priation for "Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings." Should vouchers be forwarded for these items stated on the wrong form, they will be returned without approval.

EXPENSES OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS.

SEC. XXXIII. This appropriation is chargeable with the cost of all work and supplies referred to in the preceding appropriations when furnished for buildings or rooms rented, or for Government buildings located on grounds not the property of the United States, used by the customs service. Also for

Call bells and wiring for exclusive use of customs officials;

Rent of offices or buildings for customs purposes;

Revenue flags for custom-houses;

Telephones for the use of the customs service;

Telephone service for other officials must be the subject of communication from said officials to the heads of their respective departments.

OFFICIAL LETTERS TO BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED.

SEC. XXXIV. (a) Communications relating to the followingnamed appropriations or subjects must be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Supervising Architect's Office:

Repairs and preservation of public buildings;

Heating apparatus for public buildings;

Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings;

Assigning rooms and space in Government buildings;

Encroachment or trespasses upon Federal building sites by owners of adjacent property and others;

Licenses or permits to use public buildings or grounds;

Renting space in Government buildings for telegraphic and other purposes;

Renting unused Government property;

Renting rooms in Government buildings;

Sale of old materials originally purchased from the above-named appropriations;

Sale of old and condemned safes;

Tapping Government sewers for private buildings;

Taxes or assessments levied or imposed against public building sites etc.

(b) Communications relating to the following appropriations or subjects must be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Office of the Chief Clerk:

Furniture and repairs of same for public buildings;

Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings;

Pay of assistant custodians and janitors;

Pneumatic-tube systems;

Sale of articles originally purchased from any of the above-named appropriations;

Returns of furniture and fixtures;

Selling or dropping from returns of furniture (except safes).

(c) Communications relating to the following appropriations or subjects must be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Division of Appointments:

Expenses of collecting the revenue from customs;
Leasing of buildings or offices for customs service.

STATIONERY, BLANK FORMS, AND BLANK BOOKS.

SEC. XXXV. Blank forms of requisitions for stationery and blank paper will be supplied, on requisition, by the Department.

SEPARATE COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRED.

SEC. XXXVI. (1) Communications addressed to the Department must not include items of expense payable from different appropriations in charge of different Treasury officials, as indicated in Section XXXIV, or involving expenses for different fiscal years.

(2) Each communication should relate to only one appropriation or one subject.

(3) Communications must be written on custodian's letterhead paper, which will be supplied, on requisition, by the Department.

LETTERS TO BE ANSWERED WITHOUT DELAY.

SEC. XXXVII. (1) Every Department letter requiring a reply must be answered without unnecessary delay; but if action can not be taken in due course the receipt should be acknowledged at once and the reasons stated for delay and probable date when a reply will be forwarded.

(2) In replying to letters from the Department reference should be made to the bureau, office, or division in which the same was prepared, as indicated in the upper left-hand corner of such letter.

(3) The receipt of checks or of the proceeds thereof deposited by contractors or bidders should be promptly acknowledged. No acknowledgment of the receipt of other checks is required.

(4) Vouchers for expenditures previously authorized, returns required by paragraphs 2 and 11, Section XLVI, and estimates for annual supplies, need not be accompanied by letters of transmittal.

OFFICIAL LETTERS TO BE BRIEFED.

SEC. XXXVIII. All official letters to the Department should be indorsed on the first fold with the official designation of the building, name of place where located, date, name and title of writer, and synopsis of contents, an inch space to be left blank at the top of the first fold for the imprint of the Department stamp recording the date of receipt and the number of inclosures to be noted at the bottom.

POSTING ADVERTISEMENTS PROHIBITED.

SEC. XXXIX. The custodians will not permit advertisements or notices of any character (excepting those relating to Government business) to be posted in or about United States buildings, and those relating to Government business must only be displayed upon bulletin boards which are supplied by the Department. Nor must clocks used for advertising purposes be installed in corridors or rooms. boards will not be allowed on the premises.

ROOMS MUST BE USED FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES ONLY.

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SEC. XL. The use of rooms as sleeping apartments is prohibited, except for route agents of the Railway Mail Service where it is deemed by the Post-Office Department to be absolutely necessary and is requested by the Postmaster-General and authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury.

ROOMS MUST NOT BE USED FOR UNOFFICIAL PURPOSES.

SEC. XLI. (1) The Department will not permit stands for the sale of pies, cakes, candy, mineral waters, cigars, newspapers, or merchandise of any character, or for any trade or avocation, to be placed in rooms, corridors, or lobbies, or on sidewalks or grounds of Government buildings; nor will it permit desks, desk room, or space therein to be used for the transaction of private business.

(2) The Secretary of the Treasury is not authorized to permit United States buildings to be occupied for other than governmental purposes, except in cases where the necessity of the public service would be subserved thereby, and custodians are especially cautioned against permitting buildings to be used for other purposes without specific authority therefor from the Department. Should it be determined that a public telephone or telegraph station in a United States building would tend to facilitate the transaction of the business of the Government, such occupancy will, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized for such period and upon such terms as he may direct. Custodians, in submitting applications to the Department from telephone or telegraph companies to occupy space in United States buildings, must inform the Department fully as to the manner in which such occupancy would be of benefit to the public service; the floor space required; its location and the rental, if any, to be paid, and without regard to individual interests. make recommendation as to the advisability of granting the request.

(3) The Department will not approve any application unless it is clearly established that such action will be advantageous to the Government in the transaction of its business.

NOT TO INTRODUCE ARTICLES FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.

SEC. XLII. The introduction into public buildings, for experimental purposes, of any article or appliance without previous authority of the Department, is absolutely prohibited.

ASSIGNMENT OF ROOMS.

SEC. XLIII. (1) Assignment of rooms in the building must not be made without special authority from this Department.

(2) As soon as a room is vacated the Department should be immediately notified thereof.

(3) After original assignment of rooms has been approved, additional assignments to coordinate Departments of the Government will only be made at the request of the head of such Department.

ASSIGNMENT PLANS.

SEC. XLIV. Whenever required, the custodian will forward to the supervising architect of this Department diagrams with measurements of the grounds, cellar, subbasement, and basement, as the case may be, of the building or buildings in his custody, giving points of the compass and the names of the adjoining streets, and showing the location of the heating apparatus, elevators, and pumps; also of the several floors, including the attic, indicating for what purpose they are used, and locating the position of the safes, vaults, stoves, fireplaces with grates, fireplaces without grates, storm doors, and telegraph offices, if any. If the rooms are numbered they will be so designated, in addition to the official title of the occupants. These diagrams must be prepared on suitable paper, 151⁄2 inches from top to bottom, by 12 inches in width, leaving a sufficient margin thereon upon the left-hand side to allow for binding. They need not be elaborate or scale drawings, which are preferred, but should be acceptable in appearance, and mailed on common wood rollers to prevent injury in transmission.

POST-OFFICE LOCK BOXES, DUPLICATE KEYS, REPAIRS, ETC.

SEC. XLV. The Treasury Department furnishes lock boxes and drawers and letter and package drops for post-offices located in public buildings under its control, and makes repairs to same when necessary.

Each box or drawer is supplied with a quota of keys, and under an agreement the cost of replacing any lost keys of the original complement, or any additional keys, will be borne by the Post-Office Department.

No consideration in the future will be given by this Department to requests for the purchase of keys to replace such as have been lost, or for keys additional to the original complement.

Keys must be purchased from the manufacturer of the locks and not from local locksmiths.

All expenses incident to the repair of boxes, drawers, letter or package drops; their change of location; their renewal or the supply of additional ones; the furnishing of glass fronts for boxes or drawers, etc., are payable from the appropriation for "Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings.'

RECORD AND RETURN OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.

SEC. XLVI. (1) A complete record in detail of all public property purchased from the appropriation " Furniture and repairs of same for public buildings," including furniture transferred from rented buildings, must be kept by custodians in proper form for reference, specifying the office or room and story of the building in which the articles are located, together with their cost, date of authority for purchase, and condition as shown by the custodian's receipt to his predecessor, or his latest inventory. All authorizations to purchase, transfer, sell, drop, or otherwise dispose of articles should be entered upon this record. Blank record books required by this paragraph will be supplied on application to the Department.

(2) For the purpose of complying with the requirements of section 197, Revised Statutes (see Appendix, p. 68), returns of furniture and fixtures and other property purchased from the appropriation named must be rendered by custodians to the Secretary of the Treasury (chief clerk) semiannually, on the 30th of June and 31st of December, and will embrace only such articles as have been acquired, transferred, dropped, sold, or otherwise disposed of during the period covered by the returns submitted. Blanks for these returns (Form No. 171 A and its continuation sheet No. 171 B), will be supplied on application to the Department. For sample of return see page 47. (3) The returns must specify the office, room, and story of the building in which the articles are or were located, and the number and description of the articles, care being taken to give the date of authority to purchase, sell, drop, or transfer, and the cost of the articles.

(4) Articles must not be entered upon the records of the office, nor included in the semiannual returns, until they have been received, whatever the date of authority for their purchase, but when received this date should be entered in its proper column, and under the head of "Remarks" the date of their receipt.

(5) Furniture and fixtures embrace carpets, matting, rugs, and mats; window curtains, shades, and awnings; spittoons and cuspidors,