Digest of the Official Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the United States, Volume 26;Volume 32

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926
 

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Halaman 57 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Halaman 243 - Pacific ocean to a distance of three marine miles from mean low water mark with the proviso that the cities of Panama and Colon and the harbors adjacent to said cities, which are included within the boundaries of the zone above described, shall not be included within this grant.
Halaman 194 - ... (Public No. 323, 65th Cong., 2d sess.), which reads as follows: "Sec. 9. That the International Joint Commission created by the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada...
Halaman 192 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.
Halaman 77 - When the foreign State or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law. to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright...
Halaman 86 - Customs certain functions pertaining to imports and exports now exercised by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce...
Halaman 222 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Halaman 32 - An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, as amended, is hereby again amended to read as follows: "SEC.
Halaman 170 - That hereafter no part of the public moneys, or of any appropriation heretofore or hereafter made by Congress, shall be used for the payment of compensation or expenses of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, or any members thereof, or for expenses in connection with any work or the results of any work or action of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, unless the creation of the same shall be or shall have been authorized by law...
Halaman 102 - SEC. 2. That nothing in this act shall apply to contracts for transportation by land or water, or for the transmission of intelligence, or for the purchase of supplies by the Government, whether manufactured to conform to particular specifications or not...

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