srxTY-1·`0Um·H concnnss. sm. 11. cu. ies. 1917. 1089 spread of epidemic diseases, $200; expenses of Coast Guard $3 000* general expenses of public buildings, $6,000; collecting theirevenud rom customs, $33,000; miscellaneous ex uses of collecting internal revenue, $14,000 · expenses of collecting th; income tax, $32,000; and said sums so deducted shall be credited to and constitute, together with the iirst—named sum of $60,000, the total appro nation for stationery for the Treasury Department and its several lgureaus and offices, with the exception of tie d officers located in foreign countries, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen. For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal Union ’°°"¤°· countries, and for postage or the Treas Department, $1 200. For materials for the use of the bookbimr located in the 'l‘reasury B*“‘"°¤· Delpartment, $250. _or newspaper clippsings, hnancial journals, law books, city direc- R°‘°'°"°° "°°"’·°‘°· tories, and other boo of reference relating to the business of the department, $1,000. or freight, expremaige, telegraph and telephone service, $9,000. "‘°‘g"‘·°‘°· For investigation an experimentation and to secure better methods ¥¤‘;$¤,g¤**¤¤¤, M » of administration, with a view to increased eilicicncy or to greater ii$:ms¢1$e¤,¤ea economy in the expenditure of public morliply, includin necessary travelin expenses, m connection with spec` work, or §btaining of better IS. trative methods in any branch of the service within or under the Treasmy Department, including the temporary employ- ment of emu, stenographers accountants, or other expert services either wi or without the District of Columbia, $15,000. For rent of buildings, $21,350. *f“"· For purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor trucks; "°‘“°’°°·°‘° purchase, exchange, an maintenance of horses, including shoeing; purchase and repair of wagons, horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, and harness, all to be used for official purposes only, $4,000. FM For purchase of file holders and nle cases, $4,000. Fm, M For purchase of coal, wood, enigline oils and ggease, grates, grate '° ` baskets and fixtures, blowers, co hods, coal s ovels, pokers, and tongs, $12,000. _ _ _ ,4,,;,,,,,,,, For purchase of Eas, electnc current for lighting and power purposes, ' gas and electric ght fixtures, electric hght wiring and material, candles, candlesticks, dropslights and tubing, gas burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wic , $21,500. For washing and hemming towels, plurchase of awnings and Hx- H °' tures, window shades and fixtures, alco ol, benzine, turpentine, varnish, baskets, bclting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, rushes, can-. vas, crash, cloth, chamois skins, cotton waste, door and window fasteners, dusters; flower·garden, street, and engine hose; lace leather lye, nails, oils, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil plates, hand stamps `and repairs of same, spittoons, soap, matches, match safes sponges, tacks, traps, thermometers, toilet pa er, tools, towels, towel racks, tumblers, wire, zinc, and for blacksmitging, repairs of machinery, removal of rubbish, sharpemng tools, street car tickets not exceeding $250, advertising for proposals, and for sales at public auction in Washington, District of Columbia, of condemned property belongin to the Treasury Department, paymmt of auctioneer fees, and purcgiase of other absolutely necessary articles, _$ 13,500. _ _ For purchase of labor-saving machines Vaudsupphes for same, m. c,,l;€‘gf;·,°,,§'¤*¢ ¤*°· cludjrig the purchase and exchange of registering accountants, mimbering machines, and other machrnm of a similar character, including time stamps for stamping date of receipt of official mail and telcgrams, and repairs thereto, and purchase of supplies for photographic copy- ` machines, $7,000. _ _ _ mlfor purchase of carpets, caiépct border and lining, lmoleum, mats, °"'¤’°“~"* rugs, matting, and repairs, an for cleaning, cutting, making, laying, and re·laying of the 581118, by contract, $2,000. 91890°—voL 39-—r·r 1--69
