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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 22 STAT. · Dec. 21, 1882 · Chapter 5

Chapter 5.

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CHAP. 5.— An act to authorize the Public Printer to make certain purchases without previous advertisement Dec. 21, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That it is lawful for the PublicPurchase of supplies for Government Printing Office, etc. Printer to purchase in the open market, and without previous advertisement, such supplies as the Government Printing Office may require, of ink, rollers, composition for making rollers, tapes, press-blankets, and lubricating oils; taking care that only the lowest market prices be paid for the quality of the articles purchased; and when practicable, issue circulars for bids from persons capable of supplying them.
Approved, December 21, 1882. (397)
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