Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, 1917: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill, 1917 - 1124 pages |
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... able collection of Chinese books and Japanese books . We have 40,000 Chinese books and we have what is not technically speaking oriental literature , but which for the purpose of administration is convenient to treat with the oriental ...
... able collection of Chinese books and Japanese books . We have 40,000 Chinese books and we have what is not technically speaking oriental literature , but which for the purpose of administration is convenient to treat with the oriental ...
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... able to obtain ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes , sir . Mr. STAFFORD . Kindly tell us how many , and also state the com- parison of salaries in the Library as compared with the salaries paid in the bureau and department libraries , because that is ...
... able to obtain ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes , sir . Mr. STAFFORD . Kindly tell us how many , and also state the com- parison of salaries in the Library as compared with the salaries paid in the bureau and department libraries , because that is ...
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... able to do the work with the amount of labor that we have , owing to the fact that we have increased the stock and are adding to it continually . The distribution of plants has increased , owing to the fact that Congress has increased ...
... able to do the work with the amount of labor that we have , owing to the fact that we have increased the stock and are adding to it continually . The distribution of plants has increased , owing to the fact that Congress has increased ...
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... able to keep our work current . Now , that is not a question of judgment , but that is a question of pure and unadulterated fact . I respectfully sub- mit that where it is demonstrated that the work of the Government can not be carried ...
... able to keep our work current . Now , that is not a question of judgment , but that is a question of pure and unadulterated fact . I respectfully sub- mit that where it is demonstrated that the work of the Government can not be carried ...
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... able man who is paid a very small salary now in comparison with the responsi- bilities of the work which he has to perform . Mr. BYRNS . Is this on account of an increase in the duties ? Mr. McILHENNY . No , sir ; no increase in his ...
... able man who is paid a very small salary now in comparison with the responsi- bilities of the work which he has to perform . Mr. BYRNS . Is this on account of an increase in the duties ? Mr. McILHENNY . No , sir ; no increase in his ...
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Page 295 - For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientific books, law and medical books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the department...
Page 485 - No part of any appropriation made for the Navy shall be expended for any of the purposes herein provided for on account of the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, including personal services of civilians and of enlisted men of the Navy, except as herein expressly authorized...
Page 125 - ... Congress, be, and they are hereby, repealed; and thereafter all details of civil officers, clerks, or other subordinate employees from places outside of the District of Columbia for duty within the District of Columbia, except temporary details for duty connected with their respective offices, be, and are hereby, prohibited; and thereafter all moneys accruing from lapsed salaries, or from unused appropriations for salaries, shall be covered into the Treasury...
Page 612 - Department," contained in the Legislative. Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1921.
Page 436 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each.
Page 660 - For investigating the question of public use or sale of inventions for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents...
Page 436 - And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors...
Page 14 - I go to work knowing my child is somewhere safe from 8 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Page 502 - Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. STATEMENT OF REAR ADMIRAL DAVID W. TAYLOR, CHIEF BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
Page 538 - Female clerk, to be designated by the President, to sign land patents"?