...that hereafter law books for the use of any Executive Department shall not be purchased or paid for from any appropriation made for contingent expenses...or for any specific or general purpose, unless such purchase is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation....

...establishment not under an executive department, at the seat of government, shall not be purchased or paid for from any appropriation made for contingent expenses...or for any specific or general purpose unless such purchase is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation....

...decision the Comptroller states — • "The act of March 15, 1S98, supra, clearly prohibits the use of any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, Jn paying for law books, books of reference, and periodicals for the use of any executive department...

...draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government...office thereof or be paid from any appropriation made tor contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless xuch employment is authorized...

...those offices, it is returned to tbe Second Comptroller for file. ployed at the seat of government iti any executive department or subordinate bureau or...office thereof or be paid from any appropriation made 1'or contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized...

...Comptroller for record, and when recorded are tiled in the office of theRoister. • .6- : '•I r I ployed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or oiiice tliereof or be paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific...

...draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government...specific or general purpose, unless •such employment is autltorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the laic (/ranting the appropriation, and...

...be need to pay after be employed at the seat of government in any executive depart clerk«, &c. ment or subordinate bureau or office thereof, or be paid...general purpose, unless such employment is authorized und payment uicrct'oi specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation, and then only for...

...(Appropriation-Extension Case, 3 Lawrence, Compt. Dec., 213.) It prohibits the employment or payment " at the seat of Government in any Executive Department or subordinate bureau or office thereof" of any "civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman,...

...(Appropriation Extension Case, 3 Lawrence, Coinpt. Dec., 213.) It prohibits the employment or payment " at the seat of Government in any Executive Department or subordinate bureau or office thereof" of any " civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman,...