Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 5

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - Finance, Public
Contains a selection of major decisions of the GAO. A digest of all decisions has been issued since Oct. 1989 as: United States. General Accounting Office. Digests of decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles.
 

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Page 586 - That except as otherwise provided herein the applicable provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, entitled "An Act to permit the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain," shall apply to the leases and permits granted hereunder, including the provisions of sections 35 and
Page 643 - section 3709, Revised Statutes, as follows: All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, In any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Page 378 - SEC. 5. That except as otherwise provided herein the applicable provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, entitled "An Act to permit the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain," shall apply to the leases and permits granted
Page 1 - 3679. No Department of the Government shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or Involve the Government in any contract for the future payment of money In excess of such appropriations. SEC.
Page 715 - covered by a patent of the United States shall hereafter be used or manufactured by or for the United States without license of the owner thereof or lawful right to use or manufacture the same, such owner's remedy shall be by suit against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and
Page 355 - fiscal year, any sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or involve the Government in any contract or other obligation for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law,
Page 373 - which provides that: All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Government is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted In the General Accounting Office.
Page 58 - To be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation; for survey of northern and northwestern lakes
Page 300 - that— No advance of public money shall be made in any case whatever. And in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the service rendered or of the articles delivered previously to such
Page 576 - Section 3733, Revised Statutes, provides: No contract shall be entered into for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose. In

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