arms or ainmunition, or parts of ammunition, or any necessary supplies or equipment for the Army, and any individual, firm, association, company, corporation, or organized manufacturing industry or the responsible head or heads thereof owning or operating any manufacturing plant, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of War shall be capable of being readily transformed into a plant for the manufacture of arms or ammunition, or parts thereof, or other necessary supplies or equipment, who shall refuse to give to the United States such preference in the matter of the execution of orders, or who shall refuse to manufacture the kind, quantity, or quality of arms or ammunition, or the parts thereof, or any necessary supplies or equipment, as ordered by the Secretary of War, or who shall refuse to furnish such arms, ammunitions, or parts of ammunition, or other supplies or equipment, at a reasonable price as determined by the Secretary of War, then, and in either such case, the President, through the head of any department of the Government, in addition to the present authorized methods of purchase or procurement herein provided for, is hereby authorized to take immediate possession of any such plant or plants, and through the Ordnance Department of the United States Army, to manufacture therein in time of war, or when war shall be imminent, such product or material as may be required, and any individual, firm, company, association, or corporation, or organized manufacturing industry, or the responsible head or heads thereof, failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years and by a fine not exceeding $50,000.

The compensation to be paid to any individual, firm, company, association, corporation, or organized manufacturing industry for its products or material, or as rental for use of any manufacturing plant while used by the United States, shall be fair and just.-Sec. 120, act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat., 213).

190. Time-recording clocks.-That no recording clocks used for recording time of clerks or other employees shall be purchased for use in any of the executive departments at Washington, D. C., except from moneys specifically appropriated therefor.-Act of July 7, 1898 (30 Stat., 655).

191. Books, laws and reference, and periodicals.—That hereafter law books, books of reference, and periodicals for use of any executive department, or other Government establishment not under an executive department, at the seat of the Government, shall not be purchased or paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses or for any specific or general purpose unless such purchase is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation.-Sec. 3, act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 316).

192. Fuel, ice, stationery, and other miscellaneous supplies; general supply committee created, duties, etc.-Hereafter all supplies of fuel, ice, stationery, and other miscellaneous supplies for the executive departments and other Government establishments in Washington, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, shall be advertised and contracted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, instead of by the several departments and establishments, upon such days as he may designate. There shall be a general supply committee in lieu of the board provided for in section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes as amended, composed of officers, one from each such department, designated by the head thereof, the

duties of which committee shall be to make, under the direction of the said Secretary, an annual schedule of required miscellaneous supplies, to standardize such supplies, eliminating all unnecessary grades and varieties, and to aid said Secretary in soliciting bids based upon formulas and specifications drawn up by such experts in the service of the Government as the committee may see fit to call upon, who shall render whatever assistance they may require. The committee shall aid said Secretary in securing the proper fulfillment of the contracts for such supplies, for which purpose the said Secretary shall prescribe, and all departments comply with, rules providing for such examination and tests of the articles received as may be necessary for such purpose; in making additions to the said schedule; in opening and considering the bids, and shall perform such other similar duties as he may assign to them: Provided, That the articles intended to be purchased in this manner are those in common use by or suitable to the ordinary needs of two or more such departments or establishments; but the said Secretary shall have discretion to amend the annual common supply schedule from time to time as to any article that, in his judgment, can as well be thus purchased. In all cases only one bond for the proper performance of each contract shall be required, notwithstanding that supplies for more than one department or Government establishment are included in such contract. Every purchase or drawing of such supplies from the contractor shall be immediately reported to said committee. No disbursing officer shall be a member of such committee. No department or establishment shall purchase or draw supplies from the common schedule through more than one office or bureau, except in case of detached bureaus or offices having field or outlying service, which may purchase directly from the contractor with the permission of the head of their department: And provided further, That telephone service, electric light, and power service purchased or contracted for from companies or individuals shall be so obtained by him-Sec. 4, act of June 17, 1910 (36 Stat., 531).

FUEL-PURCHASE AND INSPECTION OF.

193. Appointment of inspectors; duties, etc.-It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States in the District of Columbia to purchase anthracite or bituminous coal or wood for the public service except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or measured by some competent person to be appointed by the head of the department or chief of the branch of the service for which the purchase is made from among the persons authorized to be employed in such department or branch of the service.

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 certificate of the number of tons or pounds of coal and the number of cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parcel.-Sec. 3711, R. S., as amended by sec. 6, act of Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), and sec. 6, act of Mar. 15, 1898 (30 Stat., 316).

194. Copy of certificate of appointment of inspectors to be furnished.-The proper accounting officer of the Treasury shall be furnished with a copy of the appointment of each inspector, weigher, and measurer appointed under the preceding section.-Scc. 3712, R. S.

195. No payment without certificate.—It shall not be lawful for any accounting officer to pass or allow to the credit of any disbursing officer in the District of Columbia any money paid by him for purchase of anthracite or bituminous coal or for wood, unless the voucher therefor is accompanied by a certificate of the proper inspector, weigher, and measurer that the quantity paid for has been determined by such officer.-Sec. 3713, R. S.

196. Certificate of weight to be furnished.-That no person shall sell or deliver any coal within the limits of the District of Columbia unless there shall be delivered to the person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in delivering such coal a certificate duly signed by the person selling the same and showing the weight of the coal purporting to be delivered and weight of the wagon or conveyance used in such delivery, the total weight of coal and conveyance, and the name of the purchaser.-Sec. 12, act of Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 813).

197. Exhibiting certificate when required.-That no person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in delivering coal, to whom the certificate mentioned in section six of this act has been delivered, shall neglect or refuse to exhibit such certificate to the sealer or the assistant sealer of weights and measures, or to any person designated by them, or to the purchaser or intended purchaser of the coal being delivered; and when said officers, person so designated, or such purchaser or intended purchaser shall demand that the weight shown by such certificate be verified it shall be the duty of the person delivering such coal to convey the same forthwith to some public scale of the District, or to any private scale the owner whereof shall consent to such use, and to permit the verifying of the weight shown, and shall, after the delivery of such coal, return forthwith, with the wagon or conveyance used, to the same scale and verify the weight of the wagon or conveyance.-Sec. 13, ibid.

HORSES PURCHASE OF.

198. Breeding purposes; appropriation not available for.-No part of this appropriation shall be used for breeding purposes.-Annual appropriation acts.

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199. Appropriation available for breeding purposes.-That of the sum thus appropriated * * may be used by experiments in the breeding and maintenance of horses for military purposes.-Annual appropriation acts, Department of Agriculture.

200. Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, and Indian Scouts.-Hereafter all purchases of horses under appropriations for horses for the Cavalry and Artillery and for the Indian scouts shall be made by contract, after legal advertisement, by the Quartermaster's Department, under instructions of the Secretary of War, the horses to be inspected under the orders of the General Commanding the Army; and no horse shall be received and paid for until duly inspected.-Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 109.)

201. Horses, mules, oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships, etc.-Hereafter all purchases of horses, mules, or oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships, and other seagoing vessels, also all other means of transportation, shall be made by the Quartermaster's Department, by contract, after due legal advertisement, except in cases of extreme emergency.-Ibid., p. 110.

202. At military posts and stations.-When practicable, horses shall be purchased in open market at all military posts and stations, when needed, at a maximum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War.-Annual appropriation act.

203. Number of draft animals limited.-The number of draft animals purchased from this appropriation, added to those now on hand, shall be limited to such numbers as are actually required for the service.-Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 109); act of Mar. 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 907). (See annual appropriation acts.)

204. Draft and pack animals.-For the purchase and hire of draft and pack animals in such numbers as are actually required for the service.-Act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 634). (See annual appropriation acts.)

205. Appropriation for Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineer horses.--Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, and so forth: For the purchase of horses of ages, sex, and size as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, for remounts, for officers entitled to public mounts, for the Cavalry, Artillery, Signal Corps, and Engineers, the United States Military Academy, service schools, and staff colleges, and for the Indian scouts, and for such Infantry and members of the Hospital Corps in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, and for the hire of employees: Provided, That the number of horses purchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand, shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted service, including reasonable provisions for remounts, and, unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War, no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract after competition duly invited by the Quartermaster Corps and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War. When practicable horses shall be purchased in open market at all military posts or stations, when needed, at a maximum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any horses below the standard set by Army Regulations for Cavalry and Artillery horses, except when purchased as remounts or for instruction of cadets at the United States Military Academy: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for polo ponies, except for the West Point Military Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place.--Annual appropriation acts.

206. Purchase of owned horses.--Hereafter when a mounted officer is ordered to duty beyond the seas or to make a change of station in the United States in which the cost of transportation for his authorized number of owned horses exceeds the sum at the time allowed for that purpose in the Army Regulations, the Secretary of War is authorized, under such regulations in respect to inspection and valuation as he may prescribe, in his discretion, to permit the purchase of said horses by the Quartermaster Department, at a price not exceeding the average contract price paid for horses during the preceding fiscal year, the exact price to be fixed by a board of officers.-Act of Mar. 23, 1910 (36 Stats., 254).

207. Field Artillery, Organized Militia.-The funds appropriated by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one, Revised Statutes, and by the act entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes," approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, as amended, shall be available for the purchase, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe

of horses conforming to the Regular Army standards, said horses to remain the property of the United States and to be for the sole continuous use of the Field Artillery of the Organized Militia.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1071).

208. Same-Condemned Army horses to be issued to.-The Secretary of War may, under the provisions of this act and such regulations as he may prescribe, issue to the Field Artillery organizations hereinbefore mentioned and without cost to the State, condemned Army horses which are no longer fit for service but may still be suitable for purposes of instruction, the same to be sold as now provided by law when the latter purpose has been served.-Ibid.

209. Issue of public animals to National Guard; allowance of pack mules.— The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to transfer to those organizations of the National Guard entitled thereto such number of horses and pack mules purchased by the Quartermaster Corps of the Army under the provisions of the act of July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, not required for the proper equipment of organizations of the Regular Army, that can be issued to National Guard organizations under the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, all expenses incident to such transfer to be met from appropriations made for and on behalf of the National Guard; pack mules so transferred may be issued not to exceed six to any one radio company, machine-gun troop or company, or four to any one ambulance company, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe.-Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 65).

OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASE OR SALE.

210. Of rations, tobacco, or articles purchased for sales.-No officer belonging to the Subsistence Department or doing the duty of a subsistence officer shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any article entering into the composition of the ration allowed to troops in the service of the United States, or of any article designated by the inspectors general of the Army and furnished for sale to officers and enlisted men at cost prices, or of tobacco furnished for sale to enlisted men, except on account of the United States, nor shall any such officer take or apply to his own use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transacting any business connected with the duties of his office other than that which may be allowed by law.-Sec. 1150, R. S.

211. Quartermasters and assistant quartermasters.-No officer belonging to the Quartermaster's Department, or doing the duty of a quartermaster or assistant quartermaster shall be concerned, directly or indirectly in the purchase or sale of any article intended for or appertaining to said department of service, except on account of the United States; nor shall any such officer take or apply to his own use any gain or emolument for negotiating or transacting any business connected with the duties of his office other than that which may be allowed by law.-Sec. 1138, R. S.

OPENING OF BIDS-BIDDERS' BONDS.

212. Rules and regulations to be prescribed by Secretary of War.-The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to be observed in the preparation and submission and opening of bids for contracts under the War Department.-Act of Apr. 10, 1878 (20 Stat., 36), as amended by act of Mar. 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 487).