Hearings Conducted by the Subcommittee, Messrs. H. H. Bingham, J. A. Hemenway, W. H. Moody, A. M. Dockery, and L. F. Livingston, of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, in Charge of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for 1899, on the Days Following, Namely: Botanic GradensU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - 320 pages |
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... PRESTON . Yes , sir . That is due to the fact that the importations of base bul- lion and lead ores , formerly ... PRESTON . Since 1880 it was authorized at $ 2,200 . The CHAIRMAN . You think it ought to be increased to $ 2,500 ? Mr ...
... PRESTON . Yes , sir . That is due to the fact that the importations of base bul- lion and lead ores , formerly ... PRESTON . Since 1880 it was authorized at $ 2,200 . The CHAIRMAN . You think it ought to be increased to $ 2,500 ? Mr ...
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... PRESTON . No ; he has not been the assayer all the time ; the former assayer died . The CHAIRMAN . When did this party come in ? Mr. PRESTON . At the beginning of Mr. Harrison's administration , but he had been in the service before ...
... PRESTON . No ; he has not been the assayer all the time ; the former assayer died . The CHAIRMAN . When did this party come in ? Mr. PRESTON . At the beginning of Mr. Harrison's administration , but he had been in the service before ...
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... PRESTON . Last year I gave a balance of $ 498 , but there will not be any this year . The CHAIRMAN . You think we ought not to cut you down to $ 3,000 ? Mr. PRESTON . No , sir ; mind you , I collect the statistics of the whole world ...
... PRESTON . Last year I gave a balance of $ 498 , but there will not be any this year . The CHAIRMAN . You think we ought not to cut you down to $ 3,000 ? Mr. PRESTON . No , sir ; mind you , I collect the statistics of the whole world ...
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... PRESTON . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . That you think is as economically as you can run ? Mr. PRESTON . If we are going to continue it at all . Mr. MOODY . Your view would be , then , the whole thing should be abolished as an assay office ...
... PRESTON . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . That you think is as economically as you can run ? Mr. PRESTON . If we are going to continue it at all . Mr. MOODY . Your view would be , then , the whole thing should be abolished as an assay office ...
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... PRESTON . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . But this appropriation under the several paragraphs of the bill ? Mr. PRESTON . I will qualify that ; there has only been about $ 24,000 all told of the regular appropriation . The CHAIRMAN ...
... PRESTON . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . But this appropriation under the several paragraphs of the bill ? Mr. PRESTON . I will qualify that ; there has only been about $ 24,000 all told of the regular appropriation . The CHAIRMAN ...
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