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... securities on the part of the bank in the open market , and proved insufficient restoratives , there would be a case of having recourse to Government borrowing . " As a matter of fact , he continues , Great Britain has a superfluity of ...
... securities on the part of the bank in the open market , and proved insufficient restoratives , there would be a case of having recourse to Government borrowing . " As a matter of fact , he continues , Great Britain has a superfluity of ...
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... securities because the money so provided would simply be drawn away to New York . " He therefore goes back to the need for Government borrowing and points out that " the accumulation of bank deposits suggests that openings for ...
... securities because the money so provided would simply be drawn away to New York . " He therefore goes back to the need for Government borrowing and points out that " the accumulation of bank deposits suggests that openings for ...
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... securities or debentures against the securities held of the municipalities and States . The necessary result would be , in the last analysis , that , when conditions returned to normal , this corporation could be liquidated without any ...
... securities or debentures against the securities held of the municipalities and States . The necessary result would be , in the last analysis , that , when conditions returned to normal , this corporation could be liquidated without any ...
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... securities . " The bonds provided for in this bill would be sold only as the funds are needed . Thus , they would be thrown on the investment market at intervals in relatively small quantities . If one and one - half billions of dollars ...
... securities . " The bonds provided for in this bill would be sold only as the funds are needed . Thus , they would be thrown on the investment market at intervals in relatively small quantities . If one and one - half billions of dollars ...
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... securities ? Mr. Loucks . I believe they are not , and I believe in many cases they are also afraid of and are not accustomed to purchasing bonds and are afraid of red tape that they shall have to go through . If the procedure were made ...
... securities ? Mr. Loucks . I believe they are not , and I believe in many cases they are also afraid of and are not accustomed to purchasing bonds and are afraid of red tape that they shall have to go through . If the procedure were made ...
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Page 2 - Act of 1923, as amended, fix the salaries of such experts, assistants, officers, and employees; and (3) make such expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, periodicals, and books of reference, and for printing and binding...
Page 4 - Board shall receive a salary at the rate of $10,000 per annum, together with necessary traveling and subsistence expenses, or per diem allowance in lieu thereof...
Page 6 - Corporation shall be exempt, both as to principal and interest, from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, any State, or any of the possessions of the United States, or by any local taxing authority, except (a) estate or inheritance taxes, and (b) graduated additional income taxes, commonly known as surtaxes, and excessprofits and war-profits taxes, now or hereafter imposed by the United States, upon the income or profits of individuals, partnerships, corporations, or associations.
Page 6 - In the case of a single person, a personal exemption of $1,000, or in the case of the head of a family or a married person living with husband or wife, a personal exemption of $2,000.
Page 6 - The principal and interest thereof shall be payable in United States gold coin of the present standard of value...
Page 16 - I was a member of the research staff of the National Bureau of...
Page 88 - POLICY (Adopted by the Board of Direction of the American Society of Civil Engineers as official policy of the society, May 1963) The most important basic principle of a sound transportation policy...
Page 4 - 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 3 - Labor, or any business arising therefrom or pertaining thereto, or in relation to the duties performed by and authority conferred by law upon such bureau, officer, office, board, branch, or division of the public service, whether of an appellate or revisory character or otherwise, shall hereafter be vested in and exercised by the head of the said Department of Labor.
Page 4 - ... 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 ; " (c) For prosecuting flood-control projects heretofore or hereafter authorized ; and "(d) For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Act, approved May 25, 1926, as now or hereafter amended and supplemented, in respect of public buildings within and without the District...