Amending the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Hearings ..., on H.R. 4961 ..., June 18-19, and 27, 19411941 - 133 pages |
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... expenditures . Nor can I acquiesce in its desire that I say such accounting shall not be made . Within a day or so after I was appointed , and that was on July 31 , 1940 , although I only took office on November 1 , 1940 , a conference ...
... expenditures . Nor can I acquiesce in its desire that I say such accounting shall not be made . Within a day or so after I was appointed , and that was on July 31 , 1940 , although I only took office on November 1 , 1940 , a conference ...
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... expenditures . Nor can I acquiesce in its desire that I say such accounting shall not be made . Within a day or so after I was appointed , and that was on July 31 , 1940 , although I only took office on November 1 , 1940 , a conference ...
... expenditures . Nor can I acquiesce in its desire that I say such accounting shall not be made . Within a day or so after I was appointed , and that was on July 31 , 1940 , although I only took office on November 1 , 1940 , a conference ...
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... expenditure , which the Congress tells us to do . And if it is not satisfactorily explained we hold the disbursing officer accountable . The audit the T. V. A. desires does not afford the check on the legality of the expenditures as ...
... expenditure , which the Congress tells us to do . And if it is not satisfactorily explained we hold the disbursing officer accountable . The audit the T. V. A. desires does not afford the check on the legality of the expenditures as ...
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... expenditures is to continue a control and audit of the accounts by an independent establishment . The tenure in office of the Comptroller General and the Assistant Comptroller General is * * * to make them absolutely independent of the ...
... expenditures is to continue a control and audit of the accounts by an independent establishment . The tenure in office of the Comptroller General and the Assistant Comptroller General is * * * to make them absolutely independent of the ...
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... expenditures of appropriated moneys , prior to the enactment of the Dockery Act of July 31 , 1894 ( 28 Stat . 205 ) , the evident purpose and effect of said statute was to vest in the Comptroller the exclusive jurisdiction and plenary ...
... expenditures of appropriated moneys , prior to the enactment of the Dockery Act of July 31 , 1894 ( 28 Stat . 205 ) , the evident purpose and effect of said statute was to vest in the Comptroller the exclusive jurisdiction and plenary ...
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42 Stat 79 Congressional Record accountable warrant Accounting Act Accounting Office act of August administrative agency Appropriation Act Attorney audit reports auditors August 31 Authority's bill Budget and Accounting certified public accountants CHAIRMAN claims committee Comptroller General's conclusion conference Cong Congress contracts counsel Court decision determine disallow disbursing officer duties ELSTON Emergency Fleet Corporation enacted exceptions existing law expenditures expenses Federal firm of certified fiscal FITTS gentlemen Government Government-owned corporations governmental Hardin County HARTER Home Owners House involved jurisdiction KILDAY legislation litigation Loan Corporation Maritime Commission matter memorandum ment operations opinion payment position President procedure proposed provisions pursuant Reconstruction Finance Corporation representatives request responsibility Revised Statutes section 14 section 9 Senator settled and adjusted settlement and adjustment settlement warrant Skinner & Eddy SPARKMAN statement submitted Tennessee Valley Authority tion transactions Treasury troller United Valley Authority Act WARREN YATES
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Page 110 - ... such expenditures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, for...
Page 106 - Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures and to enter into such contracts, agreements, and arrangements, upon such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem necessary, including the final settlement of all claims and litigation by or against the Corporation ; and, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law governing the expenditure of public funds...
Page 12 - All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Government of the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.
Page 71 - ... (c) The comptroller general shall specially report to Congress every expenditure or contract made by any department or establishment in any year in violation of law.
Page 64 - In such connection, he and his representatives shall have free and open access to all papers, books, records, files, accounts, plants, warehouses, offices, and all other things, property, and places belonging to or under the control of or used or employed by the Corporation, and shall be afforded full facilities for counting all cash and verifying transactions with, and balances in, depositaries.
Page 14 - Authority" (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"). The board of directors first appointed shall be deemed the incorporators, and the incorporation shall be held to have been effected from the date of the first meeting of the board. This Act may be cited as the "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.
Page 80 - I, therefore, suggest to the Congress legislation to create a Tennessee Valley Authority— a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.
Page 86 - He shall make report of each such audit in quadruplicate, one copy for the President of the United States, one for the chairman of the board, one for public inspection at the principal office of the Corporation, and the other to be retained by him for the uses of the Congress: Provided, That such report shall not be made...
Page 110 - Secretary or his delegate upon the merits of any claim presented under or authorized by this section shall, in the absence of fraud or mistake in mathematical calculation, be final and not subject to revision by any accounting officer.