VOUCHER.

Section 3477, Revised Statutes, does not prohibit a disburɛng officer
from accepting the receipt of an agent or attorney of an individ-
nal, firm, or corporation, and receiving credit for a voucher so
receipted, provided it appears thereon that the check issued in
payment was made payable to the order of the individual, firm,
or corporation. 295.

See CIRCULAR IN APPENDIX; CONTRACTS, Nos. 1, 14.

WAIVER OF PENALTY.

See CONTRACTS, No. 26.

WHARFAGE FEES.

See MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS, No. 1.
WITNESSES.

1. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to
pay the fees of witnesses summoned in the police court of the
District upon the presentation of duplicate certificates of attend-
ance when the originals have been lost or destroyed and a dupli-
cate has been issued by the clerk of the court. 45.

2. A witness summoned to appear before the Board of United States
General Appraisers is entitled to the allowances for witnesses
prescribed in section 848, Revised Statutes, and if an expert wit-
ness to such further allowance as the Secretary of the Treasury
may direct, payable from the appropriation for collecting the
revenue from customs. 449.

See APPROPRIATIONS, No. 13; COMMISSIONERS, No. 17; MARSHALS,
No. 1.

WORKING DAYS.

See CONTRACTS, No. 3.

WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

1. The joint resolution of December 15, 1893, conferring upon the
Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Commission
authority to present diplomas of honorable mention to designers,
inventors, and expert artisans, requires that all expenses connected
therewith, including the preparation and delivery of diplomas,
shall be paid only from the appropriation therein provided. 92.
2. The executive committee of the World's Columbian Commission,
having the powers of the Commission when that body was not in
session, was not authorized to create and fill the office of auditor
when such office could not have been created by the Commission
itself except by an amendment to the by-laws on a two-thirds
vote. 95.

3. The appropriation of $570,880 made in the act of March 3, 1893, for
the expenses of the committee on awards of the World's Colum-
bian Commission is available for all expenses attending the
awarding and distribution of medals and diplomas granted in
pursuance of section 6 of the act of April 25, 1890. 376.

WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION—Continued.

4. The secretary of the World's Columbian Commission, designated
by the Secretary of the Treasury, under section 3614, Revised
Statutes, as a special disbursing agent of the Treasury, is not
entitled to compensation, in addition to his salary as secretary,
for his services in disbursing the appropriations of the Commis-
sion. 483.

WRECKS.

Section 4 of the act of June 14, 1880, authorizing the Secretary of War
in the manner therein provided to remove wrecks, and making a
permanent appropriation for the expense thereof, does not author-
ize the reimbursement of private parties who remove such wrecks
on their own account. 454.

YEOMAN.

See REENLISTMENT, No. 2.