Manual for the Subsistence Department, United States Army |
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... entering into the composition of the ration allowed to troops in the service of the United States , or of any article designated by the inspectors general of the Army , and furnished for sale to officers and enlisted men at cost prices ...
... entering into the composition of the ration allowed to troops in the service of the United States , or of any article designated by the inspectors general of the Army , and furnished for sale to officers and enlisted men at cost prices ...
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... entering thereon the amount expended monthly for exceptional articles immediately succeeding the prices of the staple ... entered thereon , in order that the Commissary General may readily ascertain the comparative price and quality at ...
... entering thereon the amount expended monthly for exceptional articles immediately succeeding the prices of the staple ... entered thereon , in order that the Commissary General may readily ascertain the comparative price and quality at ...
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... entered on the proposal in the order in which they are named in the advertisement and specifications ; and where articles are called for by the pound , can , box , jar , etc. , the price should be quoted accordingly on the proposal ...
... entered on the proposal in the order in which they are named in the advertisement and specifications ; and where articles are called for by the pound , can , box , jar , etc. , the price should be quoted accordingly on the proposal ...
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... entered into in those places , need not be citizens of the United States . A firm , as such , will not be accepted as surety ; or a partner for a copartner , or for a firm of which he is a member ; but stockholders who are not officers ...
... entered into in those places , need not be citizens of the United States . A firm , as such , will not be accepted as surety ; or a partner for a copartner , or for a firm of which he is a member ; but stockholders who are not officers ...
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... entered on an abstract of proposals . When the whole number of proposals received can be properly entered on a single sheet , only one sheet of Form 31 or 32 will be used . When more than one sheet is needed , as many " inside " sheets ...
... entered on an abstract of proposals . When the whole number of proposals received can be properly entered on a single sheet , only one sheet of Form 31 or 32 will be used . When more than one sheet is needed , as many " inside " sheets ...
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2-pound accompany account current advertisement amended by G. O. amount assistant treasurer authorized barrels Bbls bidder blank forms board of survey bond bottles boxes cents certificate chief commissary commanding officer commutation of rations contract contractor copy corporation delivery deposit Dept disbursing officer double sacks duty enlisted exceptional articles field desks filed fiscal fresh beef fresh vegetables furlough furnished inches indorsed inspection inspector invoice issued Letter meals meat ment month necessary ounces packages packed as required paper paragraph payment person Philippine Islands Philippines post commissary Pound proposals purchasing commissaries quantities receipt received recruiting regimental Regs requisitions return of subsistence Secretary Secretary of War Stat station steward's department Subs Subsistence Department subsistence funds subsistence property subsistence stores subsistence supplies surety thereof tins transferred transport commissary troops United Vide A. R. Vide Cir Vide G. O. vouchers War Department weight
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Page 71 - No contract or order, or any interest therein, shall be transferred by the party to whom such contract or order is given to any other party...
Page 28 - No advertisement, notice, or proposal for any executive department of the Government, or for any bureau thereof, or for any office therewith connected, shall be published in any newspaper whatever except in pursuance of a written authority for such publication from the head of such department; and no bill for such advertising or publication shall be paid unless there be presented with such bill a copy of such written authority.
Page 69 - And in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the service rendered, or of the articles delivered previously to such payment.
Page 69 - In every contract or agreement to be made or entered into, or accepted by or on behalf of the United States, there shall be inserted an express condition that no Member of or Delegate to Congress shall be admitted to any share or part of such contract or agreement, or to any benefit to arise thereupon.
Page 162 - When applicable, the following rules for the computation of time in payment for services will be observed: 1. For any full calendar month's service, at a stipulated monthly rate of compensation, payment will be made at such stipulated rate without regard to the number of days in that month.
Page 76 - Disbursing officers, or the head of any Executive Department, or other establishment not under any of the Executive Departments, may apply for and the Comptroller of the Treasury shall render his decision upon any question involving a payment to be made by them or under them, which decision when rendered, shall govern the Auditor and the Comyjtroller of the Treasury in passing upon the account containing said disbursement.
Page 107 - Government, or by their officers under them appointed to make such contracts, to be reduced to writing, and signed by the contracting parties, with their names at the end thereof...
Page 68 - No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made unless the same is authorized by law, or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment. except in the War and Navy Departments, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.
Page 138 - ... deducted from their monthly pay, unless they show, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, by their own affidavits or certificates, or by one or more depositions, that the damage, loss, or destruction was occasioned by unavoidable causes, and without fault or neglect on their part.
Page 161 - Receipts for small sums for occasional service paid to corporations, such as railroad, telegraph, turnpike, transfer, express, steamboat, hotel, newspaper, and ice companies, may be signed by the local agent in charge of the business of the company at the place where the service is rendered, or where it begins or terminates, and the certificate of the officer making payment that the person to whom payment was thus made was then the local agent of the company, in charge of its business at the place...