Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations Consisting of Messrs. Bingham, Gillett, Graff, Gardner, Livingston, and Burleson in Charge of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for 1912U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - 282 pages |
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... ANDREW . We have just sent into the field , for instance , a man to go through all the mints and assay offices to look over our processes and see how far they conform with the best processes outside . We have a number of large ...
... ANDREW . We have just sent into the field , for instance , a man to go through all the mints and assay offices to look over our processes and see how far they conform with the best processes outside . We have a number of large ...
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... ANDREW . We pay him about , my impression is , $ 350 a month and his traveling expenses . Mr. GILLETT . It would not take all of his time , I suppose . Mr. ANDREW . Yes ; it takes all of his time . We pay him at the rate that the ...
... ANDREW . We pay him about , my impression is , $ 350 a month and his traveling expenses . Mr. GILLETT . It would not take all of his time , I suppose . Mr. ANDREW . Yes ; it takes all of his time . We pay him at the rate that the ...
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... Andrew has said , we employed an expert to examine the mints . Mr. GILLETT . How could the post - office come under you ? Mr. HILLES . The Treasury Department has charge of all public buildings . Mr. GILLETT . Oh , you mean the ...
... Andrew has said , we employed an expert to examine the mints . Mr. GILLETT . How could the post - office come under you ? Mr. HILLES . The Treasury Department has charge of all public buildings . Mr. GILLETT . Oh , you mean the ...
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... Andrew . That shows a reduction this year . Mr. LIVINGSTON . Of how much ? Mr. ANDREW . Of $ 2,520 . The Division of Bookkeeping and War- rants shows a reduction of $ 2,520 ; two clerks at $ 900 are dropped , and one assistant messenger ...
... Andrew . That shows a reduction this year . Mr. LIVINGSTON . Of how much ? Mr. ANDREW . Of $ 2,520 . The Division of Bookkeeping and War- rants shows a reduction of $ 2,520 ; two clerks at $ 900 are dropped , and one assistant messenger ...
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... ANDREW . In the Division of Loans and Currency we recom- mend a decrease of $ 42,869 . Mr. GILLETT . How can you do that ? That is very refreshing . Mr. ANDREW . There are several changes we have made this year . Mr. BINGHAM . That is a ...
... ANDREW . In the Division of Loans and Currency we recom- mend a decrease of $ 42,869 . Mr. GILLETT . How can you do that ? That is very refreshing . Mr. ANDREW . There are several changes we have made this year . Mr. BINGHAM . That is a ...
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Page 117 - The services of draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary may be employed only in the Bureaus of Ordnance, Equipment, Construction and Repair, and Steam Engineering to carry into effect the various appropriations for "Increase of the Navy...
Page 170 - Plat and notice to be posted on claim. The claimant is required to post a copy of the plat of survey in a conspicuous place upon the claim, together with notice of his intention to apply for a patent therefor, which notice will give the date of posting, the name of...
Page 182 - ... for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 117 - Navy," to be paid from such appropriations : Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine shall not exceed one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ; a statement of the persons employed hereunder, their duties, and the compensation paid to each shall be made to Congress each year in the annual estimates.
Page 181 - For investigating the question of public use or sale of inventions for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and such other questions arising in connection with applications for patents as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Patents; and expense attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, $2,500.
Page 150 - Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy; " and all meteorological Information received by the Weather...
Page 215 - ... against the purchasers, to await the decision of the court in the main suit. SUITS AGAINST THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY IN NEVADA. Twenty-four suits in equity have been brought and are pending in the district of Nevada against the Central Pacific Railway Company and others, for the purpose of annulling patents issued to the railway company under the acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864. The gravamen of these suits lies in the allegation that the patents conveyed land which was chiefly...
Page 251 - Mints and Assay Offices" of the Act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1292: USC, title 31, sec. 583 (4)), as reads: ", and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress, in the regular book of estimates, detailed estimates for the expenses of this Service.
Page 50 - For the chief clerk, who shall be the chief executive officer of the department and who may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to sign official papers and documents during the temporary absence of the Secretary, Undersecretary, and Assistant Secretaries of the department, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, including the operating force of the Treasury, Liberty Loan, and Auditors...
Page 50 - Secretary, $6,000; chief clerk, including $500 as superintendent of buildings, who shall be chief executive officer of the department and who may be designated by the Secretary to sign official papers...