358 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ACT MARCH 3, 1879, c. 183. (20 Stat. 410.) 



Arms and ammunition for protecting public property, etc. 



That upon the request of the head of any department, the Secretary 

 of War be, and he liereby is, authorized and directed to issue arms 

 and ammunition whenever they may be required for the protection 

 of the public money and property, and they may be delivered to any 

 officer of the department designated by the head of such department, 

 to be accounted for to the Secretary of War, and to be returned when 

 the necessity for their use has expired. Arms and ammunition here- 

 tofore furnished to any department by the War Department for 

 which the War Department b.as not been reimbursed, may be re- 

 ceipted for under the provisions of this act. 



Act March 3, 1879. c. 183. 20 Stat. 412. r 



This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal 

 your 1875), cited above. 



ACT MARCH 3, 1911, c. 209. (36 Stat. 1037.) 



Subsistence supplies furnished by War Department to another department; 

 price; payment. 



* * * That hereafter when under the Army Regulations sub- 

 sistence supplies are furnished to another bureau of the War Depart- 

 ment, or to another executive department of the Government or 

 employees thereof, payment therefor shall be made in cash by the 

 proper disbursing officer of the bureau, office, or department con- 

 cerned, or by the employee to whom the sale is made. * * * 

 When the transaction is between the Subsistence Department and 

 another executive department of the Government or employees 

 thereof, the price to be charged shall include the contract or invoice 

 price and ten per centum additional to cover wastage in transit, and 

 the cost of transportation. 



Act March 3, 1911, c. 209. 36 Stat. 1047. 



This is a proviso annexed to the Army appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1912, cited above. 



ACT AUGUST 24. 1912, c. 391. (37 Stat. 569.) 



Transfers or sales of ordnance or ordnance stores from War Department to 

 another department; price; payment. 



* * * That hereafter when authorized transfers or sales of 

 ordnance oi' ordnance stores aro made to another bureau of the War 

 Department, or to another executive department of the Government, 

 payment therefor shall be made by the proper disbursing officer of 

 the bureau, ollice, or department concerned. * * * When the 

 transaction is between the Ordnance Department and another execu- 

 tive dei)aitinent of the Government, the price to l)e charged shall 

 include the cost price of the stores and the costs of inspection and 

 transportation. 



Act Au^'u.st 24, 1912, c. 391. 37 Stnt. 5.S9. 



Tills is !i proviso annexed to the Army iippropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1913, cited above. 



ACT AUGUST 5. 1909, c. 6. (36 Stat. 11.) 



Books, etc., photographs, etc., and philosophical and scientific apparatus, etc.. 

 for institutions established for scientiflc. etc.. purposes, exempt from duty. 



That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, * * * 

 the articles mentioned in the following paragraphs shall, when im- 



