Investigation of Harriman National Bank, New York City: Hearings, Seventy-third Congress, First Session, Parte 1

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Página 1 - The committee shall report to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, the results of such investigation together with such recommendations as it may deem desirable. For the purpose of this resolution the committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places during the sessions...
Página 119 - The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. (d) The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such places and times, to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable.
Página 117 - Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $5,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of...
Página 117 - ... to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $30,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee or the chairman of any duly authorized subcommittee thereof.
Página 21 - Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to call of the chairman, at 10 o'clock am, in room 210, Senate Office Building, Senator Irvine L.
Página 2 - ... below is the defendant in error, and the defendant below is the plaintiff in error. The parties will be hereinafter referred to as they appeared in the court below. The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, having its office and principal place of business in the city and county of New York, and within the Southern district of New York. The action was brought under the Act of Congress of August 5, 1909, section 38 thereof (36 Stat 112), and that of October...
Página 98 - ... not charge it against the cost of the project, is that not what it says? Mr. BASHORE. That is what the act says, Mr. Carter. Mr. CARTER. Now my question is this: Why then can you not do this under the general reclamation fund rather than the general fund? I am not sure that I am clear on this, but I understood you to say a while ago that you did not want to go back to the general reclamation fund because it would require reimbursement, but as I understand this section it says that for these investigations...
Página 52 - ... necessary to conserve the assets of the bank for the benefit of its depositors and other creditors. The conservator acts under the direction of the Comptroller and has the powers and duties of a receiver. Since the Comptroller's conservatorship authority is exercised in emergency situations, the procedures followed depend upon the circumstances of each case which dictate the action necessary to conserve...
Página 232 - We, the undersigned, each for himself, in consideration of the premises, do hereby agree to and with each other, and with the...
Página 52 - ... written, as it were, one little page of revelation, and then for ever shut the book, and turned away his face from mankind. Charlie asked questions relative to the nature of God ; the doctrine of the Trinity ; and God's having once been on earth. Home spoke at great length, and with much eloquence. I cannot remember the exact words ; but the substance of it was, that it was impossible for us to comprehend it ; that nearly every man had really in his mind a different idea of God ; that whether...

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