Amending the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Hearings ..., on H.R. 4961 ..., June 18-19, and 27, 19411941 - 133 pages |
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... practice of the Government , although the attorneys general usually considered their opinions advisory only . " The duty of the Attorney General is to advise , not to decide , ' said Black to Secretary of the Navy Toucey who had been ...
... practice of the Government , although the attorneys general usually considered their opinions advisory only . " The duty of the Attorney General is to advise , not to decide , ' said Black to Secretary of the Navy Toucey who had been ...
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... practice of shipping operations and shipbuilding , etc. Mr. SPARKMAN . In other words , that flexibility would be set up under your own rules and regulations ? Mr. WARREN . Absolutely . Mr. SPARKMAN . You do not have just one set method ...
... practice of shipping operations and shipbuilding , etc. Mr. SPARKMAN . In other words , that flexibility would be set up under your own rules and regulations ? Mr. WARREN . Absolutely . Mr. SPARKMAN . You do not have just one set method ...
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... practice of the General Accounting Office in taking exception to settlements because it disagrees with the judgment which the Authority's general counsel has exercised in given cases has nothing to do with the auditing function which ...
... practice of the General Accounting Office in taking exception to settlements because it disagrees with the judgment which the Authority's general counsel has exercised in given cases has nothing to do with the auditing function which ...
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... practice , committed to its own corporate officers except so far as con- trol may be exerted by the Shipping Board * * The Court said respecting the Fleet Corporation and various other " Govern- ment - owned private corporations " that ...
... practice , committed to its own corporate officers except so far as con- trol may be exerted by the Shipping Board * * The Court said respecting the Fleet Corporation and various other " Govern- ment - owned private corporations " that ...
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... practice , " by the Board or the officer charged with the responsibilities of administration . It was with reference to such " Government - owned private corporation " formed or utilized for such purposes that the Court remarked that ...
... practice , " by the Board or the officer charged with the responsibilities of administration . It was with reference to such " Government - owned private corporation " formed or utilized for such purposes that the Court remarked that ...
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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.