District of Columbia Appropriations for 1963, Hearings Before ... 87-2, on H.R. 12276

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Page 822 - The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation give audible warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
Page 372 - However inclusive may be the general language of a statute, it "will not be held to apply to a matter specifically dealt with in another part of the same enactment * * *. Specific terms prevail over the general in the same or another statute which otherwise might be controlling.
Page 439 - I took a piece of plastic clay And idly fashioned it one day; And as my fingers pressed it, still It moved and yielded to my will. I came again when days were...
Page 536 - Plan developed by the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Regional Planning Council. The plan projected a total regional population of five million by the year 2000.
Page 227 - The Public Library of the District of Columbia was created by act of Congress as a supplement to the public educational system of the District. Accordingly, the...
Page 822 - Brakes. Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels...
Page 302 - Hospital. 2. Sufficient funds should be made available within the budget to approximate the cost of discharging the responsibility of the District government for the medical care of the tax eligible indigent patient by the voluntary contract hospitals.
Page 786 - The builder lifted his old gray head, "Good friend, in the path I have come," he said, "There followeth after me today A youth, whose feet must pass this way...
Page 389 - We believe the metropolitan conference on developments in this metropolitan area should assist in trying to secure sites for home construction outside the District of Columbia, open-occupancy housing, if you please. We believe that if these things are done, that there is no reason why the highway program cannot proceed. We believe that we need both forms of transportation, both the mass transit, as well as the rapid transit, as well as the highway program. We do not want to overbuild highways. We...

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