Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1940: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on the Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1940 |
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... CHARGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ESTAB- LISHMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1940 , ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING , NAMELY : MONDAY , JANUARY 30 , 1939 . LIBRARY OF CONGRESS STATEMENTS OF DR . HERBERT PUTNAM , LIBRARIAN ; MARTIN A. ROBERTS ...
... CHARGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ESTAB- LISHMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1940 , ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING , NAMELY : MONDAY , JANUARY 30 , 1939 . LIBRARY OF CONGRESS STATEMENTS OF DR . HERBERT PUTNAM , LIBRARIAN ; MARTIN A. ROBERTS ...
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... charge , who gives only part time to the work of the Division . With the removal of the Division to the Annex Building , together with the removal of the branch bindery , the work will be greatly increased . The following additional ...
... charge , who gives only part time to the work of the Division . With the removal of the Division to the Annex Building , together with the removal of the branch bindery , the work will be greatly increased . The following additional ...
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... charge ( $ 12,960 ) for acquiring additional titles of Braille books and talk- ing - book records which will mean an increased service to the blind . The director of the project is prepared to submit further par- ticulars . Catalog ...
... charge ( $ 12,960 ) for acquiring additional titles of Braille books and talk- ing - book records which will mean an increased service to the blind . The director of the project is prepared to submit further par- ticulars . Catalog ...
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... charge of the preparation of material for binding , and the handling of briefs and records of the Circuit Courts of Appeal . This material , which the Library has been receiving since 1931 , has been indexed with the assistance of the ...
... charge of the preparation of material for binding , and the handling of briefs and records of the Circuit Courts of Appeal . This material , which the Library has been receiving since 1931 , has been indexed with the assistance of the ...
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... charge of the use of the films by readers , as serious damage to the films by inexperienced users can be prevented only by constant supervision . 3. For several years past , the present staff has not been able to keep up to date the ...
... charge of the use of the films by readers , as serious damage to the films by inexperienced users can be prevented only by constant supervision . 3. For several years past , the present staff has not been able to keep up to date the ...
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additional Admiral MOREELL Admiral STARK Admiral TOWERS air-conditioning amount Annex annual appropriated for 1939 asking assistant bill BOND break-down Budget Bureau Capitol power plant Captain ALLEN cards catalog Chairman CLAPP clerk Colonel BURNS committee construction cost deficiency Department DITTER Division elevator employees engineer equipment estimate for 1940 expenditure expenses facilities FERNANDEZ FIFE fiscal year 1941 funds GIEGENGACK going Government helper HINCKLEY Hispanic House Office Building increase installed June 30 Law Library Legislative Legislative Reference Service Librarian Library of Congress LUDLOW LYNN MACLEISH maintenance material mechanic Members ment miscellaneous months Naval Navy necessary old building operation percent personnel positions present purchase PUTNAM RABAUT record reference repairs and alterations requested RICH roof salaries Senate SHANKS SOMMER statement STEFAN submitted Subprofessional supplies TABER tion United States Capitol VANCE West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WOODRUM
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Page 316 - Amounts appropriated for the expenses of the joint committee shall be disbursed one-half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House.
Page 191 - CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CAPITOL BUILDINGS For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil. waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment...
Page 73 - ... including expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian in the interest of collections, and all other expenses...
Page 32 - Reserves, including the same objects, and without regard to limitations, specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941...
Page 23 - I do not know that it contains any branch of science which Congress would wish to exclude from their collection ; there is, in fact, no subject to which a member of Congress may not have occasion to refer.
Page 154 - In addition to these maintenance and repair activities, the Architect of the Capitol is charged with the planning and construction of such buildings as may be committed to his care by Congress from time to time.
Page 118 - CONSTRUCTION AND MACHINERY: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore and herein authorized, to be available until expended, $17,647,617.
Page 100 - For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office and the decisions of the United States courts involving copyright, $20,000.
Page 196 - Capitol Grounds : For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol Power Plant; personal and other services...
Page 158 - Board", a quasi corporation, with perpetual succession, and "all the usual powers of a trustee", including the power to "invest, reinvest, and retain investments...