Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Chief Engineer George W. Melville describes his brave and meritorious conduct in the Artic regions, and authorizes the President to increase his rank and pay to that of chief engineer, with relative rank of commander in the navy, to take rank next after Chief Engineer Andrew J. Kiersted...
...Dear Sir - Your letter of January 27 is received. As we have already signified to each other in writing (Y. U. B. C. letter of January 22, and H. U. B. C. letter of January 25) our resolution to abide by the decision of our joint committee, no other guarantee is necessary, and we decline to sign any further agreement. We cannot consent to the appointment of a neutral committee, as it implies a lack of confidence in our respective committees and in their ability to settle questions which in former years the crew considered themselves competent to decide...
...President has approved the joint resolution of Congress for continuing the work of the tenth census...
...Harvard Boat Club, in which it was stated that Harvard did not understand that the graduate committee had full power in the premises, and asking that they be advised on that point. If the committee had full power in the matter, they could not imagine that a joint committee should be unable to reach a satisfactory conclusion, and they proposed to abide by their decision. But they wished to express the opinion that, if the joint committee were unable to make satisfactory arrangements without outside assistance, the race should be abandoned. The Yale men were of the opinion that...
...following was drafted to be incorporated in a letter to the Harvard Boat Club, containing conditions upon which Yale wishes to have the race rowed: "In a spirit of fairness, we agree to send a graduate committee to confer with the Harvard committee and to abide by the joint action of those committees, or, in their failure, to agree to abide by the decision of a neutral committee appointed by them to decide, in accordance with the ordinary rules of boating. All disputed points, provided that Harvard agrees to abide by the joint action of these committees, or, in case...