War Department Appropriation Bill, 1923: Hearing Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations Consisting of Messr. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (Chairman), William H. Stafford, C. Bascom Slemp, Thomas U. Sisson, and Thomas W. Harrison in Charge of War Department Appropriation Bill for 1923. Sixty-seventh Congress, Second Session, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1922 |
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... Bureau has estimated that $ 50,000 would be enough . Col. PENROSE . I was informed by the budget officer of the War Department that the Efficiency Board appointed by the budget offi- cer had increased that . Mr. ANTHONY . To $ 62,000 ...
... Bureau has estimated that $ 50,000 would be enough . Col. PENROSE . I was informed by the budget officer of the War Department that the Efficiency Board appointed by the budget offi- cer had increased that . Mr. ANTHONY . To $ 62,000 ...
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... Bureau of Engraving and Printing , the grounds of the Interior Department , and the city post office department . Mr. ANTHONY . This is the same amount you have had for a num- ber of years ? Col. SHERRILL . Yes , sir ; and we furnish ...
... Bureau of Engraving and Printing , the grounds of the Interior Department , and the city post office department . Mr. ANTHONY . This is the same amount you have had for a num- ber of years ? Col. SHERRILL . Yes , sir ; and we furnish ...
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... Bureau of the Budget of this whole matter of telephone systems in Washington , with a view to cutting out unnecessary telephone service , and getting the best service for a given amount of money in rentals , and so on through the ...
... Bureau of the Budget of this whole matter of telephone systems in Washington , with a view to cutting out unnecessary telephone service , and getting the best service for a given amount of money in rentals , and so on through the ...
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... Bureau of Engraving and Printing . Mr. STAFFORD . Perhaps the architects , then , are responsible , in a way , for those plans not going ahead ? Col. SHERRILL . Possibly , but it seems to me that even if it was necessary to establish ...
... Bureau of Engraving and Printing . Mr. STAFFORD . Perhaps the architects , then , are responsible , in a way , for those plans not going ahead ? Col. SHERRILL . Possibly , but it seems to me that even if it was necessary to establish ...
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... bureau perma- nently resident in Alaska with authority to act upon the ground without reference to direction from Washington . Mr. ANTHONY . For the current year we appropriated $ 425,000 , and you are asking for the same amount for ...
... bureau perma- nently resident in Alaska with authority to act upon the ground without reference to direction from Washington . Mr. ANTHONY . For the current year we appropriated $ 425,000 , and you are asking for the same amount for ...
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Page 317 - Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve, in full .vigor. both rail and water transportation.
Page 515 - That all laws, orders, regulations, and ordinances adopted and promulgated in the Canal Zone by order of the President for the government and sanitation of the Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal are hereby ratified and confirmed as valid and binding until Congress shall otherwise provide.
Page 509 - Colon, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses.
Page 270 - For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore and hereafter authorized as may be most desirable in the interest of commerce and navigation...
Page 316 - ... the Secretary of War out of funds now or hereafter made available for that purpose. (c) The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, out of any moneys hereafter made available therefor, to construct or contract for the construction of terminal facilities for the interchange of traffic between the transportation facilities operated by him under this section and other carriers whether by rail or water, and to make loans for such purposes under such terms and conditions as he may determine to any...
Page 203 - No Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, nor any person belonging to or employed in the military service of the United States, is, or shall be, admitted to any share or part of this contract...
Page 516 - Commission unnecessary the President is authorized by Executive Order to discontinue the Isthmian Canal Commission, which, together with the present organization, shall then cease to exist," and the President is authorized thereafter to complete, govern, and operate the Panama Canal and govern the Canal Zone, or cause them to be completed, governed, and operated, through a governori8 of the Panama Canal and such other persons as he may deem competent to discharge the various duties connected with...
Page 20 - Roads to National Cemeteries — For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress...
Page 87 - ... such regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Page 316 - War, who shall operate or cause to be operated such transportation facilities so that the lines of inland water transportation established by or through the President during Federal control shall be continued...