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Charles Dick, for whom the Militia Act of 1903 was named.. The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), [1] also known as the Efficiency in Militia Act of 1903 or the Dick Act, was legislation enacted by the United States Congress to create what would become the modern National Guard from a subset of the militia, and codify the circumstances under which the Guard could be federalized.
The 1902 State of the Union Address was given on Tuesday, December 2, 1902, by the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. It was the second address by Roosevelt. It was the second address by Roosevelt.
In October 1903, immediately following a speech given by the British anarchist John Turner at the Murray Hill Lyceum in New York, Bureau of Immigration officials arrested him and found a copy of Johann Most's Free Society and Turner's speaking schedule, which included a memorial to the Haymarket Martyrs. That was enough evidence to order his ...
The Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents is a large collection of non-litigious [1] legal forms and precedents published by LexisNexis UK.. The encyclopaedia is available in hard copy, on a searchable online database, and on CD-ROM.
The 1902 United States elections elected the 58th United States Congress, and occurred in the middle of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt's first term, during the Fourth Party System. Roosevelt had become president on September 14, 1901, upon the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley .
Commonly referred to as the "Guardianship Convention", the Convention of 1902 relating to the settlement of guardianship of minors, along with the other Conventions in 1902, was the Hague Conference's first effort at addressing international family law.
The Biologics Control Act of 1902, also known as the Virus-Toxin Law, was the first law that implemented federal regulations of biological products such as vaccines in the United States. [1] It was enacted in response to two incidents involving the deaths of 22 children who had contracted tetanus from contaminated vaccines . [ 2 ]
The Free Speech League was a progressive organization in the United States that fought to support freedom of speech in the early 20th century. The League focused on combating government censorship , particularly relating to political speech and sexual material.