Glass ^-t).--^--! Book_l"r .D5 4 1914 PROPERTY REGULATIONS OF THE U. S. Department of Agriculture EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1916 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1916 PROPERTY REGULATIONS OF THE U. S. Department of Agriculture EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1916 :iii 6^^ WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1916 Szf April 29, 1916. The lionora])lo the Secretary of Agriculture. Sir: The Advisory Committee on Finance and Business Methods submits a draft of Property Regulations for the Department of Agriculture with the recommendation that they be approved to take effect on July 1, 191G, superseding all prior rules, regulations, orders, and memoranda relating to the receiving, handling, and issuing, custody and re- sponsibility, recording and accounting for the property of the department. These regulations present an outline of general principles to be followed by the bureaus, which should be authorized to supplement them with such addi- tional instructions, not in conflict therewith, as may be necessary to carry the principles into effect. The regula- tions have been prepared after a most careful study l)y the committee of all existing property regulations in this de- partment and such regulations as were obtainable from oth(!r departments of the Government, of the laws upon which such regulations are based, and of such suggestions as w(^re made by the various bureaus of the department. It is believed that if the regulations are approved, pro- mulgated, and properly adnunistered, they will result in more systematic methods, better safeguards, and greater economy and eOiciency in the receipt, custody, and dis- position of Government property in Wm Department of Agriculture. Respectfully subndtted. Leon M. Kstabrook, CItairmnn. A. ZArroxE, W. U. Reese, A. Mc('. Ashley, W. L. Shuck, Advisor}/ Commiitcc on Finance and Business Methods. 2 Department of Agriculture, Washington, May 2S, 1916. Under the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by law, the following regulations are prescribed to govern the methods of receiving, recording, caring for, issuing, disposing of, and accounting for Government prop- erty in the Department of Agriculture. These regulations shall become and be effective on and after July 1, 1910, and shall supersede all prior rules, regulations, orders, and memoranda in conflict therewith. D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Custody and Accountability 9 1. Definition of terms 9 2. Acquisition of property by the department . 9 3. Receipt of property in a bureau 10 4. Responsibility for property 10 5. Classification 10 6. Bureau records 11 7. Individual accountability 11 8. Property lost, stolen, damaged, or de- stroyed 12 9. Sale or other disposition of property in general 13 10. Sale of property specifically authorized by law; no action by board of survey re- quired 14 11. Property at inaccessible points 14 12. Abandonment, sale, or destruction by chief of field party 14 13. Conversion of property to personal use 14 14. Improvements 15 15. Storage 15 16. Property not to he given as payment for supplies 15 17. Unserviceable property to be reported 15 18. Condemnation of property having no sale value 16 19. Only unserviceable articles to be con- demned 16 20. Who are authorized to condemn property. . 16 21. Use of condemned articles in preservation and repair 16 5 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Custody and Accountability — Continued. Page. 22. Personal possession of condemned prop- erty 16 23. Disposition of property ordered destroyed. . 16 24. Employees who may not purchase con- demned property 17 25. Transfers of property from one l:>ureau to another in Washington 17 26. Transfers of property from one field station to another 17 27 . Bureau property inspection 17 28. Inspection of records and property of the supply division of the department 18 29. Identiiication of property 18 30. Misuse of property 18 31. Purchase from Government employees prohil)ited 19 32. Exhibits at expositions 19 33. Camera hoxes, photograpliic lenses, and shutters 19 31. Return of books and periodicals to library. . 20 Invoices and Receipts 21 35. Invoices and receipts, when made 21 36. Class to be indicated 21 37. Expendal:)le property, invoices and re- ceipts therefor 21 38. Nonexpendable property, invoices and re- ceipts therefor. 21 39. Verification of invoices 21 40. Invoices and receipts to l^e attached to property returns , 21 41. Property taken up without invoice 22 42. Duplicate, in voices and receipts for prop- erty transferred 22 43. Field purchases, invoice of 22 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7 Page. Requisition for Supplies and Equipment 23 44. Requisition for supplies and equipment 23 45. Purchase order, notification of placing 23 Property Returns 23 46. Annual return of nonexpendable property. 23 47. Returns of property at substations 24 48. Nonexpendable property not to be dropped from returns 24 49. Articles of property of a i:>ersonal nature. . . 24 50. Shortage 24 51. Credit for property abandoned, sold, or destroyed at a field station 24 52. Count of property to be made 25 53. Errors 25 54. Property returns, authorizations affecting, filed with 25 55. Action upon discontinuance of station 25 56. Ti'ansfer at a field station during continued absence 26 57. Accountability, when closed 26 58. Action on death of official in charge 26 59. Final return of property 26 60. Final settlement 27 Sale or Exchange of Property Autliorized by Law 27 61. Typewriters, duplicating machines, scien- tific apparatus, etc 27 62. Animals and animal products 27 63. Surplus documents 28 64. Exchange of books and periodicals of library 28 65. Prints, lantern slides, transparencies, blue prints, and forest maps 28 66. Pathological and zoological specimens 28 67. Maps and pul)lications of the Weather Bureau. 28 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Sale or Exchange of Property Authorized by Law — Continued . 68. Sale of samples of pure sugar, naval stores, microscopical specimens, etc 28 69. Sale of card index of experiment station literature 29 70. Sale of official cotton standards 29 Freight, Express, and Parcel Post 29 71. Bills of lading 29 72. Methods of shipment 29 73. Packing and marking of shipments 30 74. Freight shipments between employees in the field 31 75. Shipments by quartermaster 31 76. Shipments from dealers 31 77. Shipments to Washington, D. C 31 78. Shipments via the Atlantic Ocean 32 79. Shipments to Porto Rico 32 80. Record of shipments 32 81. Instructions to be observed 32 82. Report of delayed shipments 32 83. Delivery of property direct to field stations . 33 84. Cash payments not to be made on shipments over land-grant or bond-aided railroads . . 33 85. Transfer of household effects and other personal property 33 86. Shipment by express 33 87. Express shipments to and from Washington, D.C 33 88. Valuation of express shipments , . 34 89. Furnishing penalty envelopes or labels to merchants or others for shipping property prohibited 34 Appendix A. — Provisions of law affecting the prop- erty accountability of the Department of Agri- culture 35 Appendix B. — List of expendable and nonexpend- able property 59 Index to Property Regulations 131 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. CUSTODY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 1. Definition of Terms. — For the purpose of these regulations the following terms shall be construed, respec- tively, to mean: (a) The Department: The United States Department of Agriculture. (6) The Secretary: The Secretary or the Acting Secre- tary of Agriculture. (c) Bureau: Any bureau, service, independent divi- sion, independent office, or independent committee, in- cluding the library of the United States Department of Agricultm'e, the office of the Solicitor, and the Office of Farm Management. The remaining subdivisions of the office of the Secretary, unless otherwise directed by the Secretary from time to time, together will constitute a separate independent office. (d) Chief of bureau: The administrative head of any bm-eau, service, independent division, independent office, or independent committee, or of the library of the United States Department of Agriculture. (e) Employee: Any officer or employee of the depart- ment. (/) Property clerk: Any employee authorized by the chief of bureau to keep property records, (g) Substation: Any field station or field party. (h) Property retm-n or inventory: A list or statement of all property on hand by actual count. 2. Acquisition of Property by the Department. — Subject to the provisions of law, these regulations, and the fiscal and administrative regulations of the department, 9 10 TROPERTY REGULATIONS. property may be acquired (1) by purchase upon reqilisi- tion or contract or, in the field, under letters of authoriza- tion; (2) by manufacture within the department; and (3) by transfer or purchase from another department or estab- lishment of the Government. Each purchase or acquisi- tion by manufacture within the department shall be evidenced by a written requisition, contract, shop request, or memorandum, approved by the chief of the bureau or an employee duly authorized by the chief of the bureau for which the article was purchased or manufactured. Transfers or purchases from another department or Gov- ernment establishment shall be evidenced by copies of the transfer records approved by the Secretary. Imme- diately upon the delivery to a bureau of an article which has been acquired by purchase, manufacture, or transfer, the fact that the article has been received shall be reported to the property clerk who shall see that a record of the article is made without delay on the property returns of the Inireau. 3. Receipt of Property in a Bureau. — In each bureau a,n employee or employees shall be designated by the chief of bureau to receive, receipt for, and take charge of all newly acquired property wliich may be delivered to the bureau. 4. Responsibility for Property. — Every employee entrusted with property or supplies of the department will be held strictly responsible for the use, care, ])reservation, and disposition thereof, until relieved of such responsi- Ijility in accordance with these regulations. 5. Classification. — The department property will be grouped, according to the manner of its final disposition, into two general classes, viz: (1) Expe]idal)le property, comprising (a) supplies that are destroyed or consumed by use, such as stationery and fuel, (6) su])plies that are soon worn out by use, such as mops and brushes, and (c) all material or parts used in U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 11 construction or repair work, such as bricks, nails, lumber, and machine ])arts. (2) Nonexpendable property, comprising (o) property of a permanent character, such as instruments and furniture, and (6) articles that are worn out by use, but slowly, such as shears and carpets. (See Appendix B for list of expendable and nonexpend- able property.) 6. Bureau Records. — Complete and accurate records shall be kept by property clerks of all department pro]^- erty in each bureau. The records of nonexpendable prop- erty shall show with respect to each article in the bureau and each article received by requisition or by field pur- chase under letter of authorization, the number and cost, and either where it is located or the name of the person in whose possession it is. The records of expendable i:)rop- erty shall show the number and cost of articles received and on hand in the storeroom and the number and cost of articles issued to an official or employee. The records of both expendable and nonexpendable property will be supported by receipts of the employees to whom articles have been issued. 7. Individual Accountability. — Each employee en- trusted with any nonexpendable property shall be re- quired to receipt, and, from time to time, account there- for. Each employee entrusted with any exj^endable prop- erty, when the chief of the bureau shall so direct, shall likewise be required to receipt and, from time to time, account therefor. Having receipted for an article an em- ployee may be relieved of responsibility — (1) by delivery of the article to the bureau property clerk and taking a receipt therefor; (2) when authorized by the chief of the bureau, by delivery of the article to another employee of the bureau and taking liis rec'eii>t therefor; (3) by present- ing a certificate approved by the chief of the bureau, or by an emi^loyee authorized by the cliief of the bureau to 12 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. approve such certificates, that the article has been con- sumed in use, lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed; (4) by payment to the disbursing clerk or appropriate fiscal agent of the value of the article at that time as determined by the chief of the bureau or other employee designated by him; (5) by sale or other disposition by a board of survey (see paragraph 9 of these regulations) ; or (G) by abandon- ment (see paragraph 12 of these regulations). No receipt should l^e signed until the list of articles to be receipted for has been verified and the articles have been delivered to, or placed at the disposal of, the em- ployee giving the receipt. 8. Property Lost, Stolen, Damaged, or De- stroyed. — Whenever any property either expendable or nonexpendable is lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, the employee who had custody of the property at the time will forward immediately to the chief of bureau, through the employee against whom the property is charged on the property records, a certificate showing (1) a list of the articles, (2) the circumstances attending their loss, damage, or destruction, (3) whether his fault or neglect or that of any employee was involved, and (4) if the property was lost or stolen, the action taken to recover the property. Wlien the value of the property exceeds $10 the certificate shall be sworn to before an officer authorized by the admin- istrative regulations to administer oaths of office. If the certificate upon examination is found to be satis- factory, the chief of bureau will authorize the dropping of the property from the property records; otherwise, he will take steps to recover the value of the property from the employee responsible, and promptly transmit any moneys which may be collected to the disbursing clerk, or appro- priate fiscal agent, for deposit in the Treasury. If the amount of the loss is considerable, and it appears that the property may have been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 13 through the fault, neglect, or misconduct of an employee, a board of survey may be appointed by the Secretary, upon recommendation of the cliief of bureau, to determine the responsibility, and make recommendation to the Secretary as to what action should be taken by the department in the matter. 9. Sale or Other Disposition of Property in Gen- eral.— Articles for which the department has no further use and articles which have become unserviceable will be submitted to a board of survey for sale or other disposition. In WasMngton, such articles will be submitted to the de- partment board of survey. For action concerning such articles outside of Washington special boards of survey will be appointed upon recommendation of the chief of bureau. Recommendations for the appointment of special boards of survey shall be supported by descriptions of the articles to be disposed of, together with statements of the specific reasons therefor. Wlien any board of survey has decided that articles shall be sold, the sale will be advertised by notifying interested parties by letter, circular, or poster. No expense will be allowed for advertising in newspapers except by specific written authority of the Secretary. Wlien property has been sold the board of survey will pay all expenses, take receipts therefor, and remit the net proceeds by postal money order, bank draft, or cash to the disbursing clerk of the department or appropriate fiscal agent, to be de- posited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. No department property shall be disposed of by private sale unless the Secretary shall so direct. It shall be the duty of each board of survey to see to the destruction of all property which it has condemned and ordered to be destroyed . At least one member of the board shall be present when the property is destroyed, and when proper destruction has been effected, shall make and sub- mit to the Secretary a certificate to that effect. 14 PROPERTY REGITLATIONS. The transfer of property in the field from one branch of a bnreau to another shall be made only npon the approval of the chief of bnreau. The transfer of property in the field from one bnreau to another shall be made only upon the approval of the Secretary. The sale of property in tlie field by one bureau to another is prohibited. (See Administrative Regulations.) 10. Sale of Property Specifically Authorized by Law; No Action by Board of Survey Required. — Photo prints, lantern slides, index cards, maps, farm products, pathologicah and zoological specimens, official cotton standards, samples of pure sugars, naval stores, microscopical specimens, animals and animal products, and other articles, the sale of which is specifically author- ized by law, need not be submitted to a board of survey. 11. Property at Inaccessible Points. — An em- ployee, rosponsil^le for property which has become totally unserAicea])]e or worthless at a place where it would bo imprai'ticalile for a board of survey to pass upon it, must refer the facts to the chief of bureau, who, if he is satisfied with the report, may, with the prior approval of the Secretary, authorize and direct the destruction of the property and appropriate adjustment of the property retm-ns. 12. Abandonment, Sale, or Destruction by Chief of Field Party. — Inexpensive camp equipment in pos- session of field parties may be abandoned, sold, or de- stroyed by the chief of party when it is impracticable to return it for condemnation as herein prescribed. An explicit statement of the date, cause, and location of an abandonment or sale as herein provided for must be forwarded immediately to the chief of bureau. 13. Conversion of Property to Personal Use.— If any article of department property is converted to his own U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE, 1910. 15 use by an employee of the department, the chief of bureau will immediately take steps to recover the property or its value from the employee. Any moneys which may be so recovered shall be promptly transmitted to the dis- bursing clerk, or appropriate fiscal agent, for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Pend- ing such recovery, the chief of bureau should request the disbm'sing clerk, or appropriate fiscal agent, to withhold any moneys due or which may become due to the employee involved, and should also report the circumstances of the case to the Secretary for proper disciplinary or other action. 14. Improvements. — Excepting lands acquired for forest reserves, all lands, biuldings, telegraph hues, tele- phone lines, cables, fences, and other improvements of a permanent character constructed or purchased by the de- partment shall be accounted for on property returns. 15. Storage. — Property issued to employees in charge of field parties which is no longer needed and wliich can not be advantageously returned to the property clerk may be placed in storage, when authority therefor is obtained in advance from the chief of bureau. Storage fees may be paid in cash by the employee charged with the property and the receipt of the storage company submitted with his reimbursement account, or payment may be made to the storage company on Form 5 voucher. 16. Property not to be Given as Payment for Snpplies.— Unless specifically authorized by law, no property of the department shall be given or exchanged for any supplies or work. (See paragraphs 61, 62, 63, and 64 of these regulations.) 17. Unserviceable Property to be Reported. — Every employee shall report periodically to the chief of his bureau all articles of nonexpendable property for which he is responsible, which have been broken, worn out, or otherwise rendered unfit for further use, for such action as 16 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. the chief of bureau may direct, in accordance with para- graphs 8 and 9 of these regulations. 18. Condemnation of Property having no Sale Value. — Nonexpendable property worn out or damaged beyond repair which has no sale value will be retained until it can be inspected and disposed of in accordance with these regulations. 19. Only Unserviceable Articles to be Con- demned. — Department property, if serviceable, shall not be reported as unserviceable, nor condemned merely be- cause worn or shabby in appearance. 20. Who are Authorized to Condemn Property. — Boards of survey, appointed by the Secretary, may in- spect, condemn, sell, or destroy unserviceable property. 21. Use of Condemned Articles in Preservation and Repair. — Parts of machines and other articles which have become unserviceable, or for which the department has no further use in their entireties, may, in the discretion of boards of survey, be retained for use in repair, construc- tion work, or for other departmental purposes. In such case the articles will be dropped from the property re- turns, and the parts shall be taken up as expendable property on the records of the bureau to which they are allotted by the board of survey. 22. Personal Possession of Condemned Prop- erty. — No employee shall appropriate to his own use any article of department property which has been ordered destroyed. 23. Disposition of Property Ordered Destroyed. — All articles ordered destroyed by a board of survey shall be separated into two classes, viz, articles that can and articles that can not be destroyed by burning. Prop- erty of the former class shall be immediately burned in the presence of a member of the board of survey; prop- erty of the latter class shall be immediately broken up, carried off to a public dumping place, and there depos- U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 17 ited. In either case a certificate shall be filed showing that proper destruction has been effected. 24. Employees Who May Not Purchase Con- demned Property. — Public property which has been condemned and is offered for sale by authority of the de- partment shall not be purchased, either directly or indi- rectly, by (a) any employee formerly accountable for the property, (b) any employee formerly using the property, (c) any employee connected in any way with the action which resulted in condemnation, or (d) any employee connected in any way with the condemnation or sale of the property. 25. Transfers of Property from One Bureau to Another in Waslrington.— Permanent transfers of property from one bureau to another in Wasliington shall be made only through the central supply division of the department, and turn-in papers in triplicate shall be ex,ecuted. Such papers shall contain an adequate de- scription of the property transferred, and the copy for the office of the Secretary shall be detached by the bureau executing same and forwarded directly to that office. The other two copies shall accompany tlie transferred property to the supply division. The sale of property by one bureau to another is ])roliibited. 26. Transfers of Property from One Field Station to Another. — Property shall not be transferred from one field station to another in the same bureau without specific authority from the chief of bureau, and when such authority is obtained the property shall be invoiced and receipted for. The chief of biu-eau, in his discretion, may direct such transfers without action by a board of survey. 27. Bureau Property Inspection.— An inspection of bm*eau property in Washington, D. C, may be made an- nually, or, in the discretion of the chief of bureau, at more frequent intervals, by an employee designated by the chief of bureau. When the inspection is made the bureaii 44778°— 16 2 18 PROPEKTY EEGULATIONS. property clerk or other employee designated by the chief of bureau shall prepare and submit to the inspector a property return in duplicate, in the manner prescribed for annual property returns. The inspector shall then check the property on hand against the return, note changes or discrepancies on both copies of the return, and report the fact to the chief of bureau . The inspector shall forward the original property return with his report to the chief of bureau, and transmit the duplicate return to the propertj^ clerk. General inspection of property in the field shall be pro- vided for by bm-eau chiefs as occasion may require. An annual inspection of the property records of the bureaus shall also be made by the office of inspection of the office of the Secretary. 28. Inspection of Records and Property of the Supply Division of the Dopartnient.— Quarterly audits of the books, records, and j^roperty in the custody of the supply division of the department shall be made by the office of inspection. That office shall also make a careful inspection of the property accountability records of that division, and of the records of department property trans- ferred by the several ])ureaus of the department to the supply di\dsion. Reports of the results of the quarterly audits and inspections shall ho submitted to the Secretary. (See Administrative Regidations.) 29. Identification of Property. — When practicable, nonexpendable propert}- shall be marked for purposes of identification or so as to indicate o^mership by the depart- ment. All apparatus and eqidpment bearing factory or other trade numbers shall be recorded by such numbers as well as by descri]>tion. 30. Misuse of Property. — No employee shall use, or permit any other person to use, any department property for any purpose except such as is necessary for the per- formance of the work of the department. V. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE, 1010. 19 31. Purchase from Government Employees Pro- hibited. — No supplies or property for the use of the de- partment shall be purchased from any of its employees A^-ithout the approval of the Secretary. 32. Exhibits at Expositions. — All property, either expendable or nonexpendable, displayed at expositions, fairs, and similar exhibitions, shall be accounted for in accordance with these regulations. Unless specifically authorized by law no material shall be shipped until the management of the exposition, fair, or exhibition shall have executed a satisfactory contract and bond to defray expenses incident to the packing, shipping, installation, repacking, and return to the department of the material. No such bond shall be accepted imtil approved by the Solicitor. Each bureau furnisliing material for any such exhibition shall turn it over to the special agent of exhibits by invoice and take his receipt therefor. Upon the return of the material, the special agent of exhibits shall be accountable therefor until it has been delivered to, and receipted for, by the bureau to which it belongs. Exhibit material fabricated under the direction of the special agent on exhibits shall be taken up by him on liis property inventory and accounted for under these regidations. WTien no expense to the department is involved exhibit material of small value may, in the discretion of the chief of bureau, and upon compliance with such restrictions as he may impose, be loaned without requiring a contract and bond and without reference to the special agent of exhibits. (See Administrative Regulations.) 33. Camera Boxes, Photographic Lenses, and Shutters. — Camera boxes and photographic lenses shall be accounted for as separate items of nonexpendable property. Cameras turned in for action by a board of survey, or transferred from one employee or office to 20 PEOPEETY EEGULATIONS, another, shall be described in the accompanying papers so as to indicate clearly whether a camera box alone or both a box and lens are transferred. Detachable shutters will also be accounted for separately. 34. Return of Books and Periodicals to Library. — Employees in Washington, D. C, having in their posses- sion any books or periodicals belonging to or borrowed through the department library or any of its branches, who may leave the city for periods of one week or more, shall return the books or periodicals, or, if they are needed for general official use, shall place them in the care of some one who will be able to return them when called for by the library. In the latter case the library shall be notified in advance of the arrangement and informed of the name of the person who will have the care of the books or periodicals. Books or periodicals belonging to or borrowed through the department library or any of its branches shall not under any circumstances be kept in locked desks, left at home, or kept in any place where they will not be readily accessible for department use. No books or periodicals belonging to or borrowed through the department library or any of its branches shall be taken out of the city withoujfc first obtaining the permission of the department librarian. The department librarian and any bureau librarian shall report to the chief of bureau the name of any em- ployee of his bureau who fails to return or to account in a satisfactory manner for books withdrawn; and upon receipt of such notice the chief of bureau shall imme- diately take steps to recover the books or periodicals or the value thereof. In the event of the failure of an em- ployee to return the books or periodicals, or to pay the value thereof promptly upon demand, the chief of bureau shall report the matter to the Secretary. (See Admi.nis- trative Regulations.) U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 21 INVOICES AND RECEIPTS. 35. Invoices and Receipts, When Made. — All de- partment property shipped shall l^e invoiced not more than three days after shipment, and all department prop- erty received shall be receipted for as soon as received. 36. Class to be Indicated. — In making receipts and invoices the class (expendable or nonexpendable) to which each article belongs shall be indicated by the property clerk, according to the standard lists annexed in these regulations as Appendix B. In any case when the classification of an article of property can not be determined from the standard lists, the question shall be referred through the proper channels to the office of the Secretary for decision. 37. Expendable Property, Invoices and Receipts Therefor.— Expendable property shall be invoiced and receipted for, but will not l)e taken up or accounted for on the annual return of property. Expendable property purchased in the field will be invoiced as provided in paragraph 43 of these regulations. 38. Nonexpendable Property, Invoices and Re- ceipts Therefor. — Nonexpendable property shall be invoiced and receipted for and shall be taken up and accounted for on property returns. 39. Verification of Invoices. — Property owned by the department which has been invoiced shall not be receipted for until the full amount is actually received and the invoice verified or corrected. Each invoice shall be carefully compared with the property received, and if found correct the receipt will be completed, compared with the invoice, and promptly returned. 40. Invoices and Receipts to be Attached to Prop- erty Returns. — Invoices of property owned by the de- partment shall be filed by the consignee and receipts shall be filed by consignors, with their retained property returns 22 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. as authority for taking up or dropping property from the property records. 41. Property Taken up Without Invoice. — All non- expendal)le property received will be taken up on the return, whether invoice has been received or not. If the invoice has not l>een received that fact shall be reported to the bureau by letter, and a footnote that the property was taken up without invoice will be entered on the return. 42. Duplicate Invoices and Receipts for Property Transferred. — WTien property is transferred from one statiou or oflice to another, invoices and receipts shall be made out in duplicate by an employee at the station or office from which the property is transferred and mailed to the employee in charge of the station or office to which the property is transferred. If upon delivery the prop- erty is found to agree with the invoice, the employee in charge of the station or office receiving the property shall sign the receipt in duplicate and return l)oth copies to Ihe sondor. One copy of the receipt shall be immediately forwai'ded to the chief of l)ureau by the employee in charge of the station or office from which the property is trans- feri'cd; and the duplicate copy of the invoice shall be immediately forwarded to the chief of ])ureau by the employee in charge of the station or office to which the property is transferred and wliich takes up the property on its ])roperty retui'ns. 48. Field Purchases, Invoice of. — Property purchased by an employee in the field shall be invoiced to him by tlie chief of bureau, or his authorized representative, upon receipt of the account for settlement or other notifi- cation of purchase. If the chief of bureau shall so direct, the invoice itself may be prepared by the purchasing employee and forwaixled with the account for signature U. S, DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTTJEE, 1910. 23 REQUISITION FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. 44. Requisition for Supplies and Equipment.— Supplies and equipment used generally and ordinarily carried in stock may be procured upon requisition on the property clerk, which requisition should be made quar- terly, or semiannually, as far as practicable. Officers in charge of field stations, and employees, will make requisi- tions for only such equipment, stationery, office supplies, and printed forms as may be required in their work. Such requisitions should be made as complete as possible, and special requisitions should be avoided, since this will facilitate the economical and efficient handling of the work; however, special requisitions may^be submitted in cases of emergency. A copy of the requisition will be retained by the ordering officer for checking the articles when re- ceived from the property clerk. 45. Purcliase Order, Notification of Placing.— In all cases when articles of property for which request is made are not in stock, requisitioners should be so advised by the purchasing agent and informed that their requests have received attention. This action, in the absence of other notice, should be taken at the time an order for the articles is placed with the dealer, and should include, for future reference purposes, ad\'ice as to the serial number of the purchase order. PROPERTY RETURNS. 46. Annual Return of Nonexpendable Property. — A property return shall be prepared annually, in duplicate, by every employee who is accountable for nonexpendable property. On this return shall be entered the articles on hand at the time of the last return, the articles re- ceived by transfer or purchase since the last return, the articles disposed of by transfer, loss, or sale, and the balance on hand on the date of the return. By footnote 24 PROPEKTY REGULATIONS. or note in a "Remarks " column proper explanation should be made in connection with all entries of articles disposed of during the year. One copy of the report shall be re- tained by the employee accountable for the property, and the other sliiill be forwarded to the chief of his bureau for administrative examination, adjustment, and file. 47. Returns of Property at Substations.— The official in charge of the property of a station shall be responsible for all nonexpendable property at field sub- stations under his supervision. He shall obtain and keep on file in his office memorandum receipts for all non- expendable property issued to field substations either by himself or any other authorized official of the bureau, and, when necessary, shall obtain annual returns of such property. 48. Nonexpendable Property Not to be Dropped from Returns.— No nonexpendable property shall be dropped from a property return otherwise than as provided in these regulations. 49. Articles of Property of a Personal Nature.— Bureaus of the department may purchase out of available appropriations and carry in stock for use of employees engaged in extraordinary lines of work, requiring special equipment, articles of a personal nature which are not ordinarily worn by employees when off duty. (See Fis- cal Regulations.) 50. Shortage. — No employee authorized to receive property shall receipt for property until the same shall have been actually received, turned over, or transferred by memorandum receipts. A report of any shortage shall be made, and if practicable, evidence showing the respon- sibility for such shortage shall be furnished. 51. Credit for Property Abandoned, Sold, or De- stroyed at a Field Station.— Credit shall be given in the property records for property abandoned, sold, or destroyed at a field station by a board of survey or an V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 25 oflficial in charge (see paragraphs 9 and 12 of these regula- tions) as soon as the report of the board of survey or the official in charge has been received, examined, and ap- proved. If advice of such credit is not received within a reasonable time the fact shall be reported to the bureau. 52. Count of Property to be Made. — An actual count of nonexpendable property on hand shall be made at the time of rendering annual returns, and any excess shall be taken up. Any shortage shall be reported to the bureau for appropriate action. 53. Errors. — Errors detected in property returns shall be immediately brought to the attention of the employee responsible. If the adjustment of the error discloses a shortage, the employee responsible for the property will be held accountable therefor. 54. Property Returns, Authorizations Affecting, Filed with.— Written evidence of authority for taking up property, except that invoiced from the bureau, and writ- ten evidence of authority for dropping property, except that receipted for by the bureau, during each year, shall be forwarded with the returns. Each record of such authority should be numbered or lettered, and proper reference thereto should be entered on the return. Copies of the evidence submitted in accordance with this regu- lation should be made and filed with the return retained by the emploj^ee submitting Ihe evidence. 55. Action upon Discontinuance of Station. — Upon receipt of notice of discontinuance of a station, the official in charge, or other person designated by the chief of bu- reau, shall immediately prepare and transmit to the bureau a list of all property on hand, indicating what portion of the property is worth the cost of transportation to the nearest station where it may be used; what is not worth the cost of transportation but can probably be sold at auction; and what is not worth the cost of transportation and can not be sold at auction. The chief of bureau shall 26 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. then issue instructions for the shipment of so much of the property as is worth the cost of transportation, and recom- mend to the Secretary the appointment of a board of survey to sell or dispose of the remainder of the property. After instructions to dispose of property on the discon- tinuance of a station have been complied with, a final report shall be made to the bureau shomng the disposition made of each article, with a certificate showing what articles have been destroyed. 56. Transfer at a Field Station During Continued Absence. — If an employee accountable for property is to be absent temporarily from a field station for more than 30 days, he shall transfer the property to another employee and take his receipts therefor, but no return or inventory need be forwarded to the bureau. Upon the return to the station of such an employee and retransfer of the property to liim he sliall deliver the receipts to the employee who signed them. 57. Accountability, When Closed.— Until a final re- turn has been duly rendered, examined, and approved no employee accountalole for property sliiill be relieved of re- sponsibility therefor. 58. Action on Death of Official in Charge. — Upon the death or the disappearance of an official responsible for property the first assistant or other person designated by the chief of bureau to take charge shall prepare in dupli- cate an inventory of all property and supplies. One copy of the inventory shall be forwarded to the bureau for examination and appropriate action. The duplicate copy shall be retained at the station as a basis for futm'e property returns. 59. Final Return of Property. — An employee whose status has been changed by transfer, resignation, or removal shall not be relieved of his responsibility for nonexpendable property charged to him until he has made a final return satisfactorilv accounting therefor. Before U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 19 IG. 27 such final report is approved the property shall be carefully examined and a note of its condition shall be made on the return by the official assuming charge thereof, who shall, if the circumstances warrant, make special written report to the chief of bureau of all damage not occasioned by ordinary wear and tear. 60. Final Settlement.— Final payment for salary or reimbursement shall not be made to employees granted leave without pay, or furloughed for extended periods, or separated from the department by resignation or other- wise, who have been in any way responsible for depart- ment property, until evidence shall have been furnished that it has been properly accounted for. (See Fiscal Regulations.) SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 61. Typewriters, Duplicating Machines, Scientific Apparatus, Etc. — Typewriters, computing, addressing, or duplicating machines, and general scientific apparatus or laboratory equipment may be exchanged in part pay- ment for new machines, apparatus, or laboratory equip- ment of the same class, and when so exchanged the old articles exchanged shall be dropped from the property return and the new articles purchased shall be taken up on the return. (See Administrative Regulations.) 62. Animals and Animal Products.— ^Such animals and animal products as cease to be needed in the work of the department may be sold in the open market or ex- changed for other live stock, and all moneys received from the sale of such animals or animal products or as a bonus in the exchange of the same shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Animals or animal products required by these regulations to be accounted for as nonexpendable property when sold or exchanged shall he dropped from the property return. Live stock secured 28 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. in exchange, if classified as nonexpendable property (see Appendix B), shall be taken up on property returns. 63. Surplus Documents.— Wlien approved by the Secretary surplus public documents may be exchanged for such other documents and books as may be required when same can be done to the advantage of the public service. 64. Exchange of Books and Periodicals of Library. — Books and periodicals of the library not needed for per- manent use may be exchanged for other books and period- icals. In every instance appropriate adjustment of prop- erty returns will be made. 65. Prints, Lantern Slides, Transparencies, Blue Prints, and Forest Maps. — Prints, lantern slides, trans- parencies, blue prints, and forest maps may, upon appli- cation, be furnished from negatives in the possession of the department, at a price to cover the cost plus 10 per cent additional, and the money derived from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 66. Pathological and Zoological Specimens. — Such pathological and zoological specimens as may be deemed to be of scientific or educational value to scientists or others engaged in the work of hygiene and sanitation may be sold at cost to applicants, and the moneys derived from such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury as -miscellaneous receipts. 67. Maps and Publications of the Weather Bu- reau. — Surplus maps and publications of the Weather Bureau may be sold, and the money derived from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 68. Sale of Samples of Pure Sugar, Naval Stores, Microscopical Specimens, Etc. — Samples of pure sugar, naval stores, microscopical specimens, and other products may be furnished upon application, to State and municipal officers, educational institutions, and other parties, and U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE, 1916. 29 charged for at a price to cover the cost thereof, such price to be determined and established by the Secretary, and the money received from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 69. Sale of Card Index of Experiment Station Literature. — Copies of the card index of experiment sta- tion literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Sta- tions (States Relations Service) may be furnished to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them and charged for at a price to cover the additional expense in- volved in the preparation of these copies, and the money received from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 70. Sale of Official Cotton Standards.— Practical forms of the official cotton standards of the United States may be furnished to any person, subject to the conditions of, and upon compliance with, the Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture under the United States cotton futures act. Moneys received from the sale of such purchased forms shall be turned into the Treasury as mis- cellaneous receipts. FREIGHT, EXPRESS, AND PARCEL POST. 71. Bills of Lading. — Shipments of property by freight shall be in strict accordance with paragraphs 55 to 60, in- clusive, of the fiscal regulations. When department bills of lading are used, the employee making the shipment shall date and sign the shipping order, and after obtaining the receipt of the transportation company to the bill of lading and to the memorandum bill of lading, shall mail the bill of lading to the consignee and the memorandum bill to the chief of bureau or other employee to be designated by the chief of bureau. The shipping order shall be delivered to the transportation company. 72. Methods of Shipment. — ^Whenever practicable, employees shall send supplies and small articles of prop- 30 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. erty by mail under frank or parcel post, subject to the provisions of the postal regulations. Large shipments shall be made on departmental bills of lading by freight, but may be made by express when necessary. Shipments should not be prepaid except when the transportation company is engaged in local business only and refuses to accept shipment on departmental bill of lading. Ship- ments on bills of lading to points remote from railroads, but reached by stage lines with which express companies have no connections, will be made to the nearest and most convenient station from which, by previoiie arrangement, the shipment will be forwarded to destination. Direc- tions for forwarding such shipments to destination shall be noted on the bill of lading and on the packages. In such cases the foi'warding charges only should be paid by the consignee, who shall take a receipt showing rate and weight and submit the receipt with the voucher in which reimbursement is claimed for the charges. In all cases when shipments are marked "Prepaid in full to destina- tion" and payment of transportation charges is demanded of the consignee, payment thereof should not be made until the consignee has ascertained by communication with the consignor that the charges were not in fact pre- paid to destination. 73. Packing and Marking of Shipments. — Goods for shipment, whether l)y express or by ordinary freight, should be securely packed, and all packages should be plainly marked with the name and address of the con- signee, and in addition thereto the words, "Property of the (name of bureau), U. S. Department of Agriculture." Shipments destined to Washington, D. C, should be ad- dressed to the "Bureau of , U. S. Department of Agriculture," and not to individuals. Proper shipping labels will be furnished by bureaus upon request. (See Fiscal Regulations.) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICtTLTUEE, 19 IH. 31 74. Freight Shipments Between Employees in the Field. — Whenever practicable, shipments of freight from one employee in the field to another employee in the field must be made on the regular department bill of lading, which will be furnished by the chief of bureau or ofhcial in charge of a field station on request, (See Fiscal Regu- lations.) 75. Shipments by Quartermaster.— WTien in special cases a freight sliipment is to bo made by a quartermaster, United States Army, the goods will be packed and labeled, as provided for in these regulations, but shipment mil not be made until after the official in charge has been communicated with by an officer or agent of the Quarter- master's Department. In such cases both the bill of lading and memorandum bill issued by the quartermaster will be returned to the issuing officer after they have been receipted by the agent of the receiving carrier. 76. Shipments from Dealers. — Shipments from deal- ers, of freight on which the charges are to be paid by the department, shall be made, whenever practicable, on a department bill of lading. The bill of lading will be made up at the department, or at field stations, and sent to the dealer with the purchase order and full instructions as to the proper method of handling the bill of lading. Freight charges should not be prepaid by the dealer in such cases. 77. Shipments to Washington, D. C— Shipments to Washington, D. C, on arrival will be delivered from the several freight depots to the bureaus of the department, the chief of the supply division directing the driver to the proper bureau when necessary. ^\Tien practicable, ship- ments from Washington, D. C, will be handled by the department wagons. In every case when di-ayage charges are iuA^olved the diiver must be furnished by the bureau with a dray ticket properly filled in and signed by an employee of the bureau designated for the purpose in 32 PKOPEETY REGULATIONS. such a manner as will fully identify the shipment. These dray tickets must be attached to the account of the drayage company for their charges when presented for payment. (See Fiscal Regulations.) 78. Shipments Via the Atlantic Ocean. — Shipments from the department via the Atlantic Ocean should be consigned care United States dispatch agent, New York, and the railroad company should be instructed to notify him of the arrival of the goods. The dispatch agent should be promptly furnished Avith the bill of lading covering the shipment and carefully instructed as to the further dis- position of the property. Shipping tickets and bills of lading should bo indorsed so as to show the foreign destina- tion, e. g., "to be forwarded to Paris, France.'' The dispatch agent should be notified of any shipments to the department expected to an-ive at New York from any for- ' eign country and fiu'nished wdth complete instructions as to their disposition . 79. Shipments to Porto Rico. — All shipments to Porto Rico should be billed through, care Bull-Insular line, Baltic Terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the bill of lading sent to the United States dispatch agent at New York,N. Y. 80. Record of Sliipments. — Each bureau, office, or station issuing department bills of lading shall file in numeiical order all memorandum bills. Records shall also be kept of each quartermaster's bills of lading by serial numbers, dates and places of issue, names of officers issuing them, and kinds of property shipped. 81. Instructions to be Observed. — Consignors and consignees should carefully observe the instructions printed on the back of bills of lading, especially those relating to the loss or damage of property shipped. 82. Report of Delayed Shipments. — When property invoiced is not received within a reasonable time the fact will be reported to the consignor. It should be borne in IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1910. 33 mind that shipments by quartermaster are frequently delayed en route. 83. Delivery of Property Direct to Field Stations.— Delivery of property direct to field stations outside of Washington, for use in the field service, under a contract or acceptance by the General Supply Committee based upon delivery at the department in Washington, shall be made only with the consent of the contractor. In such cases shipments shall be made only on Government bills of lading and the contractors shall be required to deduct from their invoices the amount of the freight at the lowest regular established rates from the point of shipment to Washington as published by the Interstate Commerce Commission. 84. Cash Payments Not to be Made on Shipments Over Land-Grant or Bond-Aided Railroads.— No cash payments shall be made on sliipments of supplies or property in whole or in part over land-grant or bond- aided railroads, or lines equalizing rates therewith. (See Fiscal Regulations.) 85. Transfer of Household Eflfects and Other Per- sonal Property.— The transfer of household effects and other personal property of employees used in official work shall be sul:)ject to the provisions of the Fiscal Regula- tions. 86. Shipment by Express.— Property shall not be shipped by express if freight or parcel post ser\dce will answer the needs of the department. (See Fiscal Regu- lations.) 87. Express Shipments To and From Washington, D. C. — All matters relating to express shipments to and from Washington, D. C, shall be handled directly by the bureau concerned. The chief of the supply division will, upon request, by telephone or otherwise, arrange for the prompt collection of outgoing packages by the agent of 44778°— 16 3 34 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. the proper express company and will render such assistance as may be necessary to insure prompt receipt by a bureau of imperfectly addressed incoming shipments; but all records and forms shall be prepared in the bureau, and each bureau shall also conduct all correspondence \7ith express companies relative to shipments made by or to it. (See Administrative Regulations and Fiscal Regula- tions.) 88. Valuation of Express Shipments. — When the actual value of the express shipment is in excess of |50 the actual value should be declared and the increased express charge paid by the department. When the value of the property is under .|50, no value should be declared, unless a lower rate may therelDy be obtained. (See Fiscal Regu- lations.) 89. Furnisliinj? Penalty Envelopes or Labels to Merchants or Others for Shipping Property Pro- hibited. — Penalty envelopes or penalty labels must not be furnished merchants or others from whom articles of property or supplies are purchased for the delivery of- such articles by transmission through the mails. (See Administrative Regulations.) APPENDIX A. PROVISIONS OF LAW AFFECTING THE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 35 PROVISIONS OF LAW AFFECTING THE PROP- ERTY ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. REV. ST. SEC. 161. Departmental regulations. Sec. 161. The head of each Department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his Department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its busi- ness, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it. REV. ST. SEC. 525. Custody of property, records, etc., of department. Sec. 525. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have charge, in the building and premises appropriated to the Department, of the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other property appertaining to it, or hereafter acquired for use in its business. The designation of the Commissioner is changed to Secretary of Agriculture by act of February 9, 1899, c. 122. REV. ST. SEC. 197. Inventories of property. Sec. 197. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, and Commissioner of Agriculture shall keep, in proper books, a complete inventory of all the property belonging to the United States" in the build- ings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by them, respectively, and under their charge, adding thereto, from time to time, an account of such property as may be procured subsequently to the taking of such inventory, as 37 38 PROPERTY REGITLATIONS. well as an account of the sale or other disposition of any such property, except supplies of stationery and fuel in the jDublic offices * * *. Rev. St. sec. 197, as amended by act Febraary 27, 1S77, c. G9, s. 1; 19 Stat. 241. ACT MARCH 39, 1894, c. 49. An act to regulate the making of property returns by olficers of the Government. (28 Stat. 47.) Certificates of loss, instead of returns, of public property, to be furnislied. That instead of forwarding to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department returns of public property en- trusted to the possession of officers or agents, the Quarter- master-General, the Commissary-General of Subsistence, the Surgeon-General, the ( 'hief of Engineers, the Cliief of Ordnance, the C-hief Signal Officer, the Paymaster-General of the Navy, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or other like chief officers in any Department, by, through, or under whom stores, supplies, and other public property are received for distribution, or whose duty it is to receive or examine returns of such property, shall certify to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department, for debiting on the proper account, any charge against any officer or agent intrusted with public property, arising from any loss, accruing by his fault, to the Government as to the property so intrusted to him. Act March 29, 1S94, c. 49, s. 1, 28 Stat. 47. Contents and effect of certificate. Sec. 2. That said certificate shall set forth the condition of such officer's or agent's property returns, that it includes all charges made up to its date and not previously certified, that he has had a reasonable opportunity to be heard and has not l)een relieved of responsibility; the effect of such certificate, when received, shall be the same as if the facts therein set forth had been ascertained by the accounting officers of the Treaain-y Department in accounting. Act March 29, 1894, c. 49, s. 2, 28 Stat. 47. V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 19 IG. 39 Manner of making returns or of ascertaining liability not affected. Sec. 3. That the manner of making property returns to or in any administrative bureau or department, or of ascertaining liability for property, under existing laws and regulations, shall not be affected by this Act, except a? provided in section one; but in all cases arising as to such property so intrusted the officer or agent shall have an opportunity to relieve himself from liability. Act March 29, 1894, c. 49, s. 3, 28 Stat. 47. Regulations by lieads of departments. Sec. 4. That the heads of the several Departments are hereby empowered to make and enforce regulations to cany out the provisions of this Act. Act March 29, 1894, c. 49, s. 4, 28 Stat. 47. ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 331. (35 Stat. 1088.) Robbery of personal property of the United States. Sec 46. Whoever shall rob another of any kind or de- scription of personal property belonging to the United States, or shall feloniously take and carry away the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or im- prisoned not more than ten years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 4G, 35 Stat. 1097. This is a section of " An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," incorporating tlierein the provisions of Rev. St. sec, 5450, which section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act-. Section 47 of this act provides punishment for the embezzlement, stealing, or purloining of any money, property, record, etc., of the United States. 40 PROPEETY REGULATIONS. ACT JANUARY 21, 1881, c. 25. An act to regulate the award of and compensation for public advertising in the District of Colum- bia. (21 Stat. 317.) Advertising in the District of Columbia, rates of payment. That all advertising required by existing laws to be done in the District of Columbia by any of the depart- ments of the government shall be given to one daily and one weekly newspaper of each of the two principal politi- cal parties and to one daily and one weekly neutral news- paper: Provided, That the rates of compensation for such service shall in no case exceed the regular commercial rate of the newspapers selected ; nor shall any advertisement ])e paid for unless published in accordance with section tliirty-eight hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes. Act January 21, 1881, c. 25, s. 1, 21 Stat. 317. Rev. St. see. 3828, mentioned in this provision, is set forth here- inafter. REV. ST. SEC. 3828. No publication of advertisement, notice, or proposal, without authority. Sec. 3828. No advertisement, notice, or proposal for any Executive Department of the Government, or for any Bu- reau thereof, or for any ofFice therewith connected, shall be published in any newspaper whatever, except in pur- suance of a written authority for such publication from the head of such Department; and no bill for any such adver- tising, or publication, shall be paid, unless there be pre- sented, with such bill, a cop of such written authority. REV. ST. SEC. .'i826. Pnblicati<)n of advertisements, ftotices, and proposals for con- tracts. Sec. 382G. All advertisements, notices, and proposals for contracts for all the Executive Departments of the Govern- ment, * * * shall hereafter be advertised by publi- U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1010. 41 cation in the three daily papers published in the District of Columbia having the largest circulation, one of which shall be selected by the Clerk of the House of Repre- sentatives, and in no others. The charges for such pub- lications shall not be higher than such as are paid by individuals for advertising in said papers, and the same publications shall be made in each of the said papers equally as to frequency : Provided, That no advertisement to any State, district, or Territory, other than the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia, shall be published in the papers designated, unless at the direction first made of the proper head of a Department ; * * * ACT JULY 31, 1S76, c. 246. (19 Stat. 102.) Advertisements for contracts in District of Columbia. * * * in no case of advertisement for contracts for the public service shall the same be published in any newspaper published and printed in the District of Columbia unless the supplies or labor covered by such advertisement are to be furnished or performed in said District of Columbia. Act July 31, 1876, e. 246, s. 1, 19 Stat. 105. This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation att for the fiscal year 1877. REV. ST. SEC. 3618. Proceeds of sales of property. Sec. 3618. All proceeds of sales of old material, con- demned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, except * * * materials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition authorized by law, shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as mis- cellaneous receipts, on account of "proceeds of Govern- ment property," and shall not be withchawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law. 42 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. ACT JUNE 8, 1890, c. ,'{73. (29 Stat. 207.) Pa>^nent of expenses of sales of property from proceeds. That from the proceeds of sales of old material, con- demned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, before being deposited into the Treasmy, either as miscellaneous receipts on account of "proceeds of Govern- ment property" or to the credit of the appropriations to wliicli such proceeds are by law authorized to ])e made, there may ])e paid th(^ expenses of such sales, as approved by the accountins; ofli<'ers of the Treasury, so as to require only tlie net proceeds of such sales to be deposited into the Treasury, either as miscellaneous receipts or to the credit of such appropriations, as the case may be. Act June 8, 1S9(>, c. 373, 29 Stat. 268. This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1S96. A detailed statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, etc. is required to l)o inckidcd in the appendix to the Book of Estimates, by Rev. St. sec. 31)72. REV. ST. SKC. ar>72. statement of proceeds of sales of old material, etc., to accom- pany Book of Estimates. Sec. 3(i72. A detailed statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other pul)lic prop(M-ty of any kind except materials, stores, or supplies .sold * * * to exploring or surveying expe- ditions authorized by law shall be included in the appen- dix to the l)ook of estimates. Rev. St. sec. 3(572, as amended by act February 27, 1877, c. 69, 19 Stat. 249. ACT JUNE 30, 1900, c. 3914. (34 Stat. 097.) Statements of money from proceeds of public i>roperty or other sources, and of payments therefrom. Sec 5. Hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall require, and it shall be the duty of the head of each Execu- tive Department or other Government establishment to fm*- V. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 43 nish him, within thirty days after the close of each fiscal year, a statement of all money arising from proceeds of public property of any kind or from any source other than the postal ser\dce, received by said head of Department or other Government establishment during the previous fiscal year for or on account of the public service, or in any other manner in the discharge of his official duties other than as salary or compensation, which was not paid into the Gen- eral Treasury of the United States, together ^vith a detailed account of all payments, if any, made from such funds during such year. All such statements, together wilh a similar statement applying to the Treasury Department, shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress at the beginning of each regular session. Act Jime 30, 1906, c. 3914, s. 5, 34 Stat. 763. This section is a part of the sundiy civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907. ACT JUNE 2.5, 1910, c. 3S4. (.36 Stat. 70.3.) Statement of proceeds of sales of old material, etc., to be sub- mitted separate from Book of Estimates. Sec. 6. Hereafter the statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other pul)lic property of any kind shall be submitted to Con- gress at the beginning of each regular session thereof as a separate communication and shall not hereafter be in- cluded in the annual Book of Estimates. Act June 25, 1910, c. 384, s. 6, 36 Stat. 773. This section is part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1911. ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. .321. (35 Stat. 1088.) Embezzling, etc., public moneys, etc.; punishment. Sec. 47. 'Wlioever shall embezzle, steal, or purloin any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing what- ever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, shall be fined not more than five 44 PKOPERTY REGULATIONS. thousand dollars, or imprisonment not more than five years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 47, 35 Stat. 1097. This is a section of " An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited hereinbefore, incorporating therein provisions of act March 3, 1875, c. 144, s. 1, 18 Stat. 479, which act is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act. ACT MARCH 4, 1909, C. 331. (35 Stat. 1088.) Receiving, etc., stolen public money, etc.; punishment. Sec. 48. A\Tioover shall receive, conceal, or aid in con- cealing, or have, or retain in his possession with intent to convert to his own nse or gain, any money, property, record, voucher, or valuable thing whatever, of the moneys, goods, chattels, records, or property of the United States, which has theretofore been embezzled, stolen, or pur- loined by any other person, knowing the same to have been so embezzled, stolen, or purloined, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and such person may be tried either before or after the conviction of the principal offender. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 48, 35 Stat. 1098. This is a section of "An act to codify , revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited hereinbefore, incorporating therein provisions of act of March 3, 1875, c. 144, s. 2, 18 Stat. 479, which act is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act. ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) Embezzlement by officer; punishment. Sec 97. * * * any officer of the -United States, or any assistant of such officer, who shall embezzle or wrongfully convert to his own use any money or property which may have come into his possession or under his control in the execution of such office or employment, or under color or claim of authority as such officer or assistant, whether the same shall be the money or property of the United States or of some other ]>erson or party, shall, where the offense is not otherwise punishable by some statute of the United States, be fined not more than the value of TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 45 the money and property thus embezzled or converted, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 97, 35 Stat. HOG. This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited hereinbefore, incorporating therein provisions of Rev. St. sec. 5497, as amended by act February 3, 1879, c. 42, 20 Stat. 280. Said Rev. St. sec. 5497 and amending act are ex- pressly repealed by section 341 of this act, ACT MARCH 4, 1907, C. 2907. (34 Stat. 1356.) Sale of prints and lantern slides from photographic negatives of the Department of Agriculture. And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish, upon application, prints and lantern slides from negatives in the possession of the department and to charge for the same a price to cover the cost of prep- aration, such price to be determined and established by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281. This is a provision of the agi'icultural appropriation act for the fis- cal year 1908, cited hereinbefore. A provision in the same words, except the word "hereafter," was contained in the similar act for the preceding fiscal year. A provision of the same act, for the disposition of photographic prints, lantern slides, etc., forest maps, and condemned property or material of the Forest Service, is set forth hereinafter. ACT MARCH 4, 1907, c. 3907. (34 Stat. 1356.) Disposition of accumulations of department files and obsolete or worthless documents or publications. [ And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized I to sell as waste waste paper, or otherwise to dispose of the I accumulation of Department files which do not constitute permanent records, and all other documents and publi- cations which have become obsolete or worthless. J Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281. This is a further provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1908. 4G PEOrERTY REGULATIONS. Provisions, applicable to all the departments, for the disposition of accumulations of useless papers, contained in act February 16, 1889, c. 171, are set forth hereinafter. ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.) Purchase from appropriation for "Continpjent expenses. De- partment of Agriculture," of stationery, supplies, furni- ture, etc., for bureaus, divisions, and offices. * " * That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may purchase stationery, supplies, furniture, and miscel- laneous materials from this appropriation ["Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture,"] and transfer the same at actual cost to the various bureaus, diAdsions, and offices of the Department of Agriculture in the city of Washington, reimbursement therefor to be made to this appropriation by said bureaus, divisions, a,nd offices from their lump-fund appropriations by transfer settlements through the Treasury Department: Provided further , That the Secretary of Agriculture may hereafter exchange type- writers and computing, addressing, and duplicating ma- chines purchased from any lump-fund appropriation of the Department of Agriculture. These are provisos annexed to the appropriation for "Contingent i expenses, Department of Agriculture," in the agricultural appropri- ation act for the fiscal year 1913. ACT JANUARY 12, 1895, c. 23. (28 Stat. 601.) Printing, binding, and blank books for executive departments. ! Sec. 87. All printing, binding, and blank books * * for the Executive * * * Departments shall be done at the Government Printing Office, except in cases other- wise provided by law. Act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 87, 28 Stat. 622. This section supersedes Rev. St. sec. 3786. ACT JUNE 28, 1902, C 1301. (32 Stat. 419.) Supplies for execiitive departments to be furnished by Public Printer. The Pul^lic Printer is authorized hereafter to procure and supply, on the requisition of the head of any Execu- U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTURE, 1916. 47 tive Department or other Government establishment, complete manifold blanks, books, and forms, required in duplicating processes; also complete patented devices with which to file money-order statements, or other uni- form official papers, and to charge such supplies to the allotment for printing and binding of the Department or Government establishment requiring the same. Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, s. 1, 32 Stat. 481. This is a paragraph of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1903. ACT JANUARY 13, 1895, c. 23. (28 Stat. 601.) Delivery of documents in charge of departments, to superin- tendent of documents. Sec. 67. All documents at present remaining in charge of the several Executive Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government not required for official use shall be delivered to the superintendent of documents, and hereafter all public documents accumulating in said De- partments, bureaus, and offices not needed for official use shall be annually tiu'ned over to the superintendent of documents for distribution or sale. Act January 12, 189.5, c. 23, s. 07, 2S Stat. 611. ACT FEBRUARY 25, 1903, c. 755. (32 Stat. 854.) Transfer of books, etc., from departments to Library of Congress and Public Library of District of Columbia. The head of any Executive department or bureau or any commission of the Government is hereljy authorized from time to time to turn over to the Liljrarian of Congress, for the use of the Library of Congress, any l)Ooks, maps, or other material in the lil)rary of the department, bureau, or commission no longer needed for its use, and in the judgment of the Lil^rarian of Congress appropriate to the uses of the Library of Congress. Any books of a miscellaneous character no longer re- quired for the use of such department, ])ureau, or commis- sion, and not deemed an advisable addition to the Liljrary 48 PROPEETY REGULATIONS. of Congress, shall, if appropriate to the uses of the Free Public Li])rary of the District of Columbia, l^e turned over : to that lil)rary for general use as a part thereof. Act February 23, 1903, c. 755, s. 1, 32 Stat. 865. ACT JANUARY 12, 1895, c. 23. (28 Stat. 601.) Ownership of publications furnished officers for official use; free use of publications in depositories. Sec. 74. Government publications furnished to judicial and executive ofiicers of the United States for their ofRcial use shall not become the property of these officers, but on the expiration of their official term shall be by them delivered to their successors in office and all Government publications delivered to designated depositories or other libraries shall be for public use without charge. Act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 74, 28 Stat. 620. ACT JANUARY 12, 189.5, c. 2.3. (28 Stat. 601.) Exchange of surplus documents. Sec. 95. Heads of Departments are authorized to ex- change surplus documents for such other documents and books as may l)e required by them, when the same can be done to the advantage of the public service. Act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 95, 28 Stat. 623. ACT FEBRUARY 16, 1889, c. 171. An act to authorize and pro- vide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Depart- ments. (25 Stat. 672.) Accumulation of useless papers in departments; report to Congress; examination by committee; sale or other disposition. That whenever there shall be in any one of the Executive Departments of the Government an accumulation of files of palmers, which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current l)usiness of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest, it shall be the duty of the head of such Department to submit to Congress a report of that fact, accompanied by a concise statement of U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE, 19 IG. 49 the condition and character of such papers. And upon the submission of such report, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the Senate to appoint two Senators, and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint two Representatives, and the Senators and Representatives so appointed shall constitute a joint committee, to which shall 1)0 referred such report, with the accompanying statement of the condition and character of such papers, and such joint committee shall meet and examine such report and statement and the papers therein descril^ed, and submit to the Senate and House, respectively, a report of such examination and their recommendation. And if they report that such files of papers, or any part thereof, are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of such Department, and have no permanent value or historical interest, then it shall be the duty of such head of the Department to sell as waste paper, or otherwise dispose of such files of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due pul)lication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to Congress. Act February 16, 1889, c. 171, 25 Stat. 672. This act is amended and its provisions extended by a provision of act March 2, 1895, c. 189, set forth hereinafter. - The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of the accumulation of files and obsolete or worthless docu- ments and publications, by a provision of act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, set forth hereinbefore. ACT MARCH 2, 1895, c. 189. (38 Stat. 910.) Accumulation of useless papers in department buildings. That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize and pro\dde for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive De- partments," approved February sixteenth, eighteen hun- dred and eighty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to include in its provisions any accumulation of files 44778°— 16 4 50 PTiOPERTY TJEGT^LATTONR. of papers of a like character therein described now or here- after in the various public buiklinga under the control of the several J^^xecutdve Departments of the Government. Act March 2, 1S9.5, c. 189, 28 Stat. 933 This is a provision of the sundry civil approprial ion act for the fiscal year 1S96. Act February 16, 1S89, c. 171, mentioned and amended by this pro- vision, is set forth hereinbefore. See note under that act relating to disposal of accumulal ion of files, etc., in the Department of Agricul- ture. ACT MA Km 4, 1(;.) Sales of surplus maps and publioatlons of Weather lUireaxi. ^- -X- :<■ lioreafter the Secretary of At^riculture is au- lliorized to sell any surplus maps or publications of the Weatlun- Bureau, and the money received from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, section two hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statut(\s not\\'ithstandin<]:; ■'^" * '- Act March 1, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 12:)S. This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 190S. Rev. St. sec. 227, ment ionetl in this provision, is set forth below. REV. ST. SEC. 227. Sale of surplus maps and publications of Signal Office. Sec. 227. The ('hief Si.o:nal-()fhcer may cause to be sold any surplus ma])s or publications of the Signal-Office, the money received therefor to be applied toward defrajdn^ the expenses of the signal-service; and an account of the same shall be rendered in each annual report of the Chief of the Signal-Service. The weather service was transferred from the Signal Corps of the Army to the Department of Agriculture by act October 1, 1890, c, 12()(), and the sale of surplus maps and publications of the Weather Bureau by the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by a provision of act of March 4, 1907, c. 2907, set forth hereinbefore. ACT 3IAY 2.5, 1900, c. 555. (31 Stat. 191.) Destruction of old telegrams of Weather Bureau. That hereafter all telegrams pertaining to the business of the Weather Bureau may be destroyed after they are IT. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 51 three years old, and tlie accounts based thereon have been settled by the Treasury Department; and the present ac- cumnlation of these old telegrams may be destroyed. Act Maj- 25, 1900, c. 555, 31 Stat. 204. This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1901. ACT JUNE 19, 1878, c. 317. An act to protect public libraries in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (20 Stat. 171.) Injuring or destroying, stealing, etc., books, etc.; punisliment. That any person who shall steal, ^\Tongfully deface, injure, mutilate, tear, or destroy any book, pamphlet, or manuscript, or any portion thereof, belonging to the Li- brary of Congress, or to any public library in the District of Columbia, whether the property of the United States or of any individual or corporation in said district, or who shall steal, wrongfully deface, injure, mutilate, tear, or destroy any book, pamphlet, document, manuscript, print, engraving, medal, newspaper, or work of art, the property of the United States, shall be held guilty of a mis- demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall, when the offense is not otherwise punishable by some statute of the United States, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and by im- prisonment for not less than one nor more than twelve months, or both, for every such offense. Act June 19, 1878, c. 317, 20 Stat. 171. ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) Stealing, injuring, or destroying, etc., records, books, etc., of tlie United States. Sec. 128. Whoever shall wilfully and unlawfully con- ceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or, with intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, destroy, or steal, shall take and carry away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or de- posited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United 52 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. States, or i^i any public ofFice, or with any judicial or pub- lic officer of the United States, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 128, 35 Stat. 1111. This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," incorporating therein tlie provisions of Rev. St. sec. &103, which section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act. ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. lOSS.) Unlawfully removing, injuring, or destroying records, books, etc., of United States, by officer in charge thereof. Sec. 129. Whoever, having the custody of any reco¥d^'' proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing specified in the preceding section, shall wilfully and un- lawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, falsify, or destroy any such record, proceeding, map, book, docu- ment, paper, or thing, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall moreover forfeit his office and be forever afterward disqualified from holding any office under the Government of the United States. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 129, 35 Stat. 1112. This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," incorporating therein the provisions of Rev. St. sec. 5408, which section is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act. ACT AUGUST 30, 1890, c. 837. (26 Stat. 371.) Meteorojogical instruments for voluntary observers. * =■" * the Secretary of War, as he may think proper, may cause to be issued such meteorological instruments (not exceeding one set valued at fifteen dollars to any one county) to voluntary unpaid observers, in order to secure meteorological data from such observers, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, * * * Act August 30, 1890, c. 837, s. 1, 26 Stat. 398. This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1891. U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 53 The weather service was transferred from the Signal Corps of the Army to the Department of Agricnltm-e by act October 1, 1890, c. 1266. ACT IVIARCH 4, 1907, c. 2907. (34 Stat. 1256.) Sale of photographic prints, etc., and forest maps, and of con- demned property or materials. * * * hereafter he [the Secretary of Agriculture] may dispose of photographic prints (iuchidiug bromide enlarge- ments), lantern slides, transparencies, blueprints, and forest maps at cost and ten per centum additional, and condemned property or materials under his charge in the same manner as provided by law for other bureaus; Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1270. This is a provision, under "General Expenses, Forest Service," of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1908. Simi- lar provisions, without the word "hereafter," are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the previous fiscal years, beginning with 1906. ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.) Sale of copies of card index of publications of department. And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the card index of the publications of the Depart- ment and of other agricultural literature prepared by the library, and charge for the same a price covering the addi- tional expense involved in the preparation of these copies. Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 264. This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. Provisions in substantially the same language, but without the word "hereafter," accompanied appropria- tions for the Library in the similar appropriation acts for 1904 and subsequent fiscal years. A similar provision, relating to the sale of a card index of agricul- tural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, is set forth hereinafter. 54 PROPERTY EEC4ITLATTONS. ACT MAY 33, 1908, c. 193. (.35 Stat. 351.) Sale of copies of card index of agriciiltviral literature; disposi- tion of proceeds. And the Secretary of Agriculture hereafter may fiu-nish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts; * * *. Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 2G(). This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909. Provisions in substantially similar language, but with- out the word "hereafter", accompanied appropriations for "Oftice of Experiment Stations" in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1S93 and intervening fiscal years. A similar provision of the act relating to the sale of a card index of agricultural literature, prepared by the Library of the depart- ment, is set forth hereinbefore. ACT MARCH 4, 1915. (38 Stat. 1109.) Sale of copies of card index of agricultural literature; disposi- tion of proceeds. And the Secretary hereafter may furnish such institu- tions or individuals as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the De- partment of Agriculture in connection with its adminis- tration of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty- fourth Statutes at Large, page four hundred and forty), and the Act of March sixteenth (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page sixty-three), and the Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expenses in- volved in the preparation of these copies, the money re- ceived from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the LTnited States as miscellaneous receipts. Act March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1109. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 19 IG. 55 ACT MARCH 4, 1915. (38 Stat. 1114-1115.) Sale or exchange of animals or animal products. Hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell in the open market or to exchange for other live stock such animals or animal products as cease to be needed in the work of the department, and all moneys received from the sale of such animals or animal products or as a bonus in the exchange of the same shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Act March 4 , 1915, 3S Stat. 1114-1115. ACT MARCH 4, 1913, c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.) Preparation and sale of pathological and zoological specimens; disposition of receipts. And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prepare and sell at cost such pathological and zoological specimens as he may deem of scientific or educational value to scientists or others engaged in the work of hygiene and sanitation: Provided, That all moneys received from the sale of such specimens shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Act March 4, 1913, c. 145, 37 Stat. 833. This is a paragraph accompanying appropriations for "Cieneral Expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry," in the agricultural appro- priation act for the fiscal year 1914. ACT JUNE 30, 1914, c. 131. (38 Stat. 415.) Exchange of scientific apparatus and laboratory equipment of the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture may hereafter exchange general scientific apparatus and laboratory equipment purchased from any appropriation of the Department of Agriculture. Act June 30, 1914, c. 131, 38 Stat. 441. This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1915. 56 PROPEKTY REGULATIONS. ACT AUGUST 1, 1914, c. 333. (38 Stat. 609.) Use of furniture although not corresponding to regulation plan. And all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings and in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furni- ture or not. Act August 1, 1914, c. 223, s. 1, 38 Slat. MS. This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1915, following an appropriation for furniture, carpets, and gas and electric fixtures and repairs of same, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department. Similar provisions were contained in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1901 and each subsequent similar act thereafter previous to this act. ACT APRIL 6, 1914, c. 53. (38 Stat. 313.) Use of paper owned by executive departments in work therefor. Pai)er now owned by any executive department or other Government establishment at Washington, District of Colum]jia, may be used by the Government Printing Office in executing work for such department or estab- lishment. Act April (1, 1914, c. 52, s. 1, 38 Stat. 328. This is a paragraph, under the heading "Government Printing Office," in the urgent deficiencies appropriation act for the fiscal year 1914 and prior years. ACT MARCH 4, 1911, c. 338. (36 Stat. 133.5.) Traveling exjienses and charges for transportation of effects, etc., of oflicers and employees of tlie Department of Agri- culture transferred from one station to another. That hereafter officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, when authorized by the Sec- retary of Agriculture, may be allowed actual traveling expenses, including charges for the transfer of their effects and personal property used in official work, under such U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE, 1916. 57 rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secre- tary of Agriculture. Act March 4, 1911, c. 238, 30 Stat. 1265. This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1912. ACT AUGUST 18, 1914 (38 Stat. 698). Sale of oflacial standards. Sec. 9. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to prepare practical forms of the official cotton standards which shall be established by him, and to for- nish such practical forms from time to time, upon request, to any person, the cost thereof, as determined by the Secre- tary of Agriculture, to be paid by the person requesting the same, and to certify such practical forms under the seal of the Department of Agriculture and under the signature of the said Secretary, thereto affixed by himself or by some official or employeeof the Department of Agriculture there- unto duly authorized by the said Secretary. Act August 18, 1914, 38 Stat. 693. ACT M.\RCH 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1101). Sale of samples of pure sugar, naval stores, microscopical specimens, etc. * * * and hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may furnish, upon application, samples of pure sugar, naval stores, microscopical specimens, and other })roducts to State and municipal officers, educational institutions, and other parties and charge for the same a price to cover the cost thereof, such price to be determined and estab- lished by the Secretary, and the money received from sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Act March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1101. 58 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. ACT MARCH 4, 191.5 (.38 Stat, 1107). ExchanRe of books and periodicals. That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may ex- chaui^e books and periodicals of the lil)rary not needed for permanent use for other books and periodicals. Act March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1107. APPENDIX B. LIST OF EXPENDABLE AND NONEX- PENDABLE PROPERTY. 59 EXPENDABLE AND NONEXPENDABLE PROPERTY. The following list of "Expendable" and ''Nonexpend- able" property divides the property of the department into general classes and does not necessarily show the bureau designation to be followed in taking it up on the returns. The list shows articles which are known to be parts of other articles and such parts will only be accounted for separately when they are temporarily carried in stock. The list also shows articles of glassware which occasionally are used in the laboratories and when so used they will be considered as ''laboratory glassware" and therefore will be expendable: (o) Articles not exceeding 25 cents in value marked with an asterisk will be considered as "Expendable," and articles exceeding 25 cents in value marked with an asterisk will be considered as "Nonexpendable." (b) Articles marked "Expendable" may be made "Nonexpendable" in special cases in the discretion of the chief of bureau. (c) Articles not specifically mentioned must be sub- mitted to the Secretary for classification, unless such articles are similar in character to those enumerated under a general class, in which case they may be considered as being included under th e general class. {d) Fixtures placed by the department in a private building which has been rented will be accounted for as "Nonexpendable," and shall be removed when the build- ing is vacated. Fixtures placed in a building owned by the department may be considered as a part of the build- ing and need not be accounted for separately. (e) Materials and parts for construction purposes may be considered as expended when applied to the work, but the constructed article in its entirety, such as a tele- graph line, building, fence, shed, or wall case, must be accounted for when completed. Materials and parts for repair purposes or to replace other parts will become a part of the article repaired or to which it has been attached, 61 62 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. such a>s a boiler, vehicle, telegraph line, fence, or electric fan, and may be considered as expended when applied to the work. When it is impracticable to obtain by pur- chase parts needed for the repair or improvement of other articles or the creation of new articles, or when economy of expenditure or efficiency of use will result, and the necessary parts can be taken from articles on hand and no longer needed for the purpose for which originally de- signed, such articles on hand may be regarded as parts and expendable under this paragraph. Entire articles may be purchased and considered as parts and expendable when immediately used in the same way. When in ex- perimental or research work it becomes necessary to de- stroy an article ordinarily carried as nonexpendable it may be considered expendable for the purpose of the investi- gation in which it is used. (/) All articles of platinum shall be carried as nonex- pendable. Owing to its value, all platinum shall, so far as practicable, be safeguarded, and shall be accounted for by weight, size, or identification mark, and every transfer from one official or employee to another shall be evidenced by a receipt, and any loss, damage, or consumption in use, or other disposition of same, shall be recorded. (g) Under the item "Outfits" each article comprising the outfit must be accounted for. Expendable. A(!etomelers or acidimeters. Adjusters, cord. Nonexpendable. Abeissensehreibers. Accumulators. Adapters: Camera. Microscope. Addressers, envelope, hand. Adhesivometers. Adjusters: Casement. Wood pitch. Adzes: Hand. Tree. Agitators, spray pump. IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1910. 63 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Albumenometers. Albums. Alidades. Alloys. Ambulances. Ammeters. Analyzers, microscopic. Anchors. Andirons. Anemographs. Anemometers. Angles, drawing. Animals (for exjierimental ]iur- Animals (not for experimental pur- poses or for slaughter for f()0otters, metal, costing over 25 *Metal, costing up to 25 cents. cents. Paper, gummed. Levels: Architect's. Carpenter's. Ditching. Dramage. Land. Machinist's. Mining. Surveyor's. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 97 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Lifters: Stove. Tack. Lifts: Sash. Transom. ♦Lighters, gas, costing up lo 25 cents. Lime. Linen. I^ines: Mason's, heavy string. Lining: Cambric. Carpet. Links: Addressograph. Fuse. Live stock (for experimental pur- poses or for slaughter for food purposes). *Locks, costing up to 25 cents. *Locks and chains, costmg up to 2.'! cents. Logotypes. Lubricants. Lumber; Ash. Basswood. Birch. Cedar. Cherry. Chestnut. Cypress. Fir, Douglas. Flooring. Gum. Hemlock. Hickory. Kiln-drying. Mahogany. 44778°— 16- *Lighters, gas, costing over 25 cents. Liners, section. Tiines: Harness. Reel marking. Telegraph. Telephone. Ivinoleum. Listers. Live stock (not for experimental purposes or for slaughter for food purposes). Loaders: Hay. Plate rack. Lockers: Metal. Wood. *Locks, costing over 25 cents. * Locks and chauis, costing over 25 cents. Logs, gas. Looseners, beet. Lounges. PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Lumber— Contiuued . Maple. Oak. Palings, pine. Pickets, pine. Pine- Georgia, yellow. North Carolina, yellow. Sugar. Vii-ginia loblolly. White, eastern. White, western. Poplar, yellow. Ripping. Spruce. Upson board. Veneering. Vermilion. Walnut, l>lack. Lye. Nonexpendable. Lysimeters. Machetes. Machines: Abrasion. Adding. Addressograph. Baling bag. Bag-tying. Beet-boring. Blue-printing. Bran duster. Briquette, forming. Bulb-scooping. Clement-testing. Centrifugal. Cheek-protecting. Cleaning, seed and grain. Clipping. Corking. Cotton-picking. Cutter-grinder. Dating. Determining. Developing, photographic. Drafting. Ductility-testing. Drying, photographic. Electrostatic. Finishing. Flange rings. Folding. For cleaning motion pictures. For filling seed packets. Gas and mixing. T*. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGETCULTURE, 1010. 99 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Machines— Continued. Glazing. Grafting. Grass-stripping. Hardness testing, and motor. Kneading and mixing. Letter-opening. Level. Map-circling. Mastia. Milling. Miter. Mortising. Motion-picture. Numbering. Paper-cutting. Paper-fastening. Perforating. Pipe-lifting. Planing and jointing. Printing, for motion pictures. Reducing. Riveting. Road-testing. Roller copying. Sampling and mixing. Saw and saw setting. Sealing, envelope. Separating. Sewing. Shaking. Silage. Sizing. Smoking. Splitting. Stemming. Stencil. Stirring. Tea. Testing. Tile. Triplicating. Washing. Wheat tempering. Magnets: Electric. Rainfall. Magnifiers: Achromatic. Aplanatic. Hand. Pocket. Slide rule. Tripod. Mailers. 100 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Mallets, round and square. Manometers. Mantles, gas-lamp. Maps: Maps: Pocket. Glass, large, weather. Post route. Wall. Weather, paper. Markers: Object. Time. Mashers, potato. Matches, safety. Matrices. Mats, lantern-slide. Mats: Cocoa. Rubber. Steel. Straw, Wire. Matting. Mattocks. Mattresses. Mauls: ^Measures, costing up to 25 cents: ♦Measures, costing over 25 cents: Cover, glass. Cover, glass. Glass tubing. Glass tubing. Grain, sets. Grain, sets. Loaf, volumetric. Loaf, volumetric. Map. Map. Megaphones. Meggers, constant pressure. Meteorographs, kite: Meters: Meters: Acid. Air. Alcohol. Alkali. Electric. Electrostatic. Gas. Photographic. Voltmeter. Water. Wet. Metronomes. Metrumaumas. Mica. Micrometers: Micrometers: Disk. Caliper. Filer. Ocular. I'aper testing. Secular. Slide. Stage. Microplanoscopas. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 101 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Milk. Milliuette. Mitts, stereotype. Models. Moisteners, envelope. Molding. Mops, floor. Mortars and pestles, glass or porce- lain. Microscopes: Binocular. Chemical. Compound. Dissecting. Petrographic. Portable. Projecting. Microspectroscopes. Microtomes: Automatic. Ether freezing. Hand. Rotary. Sliding. Milliammeters. Milliographs. Millivoltmeters. Mills: Bone. Cane. Coffee. Com, Drug. Feed. Flour. Grating. Grinding. Grist. Jar. Nut. Paint. Pulverizing. Wind. Mimeographs. Mirrors. Mixers: Bread. Concrete. Mortars and pestles, glass or porcelain. Motor cycles. Motors. Molds: Butter. Cement. Cheese. Cigar. other than 102 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Molds— Continued. Clay. Jar. Metal. Paper. Tile. Mounts: Botanical. Card. Rubber stamp. Specimen. Movers, car. Mowers: Hand. Horse. Mucllaf^'o. Mugs, other than metal. Mugs, metal. Multigraphs. Muslin, oiled. *Muzzles, costing up to 2') cents: *Muzzles, costing over 25 cents: Dog. Dog. Horse. Horse. Myocardiogra])hs. Nails. Napkins: I.inen. 1 'a] >er. Ntipi)ies. Needles: Needles: Darning. Aneurism. Dissecting. Cement testing. Engraving. Tvitliographic. Hypodermic. Sewing. Neostyles. Nephoscopes. Nets, insect. Nets: Collecting. Ear. Fly. Horse. Netting: Fly. Laundry. Mosquito. Wire. Nippers. Nipples: plumbing. _ Rubber. Nitrometers. Nose pieces: Mierotome. Microscope. TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 103 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Nozzles: Hose. Spray. Nuts. Oakum. Oarlocks. Oars. Objectives: Microscope. Microtome. Oculars: Micrometer. Microscope. Odometers. Oil: Benzino. Castor. Cooking. Cottonseed. Cutting. Emulsifying, Fish. Floor. Gasoline. Harness. Kerosene. Lard. Linseed. Neat's-foot. raraffin. Petroleinn. Porpoise-jaw. Sperm. Turpentine. Oilcloth. *Oilers, costing up to 25 cents. *Oilers, costing over 25 cents. Openers: Can. Openers: Box. Envelope. Car. Crate. Opisometers. Outfits: Bee rearing. Canning. Color. Determining apparatus. Electrolytic. Engraver's. Hay stacking. Loading, for cartridges. Marking. Paint spraying. Photomicrographic. Plane table. 104 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Outfits — Continued. Polishing. Ranger's filing. Stereotypmg. Tattooing. Telegraphone. Ovals, (.•elluloid. Ovens: Drying. Electric. Gas. Hot-air. Inflating. Muffle. Hteam. Stove. Vacuum. Water. Overalls. Packers: Butter. Subsurface. Packets, first-aid. racking, hoof. Paddles, hard ni])l)er, iilioto- Paddles, canoe. graphic. Pads: Pads: Desk. Horse, zinc. Fell, for Bates numbering-ma- chine. Horse, other than zinc. Ink. Rubber stamp. Tablecloth. Typewriter. Writ ing. Paintings, oil, framed. Paints. Palettes: Artist's. Bookbinder's. Type. Panniers. *Pans, costing up to 25 cents: * Pans, costing over 25 cents: Agate. Agate. Aluminum. Almntnum. Copper. Copper. Enameled. Enameled. Galvanized iron. (ialvanized iron. Granite. Granite. Iron. Iron. Tin. Tin. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTITBE, 19 K 105 Expendable. Paper: Adding-machine. Addressing-machine. Asbestos. Backing. Billing-machine. Binding, for lantern slides. Black print. Blotting. Blue print. Bond. Cambric. Cap. Carbon. Clotli-lined, light lilue. Computing-machine. Cover. Cross-section. Drawing. Duplicating-machine. Filter. Fly. Gummed. Impression. Ledger. Lens. Letlor. Linen mounted. Lithograph. Litmus. Manila. Manifold. Map. Onionskin. Paraffin. I 'hotographie. I'hotostat. Platmum. Press copy. Printing. Trocessr Profile. Poofmg. Sand. Scratch. Specification. Tabulating. Tissue. Toilet. Tracing. Transfer. Tyjiewriter. White, for mounting drawing: Wrapping. Writmg. "" Nonexpendable. Pantographs. 106 VV.i )PKin Y UECi ULATIONS. Expendable. Paraffin. Partitions, other tlian metal. Paste: Insect. Office. Soldering. Patches, cloth, gummed. *Pawls, costing up to 25 ceut^ Galvanized iron. Tin. Wood. ♦Pencils, cost nig up to 1'5 ceuls: Artist's. Bow. Carpenter's. Colors (black, bh;e, red, etc.). Drafting and drawing. For writing on glass. Indelible. Office. Railroad. Penliolders. PenPoints. *renracks, costing up to 25 cent^ *Pens, costtng up to 25 cents: Barograph and thermograi)h. Cyclostyle. Drafting and drawing. Duplicating. Fountain. Lettering and marking. Lithographing. Register. Ruling. Percolators: *Metal, costing up to 2.") cents. Other than metal. Pictures and photograph framed. Nonexpendable. Paraliolas. Parachutes. Partitions, metal. Passometers, Pasteurizers. *Pawls, costmg over 25 cents: Galvanized iron. Tin. Wood. Peavies. Pedometers. ♦Pencils, costing over 25 cents: Artist's. Bow. Carpenter's. Colors (black, l>lue, red, etc.). Drafting and drawing. For writing on glass. Indelii)lc. OlFice. Railroad. *Penracks, costing over 25 cents. *Pens, costing over 25 cents. Barograph and thermograph. Cyclostyle. Draft ing and drawiiig. Duplicating. Fount;) in. Lettering and marking. Lithographing. Register. Ruling. Pentrometers. Percolators: ♦Metal, costuig over 25 cents. Phantascopes. Phantographs. Phonendoscopes. Phonographs: Dictating machines. Shaving macliines. Photostats. IMckers, fruit. Picks. Pictures and photographs, framed. r. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGETCULTITRE, 1016. 107 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Pillows: Feather. Felted cotton. Hair. Pincers. Pinchoocks, Pins: Clothes. Escutcheon. Gauge. Insect. Office. Photographic. Rolling. Safety. Steel spring, cotter. Surveyor's. Taper, steel. Pipe: Brass. Iron. Lead. Steel. Stone. Tile. Tin. *Pipes, blow, costing up to 25 cents. *Pipes, blow, costing over 25 cents. Pipettes. Pitch. Pitchers: Pitchers: China. Plated. Enameled. Silver. Glass. Ciranite. Porcelain. Stone. Tin. Planes. Planimeters: Compensation. Precision rolling Planotypes. Planters: Hand. Horse. Plants, for insecticidal and fungi- Plants: cidal experiments. Heating. Lighting. Power. Refrigerating. Plasticine. Platens, typewriter. Plates: Plates: Base. Aluminum.. Corner. Copper. *Dining, costing up to 25 tents. Dies and screw. Electrotype. 108 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Plates— Continued. Plates— Continued. Ferrotype. *Dming, costing over 25 cents Floor and ceiling. Draw. Hook. Heat. Lantern-slide. Map. Photographif. Orface. Push. Screen. Stereot>T)e. Steel. Test. Platforms, for farm machinery. Platinum, bars and sheets. Plethysomographs. Pliers. Plows: Hand. Horse. Ice. Snow. Plowshares Plugs: Basin. Fuse. Gun metal. Insulator. Receptacle, Safety. Wooden. Plungers: Beet. Plumber's. Pneumatometers. Pointers, pencil. Pointers, spoke. Points, glazier's. Pokers: Fire. Stove. Polariscopes. Polarizers. Poles, wooden: Poles, iron: Telegi-aph. Pike. Telephone. Range. Window. Telegraph. • Telephone. Policemen, rubber. Polish: Furniture. Metal. Rottenstone. Stove. Polymeters. Poppers, corn. Porcelain, lal)oratory. Portieres. Posts: Binding. Fence. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 19 1( 109 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Posts— Continued. Metal. Wood. Potentiometers. *Pots, costing up to 25 cents: *Pots, costing over 25 cents: Coffee. Coffee. Cooking. Cooking. Fire. Fire. Flower. Flower. Cxlue. Glue. Grease. Grease. Lve. Lye. Marking. Marking. Sprinkling. Spruikling. Tea. Tea. Watering. Watering. Pouches. Pounders, steak. Powder: Emery. Etching. Horse. Insect. Tracing cloth. Preservers, life. Presses, botanical. Presses: Arbor. Beet. Cheese. Cigar. Copying. Cork. Cotton. Drill. Drug. Filter. Fruit. Hand, logotype. Hydraulic. Kodak, dry mounting. Mud. Printing. Pulp. Testing. Tile, roofing. Wax. Pressuregraphs. Prickers. Printers, photographic. Prints, butter, other than metal. Prints, butter, metal. Prisms: Heliostat. Reflecting. Wedge. Probes, surgical. Prongs, printer's. 110 PROPERTY REGTTLATTONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Protectors: Book corner. Pencil point. Telephone (lightning). Protractors, drawing. Provisions. Pnmers, tree. Psychrographs. I'sychrometers. PutTs, wool. Pullers: Beet. Nail. Stake. Staple. Stump. Weed. Pulleys: Pullevs: Awiiing. Friction clutch . Sash. Shade and swivel. *Pulleys and tackle, costing np to *Pullevs and tackle, costing over 25 cents. 25 cents. Pulls: Door, drawer, sash, etc. Window shade. Pulpers: Caxaca. Coffee. Pulverizers. Pumps: Acid. Air. Alcohol. Brine. Centrifugal. Filter. Force. Mercurv. Oil. ' Pressure. Rotary. Sewer. Spray. Steaih. Suction. Vacuum. Water. ♦Punches, costing up to 25 cents: ^Punches, costing over 25 cents: Card. Card. Carpenter's. Carpenter's. Harness. Harness. Leather. Leather. Marking. Marking. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRTCULTUEE, 1916. Ill Expendable. Nonexpendable. Punches, costing up to 25 cents- Punches, costing over 25 cents- Continued. Continued. Nail. NaiL Blacksmith's. Blacksmith's. Macliinist's. Machmist's. Office. Office. Pyrheliometers. Pyrometeis. Quadrants. Quirts. *Racks, costing up to 25 cents: Book. Bottle. *Racks, costing over 25 cents: Book. Bottle. Cage. ' Cage. Coat and hat. Coat and hat. Drain. Drain. Drawing. Drawmg. Galley. Galley. Grain. Gram. Hay. Hay. Hose. Hose. Laboratory. Laboratory. Lantern slide. Lantern slide. Magazine and manuscript. Magazme and manuscript. Motion-picture developing. Motion-picture developing. Ocular and objective. Ocular and objective. Photographic. Photographic. Rubber-stamp, revolving. Rubber-stamp, revolving. Stencil. Stencil. Test-tube, wood. Test-tulje, metal. Towel. Towel. Radiators: Electric. Gas. Hot water. Steam. Railings, wooa. Railings, metal. Raisers, bread. Rakes: Asphalt. Fire. Garden. Hay. Horse. Rams, hydraulic. Ratchets, boilermaker's. Razors. Readers, meniscus. Reapers. Receivers, telegraph and telephone. 112 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Reducers. Reglets. Regulators, other than metal: Gas. Pressure. Speed. Thermo. Renewals, l.attery. Resistances, electric. Rests, wood: Arm. Book. Foot. Ribbons: Computing-machine. Dating-starap. Duplicating-machine. Silk. Typewriter. Receptacles, or face. Rechenmaschiues . Recorders: Electric calender. Evaporation. Solar and sky radiation. Simshine. Telegraph. Rectifiers. Reels: Cable. Hose. Wire. Reflectors. Refractometers. Refrigerators. Registers: Anemometer. Double and triple. Magnet. Manograph. Tally. Telegraph. Regulators, metal: Gas. Pressure. Speed. Thermo. Relays, telegraph. Renovators: Alfalfa. Carpet. Repeaters, telegraph. Resonators, telegraph. Respirators, metal. Retorts: Copper. Iron. Revolvers. Rewinders, film. Rheostats. Ricers, potato. IT. R. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICITLTtTRE, 1910. 113 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Rifles. Ringers, hog. Rings: Harness. Hog. Insulating. Kev. Milfin. Screw. - Ripeners, cream. Rivets: Brass. Copper. Iron. Tin. Roasters; Coffee. Meat. Robes, lap. Rods: Rods: Bamboo. Stadia. Brass. Surveying. Copper. Telemeter. Glass. Steel. Rollers: Rollers: Window shade. Cement. ♦Print, photographic, costing up Duplicating. to 25 cents. Land. *Print, photographic, costing over 25 cents. Printing press. Road. Rolls: Rolls: Gelatin, for duplicator. Bed. Bit. Chart. Instrument. Roofing: Cement. Felt. Paper. Paroid. Proslate. Slag. Tile. Tin. Ropes: Cotton. Hemp. Manila. Rubber. Rugs. Rules and rulers: Rules and rulers: Brass, printing. Carpenter's. Carboard, scales. Chain. ♦Office, costing up to 25 cents. Drafting and drawing. 114 PEOPERTY KEGULATIONS, Expendable. Nonexpendable. Sand. Sapolio. Sash, hotbed. Saucers: Flower-pot. Paint. Sawdust. Scales, for wind sheet. Scalpels, dissectmg. Rules and rulers — Continued. Metric. Parallel. Plate glass. Slide. *Office, costing over 25 cents. Rvinabouts. Saccharometers. Saddles. Safes. Samplers: Grain. Peat. Satchels. Saws: Bone. Carpenter's. Coping. Hack, with frame. Ice. Jeweler's. Metal splitt^g. Power, cut-off. I'runing. Scabbards. Scales: Ash. Architect's. Beam. Coin. Counter. Engmeer's. H lemoglobinometer. Hospital. Ice. Letter. Metric, weighing. Platform. Pocket. Steelyard. Scallops. Scarfs, dresser. Sciopticons. Scissors: Dissecting. Grape. V. S, DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE, 1016. 115 > Expendable. Nonexpendable. Scissors— Continued. Office. Surgeon's Scoops: Grading. Horse. Seed. Trenching. Scrapers: Scrapers: *Box, costing up to 25 cents. Boat. *Ice, costing up to 25 cents. *Box, costing over 25 cents. Engraver's. *Ice, costing over 25 cents. Road. Tube. Screens: Desk. Door. Fireplace. Fly. Gravel, soil, and sand. Micro. Photographic. Pulp. Stereopticon. Window. *Screw drivers, costing up to 25 *Screw drivers, costing over 25 cents. cents. Screws, metal and wood. Screws, bench. Scribes, timber. Sealers, can. Seals: Seals: Car, lead and wire. Cotton. OfTicial. Seamers. Seats, closet. Sectional furniture: Bases. Bill. Blue print or plan. Book. Card index. Check file. Commercial. Credit filing. Combination. Cupboard and closet. Daily report. Drawer. Electrotype. Ends. FiUers. Herbarium. Insurance. Legal document. 116 PROPEKTY RPXiULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Seeds. Sets: Nail. Rivet. Shades: Electric light. Eye. Lamp. Shafting. Shalvers, glass and porcelain. *Shavers, ice, costing up to 25 cents. Sectional furnitvire — Continued. I^etter file, vertical or horizontal. Loose leaf. Map. I'hoto and negative. Pigeon hole. Reducing. Shannon. Storage. Tops. Transfer. Voucher. Sectors and mountings. Seeders: Cultivator and drill. Garden. Seekers, plant. Seines. Seismographs. Seismoscopes. Separators: Cream. Pulp. Seed. Sets: Doubletrees. Fireplace. Grappling iron. Staining. Swage. Testing, telegraph. Toilet. Tool. Triple trees. Veterinary instruments. Settees. Setters, plant. Sextants. Shakers, metal. Shapers. Sharpeners: Cork-borer. Microtome knife. Pencil. *Shavers, ice, costing over 25 cents. Shawls. Shears: Brush. Edging. Grape. TT. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 10 IG. 117 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Shears— Continued. Grass. Hedge. Horse. Office. Photographic. Pruning. Sheep. Snagging. Vegetable. Sheeting: Cotton. Rubber. Sheets, bed. Sheets, cotton gathering. Shellers: Corn. . Pea. Peanut. Shelters: Instrument. Lantern. Shelves or s lelving, wood. Shelves or shelving, metal. Shields: Shields: Asbestos. Soil tube. Eraser. Wind. Finger. Stove. Shingles. Shirts. Shoes: Shoes: Horse. Men's. Mule. Women's. Shovels: Dirt. Fire. Scoop. Snow. Tiling. Showerheads, with valves (shower bath). Sliredders, vegetable. Shrinkers, tire and axle. Shutters, camera. Shuttles, tvpewriter. Sickles. ' *Sieves, flour, costing up to 25 cents. *Sieves, flour, costing over 25 cents. Sifters. Sights, wood level. Signals: Coston or hurricane. Index. Signographs. Signs, office Signs, storm-warning tower. Silk, oiled. Silos. Singletrees. 118 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Snaps, chain. Soap: Castile. Harness. Ivory. Laundry. Liquid. Oil. Powder. Scouring. Shaving. Soft. Tar. Toilet. Sod. Solder. Nonexpendable. Sinks: Alberene stone. Iron. Porcfelain. Siphons, glass. Skiffs. Skillets. Skimmers. Skins, chamois. Skis. Slabs, for mixing paints: Board. Durostone. Terra-cotta. Sledges. Sleds. Sleeves, comiector: Copper. Rul)her. Slicers. Slickers. Slides: Dark. Plate holder. Quartz. Slugs. Slings: Hay, Horse, Slopes, desk. Smokers, Ijee. Snaths, scythe. Snips, tin. Sorters: Card. File. Potato. Sounders, telegraph. Spacers. I'. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 19 IG, 119 Expendable. Nonexpendable. *Spatulas, costing up to 25 cents. ='■• Spatulas, costing over 25 cents. Spears. Spectographs. Spectroscopes. Speculums. Speedometers. Spherometers. Sphygmomanometers. Spigots, wood. Spigots, metal. Spikes. Splicers. Splices. Splines. Splitters. Spokeshayes. Sponges. Spools, lor small wire. Spools, for Pathe camera. *Spoons, costing oyer 25 cents: Drill. Horn. ♦Spoons, costing up to 25 cents: Drill. Horn. Laboratory. Laboratory. Table. Table. Sprayers: Dust Insect. Spreaders. Spreads. Springs: Springs: Brass. Bed. Door. Bending. Fan. Steel. Sprinklers: Bulb. Lawn. Plant. Spuds, dandelion. Spurs. ♦Squares, costing up to 25 cents: *Squares, costing oyer 25 cents: Carpenter's. Carpenter's. Machinist's. Machinist's. Squeezers: *Squeezers: Glass. Other than glass, costing over 25 *Othej- than glass, costing up to cents. 25 cents. Staffs, Jacob's. Stages: Mechanical. Micrometer. Photographic. Stamps: Stamps: Alphabetical and numerical sets. Canceling. Dating, ruliber. Dating, metal. Hand, rubber. Hand, metal. •120 niOPEKTY IJEGULATTONS. Expendable. Nonexpendalile. Stamps— Contiiiued . Stamps— Continued. "Indelil^le" products. Meat inspection, other than Meat inspection, paper. paper. Stanchior Stands: Balance. Bedside. Blacking. Boiler. Book und magazine. Camera. Chart. Condenser. Culture. Dissecting. Filter. Giass tuhing. Instrument. Letterpress. Microscope. Olfice. Paper cutter. Pipe. Reaction. Reagent. Retort. Sterilizer. Typewriter. Umbrella. Water-cooler. Wash. Staples: Carpenter's. For Boston stitcher. Paper-fastening machines. Starters, electric. Statoscopes. Statuettes. Steel, liars and sheets. Steels, knife sharpening. Stencils, paper. Stencils, metal. Stereopticons. Stereoscopes. Sterilizers: Hot air and steam. Serum. Surgical dressing. Stethoscopes. Sticks: Sticks: For cutting machine. Printer's. Measuring. Stills: Alcohol. Water. Stirrers. Stocks, brayer and roller. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKTCFLTURE, 1910. 121 Expendable. Nonexpendable. *Stones, costing up to 25 cents: *Stones, costing over 25 cents: Carborundum. Carborundum. Emery. Emery. Grind. Grind. Printer's. Printer's. Lithographer's. Lithograplier's. Oil. Oil. Stools: Laboratory. Office. Stoppers: Basin, witli plugs. Rubber. *Stops, bench, costing up to 2.') *Stops, bench, costing over 25 cents. cents. Stoves: Alcohol. Camp. Coal and wood. Electric. Gas. Gasoline and oil. Hot blast. *Strainers, costing up to 25 cents: *3trainers, costing over 25 cents: (iasoline. Gasoline. Kitchen. Kitchen. Milk. Milk. Taint. Paint. Straps: Straps: Binder or tie. " Trunk. Box. Leather, other than trunk. Pipe. Stretchers: Carpet. Wire. Strips, T>inding, cloth. Strops. Styli. Supports: Supports: Book. Anemometer. Camera. Filter. Funnel. Instrument shelter, steel. Laboratory. Nephoscope. Rain and snow gauge. Sunshine recorder. Thermometer. Wind vane. Surcingles. Siu-reys. Swedges. Sweepers: Carpet. Street. 122 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Sweeps, cultivator. *Switches, electric, costing up to 25 cents: Battery. KJnife." Panel. Pendant. Snap. Telegraph, Tablets, writing. Tabs, index. Tacks: Basket. Carpet. Matting. Numerical. Thumb. Upholstering. Tags: Index. Key. Merchandise. Tin, meat inspection. Tallow. ♦Switches, electric, costing over 25 cents: Battery. Knife. Panel . Pendant. Snap. Telegraph. Syml)ols, map. Syringes: Antitoxin. Battery. Fountain. Hydrometer. Hypodermic. Inoculating. Veterinary. Tables: Dining. Drawing. Kitchen. I^aboratory. Microscope. Office. Taxidermist's. Titration. Traverse plane. Warming. Tachometers, Tags: Identification, motorcycle. Tampers. Tanks: Acetylene. Brine. Compound air pump. Digester. Evaporating. Expansion. Filter. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTLTRE, 19 1G. 123 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Tanks— Continued. Fumigating and insecticide. Cas and gasoline. Hypo. Laboratory. Motion pictiu-e. Spraying. Stock and supply. Urinal. Vacuum. Wash. Water. Water-closet. Tape: Adhesive. Asbestos, listing. Cotton and linen. Gummed, paper. Eed. Rubber. Tapers, wax. Tapes: Chain. Linen. Microphoto. Steel. Wire. Taps: Machine. Pipe. Tar. Tedders. Telegraphones. Telemeters. Telephones. Telescopes. Telethermograplis. Telethermoscopes. Templets. Tenaculae. Tents. Terminals, cable. Testers: Battery. Butter. Cement. Corn seed. Elastic. Fiber. Folding. Gauge. Glue Gluten. Grain. Leather. 124 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Testers— Continued. Linen. Milk. Oil. Opacity. Paper. Rubber. Speed shutter, camera. Tliernionietor. ^Vater. Tlicodolifps. Thcniio^raphs. Tlicruioineters: Armored. Chemical. Clinical. Electric. Exposed. Maximum. Minimum. Recording. Soil. Telethermograph. Tliermopiles.' Tliermostats. Thimbles: Calking. Extraction. Rope. Sewing. > - Thread: Flax gilling. Sewing. Threaders. Threshers. Tile. Tiles, pill. Tin: Block. Japanned. Pig. Tintometers. Toasters. Tomahawks. Tongs: Blacksmith's. Chain. Crucible. Fire. Ice. Pipe. Spittoon. Tongues: Carriage. Truck. Wagon. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1916. 125 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Tools: Blacksmith's. Boring. Carpenter's. Electrician's. Embossing. Knurling. Lathe. Milling. Plumber's. I Tiling. 1 Tops: i Tile table. Tripod tilting. Torches: Alcohol. Gasoline. Hot blast. Laboratory. Soldering. Towels: Bath. Office, cloth or paper. Towers, storm- warning. Tracers. Traces, harness. Tracks, steel. Trammels. Transformers. Transits: Architect's. Explorer's. Sm'veyor's. Transplanters. Traps: Traps: Bird. Anmaal, steel. Fly. Plumber's. Moth. Mouse. Rat. Roach. Trays: Trays: Desk. Card. Hard rubber. Copper and aluminum. Laboratory, glass and porcelain. Cnunb. Pasteboard. Flask. Pen or pin. Laboratory, metal. Porcelain. Seed. Shipping. White enameled. Silver-plated, pitcher. Trees, for insecticidal and fungi- cidal experiments. Trephines. Trestles. 126 PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Triangles, pipestem. Triangles: Drawing and drafting. Platinum. Trichinoscopes. Triers: Butter. Cheese. Ham. Trimmers: Hedge. Hoof. Paper. Paraffin block. Photo. Tree. Tripods, laboratory, Tripods: Camera. Heliometer. Sketching. Surveyor's. Trocars. Troughs: Developing. Feed. Mercury. Water. Trousers. Trowels: 15ricklaver's. Garden. Plasterer's. Trucks: Book. Farm. Motor. Office. Platfonn. Wagon. Trimks: Camera and plate. Specimen. Traveling. Tubes: Tubes: Barometer. Angle measuring. Blowing;. Beet boring. Blue-print. Pitot. Burette. Pelligot. Calcium chloride. Roentgen (X-ray), Colorimeter. Soda lime. Combustion. Soil. Extraction. Stomach. Lamp. Vacuiun. Mailing. Resistance. Medicine. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 19 1( 127 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Tubes— Continued. Pasteboard. Quartz. Specimen. T and Y form. Test. Tin. Tubing: Brass. Drainage. Gasket. Glass. Mottled. Rubber. Tubs: Foot. Plant. Wash. Tunnels, copper steam. Turbidimeters, electric. Turbines, steam. Tumbuckles. Turners, cake. Turntables, microscope. *Tweezers, costing up to 25 cents. Twine: Cotton. *Tweezers, costing over 25 cents. Flax. Hemp. Jute. Linen. Tympans. ffetal. Rubber. Typewriters. Umbrellas. ♦Unions, plumber's, costing up to *Unions, plumber's, costing over 25 cents. 25 cents. Ureometers. Urinals. Valises. ♦Valves, costing up to 25 cents: *Valves, costing over 25 cents: Air, for radiators. Air, for radiators. Ammonia. Ammonia. Gate. Gate. Pump, rubber. Pump, rubber. Plumbing. Plumbing. Vanes. Vaporizers. 128 PROPERTY REGITLATTONS. Expendable. Nonexpendable. Varnish : Duplicating machine. Lithographic. Photographic. Ventilators, glass. Vials, glass. Wafers, paper. Walks, plank. Washers. Wax: Floor. Sealing. White. Wedges: *Iron, costing up to 2'^ cents. *Steel, costing up to 2.5 cents. Wood. Vasculums. Vats. Vehicles. Ventilators, metal. Vignetters, photographic. ^'iscosimeters. Vises: Machinist's. Pipe. Saw. Vulcanizers. Wagons: Drayage and express. Farm. Mail. Sprinkling. Wardrobes. Warmers, section micro. Watches. Wedges: *Iron, costing over 25 cents. *Steel, costing over 25 cents. Weeders: Hand. Horse. Weights: Weights: Paper, glass or metal. Balance and scale. Sash. Hitching. Spline. Weirs. Wheelbarrows. Wheels: Wheels: Buffing. Aluminum. Cutting, for pencil. Buffing. Sharpening machines. Measuring. Truck. Whetstones. Whips. Whistles. Wicking and wicks. Winches. Windlass and chain. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRTCULTURE, 1916. 129 Expendable. Nonexpendable. Wire: Bronze, copper, and steel. Drawplate. Fence. Gauze. Lead-covered. Office or Insulated. Platinum. Telegraph. Telephone. Wood. Wrappers, paper. Zinc, bars and sheets. Workers, butter. Wrenches: Alligator. Anemometer. Chain. Monkey. Stillsori. Tap. Trimo. Wringers: Clothes. Mop, with bucket. Yokes, ox. 44778°— 16 9 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Paragraph. Abandonment of property by chief of field party 12 Absence of officials or employees, transfer of property during 56 Accountability: Individual 7 Relief from 7 When closed 57 Acquisition of property by department 2 Action: Upon death of official or employee in charge of property 58 Upon discontinuance of field station 55 Advertisements: Newspaper, authority for 9 Sale of property 9 Animal products, sale or exchange of 62 Animals, sale or exchange of 62 Annual inspection of property 27 Annual return of nonexpendable property 46 Apparatus, scientific, sale or exchange of 61 Army quartermaster, shipments by 75 Atlantic Ocean, shipments via 78 .Articles: Condemned, use of, in repairs 21 Destroyed, credit for 51 Of personal nature 49 Audit, quarterly, Supply Division 28 Authority: Advertisements, newspaper 9 Condemnation of property 20 Sale or other disposition of property 9 Transfers between field stations 26 Authorizations affecting property returns, to be filed with 54 Bills of lading 71 Blue prints, sale of 65 Board of survey, special, when appointed 8-9 Bond-aided or land-grant railroads, cash payments not to be made. 84 Bonds, covering expenses of exhibits at fairs, etc 32 131 132 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Books and periodicals: Paragraph. Exchange of 64 Return of, to library 34 Buildings 14 Bureaus: Inspection of property 27 Receipt of property in 3 Records of property 6 Sale of property between, prohibited 25 Transfer of property between 25 Cable lines 14 Camera l)Oxes, lenses, and shut t ers 33 Camp equipment, abandonment of 12 Card index, experiment-station literature, sale of 69 Cash payments, when not to lie made 84 Certificate regarding property lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed. 8 Certificate of disposition of property 23 Classification of property: Determination of 36 To be shown on invoices and receipt s 36 Clerk, properl y, designation of 3 Closing of accountability 57 Condemnation of property: Authority for 20 Property having no sale value IS Condemned property: Destroyed, credit for 51 Destruction of 9 Personal possession of 22 Purchase of, by employees 24 Use of, in repairs 21 Continued al^sence of ofTieial or employee, transfer of property during 56 Conversion of property to personal use 13 Cotton standards, sale of 70 Count of property 52 Credit for property abandoned, sold, or destroyed at field station 51 Damaged property: Procedure regarding 8 Relief from responsiltility 7 Dealers: Shipments from 76 Use of penalty envelopes or labels by 89 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. 133 Paragraph. Death of official in charge of property, action upon 58 Definition of terms 1 Delayed shipments, reporting of 82 Delivery of property at field stations 83 Deposit of money recovered 8 Destroyed property: Credit for 51 Procedure regarding 8 Relief from responsibility 7 Destruction of property: Condemned property 9 Property ordered destroyed 23 Discontinuance of station, action upon 55 Disposition of property: Certificate of 23 Property ordered destroyed 23 Sale of property 9, 10, 12 Documents, surplus, exchange of 63 Duplicate invoices and receipts 42 Duplicating machines, sale or exchange of 61 Employees: Designated to receive property in bureaus 3 Field, freight shipments between 74 Misuse of property by 30 Personal possession of condemned property 22 Purchase of condemned property by 24 Purchase of property from, prohibited 31 Equipment, camp, abandonment of 12 Equipment and supplies, requisitions for 44 Errors in property returns 53 Exchange: Books and periodicals 64 Property, for supplies or work, prohibited 16 Or sale of property authorized by law 61-70 Surplus documents 63 Exhibits at expositions, fairs, etc 32 Expendable property: Classification of 5 Invoices and receipts for 37 List of. (See Appendix B.) Records of 6 Expenses, exliibits at expositions, etc., bonds to cover 32 Experiment station literatiu-e, card index, sale of 69 Expositions, fairs, etc., exhibits at 32 134 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGLTLATIONS. Express: Paragraph. Shipments by 86 Shipments to and from Washington 87 Valuation of shipments 88 Fairs, expositions, etc., exhibits at 32 Fees, storage 15 Fences 14 Field (general): Abandonment, sale or disposition of property by chief of field party 1- Employees, freight shipments between 74 Purchases, invoices of 43 Sale by one bureau to another in field prohibited 9 Storage of property 15 Transfer of property between bureaus in field 9 Transfer of property from one branch of a bureau to another in field 9 Field (stations): Delivery of property at S3 Discontinuance of station, act ion upon 55 Duplicate invoices and receipts covering transfers between 42 Property abandoned, sold, or destroyed, credit for 51 Transfer of property dm-ing continued absence 56 Transfer of property between 26 Final retmn of property 59 Final settlement 60 Forest maps, sale of 65 Freight shipments between employees in the field 74 Household effects, transfer of 85 Identification of property 29 Improvements, permanent 14 Inaccessibility of property H Index, card, agricultural literatvire, sale of 69 Individual accoimtability 7 Instructions regarding shipments 81 Inspection: Bureau property 27 Annual, by Office of Inspection 27 Records and property of Supply Division 28 Invoices: Attached to property returns 40 Duplicate, transfers between field stations 42 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. 135 Invoices— ContiBued. Para.qraph. Expendable property 37 Field purchases 43 Nonexpendable property 38 Property taken up without 41 Signing of 7 Verification of 39 When made 35 Lading, bills of 71 Lands 14 Land-grant or bond-aided raih'oads, cash paj-ments not to be made to 84 Lantern slides, sale of 65 Laws governing property accountability {See Appendix A.) Legal authority for sale or exchange of property 61-70 Lenses, photographic 33 Library: Exchange of books and periodicals 64 Return of books and periodicals 34 Literature, experiment station, card index, sale of 69 Live stock, exchange or sale of 62 Lost property, certificate regarding 8 Machines, type\vriting and duplicating, sale or exchange of 61 Maps and publications of Weather Bureau 67 Maps, forest, sale of 65 Marking and packing of shipments 74 Merchants, use of penalty envelopes or labels by 89 Methods of shipment 72 Microscopic specimens, sale of 68 Misuse of property 30 Money recovered, deposit of 8 Naval stores, sale of samples 68 Newspaper advertisements, authority for 9 Nonexpendable property: Aimual return of 46 Classification of 3 Invoices and receipts for 38 List of. {See Appendix B.) Not to be dropped from returns 48 Record of 6 Notification of placing of pm-chase orders 45 Official cotton standards, sale of 70 Official in charge of property, action upon death of 58 Orders, purchase, notification of placing 45 136 INDEX TO PROPEETY REGULATIONS. Paragraph. Packing and marking of shipments 73 Pathological and zoological specimens, sale of 66 Penalty envelopes or labels, use of, in makmg shipments. 89 Periodicals and books: Exchange of 64 Return of, to Library 34 Permanent Board of Survey 9 Personal: Possession of condenmed property 22 Property, transfer of 85 Use of property 13 Photographic lenses 33 Porto Rico, shipments to 79 Possession of condenmed property 22 Prints, photographic, sale of 65 Private sale of property 9 Products, animal, sale or exchange of 62 Property: A bandoned, credit for 51 Abandonment of, by chief of field party 12 Accountability, individual 7 Accountability, laws governing. {See Appendix A.) Accountability, when closed 57 Acquisition of, by department 2 Advertisement of sale 9 Annual inspection of 27 Articles of a personal nature 49 As payment for supplies or work 16 At inaccessible places 11 Authority for conderrmation 20 At substations, return of 47 Bureau inspection 27 Bureau records 6 Class to be indicated on invoices and receipts 36 Classification of 5 Clerk, designation of 3 Condemnation of IS Condemned, destruction of 9 Condemned, personal possession of 23 Condemned, purchase of, by employees 24 Condemned, use of, in repairs 21 Conversion of, to personal use 13 Count to be made 52 Damaged, relief from responsibility for 7 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS, 137 Property— Continued. Paragraph. Delivery of, at field stations 83 Destroyed, credit for 51 Destroyed, relief from responsibility for 9 Destruction of, after condemnation 7 Destruction of, by chief of field party 12 Disposition of 9 Dropping of, from retui-ns 8 Duplicating machines, etc 61 Employees designated to receive 3 Errors in returns 53 Exchange of, for supplies or work prohibited 16 Expendable, invoices and receipts for 37 Expendable, list of. {See Appendix B.) Final returns of property 59 Final settlement 60 Identification of 29 Inspection of 27 Invoices, verificat ion of 39 Invoices and receipts, when made 35 Invoices and receipts, class to be indicated 36 Invoices and receipts, to be attached to property returns 40 Lost, relief from responsibility for 7 Misuse of 30 Nonexpendable, annual return of 46 Nonexpendable, invoices and receipts for 38 Nonexpendable, list of. (See Appendix B.) Nonexpendable, not to be dropped from returns 48 Not to be given as payment for supplies or work 16 Ordered destroyed, disposition of 23 Personal possession of 22 Private sale of 9 Pmchase of, from Government employees prohibited 31 Receipts and invoices, when made 35 Receipts of, in bureaus 3 Receipting for 7 Recover^/^ of value 8 Reissue of 21 Requisitions for purchase of 44 Responsibility for 4 Returns, annual, nonexpendable property 46 Returns, authorization affeciing, to be filed with 54 Returns, errors in 53 Returns, final 59 Returns, invoices andf receipts to be attached 40 138 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. Property— Continued. Paragraph. Returns, property at substations 47 Sale of, authorized by law 10 Sale of, between bureaus, prohibited 25 Sale of, by one bureau to another in the field, proliibited 9 Sale of, by chief of field party 12 Sale or exchange autliorized by law 62 Sale or other disposition 9 Scientific apparatus 61 Shortage, report of 51 Sold at field station, credit for 51 Stolen, relief from responsibility for 7 Storage of 15 Substation, return of 47 Supply division, inspection of 28 Surplus documents, exchange of 63 Taken up without invoice 41 Transfer and reissue 9 Transfer between field stations 26 Transfer, during continued absence of official or employee 56 Transler, field stations, duplicate invoices and receipts 42 Transfer from one bureau to anotlrer in Washington 25 Typewriters, duplicating machines, etc 61 Unserviceable, report of 17 Unserviceable, only to be condemned 19 Use of, in payment for supplies or work prohibited 16 Value of, to be recovered 8 Publications and maps of Weatlaer Bureau, sale oi 67 Purchase: Condemned property, by employees 24 Field, invoices of 43 From employees, prohibited 31 Order, notification of placing 45 Property, by employees 24 Quartermaster, United States Army, shipments by 75 Railroads, bond-aided or land-grant, cash payments not to be made to -^4 Receipt of property in bureaus 3 Receipts: Attached to property returns 40 Duplicate, transfers between stations 46 For expendable property 37 For nonexpendable property 38 Signing of 7 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. 139 Receipts— Continued. Paragraph. Verification of 39 When furnished 35 Record of shipments 80 Records: Btireau 6 Expendable property 6 Nonexpendable property 6 Supply Division, inspection of 28 Relief from responsibility 7 Repairs, use of condemned articles in 21 Reports: Delayed shipments 82 Shortage 50 Unserviceable property 17 Responsibility: For property 4 Relief from 7 Requisition for supplies and equipment 44 Returns: Annual, nonexpendable property 46 Errors In 54 Final 59 Nonexpendable property not to be dropped from 48 Property, at substations 47 Property, authorizations affecting, to be fded with 54 Property, final 59 Property, invoices and receipts to be attached 40 Sale of property: Animals and animal products 62 Authority for 9 Authorized by law, no action by board of survey required 10 Between bureaus prohibited 25 Blue prints 65 Card index of Experiment Station literature 69 Cotton standards 70 Forest maps 65 Lantern slides 65 Maps and publications of Weather Bureau 67 Microscopic specimens 68 Prints, photographic 65 Samples (pure sugar, naval stores, etc.) 68 Transparencies 65 Sale or exchange of property 61-70 140 INDEX TO PEOPERTY REGULATIONS. Paragraph. Samples, sale of 68 Scientific apparatus, sale or exchange of 61 Settlement, final 60 Shipments : Bills of ladmg 71 By quartermaster, United States Army 75 Cash payments, when not made 84 Delayed, report of 82 Delivery of property at field stations 83 Express 86 Express, to and from Washington 87 Express, valuation of '.... 88 Freight, between employees in the field 74 From dealers 76 Household effects 85 Instructions to be observed 81 Methods of shipment 72 Packing and marking 73 Penalty labels or envelopes 89 Personal property 85 Porto Rico 79 Record of 80 Washington 77 Via Atlantic Ocean 78 Shortage, report of 50 Shutters, camera 33 Slides, lantern, sale of 65 Special board of survey, when appointed 8-9 Specimens, sale of: Microscopic 68 Naval stores 68 Pathological and zoological 66 Sugar, pure 68 Standards, cotton, sale of 70 Stations, field: Delivery of property at 83 Discontmuance, action vipon 55 Duplicate invoices and receipts covering transfers between 42 Transfers of property between 26 Transfer of property during continued absence of officials and employees. 56 Stolen property : Relief from responsibility for 7 Procedure regarding .' 8 INDEX TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS. 141 Paragraph. Storage fees 15 Stores, naval, sale of samples 68 Substations, returns of property at 47 Sugar, pure, sale of samples 08 Supplies, property not to be given in payment for 16 Supplies and equipment, requisitions for 44 Supply Division, inspection of records and property 28 Surplus documents, exchange of 63 Survey, board of: Permanent 9 Special, when appointed 8-9 Telegraph lines 14 Terms, definition of 1 Transfers: Between bureaus in Washington 25 Between field stations 26 Between field stations, dux)licate invoices and receipts 42 Field stations, during continued absence of officials and em- ployees 56 Household effects 85 Personal property 85 Transparencies, sale of 65 Typewriters, sale or exchange of 61 Unserviceable property: Condemnation of 19 Report of 17 Value of property, recovery of 8 Valuation of express shipments 88 Verification of invoices 39 Washington, express shipments to and from 77, 87 Weather Bureau, sale of maps and publications 67 Zoological and pathological specimens, sale of 66 O <4>£. >^. 7/r LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 004 016 717 1