08/15/1903
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"No such organized surveys have ever yet been attempted anywhere; but the idea is in harmony with modern, scientific, and industrial methods."
"It is not probable that the survey would be completed in a less period than that of eight or ten years, but it is well that it should be begun in the near future."
"In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives dated the 4th instant (the Senate concurring), I return herewith House bill No. 3286, entitled 'An act granting an increase of pension t..."
"The scientific surveys which should be undertaken go far beyond any surveys or explorations which the government of the Philippine Islands, however completely self-supporting, could be expected to mak..."