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Página 7 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each member of the Senate and House of Representatives from the State of NewYork, and to the President of the United States and the members of his Cabinet.
Página 9 - February 13, 1905. 1. This report is based on a broad general view of the public-land situation, not on specific cases. 2. The present laws are not suited to meet the conditions of the remaining public domain. 3. The agricultural possibilities of the remaining public domain are unknown. Provision should be made to ascertain them, and, pending such ascertainment, to hold under Government control and in trust for such use the lands likely to be developed by actual settlers. 4. The right to exchange...
Página 5 - English; the natural, industrial and commercial resources and the commerce of the United States, especially with reference to the possibilities of increasing and extending the trade of the United States with foreign countries; political economy; elements of international, commercial and maritime law.
Página 9 - ... development of irrigation projects. A Public; Lands Commission was appointed on October 22, 1903 "to report upon the condition, operation and effect of the present land laws." It made a final report in 1905, which was heartily approved by President Roosevelt. Among its conclusions it submitted that: The agricultural possibilities of the remaining public domain are unknown. Provision should be made to ascertain them, and pending such ascertainment, to hold under Government control and in trust...
Página 9 - ... and importance that I have concluded to submit this second partial report bearing upon some of the larger features which require immediate attention without waiting for the final statement of the Commission, which, from the very nature of the case, it has not been possible to complete at this time. I am in full sympathy with the general conclusions of the Commission in substance and in essence, and I commend its recommendations to your earnest and favorable consideration.
Página 15 - The president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and members of the executive committee shall be elected at the annual meeting of the association and shall assume office at the last session of the annual meeting.
Página 15 - ... Treasurer, and may appoint the Secretary to that position. 3. The President, three Vice-Presidents, and the Treasurer shall be members, ex-officio, of the Board of Directors. 4. The Board of Directors shall consist of ten directors, five of whom shall be elected annually by ballot at the annual meeting, and they shall hold office for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected. It is provided, however, that upon the adoption of this Constitution and By-laws, the first board elected...
Página 9 - Commission follows : 1. This report is based on a broad general view of the public-land situation, not on specific cases. 2. The present laws are not suited to meet the conditions of the remaining public domain.
Página 16 - Amendments to the constitution may be adopted at the annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting, provided that the proposed amendment...
Página 6 - ... of the American people — forgetful of the fundamental law of the state, are banding together, and using all the means in their power to force the government, under one pretext or another, to usurp spiritual functions and to assert the supremacy of the temporal in face of the spiritual. Such is the movement to amend the constitution of the United States, so as to give the sects authority ultimately to establish their religion, and to disfranchise and outlaw all who refuse to accept it. Such...

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