52 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CONTRACTS. 



(See " Laws Applicable to the United States Department of Agriculture," 1912, 



pp. 321-333.) 



ACT MARCH 2, 1913, c. 93. (37 Stat. 704.) • 

 Contracts for lease for fireproof storage accommodations. 



'i'he heads of the several executive departments are authorized tc 

 enter into contracts for the lease, for periods of not exceeding six 

 years, of modern fireproof storage accommodations within the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia for their respective departments, at rates per squart 

 foot of available floor space not exceeding 25 cents, payable from 

 appropriations that Congress may from time to time make for rent 

 of buildings for their respective departments. 



Act March 2, 1!)13, c. U3. 37 Stat. 718. 



This is a paragraph of the Army appropriation act for the fiscal yeai 

 1914. cited above. 



('(•ntracts for the rent of buildings for public use in the District o: 

 Columbia arc not to be made until approiiriatlons have been made there 

 for, by a provision of act March .3. 1S77. c. lOG. s. 1, set forth in " Law; 

 Applicable to the United States Department of A,criculture." 1912. p. 324 



Other buildings in the District of Columbia may be rented instead o 

 buildings already rented for jiublic use, by a provision of act August 5 

 1S.S2, c. 389. s. L set forth in "Laws Apidicable to the Unitetl States De 

 partment of Agriculture." 1912, p. .361. 



Heads of departments are required to submit to Congress each year ii 

 the annual estimates statements of the number of buildings rentetl b; 

 their resiH'ctive departments, the purposes for which rented, and the reuta' 

 by a provision of act March 3. 1SS3. c 12S. s. 1, set forth in " Laws Ai»ph 

 cable to the United States r)epartment of Agriculture." 1912. p. 312. 



The Secretary of the Treasury is retpiired to submit to Congress eac) 

 year in the Book of Estimates a statement of the buildings rentetl withii 

 the District of Columbia for the use of the Government, the ])ui-poses fo 

 which rente<L and the annual rental, by a provision of act July IG, 189i 

 c. 19(;, s. 1. ser forth in " Laws Applicable to the United States Depart 

 MHMit of Agriculture," 1912, p. 312. 



ACT MARCH 3. 1913. c. 106. An act relating to the limitation of the hours o 

 (jaily s('r\ic<- of laborers and nie<."lKinics employetl upon a public work c 

 tiic I'liitcd States and of the District of Columbia, and of all persons en 

 ployed in constructing, maintaining, or improving a river or harbor of th 

 United States and of the District of Columbia, (37 Stat. 726.) 



Amendment of act August 1, 1892, c. 352. 



That sections one. two. and three of an Act entitled "An Act vT 

 latitig to the limitation of the lioiirs of daily service of laborers an 

 mechanics enployed upon the public works of the United States an 

 of the District of Columbia " be amended to read as follows: 



Daily services of laborers and mechanics on public works limited to eight hour 



"Section 1. That the service and employment of all laborers an 

 mechanics who aic now. or may hereafter, be employed by the Goy 

 ermiuMit of the United States or the District of Cohimbia! or by an 

 contractor or subcontractor, upon a public Avork of the United Stat( 

 or of the District of Columbia, and of all persons who are now. or ma 

 hereafter bo. employed by the (lovermnent of the United States or tl 

 District of Colimibia. or any contractor or sulx-ontractor. to perfori 

 services similar to those of laborers and mechanics in connection wit 

 <lredging or rock excavation in anv river or harbor of the Unite 



