PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 65-FEB . 19, 1948 Acts repealed in (c) The following parts of Acts are hereby repealed: (1) That portion of the Act making appropriations for fortifica- tions, approved February 24, 1891 (26 Stat. 769), relating to "Arma- ment of fortifications", which reads as follows: "Provided, That no contract for the expenditure of any portion of the money herein pro- vided, or that may be hereafter provided, for the purchase of steel shall be made until the same shall have been submitted to public com- petition by the Department by advertisement." (2) Those portions of the Army Appropriation Acts approved March 2, 1901 (ch. 803, 31 Stat. 905; U. S . C., title 10, sec. 1201); and June 30, 1902 (32 Stat. 514), relating to "Quartermaster's Department, Regular Supplies", which read as follows: "Provided fwrther, That hereafter, except in cases of emergency or where it is impracticable to secure competition, the purchase of all supplies for the use of the various departments and posts of the Army and of the branches of the Army service shall only be made after advertisement, and shall be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation and the interests of the Government considered." (3) That portion of the Army Appropriation Act approved June 12, 1906 (ch. 3078, 34 Stat. 258; U. S . C ., title 10, sec. 1205), relating to "Ordnance Department", which reads as follows: "Hereafter the purchase of supplies and the procurement of services for all branches of the Army service may be made in open market, in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate of the amount re- quired does not exceed five hundred dollars; but every such purchase exceeding one hundred dollars shall be promptly reported to the Secretary of War for approval, under such regulations as he may prescribe." (4) That portion of the Army Appropriation Act, approved May 11, 1908 (ch. 163, 35 Stat. 125; U. S . C., title 10, sec. 1199), relating to "Ordnance Department", which reads as follows: "Whenever pro- posals are invited for the furnishing of articles of ordnance property, the character of which or the ingredients thereof are of such a nature that the interests of the public service would be injured by publicly divulging them, the Chief of Ordnance is authorized to purchase such articles in such manner as he may deem most economical and efficient." (5) That portion of the War Department Appropriation Act, approved May 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1299), relating to "Arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, for field service, National Guard", which reads as follows: "Provided, That specifications for motor vehicles, which shall be so drawn as to admit of competition, shall to the extent otherwise practicable conform with the requirements of the National Guard." (d) All other laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Authority of Sere SEC. 12 . The Secretary of the Navy shall have the same authority with respect to contracts of the Department of the Navy as the Secre- tary of the Army has with respect to contracts of the Department of the Army under the Act of April 10, 1878, as amended (20 Stat. 36, as amended by the Act of March 3, 1883, 22 Stat. 487; U. S . C., title 5, sec. 218). The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall have the same authority with respect to emergency pur- chases of war material abroad as the Secretary of the Navy has with respect to such purchases under the Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 399; U. S . C., title 34, see, 568). Effective date. SEC. 13. This Act shall become effective ninety days after the date of enactment. Approved February 19, 1948. 26 [62 STAT.
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