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 BOB FIZFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 177. 1895. and approve or tix said amount at least once in two years and as much · oftener as he may deem it necessary. _ _ B¤¤¤¤*¤l>¤¤¤¤v¤¤ Hereafter every officer whose duty it is to take and approve official "uy f"" W`"` bonds shall cause all such bonds to be renewed every four years after their dates, but he may require such bonds to be renewed or strengthwma; mswn. `ened oftener if he deem such action necessary. In the discretion of such officer the requirement of a new bond may be waived for the period of service of a bonded officer after the expiration of a four- year term of service pending the appointment and qualification of his suc- ` Plimjg- at f cessor: Provided, That the nonperformance of any requirement of this mad y ° °section on the part of any official of the Government shall not be held _ to affect in any respect the liability of principal or sureties on any bond u]f;§fb**j;ffi$'if)';°gj, made or to be made to the United States: Provided further, That_ the smash. liability of the principal and sureties on all official bonds shall continue and cover the period of service ensuing until the appointment and roses imag me sr- qualification of the successor of the principal: And provided further, f°°]{_°f},j_,,,,_ m6_,_m_ That nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify section thirty~eight hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States. DIg°P°°“°¤ °' *“°‘· Sec. 6. Section thirty-seven hundred and eleven of the Revised ns..¤m¤·:u,p.·m. Statutes is amended, to take eifect on and after July first, eighteen '“""‘“°‘· hundred and ninety-tive, to read as follows: nn coa1‘and wood <¢ Sec. 3711. It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in the Columbia to purchase anthracite or bituminous coal or wood for the pub- ` lic service except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or measured by some competent person, to be sppmmmxam- appointed by the head of the Department or chief of the branch of the l’l°"’°‘ service for which the purchase is made from among the persons authorized to be employed in such Department or branch of the service: mm, Provided, That the weigher and measurer of the Navy Department may D§,‘,$.‘§LtQ‘,§'{_f°' N"' be appointed outside of said Department, and that such weigher and measurer shall give bond and be paid as heretofore provided by law. 1;..;;.,., The person appointed under this section shall ascertain that each ton of coal weighed by him shall consist of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, and that each cord of wood to be so measured shall be of the standard measure of one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet. Each load or parcel of wood or coal weighed and measured by him shall be accompanied by his certiiicate of the number of tons or pounds of coal and the number of cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parce. m§;?;¤;y¤:n:£°¤g;=Q); Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the head of each Executive Departsnbmithds m nm. ment or other Government establishment in the city of Washington to '"*°•¤ submit to the tirst regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and annually thereafter, in the Annual Book of Estimates, a statement as to the condition of business in his Department or other Government establishment, showing whether any part of the same is in arrears and, if so, in what divisions of the respective bureaus and offices of his Department or other Government establishment such arrears exist, the extent thereof, and the reasons therefor, and also a statement of the number and compensation of employees appropriated for in one bureau or office who have been detailed to another bureau or office for a period exceeding one year. °m1€lg{°:e¤$Bfsh%l;iié1. of the United States is repealed. y ‘°g;`:L'g*};S,s to M Sec. 9. On and after July_ first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, '°‘““"" *’“ ‘ port except vessels carrying traffic in bond on transfer ferries shall, immediately upon landing and before entering his vessel at the customhouse, mail to the Auditor for the Treasury Department, lVashington, a true copy of the manifest of his vessel, and shall on entering his vessel make atiidavit that he has mailed such copy and that the same is
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 * »¤n·c séiemgmzgtr each master of a vessel arriving in the United States from a foreign