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... methods are pursued . Sheep binding is sewed by hand , forwarded by hand , and finished by hand , which makes it the ... method used in manufac- turing the book insures longer life than buckram or cloth . The CHAIRMAN . About how long ...
... methods are pursued . Sheep binding is sewed by hand , forwarded by hand , and finished by hand , which makes it the ... method used in manufac- turing the book insures longer life than buckram or cloth . The CHAIRMAN . About how long ...
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... methods when using leather . It seems to be a tradition of the trade . But if they are cautioned , and the specification is drawn so as to include that , there ought to be no difficulty . The CHAIRMAN . That is , if you get the same ...
... methods when using leather . It seems to be a tradition of the trade . But if they are cautioned , and the specification is drawn so as to include that , there ought to be no difficulty . The CHAIRMAN . That is , if you get the same ...
Page 115
... methods submits herewith its report on the standardization and method of purchase of Department supplies . This subject had much attention from the Dockery Commission in 1893. On its recommendation section 3709 , Revised Statutes , was ...
... methods submits herewith its report on the standardization and method of purchase of Department supplies . This subject had much attention from the Dockery Commission in 1893. On its recommendation section 3709 , Revised Statutes , was ...
Page 116
... methods . These changes , with two modifications here- inafter noted , meet our full approval and are earnestly recommended . Briefly , the plan proposed by the committee is as follows : Provision is made by which the preparation of ...
... methods . These changes , with two modifications here- inafter noted , meet our full approval and are earnestly recommended . Briefly , the plan proposed by the committee is as follows : Provision is made by which the preparation of ...
Page 168
... methods used and the re- sults so far obtained in this work has been prepared for publication . Mr. FLOOD . Is there any manner in which an outsider can get those eggs for breeding purposes ? Doctor MELVIN . I do not think any ...
... methods used and the re- sults so far obtained in this work has been prepared for publication . Mr. FLOOD . Is there any manner in which an outsider can get those eggs for breeding purposes ? Doctor MELVIN . I do not think any ...
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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...