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A79216 1 (1903-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadacv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 804 DECISIONS OF THE COMPTROLLER. Commerce and Labor, and thus come within the jurisdiction of that Department. I am therefore of opinion that the Auditor for the State and other Departments is not required by section 2, supra, to receive and examine accounts for disbursements made by other Departments or establishments for expenses in connec- tion with those offices, etc., or for the compensation of the officers and employees thereof while such offices, etc., shall remain a part of such other Departments or establishments; but that he is required by that section to receive and examine all accounts of the Department of Commerce and Labor for disbursements for expenses in connection with those offices, etc., and for the compensation.of the officers and employees thereof after those offices, etc., shall have been transferred to said Department; or, in other words, that all payments made by disbursing officers of the Treasury Department not later than June 30, 1903, in connection with those offices, etc., shall be settled by the Auditor for that Department; and that all payments made by disbursing officers of the Interior De- partment not later than June 30, 1903, in connection there- with shall be settled by the Auditor for that Department; but that all accounts for payments made by disbursing officers of the Department of Commerce and Labor shall be settled by the Aiditor for the State and other Delartments. As indicated supra, the act of March 3, 1903, provides that the compensation of all persons transferred thereunder shall be credited and disbursed by the Department of Commerce and Labor. This provision refers to particular employees of the Treasury Department, which the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to transfer to said Department before July 1, 1903. I am also of opinion that the Auditor for the State and other Departments is required by section 2, supra, to receive and examine all accounts for disbursements made by said Department for the compensation of the employees referred to who shall be transferred to said Department before July 1, 1903. I I I PURCHASE OF LAND. 805 PURCHASE OF LAND FOR A NAVAL STATION ON THE ISLAND OF CULEBRA. The provision in the Navy emergency appropriation to be expended at the discretion of the President operates to except expenditures there- under from the operation of the provision in section 3736, Revised Statutes, that no land shall be purchased on account of the United States except under a law authorizing such purchase, and the appro- priation is therefore applicable, in the discretion of the President, to the purchase of land for a naval station on the island of Culebra, West India Islands. (Assistant Comptroller JEitchcl to te Secretary q/ the Navy, June 2, 1903.) Ib your communication of June 18, 1903, you request my decision of a question which you present as follows: A number of guns have, by naval authority, been mounted on the island of Culebra, West Indies, for the protection of that island, in connection with its use as a naval base and coaling station. Many of these guns are on private land, having been placed there by permission of the landowners under the supposition that the arrangement was to be tempo- rary only. It has been decided, however, that the occupation of this land for this purpose must be permanent, and the property owners are seeking reimbursement in the form of rent or purchase of the tracts by the Government. The total value of the lands used is $449.50. The President has been asked for an allotment of $500 from the emergency fund to cover the proposed purchase and incidental expenses. Under the circumstances above recited, your opinion is requested as to whether the proposed purchase can be made, assuming that the authority will be granted by the President. Your ruling is requested at this time in view of the fact that it is desirable to consummate the purchase, if it may legally be done, before the expiration of the current fiscal year, and it is accordingly requested that response may be made to this inquiry at as early a date as you may find con- venient. The appropriation to which you refer is as follows: To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, one hundred thousand dollars. * * * (Act of July 1, 1902, 32 Stat., 663.) An appropriation in precisely the same terms, except that the amount appropriated is only $25,000, is contained in the t. I1~iik

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