Control of Flood Waters in the Mississippi Valley: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3524, a Bill to Provide for the Control of Flood Waters in the Mississippi Valley, to Improve Navigation on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries, to Provide for the Irrigation of Arid and Semiarid Lands, and for Other Purposes ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 |
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Page 4 - Commission, may conduct hearings. (f) Members of Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 5 - In the appointment of officials and the selection of employees for said Corporation, and in the promotion of any such employees or officials, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency.
Page 65 - State, and for the control and prevention of soil erosion, and thereby to preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs...
Page 3 - ... appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms of office of the members first taking office after the date of the enactment of this Act...
Page 4 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes...
Page 8 - States, shall be final, and such findings shall thereafter be used in all allocation of value for the purpose of keeping the book value of said properties. In like manner, the cost and book value of any dams, steam plants, or other similar improvements hereafter constructed and turned over to...
Page 3 - Vacancies in the board so long as there shall be two members in office shall not impair the powers of the board to execute the functions of the Corporation, and two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board.
Page 125 - That is to say, physical culture is a means to an end, not an end in itself...
Page 8 - The board is hereby empowered and authorized to sell the surplus power not used in its operations and for operation of locks and other works generated by it...
Page 9 - In order to place the board upon a fair basis for making such contracts and for receiving bids for the sale of such power, it is hereby expressly authorized, either from appropriations made by Congress or from funds secured from the sale of such power, or from funds secured by the sale of bonds [hereafter provided for], to construct, lease, purchase, or authorize the construction of transmission lines within transmission distance from the place where generated, and to interconnect with other systems.