Legislative Establishment Appropriation BillU.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 - Courts |
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... necessary . Mr. AVERILL . This is a similar provision to the paragraph in the librarian's appropriation from year to year . There are times when we can hardly get along , when there are extra crowds here , and it would be of immense ...
... necessary . Mr. AVERILL . This is a similar provision to the paragraph in the librarian's appropriation from year to year . There are times when we can hardly get along , when there are extra crowds here , and it would be of immense ...
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... necessary to take in the plants , we sometimes have to put on one or two additional men . But the help that we have now is the help we keep all the time . SHIPPING CLERK . Mr. BYRNS . Is the time of your shipping clerk entirely consumed ...
... necessary to take in the plants , we sometimes have to put on one or two additional men . But the help that we have now is the help we keep all the time . SHIPPING CLERK . Mr. BYRNS . Is the time of your shipping clerk entirely consumed ...
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... necessary and a heavy burden on the commission - but we can not avoid it - is the necessity of holding examinations for fourth - class postmasters and rural car- riers in the communities interested . If we announce a local examina- tion ...
... necessary and a heavy burden on the commission - but we can not avoid it - is the necessity of holding examinations for fourth - class postmasters and rural car- riers in the communities interested . If we announce a local examina- tion ...
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... necessary , therefore , that the district secretary , and his assistants , should travel through that district all the time , to train these boards , the individual members of them , so that they may give these dictations in such a way ...
... necessary , therefore , that the district secretary , and his assistants , should travel through that district all the time , to train these boards , the individual members of them , so that they may give these dictations in such a way ...
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... necessary thing , Mr. Chairman , that you should give us for these district secretaries the increases we are asking . Mr. BYRNS . You said a moment ago , in speaking of the secretary , for instance , of the fifth district , that it is ...
... necessary thing , Mr. Chairman , that you should give us for these district secretaries the increases we are asking . Mr. BYRNS . You said a moment ago , in speaking of the secretary , for instance , of the fifth district , that it is ...
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additional clerks amount annum appropriation asking assay assay offices assistant chief assistant messenger AVERILL AYERS bill building bureau BYRNS Capt census cent CHAFFIN Chairman charge chief clerk chief of division clerical force clerk of class commercial commissioner committee Congress contingent expenses cost course district duties efficiency employed employees ENGELKEN estimate examiners expert fact fiscal fund Government grade handle HUDDLESON industry investigation keep laborers law clerk LELAND LELAND STANFORD machines matter McILHENNY ment months MYERS Naval Navy Navy Department necessary NOVEMBER 29 number of clerks ORGANIZED 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 557 - 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.
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Page 267 - ... during the preceding fiscal year; 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 : Provided...
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Page 353 - An increase in the number of specialists and assistants in rural education and industrial education. The few specialists now employed in these subjects are wholly unable to do more than a small part of the work needed. States are asking for expert advice in regard to school legislation and the improvement of their school systems. States, counties, and local communities want comprehensive and detailed school surveys. There is need and demand for such general and authoritative studies of school...
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Page 475 - ... alloys ; prevention of corrosion of metals and alloys; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; preparation of metal specifications; investigation of new metallurgical processes and study of methods of conservation in metallurgical manufacture and products; investigation of materials used in the construction of rails, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure ; including personal services in the District of Columbia and in...
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