Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, First[-third] Session: Fixing the status of government owned or operated vessels, and providing relief for maritime tortsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - Justice, Administration of |
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Page 12 - Property" means all personal property, including but not limited to vessels, vehicles, and aircraft; (2) "Agency" includes any executive department, independent establishment, board, commission, bureau, service, or division of the United States, and any corporation in which the United States owns all or a majority of the stock. (3) "Director" means the Director of the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department of the United States.
Page 12 - That no vessel owned by the United States or by any corporation in which the United States or its representatives shall own the entire outstanding capital stock or in the possession of the United States...
Page 35 - The committee resumed its session at 2 o'clock pm, pursuant to the taking of recess. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order.
Page 7 - When these distinctions have once been admitted, it is seen to be so untrue that there is, in the social contract, any real renunciation on the part of the individuals, that the position in which they find themselves as a result of the contract is really preferable to that in which they were before. Instead of a renunciation...
Page 56 - I thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the committee for allowing us the opportunity to express our view about the family farm.
Page 55 - The tank, which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., of Newport News, Va., is capable of withstanding a working pressure of 21 atmospheres.
Page 28 - COXJKTS-MARTIAb 1. By law every person who has been tried by general court-martial is entitled to a copy of the record of the proceedings of the court, whether he was acquitted or convicted. Frequently, such copy is delivered to civilian counsel for use as a basis for legal attack upon the conviction.
Page 22 - T believe the letter has been put in the record. Are there any further questions by the members of the committee? We are much obliged to you, Mr. Brown. Mi'.