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The services of preparators, clerks, or copyists. 



Tlie purchase of supplies. 



The Eegistrar will act on requisitions for blanks and circulars, pack- 

 ing", and shii^ment. 



The Stationery Clerk will supply articles from the stationery room on 

 indorsement of Chiefs of Departments, a list of whom will be posted in 

 the stationery room. 



The Superintendent of Buildiugs will act on requisitions for — 



Eepairs. 



Cleaning. 



Services of laborers. 



Regular articles of Museum supply. 



CVIII. 



Ifis^ie of SnppJies and Assignment of Laborers. — OfiScers of the Museum 

 requiring supplies or the use of furniture, or other property of the 

 Museum in the custody of the Superintendent, may obtain them by filing 

 a requisition with that ofiflcial. 



If the article needed is not in stock, or of a kind not ordinarily kept 

 in stock, the requisition must be indorsed by the Director or Assistant 

 Director. 



Requisitions must be countersigned by the chief of the special deijart- 

 inent of the Museum from which they emanate. 



The Property Record shall show, under each number, the final dispo- 

 sition of each article. 



The Superintendent shall keep an account with each Chief of Depart- 

 raent, debiting him with property delivered to him, and crediiing him 

 with its return. Certificates of expenditures may cancel debits in this 

 book. 



Requisitions for labor or other service shall be made in a similar 

 manner, and a book shall be kept iu which each Chief of Department 

 shall be charged with labor assigned to him. 



CIX. 



Preservation of Supplies — Inspection. — The Superintendent shall have 

 charge of and be responsible for the buildings and property not other- 

 wise assigned. 



He shall make a monthly examiuation of all furniture and fixtures, 

 water and gas pipes, h)cks, window-fastenings, roofs and gutters, plugs 

 and stop-cocks, hose, sinks, urinals, washstands and water-closets, and 

 shall attend to the necessary repairs of the same, reporting result of 

 insj^ection and his action in the x>remises in writing to the Assistant 

 Director. 



ex. 



Property Record. — The Superintendent shall receive and, when de- 

 sired, receipt for every piece of furniture, implement, or article of suj)- 



