Author: U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781332241088

Excerpt from Supplement to the Regulations and Instructions for the Government of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey: From January 1, 1913, to June 30, 1916 [Office memorandum, November 9, 1915.] Officers and other employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who are paid by the disbursing agent on separate vouchers should state specifically on the face of voucher on the line marked "address" the exact address to which check in payment of the voucher should be mailed. The common custom of giving the address as "Coast and Geodetic Survey" or "Washington, D.C.," is not sufficient for the needs of the accounting division. As indicated above, all checks in future will be mailed to the address given on the face of the voucher. 2. Newspaper Advertising For Bids Involving $1,000 Or More. [Circular No.3, July 9, 1913.] The following departmental order is published for the guidance of those concerned. Contracts and purchases in the Philippines are excepted from the provisions of the order. Whenever it is proposed to make purchases or to enter into contracts that will necessitate an expenditure amounting to $1,000 or more, proposals for furnishing the materials, services, or supplies desired or for the construction work involved, shall be advertised for in one or more newspapers in the locality where said purchase is to be made or contract is to be performed, except in the case of purchases of patented articles or devices. The sworn statement of advertising rates required by law to be furnished by proprietors or publishers of newspapers in which advertising for the Department is placed are on file in the Office of the Secretary (Division of Publications). It is directed, therefore, that when any bureau or office desires advertising to be done, whether for such bureau or office in Washington or in any outside service of the Department, a copy of the proposed advertising shall be forwarded to the Secretary of Commerce, together with a statement of the number and places of publication of newspapers in which it is believed the advertisement should be placed. The selection of the newspapers will be made by the Office of the Secretary, but the Department has no objection to the bureau or office suggesting the names of the papers to be used. In carrying out the provisions of the above order, officers of the Survey desiring to secure bids which will involve an expenditure of $1,000 or more must furnish this office with a copy of the proposed advertisement in ample time in advance of the date determined upon for the opening of the bids for the necessary departmental action and insertion of advertisement in papers. Invitations for bids may also be mailed, as at present, to prospective bidders. 3. Antityphoid Vaccine. [Circular No.12, January 22, 1915.] The United States Public Health Service has called the attention of this office to the advisability of protecting the officers and crews of the vessels of our service from typhoid fever by preventive inoculations of typhoid vaccine, and has recommended its administration to all such officers and men, not only to those now on our vessels, but to those who may hereafter be employed thereon, except those who have had an attack of typhoid fever. The advisability of carrying out the above-mentioned recommendation is evident; therefore, you are hereby directed to have the antityphoid vaccine administered to all officers and members of the crew of your command, except those who are known to have had typhoid fever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com