...SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Department of tbe Government to expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess of...appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or to involve the Government in any contract forthe fu t ure payment of money in excess of such appropriations."...

...Sections ZG1Q and 3732, Revised Statutes, are as follows : " SEC. 3679. No Department of the Government shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess...that fiscal year, or involve the Government in any con tract for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations. " SEC. 3732. No contract...

...they are respectively made, and for no others. Section 3(579 says that no department of the Government shall expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess...payment of money in excess of such appropriations. Now, I will read section 5503 :" Kvery officer of the Government who knowingly contracts for the erection,...

..."Section 3679 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that ' no department of the Government shall expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess...Government in any contract for the future payment ol money in excess of such appriations.' " The act of March 3, 1891, provides an appropriation of $5,000...

...used for any other purpose than that for which they were appropriated. No department of the Government shall expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess...payment of money in excess of such appropriations. 4015. Q. What is the length of time allowed for outstanding checks, and what should be done at the...

...department of the government should expend, in any one year, any sum in excess of appropriations-made by Congress for that fiscal year, or involve the government...payment of money in excess of such appropriations. And that provision is reproduced in section 3679 of the Revised Statutes. We are of opinion that the...

...provision of section 3079, Revised Statutes, in the following words — Xo department of the government shall expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess of appropriation by Congress for that fiscal year. The award of a contract by any department of the government...

...acts of appropriation. Section 3679, Revised Statutes, provides : "No Department of the Government shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess...payment of money in excess of such appropriations." This section, standing alone, seems to prohibit the course pursued in respect to transportation of...

...statutes on the same subject which are now in force: " • SEC, 3679. No department of the Government shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess...payment of money in excess of such appropriations. " • Sic. 3732. No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made unless the same...

...light of the statute passed by Congress in 1870, providing that no Department of the Government should expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for the fiscal year or should involve the Government in any contract for the future payment of money in...