...Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby authorized...of such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary on which to excavate, construct, and protect a...

...Senate and House of Reprtsentatiivs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby,...United States, control of such portion of territory now I >rlc Mining to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary on which to excavate, construct,...

...The bill ignored all the private companies, and enacted that the United States Government should " acquire from the states of Costa Rica and Nicaragua,...of such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary on which to excavate, construct, and defend a...

...insisting upon the passage of the Hepburn bill. This bill authorized the President to acquire from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, " for and in behalf of the...such portion of territory, now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, as may be desirable and necessary, on which to excavate, construct and protect...

...introduced by Mr. Hepburn and passed by the House in the Fifty-sixth Congress. It authorized the President to acquire from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua for and on behalf of the United States control over such portion of territory belonging to those States as...

...further amend the bill by Inserting at the end thereof the following as an additional section : That the President of the United States be, and is hereby,...acquire from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, subject to the approval of Congress, if such rights arc acquired by contract, or by the Senate, if...

...further amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following as an additional section: That the President of the United States be, and is hereby,...acquire from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, subject to the approval of Congress, if such rights are acquired by contract, or by the Senate, if...

...some suggestion of its possible results upon the policy of the country: Be it enacted, etc., That the President of the United States be, and is hereby,...of such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary, on which to excavate, construct, and protect...

...waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Section 1 authorises the President of the United States ' to acquire from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua...of such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary, on which to excavate, construct, and protect...

...Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oonoress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to acquire from the States of Costa Hica and Nicaragua, for and in behalf of the United States, control of such portion of territory now...