such preservation and repairs, and if emergency should arise requiring immediate action, the lessors or owners should be called upon to reimburse the marshal for his necessary expense in such emergency.

SUPERVISION OF RENTED QUARTERS.

986. The marshal of each district is considered by the Department as the custodian of all buildings or rooms leased for the accommodation of the United States courts and court officials in his district, and the marshal is expected to see that the terms of all leases are complied with.

987. The attention of marshals is invited to the fact that in the event rented premises are not kept in sanitary tenantable condition, they should refuse to approve rent accounts, and should advise the Department and lessors immediately as to the reason for such disapproval. Marshals should, in like manner, withhold their approval from accounts for rent where lessors have agreed to repair or improve property, and the repairs or improvements have not been made, notifying lessors of such action and the reasons therefor.

988. Marshals are expected to know whether or not the rates of rental paid by the United States are proportionately greater than those paid by private individuals, and to inform the Department by letter of the approaching termination of leases.

989. Marshals are also expected to know whether or not the terms of leases are being complied with by lessors, and to advise the Department at the earliest possible moment of any laxity or neglect in this respect.

STATIONERY AND MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS.

990. Stationery and miscellaneous supplies for United States judges, attorneys, and marshals, and for use in the court room during a term of court, will be furnished direct from the Department of Justice.

991. Blank forms for making requisition for such stationery and office supplies will be furnished by the Department upon request, and application must be made upon these forms in the manner indicated thereon.

992. Separate requisitions should be made by judges, attorneys, and marshals, over their respective signatures, on or about April 1 and October 1, for a supply sufficient to last six months. Avoid making supplemental requisitions as far as possible.

993. Supplies will be shipped at the earliest practicable date, but requisitions should be made at least thirty days before the supplies are needed.

994. Unnecessary and unusual articles will not be sent, and it is expected that only such items as are absolutely needed in the tran

saction of public business will be requested. Applications for fancy articles will be disapproved.

995. Stationery will not be supplied to clerks of United States courts, but may be purchased and paid for, as heretofore, from official emoluments upon receipt of proper authority from the Department.

STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES.

996. Department Form 17 A is to be used in making requisitions for all supplies except printed letter heads, envelopes, blank forms, dockets, ink, mucilage, and paste, for which separate blanks are provided, as indicated below.

BLANK FORMS AND DOCKETS.

997. The act of January 12, 1895, (28 Stat. L., 624) contains the following proviso:

All blanks and letter heads for use by the judges and other officials of the United States courts, other than such are are required to be paid for by any of these officers out of the emoluments of their offices, shall be printed at the Government Printing Office upon forms prescribed by the Department of Justice, and shall be distributed by it upon requisition.

998. Under this provision of law all blanks and letter heads for judges, attorneys, and marshals must be printed at the Government Printing Office. No credit will be allowed for the expense of such printing other than in accordance with the act of January 12, 1895. 999. Department Form 18 A is to be used in making requisitions for blank forms and dockets only.

PRINTED LETTER HEADS AND ENVELOPES.

1000. Department Form 19 A is to be used in making requisitions for printed letter heads and envelopes only. Letter heads can not be furnished in less than forty-five days from the date the requisition is received. For envelopes sixty days are required. No requisitions for letter heads and envelopes will be honored between May 1 and June 30.

1001. The names of court officials (except judges) will be omitted from letter heads, envelopes, and blanks, owing to changes which are continually taking place on account of expiration of terms, resignations, deaths, etc.

INK, MUCILAGE, AND PASTE.

1002. Inks and mucilage can not be shipped except during warm weather. On or about May 15 of each year marshals will ascertain the quantity of mucilage, paste, writing, copying, combined, and crimson inks which will be needed by the Federal judges, United States

attorney, the marshal's office, and for court purposes in their respective districts during the entire fiscal year beginning on the 1st day of July following.

1003. Upon obtaining these facts each marshal will forward separate requisitions, using Department Form No. 17 AA, under the following captions: District and circuit judges, United States district attorney, over their respective signatures; for United States marshal's office, and for terms of district and circuit courts, stating the quantity of each item on hand and the amount required.

1004. The shipments will be made through the War Department to the marshals, who will see that the proper distribution is made.

1005. No freight charges are to be paid by the marshal upon the shipments of ink or upon shipments of other supplies forwarded through the War Department.

REQUESTS FOR AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES.

1006. Department Form 25 A is to be used by marshals when asking for authority to purchase court records and other supplies not furnished direct from the Department.

INVENTORIES.

1007. Inventories must be made by the marshals, attorneys, and clerks of the different courts and submitted to the Department on the 1st day of January and July, respectively, of each year, and must include all supplies furnished by the Department of Justice or by authority of said Department, as follows:

1. Typewriters (make and serial number of typewriters must be stated), letterpresses, furniture (when not furnished by the custodian of public building), and files.

2. Stationery, paper, pencils, pens, ink, mucilage, paste, etc. 3. Envelopes and letter heads.

4. Blank forms.

5. Dockets and law books.

1008. Forms 42 A (marshals), 43 A (attorneys), and 44 A (clerks) have been provided for the purpose of these inventories.

1009. Inventories are also required from commissioners in the Indian Territory. Form 148 A has been provided for inventories of such commissioners.

1010. The blank forms for inventories will be sent to the various officials about June 1 and December 1 of each year, without requisition. 1011. The forms furnished by the Department must be used exclusively in making up inventories.

SALES OF OLD MATERIALS.

[1897. Department Circular No. 6.]

FORM AND REGULATIONS FOR RENDERING ACCOUNTS FOR SALES OF OLD MATERIALS,

To Disbursing and Other Officers:

ETC.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY,
Washington, D. C., January 9, 1897.

1012. The following form and regulations are hereby prescribed for keeping and rendering accounts for the sales of old materials, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, and a substantial compliance therewith is enjoined upon all officers whose duty it may be to make sales and render accounts for the proceeds. R. B. BOWLER, Comptroller.

Approved:

To amount to be carried into the Treasury to the credit of... 00

000

I hereby certify that the above statement is true and correct, and represents the actual amount received and expended.

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.

LAW.

1013. "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 officer 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.)

1014. "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.

1015. 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.

1016. 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. Stat.; 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).

1017. When the proceeds of a sale of Government property are deposited, the certificate should show the kind of property sold. Judicial officers will, therefore, give the depositary the necessary information, so that the certificate may contain a memorandum such as "proceeds sale of old furniture," "old stove," "old typewriter.”

1018. The information furnished by such memoranda is required by law to be included in the book of estimates sent to Congress.

1019. The act of June 8, 1896, authorizing the payment of expenses, "as approved by the accounting officers of the Treasury," incurred in the sale of old material, etc., from the gross proceedings thereof, and the payment into the Treasury of the net proceeds only, does not require that such expenses shall be so approved before payment, but simply that an itemized account thereof shall be rendered to the accounting officers for settlement as any other item of expenditure of Goverment funds. (3 Comp. Dec., 149.)

1020. The course authorized by the act of June 8, 1896, in the payment of expenses of sales of old materials from the proceeds thereof and the deposit into the Treasury of the net proceeds only, should be adopted in all cases, although there may be an appropriation available for the payment of expenses incurred in such sales. (3 Comp. Dec., 109.)

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392 Certificate of United States attorney to accompany account current.

Abstract of vouchers.

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Fees and expenses of field deputies in the service of warrants of arrest.
Fees and expenses of field deputies in the service of writs of venire.

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Fees and expenses of field deputies in the service of writs of capias.

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Fees and expenses of field deputies or office deputies in the service of subpoenas.