SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 297,298. 1910. 531 Sec. 3. The a pro riations herein made for the officers, clerks N° WY *° p?"°“‘ and persons employed in the public service shall not be available fof ii§ii·»ii¤is.lncamclmwd the compensation of any persons incapacitated otherwise than templpglqrily for performing suchbservlipe, agd the heads of departments s cause t is rovision to e e orce . Sec. 4. That hereafter all supplies of fuel, ice, stationery, and ,,§§*f,*;§§§,f,§;D§°°“‘ other miscellaneous supplies for the executive de artments and Ggnéracts rv be other government establishments in Washington, when the public i]i.Z1ire.im§$$i° my °f exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the article, shall be advertised and contracted for by the Secretary of the Treasury, instead of by the several departments and establishments, upon such days as he may designate. There shall be a general supply m§f§,°;§§@§`{‘Y°°m‘ committee in lieu of the board rovided for in section thirty-seven R·S··¤¤¢-3’709.r·733- hundred and nine of the Revised) Statutes as amended, com osed of officers, one from each such department, designated by the head thereof, the duties of which committee shall be to make, under the D¤¤¤¤<>f- direction of the said Secretary, an annual schedule of required miscellaneous supplies, to standardize such supplies, elimmating all unnecessary grades and varieties, and to aid said Secretary in soliciting bids based upon formulas and specifications drawn up by such experts in the service of the Government as the committee may see fit to call upon, who shall render whatever assistance they may require. The committee shall aid said Secretary in securin ‘ the proper fulfillment of the contracts for such supplies, for which purpose the said Secretary shall prescribe, and all departments comply with, rules providing for such examination and tests of the articles received as ma be necessary for such purpose; in making additions to the said schedule; in o ning and considering the bids, and shall perform such other similiiir duties as he may assign to _ them: Promkled, That the articles intended to be purchased in this {{,§’,'§‘§§§;,,,_ manner are those in common use by or suitable to the ordinary needs of two or more such departments or establishments; but the said Secretary shall have discretion to amend the annual common supply schedule from time to time as to any articles that, in his {tudgment, can as well be thus purchased. In all cases only one bond w},¤¤d¤ 0* ¤<>¤¤‘¤¢‘· or the proper performance 0 each contract shall be required, not- ` withstanding that supplies for more than one department or government establishment are included in such contract. Every purchase m§g><>*¢ ¤f ¤¤Pl>**¤¤ or drawing of such supplies from the contractor shall be immediately ` reported to said committee. No disbursing officer shall be a member Di*b¤¤i¤z <>¤¤¢¤¤¤· of such committee. No department or establishment shall purchase ¤¤¤*°¤¤<>¤· or draw supplies from the common schedule through more than one office or bureau, except in case of detached bureaus or offices having ' field or outlying service, which ma purchase directiy from the contractor with the permission of the head of their elpartment: And provided further, That telephone service, electric ight, and tr{1é¤;§1p£g;¤¢¤¤d€l¤¤· pogveii sexllvgciebpurchised 05 cijongracted for from companies or indi- ' vn uas s a e so o taine im. Sec. 5.l T] hat all laws or paiits of laws inconsistent with this Act ,e},'§§_§’§d“lS'°“° l’“" are repea e . Approved, June 17, 1910. June 17, 1910. CHAP. 298.-—An Act To provide for an enlarged homestead. [$·6i67·l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¢·esentati*ve.9 of the United ;P;;;h:' N;`214'] States of America in Oongrees assembled, That any person who is a miiargetiiiioitesteau qualified entryman under the homestead laws of the United States may f,§@‘§,,{’,§§§}f§§‘gh§{ enter, by legal subdivision, under the provisions of this Act, in the V¤1·35»i>-639- State of ldaho, three hundred and twent acres or less of arid nonmineral, nonirrigable, unreserved, and, unappropriated surveyed
