Agricultural Department Appropriation Bill for 1937: Hearing Before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of the Agricultural Department Appropriation Bill for 1937. Seventy-fourth Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 - 1340 pages |
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... fire protection to privately owned lands . Mr. JUMP . That is pursuant to the act of Congress , the Clark- McNary Act , that sets up a system of Federal aid to systematically try to organize , in a systematic and orderly manner , a fire ...
... fire protection to privately owned lands . Mr. JUMP . That is pursuant to the act of Congress , the Clark- McNary Act , that sets up a system of Federal aid to systematically try to organize , in a systematic and orderly manner , a fire ...
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... fire season some days they may put on as many as 35,000 people to fight some big fires . They do not hold regular ap- pointments but they are on the pay roll , maybe for only a day or so . All of this C. C. C. camp business , every ...
... fire season some days they may put on as many as 35,000 people to fight some big fires . They do not hold regular ap- pointments but they are on the pay roll , maybe for only a day or so . All of this C. C. C. camp business , every ...
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... fires . The fire - weather warning service is conducted in seven districts , each district consisting of from one to several States . Only one meteorologist is on duty in each district . This does not permit proper inspection of ...
... fires . The fire - weather warning service is conducted in seven districts , each district consisting of from one to several States . Only one meteorologist is on duty in each district . This does not permit proper inspection of ...
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... fire - weather service . - Fire - weather warnings were first issued in 1916 as a regular service from district forecast centers . Since that time several independent fire - weather districts have been organized with specialists ...
... fire - weather service . - Fire - weather warnings were first issued in 1916 as a regular service from district forecast centers . Since that time several independent fire - weather districts have been organized with specialists ...
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... fire - weather investigations . - Forest fires cause great economic losses . In some years losses run into hundreds of millions of dollars . One of the functions of the Weather Bureau is to determine the exact relationships between ...
... fire - weather investigations . - Forest fires cause great economic losses . In some years losses run into hundreds of millions of dollars . One of the functions of the Weather Bureau is to determine the exact relationships between ...
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Page 82 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 564 - Nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of migratory birds on any reservation or sanctuary established under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat.
Page 18 - That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast...
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Page 475 - Agriculture no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes $375,233: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed.
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