Independent Offices Appropriation Bill: 1927, Hearing ... 69th Congress, 1st Session1926 - 731 pages |
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Page 655 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 474 - Corporation" wherever it appears in the Contracts and substituting therefor the name "ABC Corporation." In witness whereof, each of the parties hereto has executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA By...
Page 2 - New England: Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Middle Atlantic: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania East North Central: Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan ... Wisconsin West North Central: Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota .... Nebraska Kansas South Atlantic: Delaware Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia North Carolina...
Page 279 - The result of the investigation showed that on a basis of a three-year average the difference in the cost of production in the United States and in Canada was 33 cents.
Page 445 - Bureau over such carriers under the Shipping Act of 1916 and the Merchant Marine Act of 1920.
Page 631 - In making such determination it shall give due consideration, among other things, to the transportation needs of the country and the necessity (under honest, efficient and economical management of existing transportation facilities) of enlarging such facilities in order to provide the people of the United States with adequate transportation...
Page 115 - Notice shall be given in writing by the appointing power to said commission of the person selected for appointment or employment from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation...
Page 512 - The powers herein delegated to the United States Shipping Board may, in the discretion of said board, be exercised directly by the said board or by it through the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, or through any other corporation organized by it for such purpose.
Page 3 - ... for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission...
Page 272 - Commission to ascertain and at all times to be informed whether any of the discriminations against the commerce of the United States enumerated in subdivisions (a), (b), and (e) of this section are practiced by any country; and if and when such discriminatory acts are disclosed, it shall be the duty of the commission to bring the matter to the attention of the President...