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... claim be made that one has been done an injustice ? Colonel BRIDGES . No , sir ; I do not think so . Mr. JOHNSON . Does this bill provide for greater pay than the Army mine planter people get ? Colonel BRIDGES . No , sir . Lieut ...
... claim be made that one has been done an injustice ? Colonel BRIDGES . No , sir ; I do not think so . Mr. JOHNSON . Does this bill provide for greater pay than the Army mine planter people get ? Colonel BRIDGES . No , sir . Lieut ...
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... claims may be just as good , if not better . Mr. BURTNESS . There is this answer to make to that suggestion : I realize that there is considerable force in the objection , but as I understand , none of the 11 men , or whatever the ...
... claims may be just as good , if not better . Mr. BURTNESS . There is this answer to make to that suggestion : I realize that there is considerable force in the objection , but as I understand , none of the 11 men , or whatever the ...
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... claim would indicate that he will make a very good officer . That is the only reply that I can think of and seems to me to be conclusive as to the merits of the bill . Mr. GLYNN . I was not passing upon the question myself , but I was ...
... claim would indicate that he will make a very good officer . That is the only reply that I can think of and seems to me to be conclusive as to the merits of the bill . Mr. GLYNN . I was not passing upon the question myself , but I was ...
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... claiming title to the land so made , under cession of the State of Maryland of territory for the seat of Federal ... claimed title to the made land in said cove under grant of Sir William Berkeley , Governor of Virginia , issued in 1669 ...
... claiming title to the land so made , under cession of the State of Maryland of territory for the seat of Federal ... claimed title to the made land in said cove under grant of Sir William Berkeley , Governor of Virginia , issued in 1669 ...
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... claim that the Picatinny Arsenal did that entirely ; what I do claim is that the information and knowledge that the department had of the manufacture of powder previous to the war did enable us to exercise some control over the price we ...
... claim that the Picatinny Arsenal did that entirely ; what I do claim is that the information and knowledge that the department had of the manufacture of powder previous to the war did enable us to exercise some control over the price we ...
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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.