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jiricity for light or power, unless, in the judgment of the Secretary of 

 he Treasury, such necessary electric current for light and power can 

 .lot be obtained at a less cost. 



} Act March 4, 1907, c. 291S, s. 9, 34 Stat. 1371. 



i This section is a part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the 



i fiscal year 1908, cited above. 



PUBLIC PRINTING. 



dCT JANUARY 12, 1895, c. 23. (28 Stat. 601.) 



hpartment printing offices to be part of Government Printing Office; control 

 I and supervision of Public Printer; act not to apply to Weather Bureau 

 1 printing office; requisitions for work. 



Sec. 31. All j)rinting offices in the Departments now in operation, 

 )r hereafter put in operation, by law, shall be considered a ])art of 

 he Government Printing Cffice. and shall be under the control of 

 he Public Printer, who shall furnish all presses, types, imposing 



• tones, and necessary machinery and material for said offices from 

 he general supplies of the Government Printing Office; and all paper 

 lud material of every kind used in the said offices for departmental 

 vork, except letter and note paper and envelopes, shall be supplied 

 )V the Public Printer; and all persons employed in said printing 

 offices and binderies shall be appointed by the Public Printer, and 

 )e carried on his pay roll the same as employees in the main office, 

 md shall be responsible to him: Provided, That the terms of this 

 Vet shall not apply to the office in the "Weather Bureau. * * * 

 tut the Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint Committee 

 )n Printing, may abolish any of these excepted offices whenever in 



I heir judgment the economy of the public service would be thereby 



I idvanced. 



J All work done in the said offices shall be ordered on blanks pre- 

 pared for that purpose by the Public Printer, which shall be num- 



. ,)ered consecutively, and must be signed by someone designated by 

 ho head of the Department for which the work is to be done, who 

 ;hall be held responsible for all work thus ordered, and who shall 

 luarterly report to the head of the Department a classified statement 

 )f the work done and the cost thereof, which report shall be trans- 

 knitted to the Public Printer in time for his annual report to Con- 

 rress. The Public Printer shall show in detail, in his annual report, 

 he cost of operating each departmental office. 



|| Act January 12, 1895. c. 23. s. 31, 28 Stat. 605. 



'form and style of work for departments. 



|[ Sec. 51. The forms and style in which the printing or binding 



■'ordered bv any of the Departments shall be executed, and the ma- 



erial and the size of type to be used, shall be determined by the 



Public Printer, having proper regard to economy, workmanship, and 



:he purposes for which the work is needed. 



Act January 12. 1895. c. 23. s. 51, 28 Stat. 608. 



Olnstrations and maps in documents and reports; orders for printing to be 

 acted upon within one year. 



Sec. 80. No document or report to be illustrated or accompanied 

 ay maps shall be printed by the Public Printer until the illustrations 



