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Trru: 1v.—EXECL"I`lVE DEPARTMENTS. 31 rendered such service necessary; and the amount of all former a propriations in each case on hand, either in the Treasury or in the hands of any disbursing officer or agent. And he shall require of the disbursing oflicers, actincr under his direction and authority, the return of recise and analytical statements and receipts for all the moneys which may have been from time to time during the next preceding year_ expended by them, and shall communicate the results of such returns and the sums total, annually, to Congress. Sec. 194. The head of each Department shall make an annual report Report oi czeiss to Congress of the names of the clerks and other persons that have been °mP1°>‘€<1_· employed in his Department and the offices thereof; stating the time 23Aug_,ig4g,,-_ that each clerk or other person was actually employed. and the sums 20?, s. 11, v. 5, p. paid to each; also. whether they have been usefully employed; whether 5**- the services of any of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service. and whether the removal of any individuals, and the appointment of others in their stead, is required for the better dispatch of business. Sec. 195. Except where a different time is expressly prescribed by law, Time of making the various annua reports required to be submitted to Congress by the *}§‘f[{l_[°1‘ff’fS; __ heads of Departments shall be made at the commencement of each reg- See all acts reular session, and shall embrace the transactions of the preceding year. ¤1¤i¤‘i¤g PGP0f1S- Sec. 196. The head of each Department, except the Department of D9P¤1`U11€‘11l· Justice, shall furnish to the Congressional Printer copies of the docu- gp?'"'- .“'l‘“" l° _ _· · · urnlshed to ments usually accompany mg his annual re ort, on or before the first day p,,,,,€,._ of November in each year, and a copy oflhis annual report on or before ‘gyu,‘;g],,,,_,* pj the third Monday of November in each year. 155, ss. 1.,3, v. 13, pp. 184, 5. 22 June, 1870, c. 150, s. 12, v. 16, p. 164. Sec. 197. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the I¤\‘¤¤l>0ri¤S of Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the §‘”j?f’Tlf·_ _ _ ___ Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, and Commissioner 15 July, 1870, c. of Agriculture shall keep, in proper books, a complete inventory of all 300, t'- 1» V- 16, P- the property belonging to the Lnited States in the buildings, rooms, 36;, Feb ,8-,, C offices, and grounds occupied by them, respectively, and under their 69:,, 1g,'}, 2Q1f ' charge, adding thereto, from time to time, an account of such property as may be procured subsequently to the taking of such inventory, as we I as an account of the sale or other disposition of any of such property, [except supplies of stationery and fuel in the public offices and books, pamphlets, and papers in the Library of Congress.] Sec. 198. The head of each Department s all, as soon as practicable Biennial lists or after the last day in September in each year in which a new Congress is emplpyén to be to assemble, cause to be tiled in the Department of the lnterior a full {1,;*1 1;‘*°"°' and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and employes employed .pa1e_i°E-L -.-- in his De rtment, or in any of the offices or Bureaus connected there- 27 APP11. 1816. with. lll? shall include in such list all the statistics peculiar to his R’°§,g°·6·“·1·"·3· Department required to enable the Secretary of the Interior to prepare p`3M,,,.__l8_·,],c_;,2’ the Biennial Register. s. 1, v. 9, p. 600. 14 July, 1832,Res.No.11, v. 4, p. 608.