Legislative Branch AppropriationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 |
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Page 1 - An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes," approved June 30, 1932, as amended (USC, 1940 edition, title 5, sec.
Page 39 - ... without regard to section 35 of the public buildings act, approved June 25, 1910, as amended, or the classification act of 1923, as amended, to employ all necessary personnel, including professional, architectural, and engineering, and other assistants.
Page 19 - ... and experience of all civilized governments has been assembled here, and here session after session it lies untouched, because it is in no form for immediate use. Interpreted, classified, briefed, ready for the industrious legislator, it will enable Congress to profit by the trials, experiments, and approved judgments of all other nations. In short, the aim of the new provision is to make serviceable in suitable form for immediate use the legislative resources of our national library. By adopting...
Page 20 - JIM WOODRUFF LOCK AND DAM STATEMENT OF MR. ALTO LEE, ATTORNEY Mr. LEE. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, there is very little that I can add to what has already been said. I do have an interest in this proposition and speak for the Dothan Chamber of Commerce. I was born and reared in Columbia, Ala., and can remember the day when my home town was quite a thriving metropolis in a farming area.
Page 9 - ... have some additional information, we will note their appearance and their interest and their concurrence in what you have said. Now, if they have any additional information to give us. Mr. HEGE. No, I think not; and I know you want us to be very brief on account of the time. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any members of the committee who would like to ask any questions of Mr. Hege? Mr. CROWE. I have one question I would like to ask. This land was assessed at $1,200 an acre and was raised to $2,000?...
Page 45 - Pins" in the 1887 edition of Trautwine's Engineer Pocket Book : "After deciding on the size of the body of the bars to bear safely the pull upon them, the proper proportioning of their heads or eyes and pins is an abstruse and difficult point upon which much has been written. It was formerly supposed that the diameter of the pin should be governed by its resistance to shearing, but experience has shown that this was entirely insuflJcient.
Page 37 - Senate, and shall be sent to the other House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House and its officers, and, if passed, returned signed by said Clerk or Secretary. When such bill, or joint resolution shall have passed both Houses, it shall be printed and shall then be called the enrolled...
Page 18 - ASPINALL : I am very much in favor of your establishing a Public Land Law Review Commission especially since it includes both the legislative branch of the Government and the executive branch of the Government. I am including a weekly newspaper from Trinity County, Calif. I feel that you and your committee would be especially interested in the articles appearing on pages 16TA, 16TC, 16TD, 16TE, and 16TF.
Page 7 - Survey was established by agreement between the National Park Service, the American Institute of Architects and the Library of Congress.
Page 27 - A copy of these enclosures is also being today sent to the clerk of the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the consideration of that committee. Very truly yours, MATTHEW EDMISTON, Custodian. Senate Office Building — Supplemental items for incorporation^ in the legislative appropriation Mil for the fiscal year Provided, That there shall remain available for the fiscal year 1941 from the appropriation for the maintenance of the Senate Office Building for the fiscal year 1940 for rewiring electrical...