Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, 1918: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in Charge of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for 1918. Sixty-fourth Congress, Second Session |
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... field services . The distances that they have to travel are very large indeed . I want to show you this map so that you may see the dis- tance necessary to be traveled by the district secretary in order to meet these conditions in one ...
... field services . The distances that they have to travel are very large indeed . I want to show you this map so that you may see the dis- tance necessary to be traveled by the district secretary in order to meet these conditions in one ...
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... field officers of the Government . They have civil - service control over all of the field service of the Government , and they have administrative con- trol over the holding of examinations for the entire service outside of the ...
... field officers of the Government . They have civil - service control over all of the field service of the Government , and they have administrative con- trol over the holding of examinations for the entire service outside of the ...
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... field service . It purchases all the supplies for the District and , in some instances , for the field service , and we have during the last few days asked all of the departments if they care to avail themselves of our schedules in the ...
... field service . It purchases all the supplies for the District and , in some instances , for the field service , and we have during the last few days asked all of the departments if they care to avail themselves of our schedules in the ...
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... the general appropriation for the collection of customs . All the rest of the tea - examining force comes under the appropriation for the field force and we 58 LEGISLATIVE , EXECUTIVE , ETC. , APPROPRIATION BILL , 1919 .
... the general appropriation for the collection of customs . All the rest of the tea - examining force comes under the appropriation for the field force and we 58 LEGISLATIVE , EXECUTIVE , ETC. , APPROPRIATION BILL , 1919 .
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... field force and we thought the supervising tea examiner ought properly to come under the same appropriation as the ... field service of the tea - examin- ing force is under the lump - sum appropriation . Mr. BYRNS . This man has an ...
... field force and we thought the supervising tea examiner ought properly to come under the same appropriation as the ... field service of the tea - examin- ing force is under the lump - sum appropriation . Mr. BYRNS . This man has an ...
Common terms and phrases
additional clerks amount annum appropriation asking assay offices assistant chief assistant messenger AVERILL AYERS bill building bureau BYRNS Capt census cent CHAFFIN Chairman charge chief clerk chief of division Civil Service clerical force clerk of class commercial commissioner committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contingent expenses cost course district duties efficiency employed employees ENGELKEN estimate examiners expert fact fiscal fund Government grade handle HOOGEWERFF HUDDLESON industry investigation keep laborers law clerk machines matter McILHENNY ment months MYERS Naval Navy Navy Department necessary NOVEMBER 29 number of clerks paid position Post Office Department present promotion purchase receive recommended record request roll Secretary REDFIELD STAFFORD statement stationery statistics stenographer STEWART submitted subtreasuries supervision supplies Surety Bonds things tion transfer Treasury Department VON ENGELKEN War Department Washington watchmen WILMETH
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Page 555 - Columbia; to investigate the needs of the several executive departments and independent establishments with respect to personnel, and to investigate duplication of statistical and other work and methods of business in the various branches of the Government service.
Page 476 - Standardizing mechanical appliances. — To develop methods of testing and standardizing machines, motors, tools, measuring instruments, and other apparatus and devices used in mechanical, hydraulic, and aeronautic engineering; for the comparative study of types of apparatus and methods of operation, and for the establishment of standards of performance; for the accurate determination of fundamental physical constants involved in the proper execution of this work; and for...
Page 90 - There shall be in the Department of the Treasury a bureau charged with the execution of all laws passed by Congress relating to the issue and regulation of...
Page 424 - ... nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter transferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of departments shall cause this provision to be enforced...
Page 355 - The enactment of the national child-labor law prohibiting the employment of children under 14 years of age in mills, mines, and quarries must result in enforced idleness of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls and in unnecessary hardships to them and their parents unless there is found for them some form or forms of suitable employment economically profitable and at the same time educational. Results obtained...
Page 457 - To provide means for securing the presence on board at the proper times of men who are so engaged.
Page 14 - For fuel, lights, repairs, miscellaneous supplies, electric and steam apparatus, city directory, stationery, mail and delivery service, and all incidental expenses in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of...
Page 355 - ... proportion of urban population to rural population is increasing rapidly. Almost one-half of the children in the United States now live in cities, towns, and densely populated suburban communities. In some sections of the country a very large proportion of these children are the children of foreign-born parents. All this adds to the complexity and difficulty of the problems of city-school administration, especially in the larger cities. Many hundreds of requests for advice and information in...
Page 491 - Report of the committee on statistics and compensation Insurance cost of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions.
Page 77 - SEC. 3. On and after August 1, 1944, no article or package of official matter, or number of articles or packages of official matter constituting in fact a single shipment, exceeding 4 pounds in weight shall be admitted to the mails under the penalty privilege...