Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-04

prove the granlpg thereof, and that the Eer-
son or persons, as the case may be, hath or
| 1872.
Sec. 201. Be 1t further enacted, That no mo-
ney hereafter appropriated shall be paid to
/ any person, for his compensation, who is in az
rearS to the United States, until such person
shall have accounted for, and paid into the
Treasury, all sums for which he may be liable /:
Prortded, That nothing herein contained sha
be construed to extend to balances arising
solely from the depreciation Of Treasury notes
received by such person, TO be expended in the
public service; but in all cases where the nav
or salary of any person is withheld, in pur
suance of this act, it shall be the duty of the
accounting officers, if demanded by the party,
ms agent OF attorney, to report forthwith to
the agent Of the Treasury Department the bal
ance due, and it shall be the duty of the said
agent. within sixty days thereafter, to order
suit to be commenced against such delinquent
and his suretics. Sec. l, act Of Janmarg p,
| 1923
Sec. 202. And be 1t further enacted, That no
officer in any branch of the public service. or
any other person whose salaries, or whose pay
or emOluments is or are fixed by law and reg
uiations, shall receive any extra allowance or
compensation in any form whatever, for the
disbursement of public money, or the perform
| ance OF any other services, unless the said ex-
ira allowance or compensation be authorized
by law. Sec. 3, act Of March 3, 1889.
See section IL for prior provision on this head
Sec 203. ind be 1t further enacted. That
it shall be the duties of the Secretaries of
State, of the Treasury, War, and Navy, of
the Commissioners of the Navy, Of the Pest
master General, Cf the Secretary of the Sem
ate, and of the Clerk Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, to report to Congress, at the
beginning of each year, the names of the
clerks and other persons that have been en-
| ployed, respectively, during the preceding
| year, or any part thereof, in their respective
| departments and Offices, together with the
/ time that each clerk or other person was actu-
ally employed, and the sums paid to each;
and also whether they have been usefuIIy
employed whether the services of any Of
them can be dispensed with without detri-
ment to the public service and whether the
removal Of any individuals and the appoint
ment of others in their stead, is required
for the better despatch of business; and TO
greater allowance shall be made to any such
clerk or other person, than is or may be au-
thOriZed by law, except to watchmen and
messengers, for any labor or services required
of them beyond the particular duties e their
respective stations, rendered at such times as
does not interfere with the performance Of
their regular duties. Sec. IL, Gct Of dugUst
20. 1912
. See. 2o4. A1,d be 1t further enacted, That
no allowance or compensation shall DC made
to any clerk, or other officer, by reason Of the
| discharge of duties which belong to any other
clerk or officer in the same or in any other de-
partment; and no allowance or compensation
shall be made for any extra sci yices whatever
which any clerk or other officer may be re-
CURED to perform. Sec. IL, act of AHgust
26, 1912
Sec. 2O5. ARd be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty Of ea.h chief or principal
N no la,,
| and other Offices, to supervise, under the di-
rectIon Of his Immediately superior officer the
duties of the other clerks therein, and 10 see
that their duties arc faithfully executed, and
that such duties arc distributed with equality
and uniformity, according TO the nature Of the
case. And such distribution shall be rev iscd
from time to time, by the said chief or plinci-
pal clerk, tor the purpose Of correcting any
tendency to undue accumulation or reduction
OF duties, whether arising from Individual
negligence or lncapacUy, or from increase or
dimlEutlon Of particular kinds of business;
and such chief or principal clerk shall report
monthly to bis superior officer any existing
defect that he may be aware OF in the arrange
ment CT despatch of business aad such defect
shall be amended by new arrangements Of
duties, dismissal Of negligent or incompetent
officers, or otherwise. Sec. IL, act Of AUgRSt
26, 1912.
See. 206. And be 1t furtker tssactrE, That it
shall be the duty Of the several heads of de-
partments, in communicating estimates of ex-
penditures and appropriations to Congress, and
10 any Of the committees thereof, to specify as
nearly as may be convenient, the sources from
which such estimates are derived, and the cal
culations upon which they are founded; and
IN 20 doing, TO discriminate between such esti-
mates as are conjectural in their character
and such as are framed upon actual informa-
ton and application from disburSing officers;
and In communicating the several estimates
reference shall be given to the laws and trea-
ties by which they are authorized, the dates
thereof, and the volume, page and section in
which the necessary provisions are contained.
Sec. IA, act of august 26, 1872
Sec. ZO7. ARa be IT further GIEGcted, That
no extra clerk shall be employed in any de-
pIrtment: bureau, or Office, at the seat Of Gov
ernment, except during the session OF Con-
SreSs, or when mdispensably necessary to en-
able such department, bureau, or office, to
answer some call made by either House o.
Congress at one session, 10 be answered at an
other, and not then, except by order of the
head of the department in which, or in some
bureau or Office of which such extra clerk shall
be employed; and no such extra clerk, for
copying shalt receive more than three dollars
per day, or for any ether service more than
Iour dollars per day, for the time actually and
necessarily employed. Sec. 10, at Of AHyaest
26, 1872
Scc 208. -4Ra bett fiertLer enacted, That no
messenger, assistant messenger, laborer, or
other person, shall be employed in any de-
partment, bureau, or Office, at the seat of Gov
ernment, or paid out of the contingent fund
appropriated to such department, bureau, or
ottce, unless such employment shall be au-
thorized by law, or shall become necessary TO
carry into effect some object for which apprc-
priations may be specifically made; and not
exceeding one hundred dollars per annum
shall be applied by each department Except
the Department of State) for the purchase f
newspapers for such department, and all tie
bureaus and offices connected Herewith; ard
such papers shall be preserved as files for said
department.. Sec. 10, act Of A~g@st 26,
1872,
lro BE CONTINUED