Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...state of affairs now existing being unfair and unjust, some settlement is necessary,-(a) to satisfy the demands of the states having paid the tax: Cong. Record, vol. 16, p. 1829; vol. 17, p. 3812. (b) To straighten out the flnancial accounts of the government: House. Mise, Doe,(?) 1883 4, No. 56, p. 354; Cong. Record, vol. 19, p. 437. (c) To uphold the dignity of the National Government: Cong. Record...
...Such a settlement can only be accomplished by a refunding measure, or by enforcing the law and collecting the amount unpaid. This latter would be (1) harsh and impracticable,-(a) on account of the condition of the delinquent states: Cong. Record, vol. 20, p. 163. (b) On account of the change of property in the states: Quar. Jour. of Econ., vol. 3, p. 457. (2) Uncalled for, since the government has no need of the funds. Sec'y Folger's letter, Cong. Record...
Iceland, he said, was first discovered in 865 by some venturesome Germans who were making trials of the seas. These people did not settle here but returned home as did many other explorers quite disheartened at the country. A permanent settlement, however, was made by Ingolfe in 874. The manner of the settlement was this: The people in the inlands south of Norway being unwilling to submit to Norwegian rule, migrated to Iceland in 884. This people increased until the population became from 25,000 to 30,000. They settled at first about the temples in little bands but finally...
...That distinct provision be made for the submitting of lists of players and substitutes of the teams and for the settlement of controversies as to eligibility a reasonable time before the opening of the athletic seasons...
Toynbee Hall, in London, conducted by Cambridge and Oxford students and intended to help the poor of the Whitechapel district is undoubtedly the model of this new college settlement in New York, which is already on the way to outdo its original in honest usefulness...