Amending the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Hearings ..., on H.R. 4961 ..., June 18-19, and 27, 19411941 - 133 pages |
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... transactions expressly required by section 9 ( b ) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act as amended by section 14 of the act of August 31 , 1935 ( 49 Stat . 1080 ) . These matters were thought to be progressing satisfactorily when in ...
... transactions expressly required by section 9 ( b ) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act as amended by section 14 of the act of August 31 , 1935 ( 49 Stat . 1080 ) . These matters were thought to be progressing satisfactorily when in ...
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... transactions expressly required by said sec- tion 9 ( b ) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act . ( The memorandum went to the length of proposing - apparently for the purpose of eliminating even that prescribed official examination ...
... transactions expressly required by said sec- tion 9 ( b ) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act . ( The memorandum went to the length of proposing - apparently for the purpose of eliminating even that prescribed official examination ...
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... transactions of the Authority is defined by section 9 ( b ) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act and that any extension of that jurisdiction beyond the limits there set out is without authority of law . These legal opinions are ...
... transactions of the Authority is defined by section 9 ( b ) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act and that any extension of that jurisdiction beyond the limits there set out is without authority of law . These legal opinions are ...
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... transactions of the corporation . ' Thus , in view of the specific provi- sions of this section , there would be no basis for application of the settlement and adjustment procedure to the Authority unless relations between the Authority ...
... transactions of the corporation . ' Thus , in view of the specific provi- sions of this section , there would be no basis for application of the settlement and adjustment procedure to the Authority unless relations between the Authority ...
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... transactions . Most of these exceptions have been released after the Authority has supplied additional data or information . There still remained , however , as of October 31 , 1940 , exceptions to items aggregating $ 6,737,646 . While ...
... transactions . Most of these exceptions have been released after the Authority has supplied additional data or information . There still remained , however , as of October 31 , 1940 , exceptions to items aggregating $ 6,737,646 . While ...
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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.