Home Rule and Reorganization for the District of Columbia: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Home Rule and Reorganization of the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First Session ... Feb. 17, 1949 |
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... transferred to a department whose primary function is acting as corporation counsel for the District of Columbia . It would be a sort of a tail attached to another animal . Mr. SHEPARD . What I am concerned about is maintaining the inde ...
... transferred to a department whose primary function is acting as corporation counsel for the District of Columbia . It would be a sort of a tail attached to another animal . Mr. SHEPARD . What I am concerned about is maintaining the inde ...
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... transferred to the Director of the Department of Law , " and that " the authority to appoint the Recorder of Deeds should be in the District Manager who may delegate it to the Director . " The Auchincloss subcommittee learned from its ...
... transferred to the Director of the Department of Law , " and that " the authority to appoint the Recorder of Deeds should be in the District Manager who may delegate it to the Director . " The Auchincloss subcommittee learned from its ...
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... transferred by the bill to the executive office of the District manager . Those transferred constitute all but a half dozen of the agencies now exercising local governmental authority with respect to the District . The bill also ...
... transferred by the bill to the executive office of the District manager . Those transferred constitute all but a half dozen of the agencies now exercising local governmental authority with respect to the District . The bill also ...
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... transferred to the District Council . ( c ) The District Council may provide for the exercise , otherwise than by the District Council itself , of functions ( other than functions of a legislative charac- ter ) transferred to it by this ...
... transferred to the District Council . ( c ) The District Council may provide for the exercise , otherwise than by the District Council itself , of functions ( other than functions of a legislative charac- ter ) transferred to it by this ...
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... transferred are , notwithstanding section 422 ( a ) , transferred to the District Manager subject to a delegation of such functions to such officers and agencies . The functions ( 1 ) of the De- partment of the Treasury , the ...
... transferred are , notwithstanding section 422 ( a ) , transferred to the District Manager subject to a delegation of such functions to such officers and agencies . The functions ( 1 ) of the De- partment of the Treasury , the ...
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Page 33 - The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 23 - That the Constitution, and all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 23 - Council, or any committee or person authorized by it, shall have power to investigate any matter relating to the affairs of the District; and for that purpose may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other evidence. For such purpose any member of the...
Page 82 - Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity, but a dependence of the members of the general government on the state comprehending the seat of the government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the national councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the confederacy.
Page 35 - An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States...
Page 33 - An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia...
Page 33 - Commission, may conduct hearings. (f) Members of Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 31 - The financial transactions of all Government corporations shall be audited by the General Accounting Office in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts of the respective corporations are normally kept.
Page 12 - It must be remembered that Congress, in the government of the territories as well as of the District of Columbia, has plenary power, save as controlled by the provisions of the Constitution, that the form of government it shall establish is not prescribed, and may not necessarily be the same in all the territories.
Page 31 - Corporation pertaining to its financial transactions and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians.