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... Major General , The Adjutant General . The ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE , The SECRETARY OF WAR . April 24 , 1926 . Mr. REECE . Mr. Burtness is here this morning in the interest of his bill and we shall be glad to hear him . STATEMENT OF ...
... Major General , The Adjutant General . The ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE , The SECRETARY OF WAR . April 24 , 1926 . Mr. REECE . Mr. Burtness is here this morning in the interest of his bill and we shall be glad to hear him . STATEMENT OF ...
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... Major O'Con- nor , who is the engineer in charge of the Washington division and in whose interest the bill is introduced is here , and he can make any statement that he thinks proper to present . Mr. JAMES . Very well , we will take up ...
... Major O'Con- nor , who is the engineer in charge of the Washington division and in whose interest the bill is introduced is here , and he can make any statement that he thinks proper to present . Mr. JAMES . Very well , we will take up ...
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... Major O'CONNOR . Yes , sir . Mr. Moore asked me to come up here this morning . Mr. MOORE . Have not you something in the bill here about re- taining one or two of the piers ? Major O'CONNOR . That matter , Mr. Moore , was sent up to the ...
... Major O'CONNOR . Yes , sir . Mr. Moore asked me to come up here this morning . Mr. MOORE . Have not you something in the bill here about re- taining one or two of the piers ? Major O'CONNOR . That matter , Mr. Moore , was sent up to the ...
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... Major O'CONNOR . We might have a break , or something . Mr. MCSWAIN . Exactly and , if that should happen , then it would only take 24 hours to put a floor on the old bridge , would it not ? Major O'CONNOR . No , sir : that would not do ...
... Major O'CONNOR . We might have a break , or something . Mr. MCSWAIN . Exactly and , if that should happen , then it would only take 24 hours to put a floor on the old bridge , would it not ? Major O'CONNOR . No , sir : that would not do ...
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... Major O'Connor further . Major O'CONNOR . The question of the piers and the blocking of the waterway is something that interests us considerably . We would like to have this removed , in order to avoid obstructions . Another thing ...
... Major O'Connor further . Major O'CONNOR . The question of the piers and the blocking of the waterway is something that interests us considerably . We would like to have this removed , in order to avoid obstructions . Another thing ...
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Page 13 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Page 6 - Resolved, That the delegates for this colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the delegates of the other colonies in declaring independency, and forming foreign alliances, reserving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of forming a constitution and laws for this colony...
Page 47 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
Page 49 - Hereafter no officer holding a rank above that of colonel shall be retired except for disability or on account of having reached the age of sixty-four years until he shall have served at least one year in such rank.2 Act of June 12, 1906 (34 Stat.
Page 13 - Fort Riley, Kans., the shortage of 72 sets of officers' quarters will be reduced to a shortage of 65 sets as a result of an appropriation of $72,000 requested in bill passed at the second session, Sixty-ninth Congress, for officers
Page 17 - No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made, unless the same is authorized by law or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment...
Page 17 - He shall cause to be manufactured or produced at the Government arsenals or Government-owned factories of the United States all such supplies or articles needed by the War Department as said arsenals or Government-owned factories are capable of manufacturing or producing upon an economical basis.