Congressional Serial Set, Issue 5092U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agent amount annual salary annum application appointment approved assay offices assayer assigned assistant treasurer Auditor authority blank bullion cent certificate certificate of deposit charge Civil Service Commission civil-service rules claim claimant Class classified clerk coin coinage collectors compensation Comptroller Congress copy Coupon coupon bonds customs Department Circular deposit depositary depositor Director disbursing officer division duplicate duty eligibles examination Executive expenses filed fiscal forwarded furnished gold Government hereafter hereby issued July June June 30 L. J. GAGE L. M. SHAW labor leave of absence LESLIE loan ment mints and assay moneys officers and employees paid pay roll payable payment persons receiving positions power of attorney printing proper public buildings receipt receiving an annual registered bonds regulations rendered requisition Revised Statutes seal Secretary SHAW silver subtreasury superintendent sureties thereof tion transfer transmitted Treasury Department vouchers Washington
Popular passages
Page 79 - Houses, and no executive, judicial, military, or naval officer of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch, or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military, or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States...
Page 79 - Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Page 80 - No discrimination shall be exercised, threatened, or promised by any person in the executive civil service against or in favor of an applicant, eligible, or employee in the classified service because of his political or religious opinions or affiliations.
Page 129 - ... exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 147 - 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 deliveiy of the articles or performance of the service.
Page 198 - Any person accepting payment under a settlement by an Auditor shall be thereby precluded from obtaining a revision of such settlement as to any items upon which payment is accepted; but nothing in this Act shall prevent an Auditor from suspending items in an account in order to obtain further evidence or explanations necessary to their settlement.
Page 140 - A check previously drawn by him and not presented for payment within four months of its date will not be paid until its correctness shall have been attested by the Comptroller of the Treasury or by his chief clerk.
Page 129 - States notes that may be issued under the provisions of this act; and all stocks, bonds, and other securities of the United States held by individuals, corporations, or associations within the United States, shall be exempt from taxation by or under State authority.
Page 21 - Whoever, being a Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, either before or after he has qualified, directly or indirectly, himself...
Page 72 - Agriculture, his retention in the service shall be equivalent to his absolute appointment; but if his conduct or capacity be not satisfactory, he shall be notified that he will not receive absolute appointment...