Report to Accompany Bill S. No. 338 ...1948 - 141 páginas |
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Página 91 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Página 29 - Seminoles reside in the region between them and the Gulf. Except for the occasional flight of an eagle or a bittern, startled by the strange invaders of their privacy, or for a view of the fishes in the shallow waters, gliding swiftly from your boat as it goes near to them, your eye would not rest on living thing, abiding in this wilderness of "grass waters,'
Página 70 - The agents selected to make these examinations shall be instructed to examine as well the books, accounts, and returns, of the officer, as the money on hand, and the manner of its being kept, to the end that uniformity and accuracy in the accounts, as well as safety to the public moneys, may be secured thereby.
Página 28 - ... and as you draw near an island the beauty of the scene is increased by the rich foliage and blooming flowers of the wild myrtle and the honeysuckle and other shrubs and vines that generally adorn its shores. The profound and wild solitude of the place, the solemn silence that pervades it, unless broken by the splashing of a paddle of the canoe or light batteau, with which only can you traverse the Pahayokee, or by the voices of your ' ' compagnons du voyage," add to awakened and excited curiosity...
Página 9 - ... troops of the United States, or in the service of the United States In any other capacity, but when so serving with the militia or with volunteer troops, or when employed in the service of the United States in any other capacity, an officer of the medical reserve corps shall not be subject to call for duty under the terms of this section...
Página 28 - ... feet above the surface, and covering all. but a few rods around, from your view. The water is pure and limpid, and almost imperceptibly moves, not in partial currents, but, as it seems, in a mass, silently and slowly to the southward.
Página 105 - Professor Bache, has informed me, that if the means were appropriated by Congress, the entire reef and all the keys, from the Tortugas up to Cape Sable, could be surveyed in one season.
Página 29 - The effect of such visit to the Pahayokee upon a person of romantic imagination and who indulges his fancies on such subjects, it may be presumed, would be somewhat poetic. But if the visitor is a man of practical, utilitarian turn of thought, the first and the abiding impression is the utter worthlessness to civilized man, in its present condition, for any useful or practical object, of the entire region. A solitary inducement can not now be offered to a decent white man to settle in the interior...
Página 74 - Peninsula, which has been hitherto regarded as wholly valueless, in consequence of being covered by water at stated periods of the year, and the supposed impracticability of draining it : And whereas, recent information, derived from the most respectable sources, has induced the belief, which is daily strengthening, that these opinions are without foundation, and on the contrary, that at a comparatively small expense. the aforesaid region can be entirely reclaimed ; thus opening to the habitation...
Página 78 - That whenever any section of land in said tract, shall be really occupied by a bona fide settler, actually engaged in the propagation or cultivation of valuable tropical plants, and upon proof thereof being made to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall issue to the said Henry Perrine and his associates. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every section of land in the tract aforesaid, which shall not be occupied by an actual settler, positively engaged in the propagation...