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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... amount in the bill ? Mr. PORTER . Two thousand dollars . The CHAIRMAN . The bill reads : " One disbursing officer , and one executive clerk at $ 2,000 . " Which one of those is it you desire to have changed ? Mr. PORTER . The executive ...
... amount in the bill ? Mr. PORTER . Two thousand dollars . The CHAIRMAN . The bill reads : " One disbursing officer , and one executive clerk at $ 2,000 . " Which one of those is it you desire to have changed ? Mr. PORTER . The executive ...
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... amount of cor- respondence under this Administration has been far beyond all precedent , according to the statements of those who have been there for years . The stationery bills are double what they have been before . It shows on the ...
... amount of cor- respondence under this Administration has been far beyond all precedent , according to the statements of those who have been there for years . The stationery bills are double what they have been before . It shows on the ...
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... amount of work required at a special time . The CHAIRMAN . You state you have a detail of six clerks , or whatever there may be . If you have that statement there , will you not leave it with the committee ? We would like to know the ...
... amount of work required at a special time . The CHAIRMAN . You state you have a detail of six clerks , or whatever there may be . If you have that statement there , will you not leave it with the committee ? We would like to know the ...
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... amount ? Mr. CRIDLER . I think it does , and a little more ; but I will not be certain on that point . The CHAIRMAN . Have you a surplus ? Mr. CRIDLER . I think not . The CHAIRMAN . Will you expend the money for the following paragraph ...
... amount ? Mr. CRIDLER . I think it does , and a little more ; but I will not be certain on that point . The CHAIRMAN . Have you a surplus ? Mr. CRIDLER . I think not . The CHAIRMAN . Will you expend the money for the following paragraph ...
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... amount of money on them . The CHAIRMAN . Can you tell us how much ? Mr. ALLEN . About $ 400 , and we want about $ 1,200 more to secure the purchase . Mr. MOODY . But I see you ask $ 1,600 ? Mr. ALLEN . That is , if the $ 1,600 is given ...
... amount of money on them . The CHAIRMAN . Can you tell us how much ? Mr. ALLEN . About $ 400 , and we want about $ 1,200 more to secure the purchase . Mr. MOODY . But I see you ask $ 1,600 ? Mr. ALLEN . That is , if the $ 1,600 is given ...
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