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The Act of May 18, 1796 provided for the appointment of a surveyor-general to replace the office of Geographer of the United States, and that “ sections shall be numbered, respectively, beginning with number one in the northeast section, and proceeding west and east alternately, through the township, with progressive numbers till the thirty-sixth be completed .” All subsequent surveys were completed with this boustrophedonical section numbering system, except the United States Military District of the Ohio Lands which had five mile ( 8 km ) square townships as provided by the Act of June 1, 1796, and amended by the Act of March 1, 1800.
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In spite of powerful opposition the Draft Act finally passed Congress on May 17, 1917.
In May 1860 a significantly amended version of the Act was passed in both houses but was vetoed by President Buchanan.
In the Australian Capital Territory, the Act of Settlement was, on 11 May 1989, converted, from an act of the Parliament of England into an ACT enactment, by section 34 ( 4 ) of the Australian Capital Territory ( Self-Government ) Act 1988 ( Cwlth ), and then renamed The Act of Settlement 1700 by the Legislation Act 2001.
In a major May 1999 decision on " New Media ", the CRTC held that under the Broadcasting Act the CRTC had jurisdiction over certain content communicated over the internet including audio and video, but excluding content that is primarily alphanumeric such as emails and most webpages.
After the English Civil War and the execution of Charles I, the republic's existence was initially declared by " An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth " adopted by the Rump Parliament, on 19 May 1649.
The Rump had not agreed to its own dissolution when it was dispersed by Cromwell and legislation from the period immediately before the Civil War — the Act against dissolving the Long Parliament without its own consent ( 11 May 1641 ) -- gave them the legal basis for this view.
The Act became law in May 1854, establishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
The new Act of Supremacy became law on 8 May 1559.
The Hughes Amendment to the Firearm Owners Protection Act now prohibits United States civilian ownership or transfer of automatic weapons unless they were registered before May 19, 1986.
The National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 would have authorized indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, but enforcement of the relevant section was blocked by a federal court on May 16, 2012, ruling on a suit brought by a number of private citizens, including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, and Birgitta Jonsdottir.
The remaining effect of this act, which has largely been superseded by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, is the warning "* Warning: May be habit forming " on labels, package inserts, and other places where ingredients are listed in the case of many opioids, barbiturates, medicinal formulations of cocaine, and chloral hydrate.
By May 1914 the Bill had complied with the requirements set down by the Parliament Act 1911, allowing the government to force its enactment over the heads of the unionist-dominated House of Lords.
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830.
In May 2007, a bill entitled the " Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or STOCK Act " was introduced that would hold congressional and federal employees liable for stock trades they made using information they gained through their jobs and also regulate analysts or " Political Intelligence " firms that research government activities.
The Weights and Measures of Act of 1824 was initially scheduled to go into effect on 1 May, 1825.
Kipper time is the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden in Great Britain, originally the period 3 May to 6 January, in the River Thames by an Act of Parliament.
The King himself being thereby implicated, and the Long Parliament passed the Triennial Act, also known as the Dissolution Act, in May 1641, to which the Royal Assent was readily granted.
* Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641
* Full text of the Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641
1 May 1707 was the day the Act of Union came into effect, joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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* 1957 – U. S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957 ; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
Act 3: Naomi Sends Ruth to Boaz on the Threshing Floor ( 3: 1 – 18 )
§ 18 ( 5 ) of the Act specifies that agreements to comply with British Standards should be disregarded when deciding whether an agreement is a restriction upon trade.
In Northern Ireland the Criminal Justice Act 2003, effective 18 April 2005, makes certain " qualifying offence " ( including murder, rape, kidnapping, specified sexual acts with young children, specified drug offences, defined acts of terrorism, as well as in certain cases attempts or conspiracies to commit the foregoing ) subject to retrial after acquittal ( including acquittals obtained before passage of the Act ) if there is a finding by the Court of Appeals that there is " new and compelling evidence.
Roosevelt established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks, and signed the 1906 Antiquities Act, under which he proclaimed 18 new U. S. National Monuments.
In many cases, OCI will pursue cases where Title 18 violations have occurred ( e. g. conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, mail fraud ), in addition to prohibited acts as defined in Chapter III of the FD & C Act.
* Republic of Ireland: Standard Time ( Amendment ) Act, 1971, section 1, and Interpretation Act 2005, section 18 ( i ).
The actual length of the barrels of a long gun are subject various laws in many jurisdictions, for example by the National Firearms Act in the United States, which sets a minimum length of 16 inches ( 40 cm ) for rifle barrels and 18 inches ( 45 cm ) for shotgun barrels.
On 18 January 2000, the judges decreed for a dismissal of proceedings due to the statute of limitation regarding the case filed for the jewelry store robbery and for " opposition to the Firearms Act " ( law no.
United States v. Microsoft was a set of civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation pursuant to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 Sections 1 and 2 on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ) and 20 states.
Prosecution of serious crime, historically endemic on reservations, was required by the 1885 Major Crimes Act, 18 U. S. C.
The Act of March 18, 1816 incorporated the City of Pittsburgh.
The plan was first announced by the Samoan government in September 2007 and was confirmed on 18 April 2008 when Samoa's parliament passed the Road Transport Reform Act 2008.
On 18 April 1695, Clarke met with representatives of the Lords, and they agreed to allow the Continuation Bill to pass without the renewal of the Licensing Act.
On 18 August 1977, Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 and interrogated by officers of the Port Elizabeth security police including Harold Snyman and Gideon Nieuwoudt.
The Capper – Volstead Act signed by Harding on February 18, 1922 protected farm cooperatives from anti-trust legislation.
* May 18 – WWI: The Selective Service Act passes the U. S. Congress, giving the President the power of conscription.
* February 18 – U. S. President Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act.
* July 5 – The U. S. Congress passes the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, requiring that producers of pornography keep records of all models who are filmed or photographed, and that all models be at least 18 years of age.
* January 18 – Eleven Labour Party councillors in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England, are ordered to pay £ 6, 985 for not enforcing the Housing Finance Act.
* June 18 – The University Tests Act removes restrictions limiting access to Oxford, Cambridge and Durham universities to members of the Church of England.
* August 18 – The Married Women's Property Act 1882 receives royal assent in Britain ; it enables women to buy, own and sell property and to keep their own earnings.
* June 18 – The Indian Reorganization Act is enacted.
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