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SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 93. 1913. 713 for rinting de artment orders and reports:`Pr0•vidcd, That no art PM‘•¤•· of the appmprilitions for the Quartermaster Co shall be Pded mnmnmmm ou printing unless the same shall be done at thelgiivanmensgtipzg ce, or by contract after due notice and competition, except in su cases as ‘l»l1B_(%H1B1'g6IlC{W1ll.110l· admit of the giving notice of competition, and in cases w ere it is impracticable to have the necessary print by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the ary of War, by the purchase of material and hire of the . necessary labor for the purpose. For the fiscal year ending June Icemachlneaete. thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, whenever the ice machines, ,,,{,’§'*‘.,,{' °' """“ steam laundries, and electric plants shall not come in competition with private enterprise for sale to the public, and in the 0 inion of the Secretary of War it becomes necessary to the economicalp use and administration of such ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants as have been or may hereafter be established in pursuance of aw, surplus ice may be disposed of, laundry work may be done for other branches of the Government, and surplus electric light and power may be sold on such terms and in, accordance with such ations as meyg be prescribed by the Secretary of War: -Prom: “'°°*P'°°°°*’*·“°~ That the fun received from such sales and m payment for such laundry work shall be used to defraégzhe cost of operation of said ice, laundry, and electric plants; and sales and expenditures herein provided for shall be accounted for in accordance with the methods prescribed by law; and any sums remaining, after such cost of maintenance and oiperation have been defrayed, shall be de 'ted in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation from whigizlhe cost of operation of such plant is paid, $7,652,648. - *"“’“‘~ Eourrmnivr or omcnas’ scuoors, msarraxzr roars: For the pur- ,,,‘E,‘}§*,"""'“' °‘ ’°" chase of the necessary instruments, omce furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles required for the equipment and use of the OmC8IS’ schools at the several military posts, $5,700. X mmm Ixcmmrrax. nxrmzsms, Quanrnauasrnn Cours: Postaige; cost of q.,'Lm§P&',',“{‘ telegrams on official buisness received and sent by officers 0 the Army · extra-pay to soldiers employed on extra duty under the direction of the Quartermaster Corps, in the erection of 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 quartermasters at military posts, and for prison overseers at posts designated by the War Department for the conhnement oxneral prisoners, and for the United States military prison gu ; of extraduty pa at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of War for mess stewards ancilcooks at recruit depots, who are to be graduates of the schools for bakers and cooks, and mstructor cooks at the schools for bakers and cooks; for eigenses of expresses to and from frontier posts and armies in the ii , of escorts to officers or agents of the Qaxeartermaster Corps and to trains where military escorts can not _ furnished; authorized office furniture; authorized issues of towels; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster Coips, including the care of officers' mounts when the same a.re furnish by the Government,_and the hire of interpreters, spies, or guides for the Arm ; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of the éuartermasterporps, and clerks, foreman, watchman, and organist for United States military prison, and incidental expenses of recrurtmg; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering ef. deserters, meuding escaped military prisoners, and the expenses mcident to their pursuit, and no greater sum than $50 for each deserter or escaped mihtary prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to eny civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a_ donation of $5 to each dishonorably prisoner ppon his release from confinement, under court-martial sentence, mvolving dishon-