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... things as connecting to the house , or from the house to the street , the water main , which might be a distance of three or four hundred feet away , and not to include the walk leading into the house or the grading or the general ...
... things as connecting to the house , or from the house to the street , the water main , which might be a distance of three or four hundred feet away , and not to include the walk leading into the house or the grading or the general ...
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... things up ? Colonel GROVES . Nothing except patchwork of one kind or another , and for that reason , in the 1942 estimate , the Congress allowed us almost double , or possibly three times , as much money for mainte- nance . That is ...
... things up ? Colonel GROVES . Nothing except patchwork of one kind or another , and for that reason , in the 1942 estimate , the Congress allowed us almost double , or possibly three times , as much money for mainte- nance . That is ...
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... thing through , the whole time , and there is no question but what we are a lot better than we were before and we do know many things which we did not know before because we at least know where we are headed now . At 68341-42--2 that ...
... thing through , the whole time , and there is no question but what we are a lot better than we were before and we do know many things which we did not know before because we at least know where we are headed now . At 68341-42--2 that ...
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... things that are necessary for the house . Colonel GROVES . Most of them , or a great many , are included in your land , there . Senator TRUMAN . Yes ; but gas , electricity , water , sewage disposal , and , of course , the roads , walks ...
... things that are necessary for the house . Colonel GROVES . Most of them , or a great many , are included in your land , there . Senator TRUMAN . Yes ; but gas , electricity , water , sewage disposal , and , of course , the roads , walks ...
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... things of that sort ; if you had to put in a power line to serve a community - that is a different thing entirely . Colonel GROVES . It has not been so interpreted by the Comptroller General . Senator TRUMAN . Why not place a limit on ...
... things of that sort ; if you had to put in a power line to serve a community - that is a different thing entirely . Colonel GROVES . It has not been so interpreted by the Comptroller General . Senator TRUMAN . Why not place a limit on ...
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$10,000 for commissioned 5-foot line 50 feet 77th Cong Army and Navy Camp Colonel GROVES commissioned officers COMMITTEE ON MILITARY community lightning-rod system Congress connection construction of Army construction of quarters construed to prohibit Corps of Engineers cost of construction depot drainage enlisted estimate exclude additional expenditures grading hollow tile house proper JOINT RESOLUTION Maxwell Field MERRICK Military Appropriation Act Naval Appropriation Act NAVY LIVING QUARTERS necessary number of factors permanent construction prohibit or exclude proposed legislation Quartermaster remove certain limitations RESOLUTION TO REMOVE Richard L S. J. Res Secretary Secretary of War section 12 Senator AUSTIN Senator HILL Senator THOMAS Senator TRUMAN sewage disposal sewer sewerage district sewerage habit situation struction temporary construction things THOMAS of Idaho THOMAS of Utah tion transmission line union labor UNITED STATES ARMY UNITED STATES SENATE utilities and equipment W. P. A. labor walks War Department
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Page 1 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 2 - ... of June 30, 1941, could not be accomplished, and abandonment of the erection of such quarters would be necessary. The Secretary of the Navy advises that the same conditions apply to naval construction. The War Department believes that the proposal of the Quartermaster General to compute the cost of quarters to include all utilities and equipment Incident to each unit to a distance sufficient to connect with outside utilities and to exclude the cost of roads, walks, drainage, and grading, should...
Page 1 - That limitations heretofore or hereafter placed upon the cost of construction of quarters for commissioned officers, commissioned warrant or warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Army and Navy shall not be construed to prohibit or exclude additional expenditures for equipment and work outside of such quarters, including, but not limited to, providing for the furnishing of electricity-, gas, water, sewage disposal, and for road*, walks, grading, and drainage. Approved, October 6, 1942. (105) [PUBLIC...
Page 11 - Senate added an emendment to that bill which reads as follows : SEC. 2. The limits of cost on the construction of quarters and housing on property owned by the United States fixed by this and all prior acts shall not be construed to prohibit or exclude additional expenditures for utilities, services, and general improvements, including but not restricted to electricity, gas, water, sewage disposal, roads, walks, grading, and drainage.
Page 6 - ... were discussing whether to increase the Army or not. Senator TRUMAN. Colonel, how much additional expense, on the average, will this make, in the construction of quarters, or a single dwelling? Colonel GROVES. I should say, Senator, that on an average this may mean as much as $1,000. Senator TRUMAN. What is the limitation figure, in the first place? Colonel GROVES. That has been changed so often that I do not carry it in my mind. I will have to ask for that. Senator HILL. The Secretary of War...
Page 2 - ... may be used for construction of the quarters specified, including utilities and equipment inside of the building and outside of the building to a distance of 5 feet from the exterior walls, where, under ordinary commercial practices, connections with external utilities are made. • ••••«• "The War Department believes that the proposal of the Quartermaster General to compute the cost of quarters to include all utilities and equipment incident to each unit to a distance sufficient to...
Page 2 - Accordingly, considering the terms of these acts as a whole, and in the light of the purpose intended to be serVed by the housing facilities for which provision was made, the conclusion appears required that the cost of all necessary utilities — including sewage disposal, gas...
Page 6 - ... quarters, including heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, in the continental United States, except in Alaska, for greater amounts per unit than the sums specified therein, which range from $10,000 for commissioned officers to $6,000 for enlisted men for permanent construction, and from $7,500 for commissioned officers to $3,500 for enlisted men for temporary construction. The same provisions and limitations with respect to naval quarters are contained in the Naval Appropriation...
Page 2 - ... the cost of construction of Army and Navy living quarters, which the War Department recommends be enacted into law. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to clarify the application and scope with respect to utilities and equipment, of section 12 of the Military Appropriation Act, 1942, approved June 30, 1941 (Public Law 139, 77th Cong.), and the Naval Appropriation Act, 1942, approved May 6, 1941 (Public Law No. 48, 77th Cong., p. 19), limiting the amount per unit expendable for the construction...
Page 1 - ... BANKING AND CURRENCY, Washington, DC The committee met at 10:30 am, Hon. Henry B. Steagall (chairman) presiding. Present: Messrs. Steagall, Goldsborough, Reilly, Hancock, Williams, Spence, Meeks, Ford of California, Brown, McKeough, Evans, Transue, Wolcott, Fish, Gifford, Luce, Crawford, Gamble. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order. Gentlemen, we have before us HR 8520, which is the administration housing bill.