Federal Crop Insurance: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session on S. 1397, a Bill to Create a Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and for Other Purposes |
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Page 34
As the proposed plan presents problems of storing the commodities insured ,
your committee met and conferred with warehousemen engaged in the storage ...
They were of the opinion that available storage space was ample for the present .
As the proposed plan presents problems of storing the commodities insured ,
your committee met and conferred with warehousemen engaged in the storage ...
They were of the opinion that available storage space was ample for the present .
Page 89
... equally successful enterprises in regard to crop insurance , but we did not
obtain the victory and the position we now enjoy in tornado insurance
immediately . It has taken half a century of trial and error to get to where we are at
the present ...
... equally successful enterprises in regard to crop insurance , but we did not
obtain the victory and the position we now enjoy in tornado insurance
immediately . It has taken half a century of trial and error to get to where we are at
the present ...
Page 93
Applying this to the present discussion and to the bill before us , in whatever form
it may be finally reported , will overcome the disadvantages of former
experiences where , as was mentioned a while ago , the area was too limited .
There is no ...
Applying this to the present discussion and to the bill before us , in whatever form
it may be finally reported , will overcome the disadvantages of former
experiences where , as was mentioned a while ago , the area was too limited .
There is no ...
Page 101
I do not know whether that is a development too far distant to be visualized at the
present time , but the present bill contemplates the Federal Government will stay
in this field . At the present we would not oppose the Government having control ...
I do not know whether that is a development too far distant to be visualized at the
present time , but the present bill contemplates the Federal Government will stay
in this field . At the present we would not oppose the Government having control ...
Page 112
... me that it should be possible to provide the farmer with some measure of
protection in connection with the annual investment that he makes in farm crops .
Turning to the present bill , if that is permissible , I want to say that I am in accord
with ...
... me that it should be possible to provide the farmer with some measure of
protection in connection with the annual investment that he makes in farm crops .
Turning to the present bill , if that is permissible , I want to say that I am in accord
with ...
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Page 2 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes...
Page 2 - Corporation, with the consent of any board, commission, independent establishment, or executive department of the Government, including any field service thereof, may avail itself of the use of information, services, facilities, officers, and employees thereof in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Page 2 - ... bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be conducted and the powers vested in it may be exercised...
Page 2 - May purchase or lease and hold such real and personal property as it deems necessary' or convenient in the transaction of its business, and may dispose of any such personal property held by it.
Page 3 - The corporation, including its franchise, its capital, reserves, and surplus, and its income shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, or by any Territory, dependency, or possession thereof, or by any State, county, municipality, or local taxing authority...
Page 1 - Vacancies in the board so long as there shall be two members in office shall not impair the powers of the board to execute the functions of the Corporation, and two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.
Page 2 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails for its official business in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government, and shall determine its necessary expenditures under this act and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid, without regard to the provisions of any other law governing the expenditure of public funds.
Page 4 - ... (3) with intent to defraud the Corporation, participates or shares in or receives directly or indirectly any money, profit, property, or benefits through any transaction, .loan, commission, contract, or any other act of the Corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
Page 3 - States relating to the venue of civil suits. (b) The Corporation shall at all times maintain complete and accurate books of accounts.
Page 3 - ... allowed under this section unless the same shall have been brought within six years after the right accrued for which the claim is made or within one year after the date of approval of this amendatory Act, whichever is the later date...
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| Title | Federal Crop Insurance: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session on S. 1397, a Bill to Create a Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and for Other Purposes |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 223 pages |
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