District of Columbia Home Rule, Delegate to House of Representatives: Hearings, 89th Congress, 1st Session, on S. 268 and S. 1118, Mar. 9-10, 19651965 - 355 pages |
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Page 17 - ... effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and other assets for which the agency is responsible, including appropriate internal audit...
Page 6 - An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia...
Page 7 - Governor as a member of the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Regional Planning Council, and the latter term shall mean the Assembly.
Page 24 - Elections under authority of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall 'be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Page 298 - One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.
Page 21 - A general election, to be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered calendar year commencing after this title takes effect.
Page 29 - The first power reserved by the people is the INITIATIVE, and not more than eight per cent of the legal voters shall be required to propose any measure by such petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the Secretary of State not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.