Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1957: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 903 pages
 

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Page 925 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress of the United States welcomes the Inter-American Bar Association...
Page 546 - City had given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
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Page 392 - Board; and shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and with such sureties as may be required by the Board of Directors.
Page 532 - It shall be the duty of such commission to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia, and upon the selection of models for statues, fountains, and monuments erected under the authority of the United States and upon the selection of artists for the execution of the same.
Page 628 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 392 - Company shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected for one year and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify.
Page 742 - That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further.
Page 392 - At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
Page 387 - The holders of the preferred stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared, from the surplus or net profits of the corporation yearly dividends at the rate of seven per centum per annum, and no more, payable quarterly on dates to be fixed by the by-laws.

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