Report Of The Committee Appointed By The Commissioners Of The District Of Columbia To Investigate The Causes Of The Fall Of The Tower Of The Church Of The Covenant

Author : Joint Select Committee
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364514740
Total Pages : 122 pages
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Download or read book Joint Select Committee to Investigate the Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Vol. 2 written by Joint Select Committee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Joint Select Committee to Investigate the Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Vol. 2: Report That a joint select committee Is hereby authorized, to consist of three Senators to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, which select committee shall make investigation of the charities and reformatory institutions of the District of Columbia, and especially of those for which appropriations are made by this act, as respects their relations to the government of the District of Columbia and to the United States, whether by special charter or otherwise, their efficiency, their management and resources, whether by appropriations, investments, or other wise, and also what portion, if any, of appropriations heretofore made to them have been used for the purpose of maintaining or aiding, by payment for services, expenses, or otherwise, any church or religious denomination or any institution or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control; whether such charitable or reform atory institutions are effective and economical in their organization, methods, and expenditure to provide for the poor and destitute in the District of Columbia; whether it is practicable for the Commissioners or other authority in the District to make contracts or to otherwise provide for such care of the poor and destitute with any of said institutions, and if so, which of them and to what extent, within the limitations of the policy hereinbefore declared; and if not, the probable expense of providing and maintaining public institutions for such purpose. Said committee shall make report as soon as practicable after the beginning of the next session of the present Congress, including in such report any changes by them deemed advisable as respects the methods of dealing with the charities and the reformatory institutions of said District. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.