Apart from enjoying elite patronage, the Society during the colonial period received government grants, donations from the Sultans of the franking privileges, government provision of premises and facilities for printing and map-making.
32.
He was criticized for liberal use of the franking privilege to send constituents glossy newsletters, some of which were described as promotional whereas others only gave constituents information on new legislation and proposals.
33.
During the race, Meffert filed a complaint with the United States House Committee on Ethics claiming that Paulsen distributed a deliberately misleading mailing to his constituents using the franking privilege afforded to House members.
34.
He noted that since going to Washington, he has returned $ 1 million to the government in unused office expenses _ half of it from his refusal to exploit Congressional franking privileges for mass mailings.
35.
Pat Lynch, a spokeswoman for the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, argued that the mailing, by 14 legislators to about 120, 000 households, was much more limited than the Governor's and was in keeping with the intentions of the Assembly's franking privileges.
36.
In Canada, House of Commons, the Clerk of the House of Commons, Parliamentary Librarian, Associate Parliamentary Librarian, officers of parliament, and the Senate Ethics Officer all have franking privilege and mails sent to or from these people are sent free of charge.
37.
In 1991, McEwen had also been criticized for his use of the franking privilege and his frequent trips overseas at taxpayer expense, but McEwen defended the trips as part of his work on the Intelligence Committee and in building relationships with legislatures overseas.
38.
Pork, not war, is the only common denominator linking boons for the salmon industry in Alaska, a leaky dam in New Hampshire, business protection for a cargo deliverer, feed subsidies for catfish farmers, a senator's election-year franking privileges and much more costly fine print.
39.
Machine cancelled U . S . Congressional frank "'" Privilege " franking "'is a personally pen-signed or printed facsimile signature of a person with a " franking privilege " such as certain government officials ( especially legislators ) and others designated by law or Postal Regulations.
40.
Dennett was at the center of an elaborate scheme by which isolationist Congressmen such as Hamilton Fish III and Robert Rice Reynolds would make pro-German statements in the Congressional Record, which would then be printed by Viereck and mailed around the country without postal charge using the Congressional franking privilege.
