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..... . in addition, reliance is placed on a letter written to the senate finance committee by appellant's predecessor in office, opposing the enactment of what is now 202(u) of the act, 70 stat. 838, 42 u.s.c. 402(u), on the ground that the section was "in the nature of a penalty and based on considerations foreign to ..... the objectives" of the program. social security amendments of 1955, hearings before the senate committee on finance, 84th cong., 2d sess., p. 1319. ..... something for nothing. an excellent statement of this view, quoted by mr. justice douglas in another connection, was made by senator george, the chairman of the finance committee when the social security act was passed, and one very familiar with the philosophy that brought it about: "it comports better than any substitute we have discovered with the american concept .....
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..... or an unaffiliated insurance company should make no difference as to whether the bank, which never receives the income, has earned it. [ footnote 12 ] section 92 of the national bank act was enacted in 1916. when the statutes were revised in 1918 and reenacted, 92 was omitted. the revisers of the united states code have omitted it ..... 3/2 ] the revisers of the united states code in 1952 omitted the section because of the possibility of its having been repealed by its omission from the amendment and reenactment in 1918 of 5202 of the revised statutes by 20 of the war finance corporation act, 40 stat. 512. compare administrative ruling no. 7110 of the comptroller of the ..... 396 u.s. 956, and this court should not be. the congress, in enacting the life insurance company tax act for 1955, was of the opinion that 482 was available to the commissioner with respect to insurance companies that are captives of "finance companies." h.r.rep. no. 1098, 84th cong., 1st sess., 7; s.rep. no. 1571, 84th .....
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..... page 7 u. s. 178 to support such a judgment; otherwise the judgment must be rendered upon the verdict for the plaintiff. the five years mentioned in the 56th section of the act of assembly must have elapsed before the death of the testator. if they did not, no lapse of time after his death can bring the case within the purview ..... within the commonwealth of virginia in the year 1786, after the cause of action accrued, and hence it is argued that he is not within the saving clause of the section and that to exclude him from the benefit of that clause it is not necessary that he should have become a resident of that state. the court has not been ..... 174 (1805) faw v. roberdeau's executor u.s. (3 cranch) 174 error to the circuit court of the county of alexandria in the district of columbia syllabus if an act of limitations have a clause, "saving to all persons non compos mentis, femes covert, infants, imprisoned, or out of the commonwealth, three years after their several disabilities removed," a .....
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..... , the officer has had ample time and means for inquiry and correction. this is true as it respects each quarterly account rendered. besides, by the fourth section of the act of 1797, no claim for an equitable credit can be admitted, upon the trial, but such as shall appear to have been presented to the accounting officers ..... by congress; but these moneys may be transferred from one depositary to any other depositary, by direction of the secretary of the treasury, under the authority of the tenth section of the act. . . . respectfully," "levi woodbury, secretary of the treasury " page 51 u. s. 132 mr. justice nelson delivered the opinion of the court. this is a ..... for which the jury may allow him such reasonable compensation and indemnity as they may find him entitled to therefor. 13. the fees of office, under the act of 1799, sec. 2, payable by persons concerned in trade and navigation to the collector for defined services, and not forming a deduction from invoices of the united states in .....
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..... and ten dollars for each passenger beyond the number allowed." rev.stat. 4399, 4400, 4464, 4465; act of feb. 28, 1871, 16 stat. 440, 454. these penalties are declared to be a lien upon the offending vessel. section 4469. another section in the same title provides: "if any vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam be ..... . in that case -- which involved the right to a share in a forfeiture declared by statute -- the question related to the power of the secretary under that act, after final sentence of condemnation and judgment for the forfeiture accruing under the revenue laws, to remit the forfeiture. the court held that the power could be exercised ..... certain statutory provisions reproduced from some of the earliest statutes enacted by congress. the court said: "the construction placed upon the constitution by the first act of 1790 and the act of 1802 by the men who were contemporary with its formation, many of whom were members of the convention which framed it, is of itself entitled .....
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..... ." the committee draft of 817 (then 816) provided for that change as follows (h.r. 9682, 75th cong., 3d sess.): "notwithstanding the provisions of section 26 of the federal farm loan act, as amended, gain realized on the acquisition by a joint stock land bank of obligations issued by it or mortgages made by it, if such obligations or ..... . cf. the recommendation made to the committee, s. hearings, op. cit. supra, note 9 pp. 614, 615. [ footnote 14 ] statement by senator king, member of the committee on finance, cong. record, vol. 83, 75th cong., 3 sess., p. 4959. when senator king offered the amendment, he gave the following explanation ( id., p. 5174): "the bill as reported ..... adoption was due to the desire of congress to grant a broader exemption than "interest." [ footnote 9 ] this is reproduced, so far as material here, in s. hearings, committee on finance, 75th cong., 3d sess., h.r. 9682, part 4, pp. 619-621. [ footnote 10 ] see helvering v. new york trust co., 292 u. s. 455 , 292 u. s. .....
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..... about $10,000. see table reproduced in house hearings on h.res. 290 and h.r. 7372, 76th cong., 3d sess. (1939) pt. i, p. 350. [ footnote 6 ] section 2(1) of the act, 15 u.s.c. 77b(1), provides: "the term 'security' means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any ..... that joiner got 3,002 of the acres, leaving anthony about 1,700 acres for his trouble. and it was his undertaking to drill the well which enabled joiner to finance it by the sale of acreage. by selling from 1,000 to 2,000 acres at from $5 to $15 per acre, he could fulfill his obligation to drill the ..... acquired 3,002 of these acres for "practically nothing except to drill a well." anthony was a driller, and agreed to do the drilling, which the joiner company undertook to finance, expecting to raise most of the funds for this purpose from the resale of small parcels of acreage. the sales campaign was by mail, addressed to upwards of 1,000 .....
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..... the district court, but is confined instead to the procedures set out in subsections (b) and (c) of 360 of the immigration and nationality act of 1952. section 360 establishes procedures for determining claims to american citizenship by those within and without the country. subsection (a) covers claimants "within the united states," ..... their citizenship claims. but this conclusion also will hardly stand up when the full text of the judiciary committee report, especially the clause "the bill modifies section 503 of the nationality act of 1940 by limiting the court action exclusively to persons who are within the united states . . . ," is read ( supra, p. 369 u ..... proposed mccarran bill "withdraws from all persons abroad the right to obtain the judicial review of their claims of citizenship which is granted to them by section 503 of the nationality act of 1940." joint hearings, p. 710. the representative of the department of justice described matters in the same vein. joint hearings, p. 720 .....
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..... conduct. among these was title viii, which appears under the heading "syndicated gambling." section 1955, included in title viii, prohibits participation in an "illegal gambling business," which is defined as one involving at least five persons who "conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct, or own all or part of" the enterprise. congress ..... conspiring to violate (18 u.s.c. 371), and with violating, 18 u.s.c. 1955, a provision of the organized crime control act of 1970 (act) aimed at large-scale gambling activities; and each petitioner was convicted and sentenced under both counts. the court of appeals affirmed, finding that prosecution and ..... prohibitions, and by providing enhanced sanctions and new remedies to deal with the unlawful activities of those engaged in organized crime." the content of the act reflects the dedication with which the legislature pursued this purpose. in addition to enacting provisions to facilitate the discovery and proof of organized criminal activities, .....
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..... page 448 u. s. 36 u.s.c. 1241-1249 (1976 ed. and supp. iii); see 1246 (h) (1976 ed., supp. iii). 5. outer continental shelf lands act amendment of 1978, 208, 92 stat. 652, 43 u.s.c. 1345 (1976 ed., supp. iii) (oil leasing). c. grant programs in addition to the familiar welfare, unemployment, and medical ..... congress considered or intended the consequences of the court's interpretation of 1983. [ footnote 2/15 ] section 1983 was passed for the express purpose of "enforc[ing] the provisions of the fourteenth amendment." act of apr. 20, 1871, 17 stat. 13; see lynch v. household finance corp., 405 u. s. 538 , 405 u. s. 545 (1972); monroe v. pape, ..... c. 1331(a)'s $ 10,000 jurisdictional amount is satisfied. [ footnote 7 ] the states appearing as amici suggest that hutto v. finney, 437 u. s. 678 (1978), left open the issue whether congress, exercising its power under 5 of the fourteenth amendment, could set aside the states' eleventh amendment immunity in statutory as opposed to constitutional cases .....
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