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 936 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 975. 1903. scouts as maygbe mounted, and for the authorized number of omcers’ gorses, mclpding bedding tori the animals; of straw for soldiers’ beding an o stationery including blank books for the Quartermasters’ Department, certiticatds for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the P'”°’· orders and re orts five million dollars: Hovided That no art of Printing. _  7 a H the appropriations- for the Quartermastefs Department s all be expended on printing unless the same shall be done by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice of competition, and in cases where it is impracticable to have_the necessary printing done by contract the pgmeifmay pezhdone, with thebajpprovih of the Secr;)tary i’>’1ar,hby e ire o e necessary a r for e pur se: rem I ri Pm That hereafter, except in cases of emergencym or where it is itixprae; ticable to secure competition, the purchase of all supplies for the use of the various departments and posts of the Army and of the branches of the army service shall only be made after advertisement, arilmzlsihall ble pugcliatsed Wh€1&G 'tihe sargetgan bt; pugzhgspld t(l;e cheapest; q r y an cos o ranspor a ~ on an e in res 0 e `over considered; but every open—market emergency purchase made the manner common among business men which exceeds in amount two hundred dollars shall  reported for approval to the Secretary of Equipment of t War under such regulations as he may prescribe. school; p" _ For the purchase of the necessary instruments, office furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles required for the equipment and . use of the officers’ schools at the several military posts, twentv—five
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ness received and sent by officers Br the Army? extra pav tdlgoldiiesris employed on extra duty,. under the direction of the Quartermastefs Department, in the erection or barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post euartermasters at military posts, and for prison overseers at posts designated by the War Departgggrltesfeg t:)hien(p<}n`(fi;1eE‘ent;_ of getrgerali prisonersxhfoip Ieixpgnses of L on ier pos an armies in e 'e o ·ts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains whereesiiiili- escorts can not be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers knl ed in action or who die when on duty in the field, or at military posts or on tge tfripntiers, gr whsn traveliplg und? orders, and of noncommissione officers an so iers; an in ., *h · h expenses would have been lawful claims &g3iHStl`th€(Ej;:)(’iBl‘;l`m((ii1(iDAI';?;)- bursement may be made of expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred by individuals of burial and transportation of remains of officers ufpludgig szcéting assiztaigi surgeogsé no; to exceed the amount now a owe in e cases o officers, an or the reimburse tth T of enlisted men not exceeding the amount now allowgdeiln theiifbcagssegi may be_pa1d out of the proper_funds_ appropriated by this Act, and the disbu rsing officers shall be credited with such reimbursement heretofore made; but hereafter no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incurred prior to the twenty—i1rst day of April, eighteen hundred and pmetykeightl;) autlhtorizeél ofii<fe(furnitEre lure of laborers in the Quarerlmas ers epa men mc u mg the ire of inter r te, — ’ gipéidgg for tl}etlAr3y; pdmperzsaticp; of glerks andd ot-he; etiiplbiyggs (td cerso e uar ermas ers epar ment an incid t · · of recruitmg; for the apprehension, securing, and delive:;1;·o£fXd)¢$·iiei(t? gps, including escaped mihtary prisoners, and the expenses incident to e1r pursuit; and no greater sum than hfty dollars for each deserter or escaped milrtary prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be pond to any civil officer or citizen for such services and