Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Bill, 1937, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of ... , 74-2 on H.R. 109191936 - 130 pages |
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... reduce the estimate to the lowest possible minimum , and it is believed that any further reduction will seriously interfere with the carrying out of the various Mint Service functions under the Gold Reserve and Silver Purchase Acts ...
... reduce the estimate to the lowest possible minimum , and it is believed that any further reduction will seriously interfere with the carrying out of the various Mint Service functions under the Gold Reserve and Silver Purchase Acts ...
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... reduced $ 9,720 to $ 520,000 , the amount appropriated for this purpose for 1936. Since the appropriation for 1936 was approved , however , the commitment under this roll has been increased $ 13,000 . In addition , the amount of $ 1,428 ...
... reduced $ 9,720 to $ 520,000 , the amount appropriated for this purpose for 1936. Since the appropriation for 1936 was approved , however , the commitment under this roll has been increased $ 13,000 . In addition , the amount of $ 1,428 ...
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... reduced during the coming year to the extent sufficient to justify the discontinuance of no less than 135 of the employees of this Division which will of necessity follow the proposed reduced appropriation . This would be a reduction of ...
... reduced during the coming year to the extent sufficient to justify the discontinuance of no less than 135 of the employees of this Division which will of necessity follow the proposed reduced appropriation . This would be a reduction of ...
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... reduced . There is no branch in the entire organization wherein the personnel is not at the absolute minimum ... reduction recommended by the Appropriations Committee . It should be recognized that the Division of Disbursement is purely ...
... reduced . There is no branch in the entire organization wherein the personnel is not at the absolute minimum ... reduction recommended by the Appropriations Committee . It should be recognized that the Division of Disbursement is purely ...
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... reduction in the force is concerned , and , instead of proceeding further with the reduction of indefinite employees , it now ap- pears that the Public Debt Service will be obliged to continue the indefinite employees on new work in ...
... reduction in the force is concerned , and , instead of proceeding further with the reduction of indefinite employees , it now ap- pears that the Public Debt Service will be obliged to continue the indefinite employees on new work in ...
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Page 90 - Government the right to annul the contract or, in its discretion, to deduct from the contract price or consideration the amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee. This warranty shall not apply to commissions payable by the Contractor upon contracts or sales secured or made through bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 90 - Government the right to annul the contract, or, in its discretion, to deduct from the contract price or consideration the amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fees. This warranty shall not apply to commissions payable by Contractors upon contracts or sales secured or made through bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 84 - The controlling interest in a corporation shall not be deemed to be owned by citizens of the United States (a) if the title to a majority of the stock thereof is not vested in such citizens free from any trust or fiduciary obligation in favor of any person not a citizen of the United States...
Page 84 - Commission affect the financial results in, the performance of, or transactions or operations under, such contract...
Page 63 - That the salary of carriers in the Rural Mail Delivery Service for serving a rural route of twenty-four miles, six days in the week, shall be $1,800 ; on routes twenty-two miles and less than twenty-four miles, $1,728 ; on routes twenty miles and less than twenty-two miles, $1,620 ; on routes eighteen miles and less than twenty miles, $1,440 ; on routes sixteen miles and less than eighteen miles, $1,260 ; on routes fourteen miles and less than sixteen miles, $1,080 ; on routes twelve miles and less...
Page 61 - Standard horse-drawn vehicle routes, which shall be twenty-four miles in length; and "Standard motor-vehicle routes, which shall be fifty miles in length, and shall only be established hereafter when a majority of the proposed patrons .who are heads of families residing upon such proposed routes shall by written petition ask the Post Office Department to establish the same.
Page 90 - The Contractor warrants that it has not employed any person to solicit or secure this contract upon any agreement for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee. Breach of this warranty shall give the...
Page 91 - States to claim damages from the contractor for the failures or defaults; provided that the contractor will be held liable for failure in performance due to laws or decrees of foreign governments, wars, insurrections, riots, strikes, or acts of God.
Page 82 - January 17, 1930, the said contractor, for the consideration hereinafter stated, undertakes, covenants, and agrees with the United States of America, pursuant to the provisions of the merchant marine act, 1928, and the said advertisement of the Postmaster General, as follows: 1.
Page 92 - That the rate to be paid for such service for the load of mails provided by the Postmaster General to be carried in a plane shall not in any case exceed $2 per mile each way, plus not exceeding $1 per pound per thousand miles, or pro rata thereof for greater or less mileage, for any mails required to be carried in the same plane in excess of the specified load, and that, at the request of the Postmaster General, domestic mail shall be conveyed without additional charge on that part of the route in...