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734 Trrrn xmu.-—PUBLIC CONTRACTS. shall be entitled to receive from the venders of fuel weighed and measured by him twenty cents for each ton of coal weighed, and nine cents for each cord of wood measured by him. Each load or parcel of wood oqi coal vqeighed anld mepsured by imdshall bel acqpuipaniedblgy hgs certi cate o the num cr 0 tons or poun s o coa an the num r 0 cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parcel. Appointmentsto Sec. 3712. The proper accounting officer of the Treasury shall be furb€ ¤Q¤fi€<l to M- nished with a copy of the appointment of each inspector, wcigher. and €`°'E‘i‘"¥.°m‘C‘Z’·. measurer a ointerl under the recedin section. ibid., S. 2. pp P g N t -7;,- Sec. 3713. It shall not be lawful for any accounting officer to ass or cutigdriiiiigiitelq allow to the credit tp any disbursing officer in the District of Columbia " §d""`i_ any money paid by 1m for purchase of anthracite or bituminous coal or I for wood. unless the voucher therefor is accom· anied by a certificate of pho prop? inspectqr, weigperhiand measurer that the quantity paid for as een etermine by suc officer. Qentractsfortlne Sno, _371~l. All purchases and contracts for supplies or services for $$3f:Y ,$;`w_":gSl the rlpilitpryg ang naval peiiyicp) shall be made or upder the direction 7 uedj o the c 16 officers o the epartments of ar ant of the Navy, re- —";T$3»i—i$—~ spectively. [And all agents or contractors for supplies or service as 85, S. 3“ L 2,3: aforesaid shall render their accounts for settlement to the accountant of 27 j,,;,, 18W_ C_ the proper department for wh1ch such supcplies or services are required, 69, 1-. 19, p. 249. sub]ect, nevertheless, to the inspection an revision of the officers of the ‘ rjiggng Treasury in the manner before prescribed.] [Mu! 512-515-] Wall., 463; Parish r. U. S., 8 \\'all., 489. C°¤*'¤$‘*S fer Sec. 3715. Contracts for subsistence supplies for the Army made A§{?§;;;?‘§?§ by thed Comniissary-General, on public notice, shall provide foria com- 6,, S_ 7, v_3,p_ 427, pete e ivery of such articles, on inspection, at such places as shall be 493 Mar., 1835, c. SUP“l3l'»€d· , s. l,v.4, p 780. 2 Mar., 1861, c. 84, s. 10, v. 12, p. 220; Harvey r. U. S., 8 C. Cls., 501. Advertisements Sec. 3716. The Quartcrmaster’s Delpartment of the Army, in obtaining g”¥';_&PPl¤¢: *9* supplies for the military service, shal state in all advertisements for bids Dgmmlxgf “S flor pontratss that sir prcferencedshall be given to arpcleslof domestic pro- ».-—-—.»- uc ion an manu acture, con itions o price an ua ity being equal, rz,3 J“;Y»v1¥46» °· and that such preference shall be given to articles of American produc- 9é_’ S' • l` ‘ p' tion and manufacture produced on the Pacific coast, to the extent of the ---T· W- consumption required by the public service there. ln advertising for C1lg§°§5’4C“·*‘*»12 Apmy suppliers the (§uartlernéaster’s Department shall require all articles ' ’ "w uc are to e use in t c tates and Territories of the Pacific coast to bq delivered alpd ipspected at poénts deignated in those States and Terr1 Ol'l€S; an the a vertisements or suc sup lies shall be published in gewspapers of the cities of San Francisco, in California, and Portland, in regon. Separate propo- Sec. 3717. Whenever the Secretary of War invites proposals for any mlakreqzulwd for works, or for any material or labor for any works, there shall be se arate ‘.‘F%§;j%§;E.6b.77 ppopoppls pnd lseparate conitracts for each work, and also for each) class 13B7S7B7V34m7g7g: o ma ria or a or or eac work. N¤V¤l _¤¤pPli¢¤ Sec. 3718. All provisions clothin hem a d th at ials of

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.._..__... thereof, when time will permit shall be furnished by contract, by the 833`_llg¤;;i6{%43· 0- lowest bidder, as follows: In the case of provisions, clothing, l10H1P, g,8‘Sépti,,85O’ c_ and other materials, the Secretary of the Isavy shall advertise, once 41 80,,, 1"v_9’ p_5l3_ week, for at least four weeks, in one or more of the principal pup¤l‘S me Aug., 18313,0. published in the place where such articles are to be furnished. fo1‘ 5857 ¤· » V- » P· spaledtpropqsals foq furnishing the same, or the whole of any particular 17 APM7B6G, (__ 0 ass 9160 , speci ying the classes of materials and referring blddill`8 45,g_4,g·_ 14, p_3g_ to flw S0\‘€1jal_ chiefs 0 Bureaus, who will furnish them wit printed schedules, giving a full description of each and every article, with dates of delivery, and so forth. _In the case of transportation of such articles, he shall ac vertnse for a period of not less than five days. All such proposals shall be kept sealed until the day specified in such advertisement or opening the same, when they shall be opened by or under the direc-