Urgent Deficiency Bill, 1914: Hearing Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... |
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... [ indicating ] , with the heading " United States Civil Service Commission examina- tion forms . " The price that they asked for it was so very much in excess of what it formerly was that we called attention to it , and they said it was ...
... [ indicating ] , with the heading " United States Civil Service Commission examina- tion forms . " The price that they asked for it was so very much in excess of what it formerly was that we called attention to it , and they said it was ...
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... [ indicating ] . In the larger photographs the situation does not appear so bad , as the hollows are filled up with snow . The breakwater is rotten ; it has gone to pieces , and Lake Michigan is cutting into the reservation . These red ...
... [ indicating ] . In the larger photographs the situation does not appear so bad , as the hollows are filled up with snow . The breakwater is rotten ; it has gone to pieces , and Lake Michigan is cutting into the reservation . These red ...
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... [ indicating on rough sketch ] . Here is the Staten Island Ferry along here , and the slip for the revenue cutters is here . We want to run out a pier on this side and construct a slip for the Ellis Island Ferry . This will give us three ...
... [ indicating on rough sketch ] . Here is the Staten Island Ferry along here , and the slip for the revenue cutters is here . We want to run out a pier on this side and construct a slip for the Ellis Island Ferry . This will give us three ...
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... [ indicating ] and handle the traffic in that way . But , of course , as you will realize , that would only be a temporary arrangement , although it would use up all of our present balance . The CHAIRMAN . Where do those boarding vessels ...
... [ indicating ] and handle the traffic in that way . But , of course , as you will realize , that would only be a temporary arrangement , although it would use up all of our present balance . The CHAIRMAN . Where do those boarding vessels ...
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... [ indicating ] were taken down and rebuilt . That story [ indicating ] was torn down and raised to the height of this story [ indicating ] . We took the cupola off because it was rotten , and cut holes in here [ indicating ] for windows ...
... [ indicating ] were taken down and rebuilt . That story [ indicating ] was torn down and raised to the height of this story [ indicating ] . We took the cupola off because it was rotten , and cut holes in here [ indicating ] for windows ...
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additional Admiral BLUE Admiral CowIE allotment amount appro appropriation arbitration asking Auditor authorized balance BARTLETT bill BLAKSLEE BROUGHTON building Bureau of Engraving cent and less CHAIRMAN interposing charge claims clerks commission committee comptroller Congress contract cost court deficiency Department District of Columbia Division employees Engraving and Printing estimate EVANS examinations expenditures expenses February FEBRUARY 14 feet fiscal year 1914 floor fund furnish Government hospital increase inspector Interstate Commerce Commission judges July June 30 KENNARD LA Dow Labor LANSING machines matter MCGINTY McGLASSON McILHENNY ment months Navy NEAGLE necessary NEWMAN paid paper PARMERTER payment pellagra penitentiary post office priation railroad RALPH ROOSEVELT RUCKER salaries sheets SISSON space statement stenographer STIMPSON supplies tion Toro Point Treasury United United States penitentiary valuation VARE Washington WENDEROTH WILMETH York
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Page 376 - States, engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water, when both are used under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 271 - No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation in any form whatever for the disbursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly states that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation...
Page 269 - That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and of each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause all Unexpended balances of appropriations which shall have remained upon the books of the Treasury for two fiscal years to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury...
Page 204 - For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest...
Page 440 - For the expenses of the arbitration of outstanding pecuniary claims between the United States and Great Britain...
Page 50 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to...
Page 215 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, for the necessary and proper expenses incurred in connection with any arbitration or with the carrying on of the work of mediation and conciliation, including per diem, traveling, and other necessary expenses of members or employees of boards of arbitration...
Page 246 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and other Acts mentioned in said appropriation, made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and...
Page 196 - Columbia ; for the promotion of rifle practice, including the acquisition. construction, maintenance, and equipment of shooting galleries and suitable target ranges; for the hiring of horses and draft animals for the use of mounted troops, batteries, and wagons ; for forage for the same ; and for such other incidental expenses in connection with...
Page 82 - That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers of the Navy and Marine Corps...