...service required may be procured by open purchase or hire at the places and in the manner in which articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged between individuals, provided the price of such article or service does not in any single instance exceed five thousand...

...service, shall be made by advertising, a sufficient time previously, for proposals respecting the same. When immediate delivery or performance is required...purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in whicn such articles are usually bought and sold, or such services engaged between individuals. No contract...

...service, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same. When immediate delivery or performance is required...may be procured by open purchase or contract at the place and in the manner in which such articles are usuajiy bought and sold or such services engaged...

...services, in any of the departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals...is required by the public exigency, the articles or services required may be procured by open purchase or contract, at the places and in the manner in...

...retail rates under the authority of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, viz : " When immediate dehvery or performance is required by the public exigency,...may be procured by open purchase or contract, at the place and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold or such service engaged...

...same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance of the service. When immediate delivery or performance...sold, or such services engaged between individuals." In the judgment of the committee this section should be amended to read as follows ; " SEC. 3709. No...

...same when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance of the service. When immediate delivery or performance...sold, or such services engaged, between individuals. Contrasting section 3709, Revised Statutes, and these two sections 5 and 7 of the bill, it will be...

...distribution at the earliest possible date, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to procure them by open purchase or contract at the places and in...in which such articles are usually bought and sold : Provided, That the said Secretary shall not, iu said purchase, pay more than a reasonable and fair...

...same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance of the service. When immediate delivery or performance is required by the publicexigency, the articles or service required may be procured by open purchase or contract, at the...

...same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service. When immediate delivery or performance...the places and in the manner in which such articles arc usually bought and sold, or such services engaged, between individuals. APPENDIX IV [PUBLIC —...