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Chap. 587: Providing for an investigation of Grover M. Moscowitz, United States district judge for the eastern district of New York. 1929-03-02 587 Chapter 45 Stat. 1542 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public Chapter 587.— Joint Resolution Providing for an investigation of Grover M.
Moscowitz, United States district judge for the eastern district of New York. March 2, 1929.[[H. J. Res. 431](/us/bill/70/hjres/431).][[Pub. Res., No. 102](/us/bill/70/pubres/102).] Grover M. Moscowitz.Preamble.Whereas certain statements against Grover M. Moscowitz, United States district judge for the eastern district of New York, have been transmitted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Judiciary Committee: Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Investigation of official conduct of, as district judge of New York eastern district.
That Earl C. Michener, J. Banks Kurtz, C. Ellis Moore, Royal H. Weller, and Henry St. George Tucker, being a subcommittee of the Committee Inquiry by subcommittee of House of Representatives Judiciary Committee if said judge has been guilty of acts deemed high crimes or misdemeanors.*Post*, p. 1697.on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to inquire into the official conduct of Grover M. Moscowitz, United States district judge for the eastern district of New York, and to report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House whether in their opinion the said Grover M.
Moscowitz has been guilty of any acts which in contemplation of the Constitution are high crimes or misdemeanors requiring the Powers conferred.interposition of the constitutional powers of the House; and that the said special committee have power to hold meetings in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, and to send for persons and papers, to administer the customary oaths to witnesses, all process to be signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives 1543under its seal and be served by the Sergeant at Arms of the HouseReport to House Judiciary Committee. or his special messenger; to sit during the sessions of the House until adjournment sine die of the Seventieth Congress and thereafter until said inquiry is completed, and report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of the Seventy-first Congress.
Sec. 2. That said special committee be, and the same is hereby,Clerical, etc., assistance, and expenses, authorized. authorized to employ such stenographic, clerical, and other assistance as they may deem necessary, and all expenses incurred by said special committee, including the expenses of such committee when sitting in or outside the District of Columbia, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives on vouchers ordered by said committee, signed by the chairman of said committee: *Provided,*Proviso*.Expenditures limited. however*, That the total expenditures authorized by this resolution shall not exceed the sum of $5,000.
Approved, March 2, 1929.
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