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... reason for the bill . Mr. Sands will have reached the age limit of 30 years prior to the holding of the examinations this year . Mr. Sands is intensely interested in his efforts to get into the Regular Army . He was very much ...
... reason for the bill . Mr. Sands will have reached the age limit of 30 years prior to the holding of the examinations this year . Mr. Sands is intensely interested in his efforts to get into the Regular Army . He was very much ...
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... finds himself , namely , that he can not compete in the next examination by reason of his age . Others of the 11 can participate in the examination . So far as I know the other man is not 6 APPOINTMENT OF HOMER I. SANDS AS SECOND ...
... finds himself , namely , that he can not compete in the next examination by reason of his age . Others of the 11 can participate in the examination . So far as I know the other man is not 6 APPOINTMENT OF HOMER I. SANDS AS SECOND ...
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... reason for a proposal to spend $ 190,000 in tearing down a bridge ? Major O'CONNOR . Yes , sir . Mr. MCSWAIN . There is the fact that it just simply does not look nice and pretty to have an old bridge there beside this $ 2,000,000 ...
... reason for a proposal to spend $ 190,000 in tearing down a bridge ? Major O'CONNOR . Yes , sir . Mr. MCSWAIN . There is the fact that it just simply does not look nice and pretty to have an old bridge there beside this $ 2,000,000 ...
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... reason that it was suggested that this com- mittee had jurisdiction over that matter and the item had , per- haps , therefore , better be included in this bill . General WELLS . I might say in that connection , Mr. James , that I ...
... reason that it was suggested that this com- mittee had jurisdiction over that matter and the item had , per- haps , therefore , better be included in this bill . General WELLS . I might say in that connection , Mr. James , that I ...
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... reason for that is that about three and a half or four million dollars ' worth of construction provided for in this bill is to carry out the five - year program , and in order to keep it within reason- able bounds , some places where ...
... reason for that is that about three and a half or four million dollars ' worth of construction provided for in this bill is to carry out the five - year program , and in order to keep it within reason- able bounds , some places where ...
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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.