Miscellaneous Bills - Panama Canal: H.R. 2140; 2337; 3158; 3159

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Page 25 - ... and such moneys are hereby appropriated for such purposes, but all deposits of such funds shall be subject to the provisions of existing law relating to the deposit of other public funds of the United States, and any net profits accruing from such business shall annually be covered into the Treasury of the United States.
Page 30 - August 1, 1914 ; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and...
Page 11 - ... shall be paid, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor, in the following order of precedence...
Page 11 - Code, supra, by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year, or by both.
Page 28 - ... machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein...
Page 23 - ... maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horsedrawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages to vessels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act; claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal...
Page 25 - ... equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales, payment in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the injury compensation act approved September 7, 1916, to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal...
Page 11 - Zone, and for other purposes Be it enacted 'by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat.
Page 42 - I have felt just exactly as I should feel if I saw the picked men of my country engaged in some great war. I am weighing my words when I say that you, here, who do your work well in bringing to completion this great enterprise, will stand exactly as the soldiers of a few, and only a few of the most famous armies in all the nations stand in history. This is one of the great works of the world. It is a greater work than you, yourselves, at the moment realize.
Page 15 - If the decedent leaves a widow or minor child or minor children, and upon the filing of the inventory of the estate it appears that the net value of the whole estate over and above all liens and encumbrances of record at the date of death does not exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, the personal representative of the decedent or the...

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