...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...

...employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation...general purpose, unless such employment is authorized andpayment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation, and then only for...

...employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation...expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless snch employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation,...

...office of tue Register. ployed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation...expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless biicli employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in tbe law granting the...

...employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation...and for the purposes of the appropriation from which pa,\ ment is made, and at the rate of compensation usual and proper for such services, and after the...

...be employed at the *«-;it of Government in any executive department or subordinate bureau IT oflice thereof or be paid from any appropriation made for...and payment therefor specifically provided in the hiw granting the appropriation, and then only for services actually rendered in connection with and...

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

...employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation...specific or general purpose, unless •such employment is autltorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the laic (/ranting the appropriation, and...