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partment or other Government establishment have traveled on official 

 business from Washington to points outside of the District of Co- 

 hmibia 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 lesishitive, executive, and jurliclal appro- 

 priation 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 re- 

 port 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 fur- 

 nished, 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 state- 

 ments 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 ex- 

 penses 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 appro- 

 priation 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 pre- 

 ceding year. 



REV. ST. SEC. 196. 



Time of furnishing annual reports to printer. 



Sec. 196. The head of each Department, * * * shall furnish 

 ' to the Congressional Printer copies of the documents usually accom- 



