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Page 5 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is always a pleasure to appear before this...
Page 74 - London, for the purpose of founding "at Washington an establishment under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 9 - No contract shall be entered into for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose (ft.
Page 172 - Nothing in this act shall be construed as a limitation upon the power of the state to enact laws with respect to the acquisition, holding or disposal by aliens of real property in this state.
Page 9 - ... repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose.— Sec.
Page 9 - No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purposes of erecting thereon any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, or other public building, of any kind whatever, until the written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, nor until the consent of the legislature of the State in which the land or site may be, to such purchase, has been given.
Page 70 - Act, other than subsection (h) of section 1, shall apply in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Page 6 - Stat. 235) authorized an appropriation of $18,665,000 to construct, equip, and furnish a building for use of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
Page 48 - ... approved October 14, 1940, as amended Be it enacted 'by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 301 of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes...
Page 89 - If there is no objection, that will be done. (The statement referred to is as follows:) STATEMENT OF HON.

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