Chap. 0568 An Act to provide for the purchase of commissary stores by the commissary general for sale for cash to officers and enlisted men and to civilian employees of the state or of the united states.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and seventy-six of chapter six hundred and four of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended by inserting after the word "year", in the twenty-third line, the words: - The commissary general may purchase annually for sale for cash to officers and enlisted men and to civilian employees of the state or of the United States, as specified above, commissary stores to a value not exceeding five thousand dollars, - so as to read as follows: - Section 176. Subsistence for enlisted men and bandsmen shall be furnished in kind by the commissary general, unless otherwise directed by the commander-in-chief, when troops are on duty under sections one hundred and forty-one, one hundred and forty-two, one hundred and fifty-one, one hundred and fifty-two and one hundred and sixty, and the necessary cost thereof shall be paid from the appropriation for pay and allowances. Bids for supplies for the annual encampment of the militia, involving the expenditure of more than one hundred dollars, shall be advertised for by the commissary general in such newspapers as the adjutant general shall approve; and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, provided that the bid is approved by the adjutant general, and that the bidder furnishes such security, if any, as the adjutant general may require. The commissary general is authorized to make sales of commissary stores for
cash to officers and enlisted men and to civilian employees of the state or of the United States assigned to or employed at the station or with the troops at contract prices and the moneys so received by him shall be paid to the treasurer of the commonwealth and shall be credited to the appropriation for pay and allowances for that year. The commissary general may purchase annually for sale for cash to officers and enlisted men and to civilian employees of the state or of the United States, as specified above, commissary stores to a value not exceeding five thousand dollars. Forage and transportation may be furnished in kind by the quartermaster general in lieu of money allowances.
Section 2.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 7, 1912.