District of Columbia Appropriation Bill, 1920, Hearings Before ... 66-1, on H.R. 42261919 - 53 pages |
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Page 24 - That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $25,000 contained in the District of Columbia appropriation act for the fiscal year...
Page 49 - Columbia (except members of the Police and Fire Departments of the District of Columbia), members of the Officers...
Page 49 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 49 - Such information shall be furnished to said commissioner within thirty days from the time it is asked for. The expense incurred by the several supervisors in furnishing such information shall be a town charge to be paid in the manner now provided by law for the payment of services and disbursements by such supervisor.
Page 49 - That all of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September 7, 1916, entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," are hereby extended to employees of the government of the District of Columbia so far as they may be applicable, except to those members of the police and fire departments of the District of Columbia who are pensioned or pensionable under the provisions of the...
Page 49 - Office, the chief officer of which shall be called the Commissioner of Patents, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to superintend, execute, and perform all such acts and things touching and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions, and improvements, as are herein provided for, or shall hereafter be, by law, directed to be done and...
Page 42 - or completing the purchase, installation, and mainbuiidinge, etc. tenance of water meters, to be placed on the water services to the United States buildings, reservations, or grounds...
Page 49 - To this fund there shall be added such sums as Congress may from time to time appropriate for the purpose. Such fund, including all additions that may be made to it, is hereby authorized to be permanently appropriated for the payment of the compensation provided by this act, including the medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies provided by section nine, and the transportation and burial expenses provided by /sections nine and eleven.
Page 3 - Commissioner of the District of Columbia; Lieut. Col. Charles W. Kutz, Corps of Engineers, Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia ; Daniel E.
Page 49 - President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint five Commissioners, three of whom shall be selected from the Corps of Engineers of the Army and two from civil life, one of whom at least shall be a civil Engineer...