CHAPTER 21. SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS AND STORES. Contingent expenses of the military establishment, 818. Corps of Engineers: Proceeds from operation of public utili ties, 819. Proceeds from sales of material, 820. Insufficient balance, 821. Settlement of accounts with other de partments, 822. For fortifications, 823. For temporary construction, 824. Appropriations for support, 827. Proceeds from sales of supplies, 828. Settlement with other departments, 829. Telegraph and telephone service- Purchase, equipment, operation, and re- Commercial telephone service at Coast Washington-Alaska military cable and Willful injury to systems, 836. Air Service: Patents on aircraft, 837. Special clothing and equipment, 838. Special apparatus for medical research, 839. Sale of airplane materials, 840. For aeroplane mail service, 841. Transfer of aeroplanes and automobiles to the Post Office Department, 842. Indemnity for damage resulting from the operation of aircraft, 843. Medical Departmen.: Settlement of accounts with other departments, 844. Procurement of supplies, 845. Transfer of hospitals and equipment to Sales of medical supplies- To the Soldiers' Home, 848. To civilian employees, 849. To American National Red Cross, 850. Issue of supplies to American National Red Cross, 851. Dental supplies, to be sold, 852. Clothing, etc.-Continued. Return of uniforms by discharged soldiers, 933. By National Guardsmen, 934. Civilian clothing for dishonorably dis charged soldiers, 936. Clothing for alien enemies, 937. Commutation of uniforms of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, 938. Sale of uniforms, etc. To cadets and officers, 939. To cfficers of the National Guard, 940. Equipage for general prisoners, 942. General provision, 943. Surplus ire, electric current, and laun dry facilities, 944. Furniture, etc., for enlisted men, 945. General provision, 948. Sale to officers, 949. Certificate, 951. Appointment of inspector, 952. Draft and pack animals, 954. Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, and Indian scouts Purchased under contract after inspection, 955. General provision, 956. Standard, 957. Polo ponies, 958. Purchase of mounts of officers ordered overseas, 959, Breeding, 960. Care of animals, 961. Sale of surplus, 962. Carrier pigeons, 963. Machines: Exchange in part payment for new equip ment Airplanes, motor vehicles, etc., 964. etc., motor vehicles, 965. Typewriters, adding machines, etc., 966. Typewriting machines Prices, 967. Sale, 968. Repair. 968. Transfer To Chief of Engineers, 969. To Federal Board of Vocational Edu- Sale of machine tools to schools, 971. Photographic material, 9721. 818. Contingent expenses of the military establishment.-The Secretary of War shall lay before Congress, at the commencement of each regular session, a statement of all contracts for supplies or services which have been made by him or under his direction during the year preceding, and also a statement of the expenditures of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. R. S. 229. That so much of section two hundred and twenty-nine Revised Statutes of the United States as requires the Secretary of War to lay before Congress at the commencement of each regular session a statement of all contracts for supplies or services which have been made by him or under his direction during the year preceding, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Act of Mar. 2, 1895 (28 Stat. 787), amending R. S. 229. 819. Proceeds from the operation of public utilities.-That, in case of actual or threatened hostilities, any proceeds received from the operation of a publie utility, in connection with engineer operations in the field overseas, shall be available for the purpose of such utility until the close of the fiscal year following that in which the proceeds are received, and a detailed report of such proceeds and application thereof shall be rendered to Congress on forms conforming as far as practicable to those used by American Companies in reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission : * Chap. XX, act of July 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 893), making appropriations for the support of the Army. Provided, That the 820. Proceeds from sales of Engineer material.provision of the Act of March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, making moneys arising from the disposition of serviceable quartermaster material available for the purposes of the appropriation throughout the fiscal year following that in which the disposition was affected, is hereby extended to apply to material supplied to the Army by the Engineer Department. Chap. XX, act of July 9, 1918 (40 Stat. 893), making appropriations for the support of the Army. For the provision of the act of Mar. 23, 1910, mentioned above, see post, 903. 821. Insufficient balance of an Engineer fund.-Hereafter whenever pressing obligations are required to be paid by a disbursing officer of the Engineer Department and there is an insufficient balance to his official credit under the proper appropriation or appropriations for the purpose, he is authorized to make payment from the total available balance to his official credit, provided sufficient funds under the proper appropriation or appropriations have been allotted by the Chief of Engineers for the expenditure. When such disbursements are made the accounts of the disbursing officer shall show the charging of the proper appropriations, the balances under which will be adjusted by the disbursing officer on receipt of funds or by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Act of Mar. 3, 1911 (36 Stat. 1056), making appropriations for the support of the Army: Engineer Department. 822. Settlement of accounts of the Engineer Department.-Hereafter in the settlement of transactions between appropriations under the Engineer Department, or between the Engineer Department and another office or bureau of the War Department, or of any other executive department of the Government, payment therefor shall be made by the proper disbursing officer of the Corps of Engineers or of the office, bureau, or department concerned. Act of Apr. 27, 1914 (38 Stat. 369), making appropriations for the support of the Army. 823. Expenditures for fortifications, etc.-It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein and hereafter appropriated for fortifications and other works of defense, in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract. Act of June 25, 1906 (34 Stat. 463), making appropriations for fortifications, etc. Notes of Decisions. Liability of assignee of contract for for Tillotson (C. C. 1823) Fed. Cas. No. 16524; tifications and his sureties.-See U S. v. (1820) 1 Op. Atty. Gen. 402. * * Provided 824. Engineer funds used for temporary constructions.further, That so much of this appropriation as is necessary to provide facilities for Engineer training of troops may be expended for military construction work of a temporary character at camps and cantonments and in training areas, for training purposes only. Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 970), making appropriations for the support of the Army: Engineer operations in the field. 825. Disbursements by a constructing engineer.-It shall be the duty of the engineer superintending the construction of a fortification, or engaged about the execution of any other public work, to disburse the moneys applicable to the same; but no compensation shall be allowed him for such disbursement. R. S. 1153. As to the relation between constructing engineers and post commanders see pars. 1503-1505, A. R., 1913, and G. O. No. 2, War Department, 1914. |