Received at Brunswick, Ga., this day of -, 190-, from Thomas J. Henrix, disbursing agent, the sum of fifteen dollars, in full payment of the above account. No. 9.-Account for services, superintendent of construction-Applies also to foremen of construction and superintendents of repairs. APPROPRIATION: "Post-office, court-house, and custom-house, Spokane, Wash." Building, United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house; location, Spokane, Wash. I certify that the foregoing expenditure, embracing articles received or services performed, or both, covering prices and amounts deemed just and reasonable, was necessarily incurred for the building named above, under the appropriation quoted, and that the public exigency, where the articles and services were not supplied under formal contract or accepted proposal, required immediate delivery or performance, without advertisement. Nos. 10 and 11.-Contract-Payment on account-Division under separate appropriations—Accepted proposals, under like conditions, may be similarly treated. 66 APPROPRIATION: Heating apparatus for public buildings, 1903." The United States to The Smith Manufacturing Co., Dr. Date. Authority. Articles, services, or work. Amount. 1903. June 8 Contract dated April 2, 1903. New force-draught heating apparatus and $9,000.00 miscellaneous repairs. Proposal accepted May 9, 1903 Proposal accepted May 14, 1903. $100.00 176.00 9,176.00 Building, United States custom-house, court-house, and post-office; location, Memphis, Tenn. I certify that the foregoing expenditure, embracing articles received or services performed, or both, covering prices and amounts deemed just and reasonable, was necessarily incurred for the building named above, under the appropriation quoted, and that the public exigency, where the articles and services were not supplied under formal contract or accepted proposal, required immediate delivery or performance withou: advertisement. Approved. Assistant Secretary. Received at disbursing above account. the sum of two thousand dollars, in full payment of the Sample voucher No. 11. APPROPRIATION: “Repairs and preservation of public buildings, 1903." The United States, to The Smith Manufacturing Company, Dr. Date. Authority. Articles, services, or work. Amount. 1903. June 8 Contract dated Apr. 2, 1903... New force-draft heating apparatus and mis $9,000.00 cellaneous repairs. Building, United States custom-house, court-house, and post-office; location, Memphis, Tenn. I certify that the foregoing expenditure, embracing articles received or services performed, or both, covering prices and amounts deemed just and reasonable, was necessarily incurred for the building named above, under the appropriation quoted, and that the public exigency, where the articles and services were not supplied under formal contract or accepted proposal, required immediate delivery or performance, without advertisement. Approved: Assistant Secretary. Received at EDWARD N. GRAY, Custodian. 190-, from the sum of two hundred dollars, in full payment of the above to the order of payee as per caption. LIST OF CIVIL-SERVICE DISTRICTS. First district.-Headquarters, Boston, Mass.: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut except Fairfield and New Haven counties. Second district.-Headquarters, New York, N. Y.: New York, Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut, and the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Union, in the State of New Jersey. Third district.-Headquarters, Philadelphia, Pa.: Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, and Warren, in the State of New Jersey. Fourth district.-Headquarters, Washington, D. C.: Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. Fifth district-Headquarters, Atlanta, Ga.: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Sixth district.-Headquarters, Cincinnati, Ohio: Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Seventh district.-Headquarters, Chicago, Ill.: Wisconsin, Michigan, and the counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, Dekalb, Dupage, Ford, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, Lasalle, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, and Woodford, in the State of Illinois. Eighth district.-Headquarters, St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Ninth district.-Headquarters, St. Louis, Mo.: Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, the counties of Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Logan, McDonough, McLean, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Mason, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, St. Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson, in the State of Illinois, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory. Tenth district.-Headquarters, New Orleans, La.: Louisiana and Texas. Eleventh district.—Headquarters, Denver, Colo.: Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Twelfth district.-Headquarters, San Francisco, Cal.: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, and Nevada. NOTE. This statement must be accompanied by a complete inventory of the property sold, the amount received for each article or lot, and also with the subvouchers, properly receipted, covering the expenses of sale. I hereby certify that the above statement is true and correct and represents the actual amount received and expended. LAW. "That from the proceeds of sales of old materials, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, before being deposited into the Treasury, either as miscellaneous receipts on account of 'proceeds of Government property,' or to the credit of the appropriations to which such proceeds are by law authorized to be made, there may be paid the expenses of such sales, as approved by the accounting officers of the Treasury, so as to require only the 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 of June 8, 1896.) All proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, except the proceeds of the sale or leasing of marine hospitals, or of the sales of revenue cutters, or of the sales of commissary stores to the officers and enlisted men of the Army (or of materials, stores, or supplies sold to officers and soldiers of the Army), or of the sale of condemned Navy clothing, or of sales of materials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition authorized by law, shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, on account of proceeds of Government property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law. (Sec. 3618, Rev. Stat.) 66 66 SEC. 3621. Every person who shall have moneys of the United States in his hands or possession, and disbursing officers having moneys in their possession not required for current expenditure, shall pay the same to the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, or some public depositary of the United States, without delay, and in all cases within thirty days of their receipt. And the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, or the public depositary shall issue duplicate receipts for the moneys so paid, transmitting forthwith the original to the Secretary of the Treasury, and delivering the duplicate to the depositor: Provided, That postal revenues and debts due to the Post-Office Department shall be paid into the Treasury in the manner now required by law." (Act May 28, 1896, section 5.) See sections 1144, 1145, 3672, 5491, 5492, Rev. Stat.; Acts July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 184), June 30, 1890 (26 Stat., 194). INSTRUCTIONS. The expenses of sale payable from the gross proceeds are such as pertain directly to the sale in question, such as auctioneer's fees, cartage to place of sale, cost of inspection if an inspector be hired for that purpose, etc. In making a deposit of the net proceeds required by law, an explanation should be put on the certificate of deposit, or sent with it, so that it may be determined to what appropriation the money should be covered in. See sections 3618, 3692, Rev, Stats. ; acts of June 22, 1874 (18 Stat., 200), June 23, 1874 (18 Stat., 217), March 3, 1875 (18 Stat., 388), March 3, 1875 (18 Stat., 410), June 18, 1878 (20 Stat., 163), February 14, 1879 (20 Stat., 288), August 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 296), March 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 590), July 13, 1892 (27 Stat., 145, section 7), August 15, 1894 (28 Stat., 313), March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 908). . * REFERENCES TO REVISED STATUTES, STATUTES AT LARGE, ETC. * That after the expiration of six months from the passage of this act no officer or clerk shall be appointed, and no person shall be employed to enter or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing, or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination, or is shown to be specially exempted from such examination in conformity herewith. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to take from those honorably discharged from the military or naval service any preference conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty-fourth section of the Revised Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the Executive branch of the Government, or any |