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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... give your present clerk an in- crease from $ 900 to $ 1,020 ? Mr. HESS . Yes , sir ; included in this estimate is the increase asked for the clerk . ASSISTANTS AND LABORERS . Mr. BYRNS . What is the reason for the further increase you ...
... give your present clerk an in- crease from $ 900 to $ 1,020 ? Mr. HESS . Yes , sir ; included in this estimate is the increase asked for the clerk . ASSISTANTS AND LABORERS . Mr. BYRNS . What is the reason for the further increase you ...
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... give an opportunity to those people , because in the country the people who live in the locality want a voice in the filling of the office . They have an intense feeling , and , therefore , we have sup- plemental requests that when such ...
... give an opportunity to those people , because in the country the people who live in the locality want a voice in the filling of the office . They have an intense feeling , and , therefore , we have sup- plemental requests that when such ...
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... give just as much weight and prominence to the immediate locality as it is possible for us to do . Therefore , if a man who lives within the restricted terri- tory , or the locality , passes with 70 per cent we will certify him as No. 1 ...
... give just as much weight and prominence to the immediate locality as it is possible for us to do . Therefore , if a man who lives within the restricted terri- tory , or the locality , passes with 70 per cent we will certify him as No. 1 ...
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... give you is this : The more eligibles you have on the county register the more choice there is for the appointive officers in making the appointment . That is the county register with two eligibles . You have over here the local ...
... give you is this : The more eligibles you have on the county register the more choice there is for the appointive officers in making the appointment . That is the county register with two eligibles . You have over here the local ...
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... give a measure of relief to the depart- ments in obtaining men with better averages than they would get under the more direct and simple method that the commission had prior to the adoption of this method . That method was that if a man ...
... give a measure of relief to the depart- ments in obtaining men with better averages than they would get under the more direct and simple method that the commission had prior to the adoption of this method . That method was that if a man ...
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Admiral McGOWAN amount annum appointed appropriation asking assistant AVERILL AYERS bill BUCHANAN building bureau BYRNS Census cent charge chief clerk chief of division CLAXTON clerical clerk of class Commerce commission Commissioner committee Congress contingent expenses cost course DAVIS detailed District duties efficiency division eligibles employees estimate examination fair standard filing fiscal force fund Government grade HAVENNER increase investigation June 30 KRAM laborers law clerks machines MALBURN matter McILHENNY ment MERITT messenger months Naval Navy OSBORN paid Pension position Post Office Department Postmaster PRATT present promotion purchase question receive record reduced reference salary SALTZGABER schools secretary of Alaska Secretary REDFIELD Secretary's SISSON solicitor STAFFORD standard of efficiency statement stenographer STEWART subtreasuries supplies survey TALLMAN thing tion transfer Treasury Department vacancies War Department Washington watchmen WILMETH
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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"?