Public Law 53–22

That section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes is amended by adding thereto the following:

And the advertisement for such proposals shall be made by all the

Advertisements for all the Departments to be on the same day.

Executive Departments, including the Department of Labor, the United States Fish Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the Government Printing Office, the govern-

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ment of the District of Columbia, and the superintendent of the State, War. and Navy building, except for paper and materials for use of the Government Printing Office, and materials used in the work of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which shall continue to be

Time for opening bids to be the same.

advertised for and purchased as now provided by law, on the same days and shall each designate two o’clock post meridian of such days for the opening of all such proposals in each Department and other government establishment in the city of Washington; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate the day or days in each year for the opening of such proposals and give due notice thereof to the other Departments and Government establishments. Such proposals shall be opened in the usual way and schedules thereof duly prepared and, together with the statement of the proposed action of each Department and

Submission to board for approval.

Government establishment thereon, shall be submitted to aboard, consisting of one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior Departments and one of the Assistant Post masters-General, who shall be designated by the heads of said Departments and the Postmaster-General respectively, at a meeting to be called by the official of the Treasury Department, who shall be chairman thereof, and said board shall carefully examine and compare all the proposals so submitted and recommend the acceptance or rejection of any or all of said proposals.

Readvertisement of rejected bids.

And if any or all of such proposals shall be rejected, advertisements for proposals shall again be invited and proceeded with in the same manner.