...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...and necessary on which to excavate, construct, and protect a canal of such depth and capacity as will be sufficient for the movements of ships of the...

...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,...

...bill is as follows: Section I authorizes the President to secure such territory from the states of Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be "desirable and necessary, on which to excavate, construct, and protect a canal," from a point near Greytown, on the Caribbean Sea, via Lake Nicaragua, to lirito on...

...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...and necessary, on which to excavate, construct and protect a canal," of certain dimensions, by way of Lake Nicaragua. The President was further authorized,...

...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...

...bill is as follows: Section i authorizes the President to secure such territory from the states of Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be " desirable and necessary, on which to excavate, construct, and protect a canal," from a point near Greytown, on the Caribbean Sea, via Lake Nicaragua, to Urito on...

...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,...and necessary, on which to excavate, construct, and protect a canal of such depth and capacity as will be sufficient for the movements of ships of the...

...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...and necessary, on which to excavate, construct, and protect a canal of such depth and capacity as will be sufficient for the movements of ships of the...