National Forests and the Public Domain: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session Pursuant to S. Res. 347 to Investigate All Matters Relating to National Forests and the Public Domain and Their Administration ... Printed for the Use of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, Parts 1-3

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Page 289 - When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency, the article or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract, at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such service engaged between individuals.
Page 6 - occuring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of such predecessor. Any vacancy in the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall not impair the power of the remaining
Page 6 - the Department of Agriculture shall serve without compensation, except that received for their service in such department and reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties vested in them by this act. (c) The
Page 289 - 3709 requires that all purchases and contracts for supplies or services in any of the departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made
Page 329 - to arise therefrom. Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed to extend to any incorporated company if the contract be for the general benefit of such corporation or company. 14.
Page 6 - Any vacancy in the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall not impair the power of the remaining members to exercise the functions of the board. The members representing the livestock-grazing industry and the public
Page 8 - nothing herein contained shall restrict the use of any water on public lands within such grazing districts for mining, milling, domestic, or Irrigation purposes, or the granting of easements or permits therefor under existing law ; or ingress or egress over the public lands in said district for all proper and lawful purposes,
Page 376 - would justify a person of ordinary prudence in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success in developing a valuable mine.
Page 138 - accept on behalf of the United States any lands within the exterior boundaries of a grazing district as a gift or in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of reserved or unreserved grazing land.
Page 289 - advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require immediate delivery of the articles or performance of the service. When immediate delivery or performance is required by the public exigency, the article or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract, at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold, or such

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