onal Dictionary, 2d M., de- rt as follows$ or the parts, goods, \. st?qek or the l+ko, or w(lich anythiry is com- ' yef,or r;;n3e; pi3 raw material .* '.,, 0 (4+).~~Th&pp3ratu8 cr inplenents neccs- s3Fy'q.e thq,3Loing of anything; afi, writing lssLter&a&.A

You advise that spray pumps and Wise ore necessary for t&e purpose OP applying dip solution to sick ;md crippled livestock, baby Calves, :vork stock and horses and cattle of it is ixiqwacticrrble, or clemeil un- id@ value, den extremly irise CG put CIiC%i through t&e Vat. Te6tfng gtigets and mater- ials 31-c obviciusl~- necessary tl: ic the LDOrk.

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xou %lso 8dVhe that for 6 number of ymrS you

have purch%sed suoh things from your appropriation for Qdip mterial* , :m.I such purchases hnve not been question- ed by the CO~~ptroUer. Xou state tliat ciurinq the mame period Sroigbt un such Item baas been paid from tba same ayproprlation , POur question is ax&wered in the %SSirmbtive.

The word l nubtiwialo, as lndlcatti above, may esibr%ee the iwlmeuts or apparatus necessary to do a ptarticulor thing. Dep%rtniental construction has attributed to it this mean- ing in cuunbction uith the %pproprlations to your Depart- tieat from t&w? to time for *Up iader161g, and since the ph~%sc is bbv-lously susceptible of such constructlon, we reC;ard oursslver; 0s bound thereby*

With regnrd to tho iteDI of freight, you are ad-

vieed that such x&%y be ~b%r&@ t0 the Qdip ri@teri%ls’ %p- i>ropriation, sinae it Is an expenditure neee6eory to ef- Sect t&e purchase or ecquuisition 0S the mster.l.als riientdon- ed.

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