management, and sale of the public domain, and the issuing of titles therefor, whether derived from confirmations of grants made by former governments, by sales, donations, or grants for schools, railroads, military bounties, or public improvements.
Página 130 - Commander-in-Chief, may assign him, and has the general superintendence of construction, manning, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war. The Chief Clerk has general charge of the records and correspondence of the Secretary's Office.
Página 103 - Rotunda is 97 feet 6 inches in diameter, and its height from the floor to the top of the canopy is 180 feet 3 inches.
Página 132 - The duty of receiving and examining the registers of the arrivals and departures of the mails, certificates of the service of route agents, and reports of mail failures ; noting the delinquencies of contractors, and preparing cases thereon for the action of the Postmaster-General, furnishing blanks for mail registers...