War Emergency Construction (housing War Workers)U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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agreement amount appraisal approved armistice assistant Bridgeport building Bureau architect Bureau of Industrial carpenters cents an hour committee common labor contract contractor Cost engineer director District town planner East Moline Emergency Fleet Corporation employees equipment expense Federal field auditor furnished Government Hampton Roads Homes Registration Service Housing and Transportation Housing Corporation housing projects increase Industrial Housing Industrial Relations Division Industries Board investigation July June 15 June 30 land lease lessee loans material ment month navy yard necessary Norfolk Office staff operation organization owner paid pay roll payment plant plasterers Pompton Lakes Portsmouth President Project manager purchase Real estate Real Estate Division rental representative requisition rooms Secretary of Labor secure Sept superintendent supply tenants tion Total United States Housing vouchers wages War Industries Board Washington Watertown workers
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Page 61 - President, is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor...
Page 141 - That for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the party of the first part...
Page 61 - No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purposes of erecting thereon any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, or other public building, of any kind whatever, until the written opinion of the Attorney General shall be had in favor of the validity of the title, nor until the consent of the legislature of the State in which the land or site may be, to such purchase, has been given.
Page 354 - ... has not paid, or promised or agreed to pay, to any third person in consideration of such procurement or in compensation for services in connection therewith, any brokerage, commission, or percentage upon the amount receivable by...
Page 220 - No laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by this contract, in the employ of the Contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day...
Page 61 - An act to authorize the President to provide housing for war needs...
Page 355 - The Contracting Officer may. from time to time, by written instructions or drawings issued to the Contractor, make changes in said drawings and specifications, issue additional instructions, require additional work, or direct the omission of work previously ordered...
Page 141 - In witness whereof the said party of the first part has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Page 98 - That no eviction or distress shall be made during the period of military service in respect of any premises for which the agreed rent does not exceed $50 per month, occupied chiefly for dwelling purposes by the wife, children, or other dependents of a person in military service, except upon leave of court granted upon application therefor or granted in an action or proceeding affecting the right of possession.
Page 354 - SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. This contract shall be interpreted as a whole and the intent of the whole instrument, rather than the interpretation of any special clause, shall govern.