To Establish the War Petroleum Corporation and to Define Its Functions: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 7216, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 - Petroleum industry and trade |
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Page 3 - If any provision of this act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 12 - President shall determine and, in addition, shall be entitled to actual and necessary transportation, subsistence and other expenses incidental to the performance of his duties.
Page 2 - Federal; to select, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers, employees, attorneys, and agents as shall be necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation...
Page 2 - ... to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which...
Page 2 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails for its official business in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government...
Page 3 - ... the purpose of redemption of such obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, which fund may be drawn upon or paid out for no other purpose. The corporation may also...
Page 2 - Corporation "). The principal office of the Corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia, but there may be established agencies or branch offices in any city or cities of the United States under rules and regulations prescribed by the board of directors.
Page 3 - All money of the Corporation not otherwise employed may be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States or in any bank approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to withdrawal by the Corporation at any time, or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury may be invested in obligations of the United States.
Page 2 - The Corporation, with the consent of any board, commission, independent establishment, or executive department of the Government, including any field service thereof, may avail itself of the use of information, services, facilities, officers, and employees thereof in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Page 2 - Receipts for payments by the United States of America for or on account of such stock shall be issued by the Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be evidence of stock ownership.