Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1916: Hearings Before, Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1916, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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additional Admiral BLUE Admiral BRAISTED Admiral GRIFFIN Admiral McGOWAN Admiral STANFORD Admiral TAYLOR amount Annapolis appropriation authorized basin battle cruisers battleships berthing bill BRITTEN BROWNING BUCHANAN building built Bureau of Yards BUTLER CALLAWAY cent CHAIRMAN channel Charleston Chief coal coast commander committee Congress CONNELLY construction contract Corps cost depth destroyers dreadnaughts dredging dry dock duty engine enlisted equipment estimate expenditures expense feet fiscal fleet give Government grade HENSLEY hospital increase KELLEY lieutenant machinery Mare Island Marine ment months motors Naval Academy Navy Department navy yard Norfolk officers OLIVER Orleans Pearl Harbor Philadelphia Navy Yard pier plant present question rear admiral reference repairs ROBERTS Secretary DANIELS ships statement station STEPHENS submarine supply tion tons torpedo boats Total TRIBBLE turbines vessels wharf Yards and Docks
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Page 609 - ... grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded the words embody a definite meaning, which involves no absurdity, and no contradiction between different parts of the same writing, then that meaning apparent on the face of the instrument is the one which alone we are at liberty to say was intended to be conveyed.
Page 134 - Washington, are hereby forbidden, either directly or indirectly, individually or through associations, to solicit an increase of pay or to influence or attempt to influence in their own interest any other legislation whatever, either before Congress or its committees, or in any way save through the heads of the Departments or independent Government establishments in or under which they serve , on penalty of dismissal from the Government service.
Page 239 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal...
Page 609 - Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is. left for construction.
Page 583 - Other fresh vegetables (not canned) when they can be obtained in the vicinity or transported in a wholesome condition from a distance, in lieu of an equal quantity of potatoes. but not ' exceeding 30 per cent of total issue.
Page 134 - ... nor shall any such person respond to any request for information from either House of Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress, or any Member of Congress, except through, or as authorized by, the head of his department.
Page 436 - State to make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify; and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended.
Page 96 - Washington, shall apply to either House of Congress, or to any committee of either House of Congress, or to any member of Congress, for legislation, or for appropriations, or for congressional action of any kind, except with the consent and knowledge of the head of...
Page 239 - That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States is hereby prohibited ; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead...
Page 733 - ... as he may designate, should it reasonably appear that the persons, firms, or corporations, or the agents thereof, bidding for the construction of any of said vessels, have entered into any combination, agreement, or understanding, the effect. object, or purpose of which is to deprive the Government of fair, open, and unrestricted competition in letting contracts for the construction of any of said vessels.