...the general statute relative to the advertising of Government contracts, provides in pertinent part as follows : Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed * * * (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance...

...Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $100, (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance...

...Section 3709 of the Kevised Statutes of the United States, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows : "Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed §100, (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance...

...or services for Government departments ; application to Government sales and contracts to sell. — Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $100, (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles of performance...

...Commerce Act of 1926. Section 704 : Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 USC 5) provides that certain purchases and contracts for supplies or services for...advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals. Observance of this law by Civil Aeronautics Administration in performing its functions under title...

...incorporates exceptions to the general rule. Section 3709, as amended, with the material exceptions, reads as follows: Unless otherwise provided In the appropriation...the amount Involved In any one case does not exceed (500. (2) when the public exigencies require the Immediate delivery of the artlcles or performance...

...Revised Statutes, was amended by section 9 of the Administrative Expense Act, 60 Stat. 809, to read as follows : Unless otherwise provided In the appropriation...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $100, (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance...

...well-known wording of section 3709, Revised Statutes (41 USC 5) was amended. The statute now reads : Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $100, (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance...

...Application of Section 3709. RS Sec. 3709, as amended August 2, 1946, provides as follows : "SEC. 9 (a). Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned...the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $100, (2) when the public exingencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance...

...the President or the laws established by the Congress. Mr. TABER. You see section 3709 requires — Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned...advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals » • ». Then it requires that the contract shall be left to the lowest bidder. There is no provision...