expenditure, such as the erection of a public building, or the construction of any public work, requiring a plan before the building or work can be properly completed, such estimate shall be accompanied by full plans and detailed estimates of the cost of the whole work. All subsequent estimates for any such work shall state the original estimated cost, the aggregate amount theretofore appropriated for the same, and the amount actually expended thereupon, as well as the amount asked for the current year for which such estimate is made. And if the amount asked is in excess of the original estimate, the full reasons for the excess, and the extent of the anticipated excess, shall be also stated.

ACT MARCH 3, 1883, c. 128. (22 Stat. 531.)

Statements in estimates of buildings rented, etc.

* * *. it shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive departments to submit to Congress each year, in the annual estimates of appropriations, a statement of the number of buildings rented by their respective departments, the purposes for which rented, and the annual rental of each.

Act March 3, 1883, c. 128, s. 1, 22 Stat. 552.

This is a provision following an appropriation for rent of buildings for the War Department, in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1884, cited above.

ACT JULY 16, 1892, c. 196. (27 Stat. 183.)

Statement in estimates of buildings rented within District of Columbia.

That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be prepared and submitted to Congress each year, in the annual Book of Estimates of Appropriations, a statement of the buildings rented within the District of Columbia for the use of the Government, the purposes for which rented, and the annual rental of each.

Act July 16, 1892, c. 196, s. 1, 27 Stat. 199.

This is a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1893, cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 3664.

Estimates to be accompanied by explanations of new or unusual items.

SEC. 3664. Whenever the head of a Department, being about to submit to Congress the annual estimates of expenditures required for the coming year, finds that the usual items of such estimates vary materially in amount from the appropriation ordinarily asked for the object named, and especially from the appropriation granted for the same objects for the preceding year, and whenever new items not theretofore usual are introduced into such estimates for any year, he shall accompany the estimates by minute and full explanations of all such variations and new items, showing the reasons and grounds upon which the amounts are required, and the different items added.

REV. ST. SEC. 3665.

Amount of outstanding appropriations to be designated.

SEC. 3665. The head of each Department, in submitting to Congress his estimates of expenditures required in his Department dur

ing the year then approaching, shall designate not only the amount required to be appropriated for the next fiscal year, but also the amount of the outstanding appropriation, if there be any, which will probably be required for each particular item of expenditure.

REV. ST. SEC. 3661.

Estimates for printing and binding.

SEC. 3661. The head of each of the Executive Departments, and every other public officer who is authorized to have printing and binding done at the Congressional Printing-Office for the use of his Department or public office, shall include in his annual estimate for appropriations for the next fiscal year such sum or sums as may to him seem necessary" for printing and binding, to be executed under the direction of the Congressional Printer."

ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3914. (34 Stat. 697.)

Estimates for all printing and binding to be submitted in annual estimates; only appropriations for printing and binding to be used therefor; provisions. not to apply to stamped envelopes, stationery, etc.

SEC. 2. Hereafter there shall be submitted in the regular annual estimates to Congress under and as a part of the expenses for "Printing and binding," estimates for all printing and binding required by each of the Executive Departments, their bureaus and offices, and other Government establishments at Washington, District of Columbia, for each fiscal year; and after the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven no appropriations other than those made specifically and solely for printing and binding shall be used for such purposes in any Executive Department or other Government establishment in the District of Columbia: Provided, That nothing in this section shall apply to stamped envelopes, or envelopes and articles of stationery other than letter heads and note heads, printed in the course of manufacture.

Act June 30, 1906, c. 3914, s. 2, 34 Stat. 762.

This section is a part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, cited above.

ACT MARCH 2, 1895, c. 189. (28 Stat. 910.)

Public Printer to notify departments of estimates submitted for printing and binding.

And it shall be the duty of the Public Printer to submit to Congress at the beginning of its next regular session, estimates in detail under the head of Printing and binding for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and annually thereafter, covering appropriations requisite for all work to be done and services to be rendered under his direction by the provisions of the said Act and not previously required of him; and of the details of all such estimates, he shall notify the heads of the Executive Departments and other Government establishments affected thereby, within such time as will enable them to omit the amounts thereof from the estimates of appropriations which they are required to submit for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.

Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, s. 2, 28 Stat. 961.

These are provisions of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 3672.

Statement of proceeds of sales of old material, etc., to accompany book of estimates.

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SEC. 3672. A detailed statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind except materials, stores, or supplies sold to exploring or surveying expeditions authorized by law shall be included in the appendix to the book of estimates.

Rev. St. sec. 3672, as amended by act February 27, 1877, c. 69, 19 Stat. 249.

ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3914. (34 Stat. 697.)

Statements of money from proceeds of public property or other sources, and of payments therefrom.

SEC. 5. Hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall require, and it shall be the duty of the head of each Executive Department or other Government establishment to furnish him, within thirty days after the close of each fiscal year, a statement of all money arising from proceeds of public property of any kind or from any source other than the postal service, received by said head of Department or other Government establishment during the previous fiscal year for or on account of the public service, or in any other manner in the discharge of his official duties other than as salary or compensation, which was not paid into the General Treasury of the United States, together with a detailed account of all payments, if any, made from such funds during such year. All such statements, together with a similar statement applying to the Treasury Department, shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress at the beginning of each regular session.

Act June 30, 1906, c. 3914, s. 5, 34 Stat. 763.

This section is a part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, cited above.

ACT JUNE 25, 1910, c. 384. (36 Stat. 703.)

Statement of proceeds of sales of old material, etc., to be submitted separate from book of estimates.

SEC. 6. Hereafter the statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind shall be submitted to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof as a separate communication and shall not hereafter be included in the annual Book of Estimates.

Act June 25, 1910, c. 384, s. 6, 36 Stat. 773.

This section is part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1911, cited above.

ACT MAY 22, 1908, c. 186. (35 Stat. 184.)

Statement of traveling expenses of officers and employees at Washington.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the head of each Executive Department and other Government establishment at Washington to submit to Congress at the beginning of each regular session a statement showing in detail what officers or employees (other than special agents, inspectors, or employees, who in the discharge of their regular duties are required to constantly travel) of such Executive De

partment or other Government establishment have traveled on official business from Washington to points outside of the District of Columbia during the preceding fiscal year, giving in each case the full title of the official or employee, the destination or destinations of such travel, the business or work on account of which the same was made, and the total expense to the United States charged in each case.

Act May 22, 1908, c. 186, s. 4, 35 Stat. 244.

This section is a part of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 193.

Annual report of expenditures for contingent expenses.

SEC. 193. The head of each Department shall make an annual report to Congress, giving a detailed statement of the manner in which the contingent fund for his Department, and for the Bureaus and offices therein, has been expended, giving the names of every person to whom any portion thereof has been paid; and if for anything furnished, the quantity and price; and if for any service rendered, the nature of such service, and the time employed, and the particular occasion or cause, in brief, that rendered such service necessary; and the amount of all former appropriations 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 officers, acting under his direction and authority, the return of precise 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.

ACT MARCH 3, 1877, c. 102. (19 Stat. 294.)

Report of expenditure for contingent expenses.

And hereafter a detailed statement of the expenditure for the preceding fiscal year of all sums appropriated for contingent expenses of the Independent Treasury, or in any department or bureau of the Government shall be presented to Congress at the beginning of each regular session.

Act March 3, 1877, c. 102, s. 1, 19 Stat. 306.

This is a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1878, cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 195.

Time of making annual reports.

SEC. 195. Except where a different time is expressly prescribed by law, the various annual reports required to be submitted to Congress by the heads of Departments shall be made at the commencement of each regular session, and shall embrace the transactions of the preceding year.

REV. ST. SEC. 196.

Time of furnishing annual reports to printer.

SEC. 196. The head of each Department,

to the Congressional Printer copies of the documents usually accom

panying his annual report, on or before the first day of November in each year, and a copy of his annual report on or before the third Monday of November in each year.

REV. ST. SEC. 1776.

Account of cost of removal of offices.

SEC. 1776. Whenever any public office is removed by reason of sickness which may prevail in the town or city where it is located, a particular account of the cost of such removal shall be laid before Congress.

REV. ST. SEC. 3678.

APPROPRIATIONS.

Application of moneys appropriated.

SEC. 3678. All sums appropriated for the various branches of expenditure in the public service shall be applied solely to the objects for which they are respectively made, and for no others.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1351. (32 Stat. 552.)

No act to be construed to make an appropriation unless it so declares in specific terms.

Hereafter no Act of Congress shall be construed to make an appropriation out of the Treasury of the United States unless such Act shall, in specific terms, declare an appropriation to be made for the purpose or purposes specified in the Act.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1351. 32 Stat. 560.

This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902, cited above.

A similar provision, applicable also to execution of contracts involving payment of money in excess of appropriations, contained in act June 30, 1906, c. 3914, is set forth on p. 325, post, under “Contracts."

REV. ST. SEC. 3679.

Expenditures in excess of appropriations forbidden; acceptance of voluntary service for Government or employment of personal service in excess of that authorized, forbidden; appropriations for contingent expenses or other general purposes to be apportioned in monthly or other allotments; violation of section punishable.

SEC. 3679. No Executive Department or other Government establishment of the United States shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or involve the Government in any contract or other obligation for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law. Nor shall any Department or any officer of the Government accept voluntary service for the Government or employ personal service in excess of that authorized by law, except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or the destruction of property. All appropriations made for contingent expenses or other general purposes, except appropriations made in fulfillment of contract obligations expressly authorized by law, or for objects required or authorized by law without reference to the amounts annually appropriated therefor, shall, on or before the beginning of each fiscal year, be so apportioned by monthly or other allotments as to prevent expendi