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FIF1`Y—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Crr. 2511. 1907. 1167 Departments, and for printing Department orders and reports, six Amount mil ion five hundred thousand dollars: hwided, That hereafter the €Q'{,'{l§.°,Z;um,t_ heat and light actually necessary for the authorized allowance of quarters for omcers and enlisted men shall be furnished at the expense of the United States under such re lations as theSecretary of War may prescribe: Provided further, mt no t of the ap ro- P"*¤“¤8· priations for the Quartermastefs Department shallnl-Je ex nded) on printing, unless the same shall be done by contract after diie notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice 0 competition, and in cases where it is impracticable to have the necessary printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the purchase of material and hire of the necessary labor for the purpose. For dr{¤¤ ¤¤¤¤1g¤¢¤i¤¤g;¤A¤- theiiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, pxsiiis. °” °°` ° whenever the ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants sliall p,‘§,§E,°§;’fL$ ‘“"*"““ not come in competition with private ente rise for sale to the public, and in the opinion of the Secretary of-QV ar it becomes necessary to the economical use and administration of such ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants as have been or may hereafter be established in pursuance of law, 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 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: hwided, That the funds received from such sales and in V¤¤ <>f r·¤<>¤¢¤¤=· payment for such laundry work shall be used to defray the cost of operation of said ice, laundry, and electric plants; and the sales and expenditures herein provided for shall be accounted for in accordance with the methods prescribed bylaw, and any sums remaining, after such cost of maintenance and operation have been defrayed, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of operation of such plant is paid. _ For the purchase of the necessary instruments, office furniture, sta- m,E§0‘}‘g_’“°" °‘ P°“‘ tionery, and other authorized artic es required for the equipment and ` use of the officers’ schools at the several military posts, ten thousand dollars. INCIDENTAL nxrrmsrzsc Postage; cost of telegrarnson official business ’“°"'°“°“’°"*’°“““’· received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers enrployed on extra duty, under the direction of the Quarternnastefs Department, in the erection of barracks,quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads and other constantlabor 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 \Var Department for the confinement of general prisoners, and for nonconuuissioned officers of the United States military prison guard: Provided, That hereafter Qgggffgmn at wm no part of the moneys appropriated for use of the Quartermastei-’s rom:. Department shall be used in payment of extra duty pay for the Army service men in the Quartermastefs Department at West Point; for expenses of expresses to and from frontier (posts and armies in the iield, of escorts to lpaymasters and other isbursing officers, and to trains where mi itaay escorts can not be furnished; expenses of the interment'of officers killed in action or who die when on dutv in the field, or at military posts or on the frontiers, or when travelirig under orders, and of noucommissioned officers and soldiers; and in all cases where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government. reimbursement may be made of expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred by individuals of burial and transportation of remains of officers. including acting assistant surgeons. not to exceed the amount now allowed in the cases of officers, and for the reimbursement in the cases of enlisted men not exceeding the amount now allowed in their cases, may be paid out of the proper