District of Columbia Charter Act: Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 669, a Bill to Provide an Elected Mayor, City Council, School Board, and Nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes. February 3, 16, and 22, 1955U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 139 pages Considers legislation to provide for an elected mayor, city council, school board, and nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives for D.C. |
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Page 23 - Council is hereby exempted with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99) except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Page 83 - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Page 10 - Any failure to obey such order may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 16 - 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 29 - If the conflicting acts are approved by the electors at the same referendum, the one receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall prevail to the extent of such conflict As used in this section, the word "Act" shall mean the complete Act, or any part or parts thereof, specified in the petition for referendum.
Page 84 - President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 76 - The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development...
Page 72 - An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital...
Page 85 - An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities", approved March 2, 1893 (27 Stat.
Page 16 - The representatives of the General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the respective corporations and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositaries, fiscal agents, and custodians.