Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill, 1914: Statements Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States SenateU.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - 82 strani |
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Stran 51 - Washington, a department of education, 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.
Stran 35 - Canal for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and the compensation of such persons shall be fixed by the President, or by his authority, until such time as Congress may by law regulate the same.
Stran 69 - That no part of any money appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used for compensation or payment of expenses of accountants or other experts in inaugurating new or changing old methods of transacting the business of the United States or the District of Columbia unless authority for employment of such services or payment of such expenses is stated in specific terms in the Act making provision therefor and the rate of compensation for such services or expenses is specifically fixed therein...
Stran 33 - ... government, operation, and protection of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone shall be appointed by the President, or by his authority, removable at his pleasure, and the compensation of such persons shall be fixed by the President, or by his authority, until such time as Congress may by law regulate the same, but salaries or compensation fixed hereunder by the President shall in no instance exceed by more than twenty-five per centum the salary or compensation paid for the same or similar services...
Stran 17 - Government, or if any such surety fails to furnish reports as to his financial condition from time to time as requested by the Government, the Contractor shall promptly furnish such additional security as may be required from time to time to protect the interests of the Government and of persons supplying labor or materials in the prosecution of the work contemplated by this contract.
Stran 8 - The drawings and specifications are intended to be explanatory of each other, but, should any discrepancy appear or any misunderstanding arise as to the import of anything contained in either, the explanation of the Engineer shall be final and binding on the Contractor. Any...
Stran 16 - Commissioner, nor any person belonging to or employed in the military service of the United States, is, or shall be, admitted to any share or part of this contract...
Stran 16 - Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, hereinafter called the Government, In the penal sum of dollars. lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and successors, Jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Stran 28 - ... connection with the construction of the Panama Canal shall be recognized or paid by the United States for longevity service or lay-over days accruing subsequently to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine. Authority is hereby given to employ and pay, from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made, an attorney versed in the Spanish law, and familiar with the conditions on the Isthmus in connection with the acquisition of privately owned lands in the Canal Zone, and in connection with the...
Stran 14 - Contractor shall employ only competent, skillful men to do the work, and whenever the Engineer shall notify the Contractor, in writing, that any man on the work is, in his opinion, incompetent, unfaithful, disorderly or otherwise unsatisfactory...