Department of Commerce Appropriation Bill for 1931U.S. Government Printing Office, 1930 - 398 pages |
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accidents ACKERMAN additional Aeronautics aids to navigation air commerce act aircraft airways Alaska Amarillo amount appropriation asked assistance building Bureau of Mines Bureau of Navigation Bureau of Standards Census cent coast committee COOPER cost COURTENAY cover cubic feet Department of Commerce distribution district District of Columbia division Doctor BRIGGS Doctor KLEIN Domestic Commerce employees engineers equipment establishment estimate for 1931 expenses Federal Radio Commission field fiscal year 1931 fish fisheries funds give Government GRIFFIN helium company increase industry inspectors investigation laboratory light Lighthouse Major YOUNG manufacturers ment miles months Navy necessary OLIVER operation Patent Office plant Pribilof Islands production purchase purpose PUTNAM RADCLIFFE radio requested riprap ROBERTSON rubber salaries Secretary of Commerce ships SHREVE statement stations statistics Steamboat Inspection Service supply survey teletype TERRELL testing tion trade TURNER United vessels
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Page 269 - Board consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General. The Board members have the power to issue a patent, "if they shall deem the invention or discovery sufficiently useful and important," for a period not to exceed 14 years.
Page 59 - airport" means any locality, either of water or land, which is adapted for the landing and taking off of aircraft and which provides facilities for shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft; or a place used regularly for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo by air. (h) The term "emergency landing field...
Page 175 - That as much of this sum as necessary shall be used to collect and disseminate such scientific, practical, and statistical information as may be procured, showing or tending to show approved methods in building, planning and construction, standardization, and adaptability of structural units, including building materials and codes, economy in the manufacture and utilization of building materials and supplies, and such other matters as may tend to encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and housing...
Page 183 - Testing railroad track and other scales : For investigation and testing of railroad track scales, elevator scales, and other scales used in weighing commodities for interstate shipments and to secure equipment and assistance for testing the scales used by the Government in its transactions with the public, such as post office, navy yard, and customhouse scales...
Page 59 - Administrator is empowered to designate and establish civil airways and, within the limits of available appropriations made by the Congress, (1) to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain along such airways all necessary air navigation facilities...
Page 290 - FUNCTIONS The Bureau of Mines was established in the Department of the Interior by the act approved May 16, 1910. On July 1, 1925, by order of the President, it was transferred to the Department of Commerce.
Page 193 - Because of the large amount of this official work it is impracticable for the Bureau to make tests for private individuals if other laboratories can do the work. To inform interested persons of the location of other laboratories...
Page 313 - For inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning the mining, preparation, treatment, and utilization of ores and mineral substances, other than fuels, with a view to improving health conditions and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries...
Page 34 - The act did not create a new bureau in the Department of Commerce to perform these functions. The intention was that, so far as practicable, the duties imposed by the act should be distributed among existing agencies of the department. Accordingly, the task of establishing, maintaining, and operating aids to navigation along air routes was assigned to the Lighthouse Service ; the mapping of air routes to the Coast and Geodetic Survey ; and the scientific research for the improvement of air-navigation...
Page 33 - AN ACT To encourage and regulate the use of aircraft in commerce, and for other purposes.