HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS ON H.R. 136601923 |
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Page 204 - Ferry and 47 miles in a direct line from Washington. It is only 6 miles from Bluemont, the nearest railway station, and is easily reached from that point along an excellent mountain road. It overlooks to the west the entire Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg to Harper's Ferry, while to the east all that portion of Piedmont Virginia between the Blue Ridge and the Bull Run Mountains is in full view. This extensive sweep of valleys, mountains, and plains affords rare opportunities for the study of storm...
Page 103 - TEMPORARY HOME FOR EX-UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. Mr. DAVIS. The next item is Temporary Home for ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors. Grand Army of the Republic.
Page 123 - For placing and maintaining special portions of the parks in condition for outdoor sports, $15,000.
Page 67 - I think I can say without fear of successful contradiction that we have the best dairy farms anywhere in this part of the country, the cleanest and best farms.
Page 204 - H D— 63-3— vol 106 27 about 20 miles south of Harpers Ferry and 47 miles in a direct line west of Washington. It is 6 miles south of Bluemont, Va. , the nearest railroad station and present terminus of the Washington & Old Dominion (suburban electric) Railroad line. The grounds have an area of 84.81 acres, are roughly square in outline, lying on both sides of the ridge, the top of which is 1,725 feet above sea level and about 1,200 feet above the valleys on either side. It overlooks to the west...
Page 203 - Mountain ridge, the top of which is 1,725 feet above sea level, and about 1,200 feet above the valleys on either side. It overlooks to the west the entire Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg to Harpers Ferry, and to the east all that portion of Piedmont- Virginia Valley between the Blue Ridge and the Bull Run Mountains.
Page 175 - Provided, That no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $1,740 per annum except two actuaries and the following : One at $3,000, one at $2,400, one at $2,000, and two at $1,800 each.
Page 59 - For purchase, exchange, and maintenance of passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, and the replacement of those worn out in the service and condemned, the estimate for 1940 is $66,700, whereas the appropriation for 1939 was $70,000.
Page 28 - ... notice. The governor may, if at any time he deems it necessary, authorize and empower the general counsel to employ assistants to said general counsel for the performance of such extraordinary legal services for or in behalf of the public service commission at such special compensation for such additional assistants as the general counsel, with the approval of the governor, may ascertain and prescribe.
Page 87 - Columbia, shall institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such property as may be selected in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, and expenses of procuring evidences 'of title or of condemnation, or both, shall be paid out of said appropriation.