Quarters and Allowances at St. Elizabeths Hospital: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, Second Session. December 19, 1928 |
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... facts essential to proper and lawful action by the accounting officers on the disbursing accounts are lacking . It was the absence of such essential facts in the accounts of the disbursing officer at St. Elizabeths Hospital that brought ...
... facts essential to proper and lawful action by the accounting officers on the disbursing accounts are lacking . It was the absence of such essential facts in the accounts of the disbursing officer at St. Elizabeths Hospital that brought ...
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... fact that the Personnel Classification Board has been requested to fix the value of the allowances in kind but has refused or failed to act giving as reason that the hazardous nature of the employment and the neces- sity of being ...
... fact that the Personnel Classification Board has been requested to fix the value of the allowances in kind but has refused or failed to act giving as reason that the hazardous nature of the employment and the neces- sity of being ...
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... fact , when he was offered the position in 1903 the letter making the offer read that the position would include a salary of $ 4,000 and full maintenance at the hospital . At the time he was given this position the hospital had a ...
... fact , when he was offered the position in 1903 the letter making the offer read that the position would include a salary of $ 4,000 and full maintenance at the hospital . At the time he was given this position the hospital had a ...
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... fact that the hospital did not come within the purview of the act of March 4 , 1923 , that the prior acts noted are still in effect , it merely requires some affirmative statement on your part to continue the former law . Let it be ...
... fact that the hospital did not come within the purview of the act of March 4 , 1923 , that the prior acts noted are still in effect , it merely requires some affirmative statement on your part to continue the former law . Let it be ...
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... facts showing the alleged injustice ,. would afford no excuse for failure to enforce the law should such sub- mission to the Congress result in failure to obtain relief through appropriate legislation . It seems proper for the committee ...
... facts showing the alleged injustice ,. would afford no excuse for failure to enforce the law should such sub- mission to the Congress result in failure to obtain relief through appropriate legislation . It seems proper for the committee ...
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