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You were right '', Russ exclaimed, tearing the loose bills out of Carmer's hat.
Fred and Ralph qualified as executors and paid off what debts were currently due, and they were all current, since Papa was never one to allow bills to go unpaid.
Some other good bills were lost in the shuffle and await future action.
One year the Department collected a file of case histories to document its argument that men in the field were paying the government's entertainment bills out of personal income.
Two tax revision bills were passed.
These bills were endorsed by public health and medical organizations, including the American Holistic Nurses ’ Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association ( APHA ).
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with Britain and France, later known as the Quasi-War.
Acting quickly before all parliamentarians became aware of the change of government, Fraser and his allies were able to secure passage of the appropriation bills, and the Governor-General dissolved Parliament for a double dissolution election.
When two bills were passed to reduce railroad fares, Hughes vetoed them on that grounds that the rates should be set by expert commissioners rather than by elected ones.
Before long, bills weren't being paid, authors ' advances and royalties were delayed, budgets were cut back, and most of Donald's time was spent trying to soothe authors and agents who were indignant, and had every right to be, at the way they were treated.
Most films were shown in double bills, with one half of the bill being a " program picture " or B-movie.
Some were Bs in the most precise sense, produced to run on the bottom of double bills by a low-budget unit of one of the major studios or by one of the smaller, so-called Poverty Row outfits, from the relatively well-off Monogram to shakier ventures such as Producers Releasing Corporation ( PRC ).
Neal Patrick testified before the U. S. House of Representatives on September 26, 1983 about the dangers of computer hacking, and six bills concerning computer crime were introduced in the House that year.
They were also used as credit instruments for borrowing and as bills of exchange for trade transactions.
Political parties were offered concessions, such as taxes on imported grain, in exchange for their support for naval bills.
Formations with a central core of pikes and bills were flanked by companies of " shot " made up of a mixture of archers and arquebusiers, sometimes with a skirmish screen of archers and arquebusiers in front.
Some, primarily producing telephone bills, were still in commercial use with GPO Telephones, forerunner of British Telecom, until 1981, which remained usable through parts cannibalised from redundant LEOs purchased by the GPO.
Later that year, in the context of a series of ministerial scandals that were rocking the Whitlam government, Fraser opted to use the Coalition opposition Senate numbers to delay the government's budget bills with the objective of achieving an early election ( see 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ).
In 1996, four new bills were introduced in the National Assembly in Saint Kitts, one of which made provisions to have revenue derived from activities in Nevis paid directly to the treasury in Saint Kitts instead of to the treasury in Nevis.

bills and principally
* The technique of measuring quantities from drawings, sketches and specifications prepared by designers, principally architects and engineers, in order to prepare tender / contract documents, is known in the industry as taking off. The quantities of work taken off typically are used to prepare bills of quantities ( BoQ ), which usually are prepared in accordance with a published Standard Method of Measurement ( SMM ) as agreed to by the QS profession and representatives of the construction industry.

bills and for
This was not before the House but before the Judiciary Committee, where he asked for action on one of his pet bills, that calling for an investigation of the coal-railroad monopoly.
Start to prepare the necessary legislation so that if I am obliged to go to Congress the bills will be ready for immediate consideration ''.
Certainly all can applaud passage of an auto title law, the school bills, the increase in teacher pensions, the ban on drag racing, acceptance by the state of responsibility for maintenance of state roads in municipalities at the same rate as outside city limits, repeal of the college age limit law and the road maintenance bond issue.
It was I who paid for our little home, the food, the liquor, the servants -- even Letch's bills at his tailor and the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
A further possibility is suggested by the example of the G. I. bills and also by some recent trends in attitudes toward improving college education: that is to provide financial assistance to individuals for vocational training when local facilities are inadequate.
The last Congress adopted seven bills for memorials, including one to Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian poet laureate ; ;
Full payment of hospital bills for stays up to 90 days for each illness, except that the patient would pay $10 a day of the cost for the first nine days.
Full payment of nursing home bills for up to 180 days following discharge from a hospital.
Something had to be done about the furnace, the fuel bills, the washing machine, the doctor and dentist bills, about making money stretch for food, for the mortgage, for taxes, for shoes, for half soles, for overshoes, for clothes, for the new leaks in the roof, for gas and light bills ; ;

bills and hospitalization
At the age of 41 Tsuji suffered a major asthma attack and after hospitalization became weighed down with substantial hospital bills.

bills and fees
Because they are found everywhere, convenience stores in Taiwan provide services on behalf of financial institutions or government agencies such as collection of city parking fees, utility bills, traffic violation fines, and credit card payments.
After the English Civil War four bills were presented to parliament, but all failed after opposition from gentry, farmers and traders worried about cheaper water transport reducing the value of fees on turnpike roads they controlled, and cheaper produce from Wales undercutting locally produced food.
35 per house hold on electricity bills as PTV license fees.
RTS is primarily funded through public television licence fees bundled with electricity bills paid monthly, as well as advertising.
Various bills inflamed conflict between the radical and moderate members – bills to abolish the Court of Chancery, regulate legal fees, and speed up settlement of cases in the Court of Admiralty all became bogged down in conflict.
When added to credit card bills or check card statements, it may also cause an overlimit or NSF fee, creating an endless and inescapable cycle of fees that trigger other fees for people aleady stretched to their financial limit.
If a property changes hands it will still receive the bills for fees incurred by previous owners / tenants if they do not register an updated address with the Ministry of Transportation.
The club was running into financial difficulties under Vince Barker, and both forwards would be sold the following season for fees that failed to reflect their value to the club but allowed bills to be paid.
They have given money to provide for the needs of exiled or imprisoned journalists and their families and the unsupported families of journalists who have been killed ; to enable journalists to leave their home countries if they are in danger there ; to repair the effects of vandalism on media outlets ; to cover the legal fees of journalists who have been prosecuted for their writings or the medical bills of those who have been physically attacked ; and on one occasion, to provide bullet-proof vests.
If he lost his House seat for the party, Boehner is said to have cautioned, Ney could not expect a lucrative career on K Street to pay those tuition bills, along with the hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees piling up.
" However a study by the Pew Foundation two years after the bills passage found that: " Credit card holders are seeing stabilized interest rates, the elimination of overlimit penalty charges, a reduction in late fees charged by banks and minimal changes in annual fees since the Credit CARD Act of 2009 took effect.
This aims to cover the necessary running costs, i. e. radio licensing, utility bills and performing-rights fees for the music played on air.
Interest bearing certificates, in denominations not exceeding ten dollars, which were issued by loan offices established by the State of Missouri and made receivable in payment of taxes or other moneys due to the State, and in payment of the fees and salaries of state officers, were held to be bills of credit whose issuance was banned by this section.
As a result, Henry decided to bring them over to his side by frightening them, listening to a petition against court procedure and lawyers ' fees, and openly musing about putting a clause in the draft bills that would fix the amount they could charge ; Holdsworth argues that this was the reason the lawyers chose to ally with Henry, and the reason for the Statute's passage.
The subject matter of any bills is limited to specified items involving taxes, fees, bonds, the budget, or appropriations, unless the bill is prefiled no later than 10 days before the session begins.

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