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... cent and a half apiece , and they are published in the cheapest form that we can use consist- ent with propriety . We put no cover on them , and we print them on a paper that will permit of running them through a very fast press . We do ...
... cent and a half apiece , and they are published in the cheapest form that we can use consist- ent with propriety . We put no cover on them , and we print them on a paper that will permit of running them through a very fast press . We do ...
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... cent reserve for the Department . We get a great many demands from our own people . They are very handy things to use in corre- spondence . For instance , the Pomologist gets a letter inquiring about something in regard to apples , or ...
... cent reserve for the Department . We get a great many demands from our own people . They are very handy things to use in corre- spondence . For instance , the Pomologist gets a letter inquiring about something in regard to apples , or ...
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... cent might be added for the handling of the matter by the superintendent of documents . They still sell some Yearbooks , and they have sold them as low as 65 cents apiece . I think now they are holding them at $ 1 . Mr. FLOOD . How do ...
... cent might be added for the handling of the matter by the superintendent of documents . They still sell some Yearbooks , and they have sold them as low as 65 cents apiece . I think now they are holding them at $ 1 . Mr. FLOOD . How do ...
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... cents to $ 1.50 ? Mr. ASHION . Well , a 700 - page book , bound in sheep , would cost 75 cents . The CHAIRMAN . In sheep ? Mr. ASHION . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . The cost varying largely with the lettering ? Mr. ASHION . With the ...
... cents to $ 1.50 ? Mr. ASHION . Well , a 700 - page book , bound in sheep , would cost 75 cents . The CHAIRMAN . In sheep ? Mr. ASHION . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . The cost varying largely with the lettering ? Mr. ASHION . With the ...
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... cent added in the bindery . The CHAIRMAN . What is the 20 per cent added for ? Mr. ASHION . For the clerk hire , laborers , and wear and tear of machinery . The CHAIRMAN . And that is estimated to cover the real cost ? Mr. ASHION . Yes ...
... cent added in the bindery . The CHAIRMAN . What is the 20 per cent added for ? Mr. ASHION . For the clerk hire , laborers , and wear and tear of machinery . The CHAIRMAN . And that is estimated to cover the real cost ? Mr. ASHION . Yes ...
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Page 111 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Page 867 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments...
Page 113 - Such proposals shall be opened in the usual way and schedules thereof duly prepared and, together with the statement of the proposed action of each Department and Government establishment thereon, shall be submitted to a board consisting of one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior Departments and one of the Assistant PostmastersGeneral...
Page 538 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with...
Page 741 - February 1, 1905, the forest reserves were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture and have since been known as the National Forests, administered by the Forest Service.
Page 539 - Agriculture to furnish forms, as far as practicable, for the tabulation of results of investigation or experiments; to indicate, from time to time, such lines of inquiry as to him shall seem most important...
Page 816 - ... by posting a copy of such plat, together with a notice of the time and place of offering proof, in a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat during the period prescribed by law for the publication of his notice of intention to offer proof, and that a...
Page 68 - Senate document room, one hundred and fifty copies; to the office of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies; to the House document room...
Page 306 - by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United Statet of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Parole Commission Act".
Page 40 - House to which they are delivered; and the remainder of all documents thus resulting shall be turned over to the superintendent of documents, to be distributed by him, first, to public and school libraries for the purpose of completing broken sets; second, to public and school libraries that have not been supplied with any...