Government Corporations Appropriation Bill for 1948: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, Parts 1-3

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Page 311 - State or local laws of the inhabitants on such property ; (3) enter into agreements to pay annual sums in lieu of taxes to any State or local taxing authority with respect to any real property so acquired or owned ; (4) sell or exchange at public or private sale, or lease, real or personal property, and sell or exchange any securities or obligations...
Page 294 - First. That no member of the association is allowed more than one vote because of the .amount of stock or membership capital he may own therein; and Second. That the association does not pay dividends on stock or membership capital in excess of 8 per centum per annum.
Page 357 - To provide financial assistance to the States and political subdivisions thereof for the elimination of unsafe and insanitary housing conditions, for the eradication of slums, for the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and for the reduction of unemployment and the stimulation of business activity, to create a United States Housing Authority, and for other purposes.
Page 249 - Authority may, whenever it deems it necessary or desirable in the fulfillment of the purposes of this Act. consent to the modification, with respect to rate of interest, time of payment of any installment of principal or interest, security, amount of annual contribution, or any other term, of any contract or agreement of any kind to which the Authority is a party or which has been transferred to it pursuant to this Act. Any rule of law contrary to this provision shall be deemed inapplicable.
Page 203 - low-rent housing" means decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings within the financial reach of families of low income, and developed and administered to promote serviceability, efficiency, economy, and stability, and embraces all necessary appurtenances thereto. The dwellings in low-rent housing...
Page 261 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin, or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Page 5 - League generally supports the disclosures discussed above with a major clarification. Generally, the Federal Home Loan Bank System and Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation regulations make comparable requirements at present. The phrase in the first sentence "at the time he places funds
Page 154 - The above rates are based upon the supply of service to the entire premises through a single delivery and metering point, and at a single voltage. Separate supply for the same customer at other points of consumption, or at a different voltage, shall be separately metered and billed.
Page 311 - The amount so paid for any year upon any such property shall not exceed the taxes that would be paid to the State or subdivision, as the case may be, upon such property if it were not exempt from taxation thereby.
Page 20 - Administrator and three constituents — the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, the Federal Housing Administration, and the Federal Public Housing Authority.

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