District of Columbia water supply: hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, October 10, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - 427 pages |
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Page 43 - One aspect of this movement was a growing dissatisfaction with the empty formalism of much educational content in the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century; with stultifying drill and catechism-like methods of teaching; with the curriculum's lack of relatedness to the everyday experience of the child, his physical world, and social environment; and with pupils' rote verbalization and memorization of ideas for which they had no adequate referents in experience.
Page 183 - Commission worked diligently, much work remains to be done; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring. That the State Water Study Commission is hereby continued, the Commission shall continue its study and shall thoroughly analyze the water supply and allocation problems of the entire Commonwealth, making such recommendations, including legislation, as it deems necessary and advisable. The State Water Control Board is directed to provide staffing...
Page 259 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
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Page 183 - Commission shall be composed of twelve members to be appointed as follows: the Committee on Privileges and Elections of the Senate shall appoint three persons from the membership of the Senate; the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall appoint five members from the membership thereof; and the Governor shall appoint four persons from the State at large. If a vacancy occurs for any reason, it shall be filled in the same manner as the appointment of the original members. When filling appointments,...
Page 275 - The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of...
Page 201 - The United States is bounded on the north by the Dominion of Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and the Republic of Mexico, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean; the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
Page 183 - The Commission shall make an interim report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December one, nineteen hundred seventy-five and a final report with recommendations no later than December one, nineteen hundred seventy-six.
Page 1 - I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of the Subcommittee, for affording me the opportunity to appear before you today.
Page 34 - Virginia is entitled not only to full dominion over the soil to lowwater mark, on the south shore of the Potomac, but has a right to such use of the river beyond the line of low-water mark, as may be necessary to the full enjoyment of her riparian ownership...