LIV ACTS AND RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS. 



or oblioution for the future payment of money in excess of such 

 appropriations unless such contract or obligation is authorized l)y law. 

 Nor shall any Department or officer of the Government accept volun- 

 tary service for the Government or employ personal service in excess 

 of that authorized by lavs^, except in cases of sudden emergency involv- 

 ing- the loss of human life or the destruction of property. All appro- 

 priations made for contingent expenses or other general purposes, 

 except appropriations made for the fulfilment of contract obligations 

 expressly authorized by law, or for objects required or authorized l)y 

 law without reference to the amounts aniuially appropriated therefor, 

 shall, on or before the beginning of each fiscal year, be so apportioned 

 b}^ monthly or other allotments as to prevent undue expenditures in 

 one portion of the 3"ear that may require deficiency or iidditional 

 appropriations to complete the service of the fiscal year; and all such 

 a]:)portionments shall be adhered to except when waived or modified 

 in specific cases by the written order of the head of the Executive 

 Department or other (xovernment establishment having control of the 

 expenditure, l)ut this provision shall not apply to the contingent 

 appropriations of the Senate or House of liepresentatives; and all 

 such waivers or modifications, together with the reasons therefor, 

 shall })e communicated to Congress in connection with estimates for 

 any additional appropriations required on account thereof. Any 

 person violating any provision of this section shall ))e sunmiarily 

 removed from office and may also bo punished by a fine of not less 

 than one hundred doHars or l)v imprisonment for not less than one 

 month.'' (Approved March 3, 1905; Statutes, XXXlll, 1257.) 



RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING, BINDING, AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appro- 

 priated shall be expended in the first two quarters of the fiscal 3'ear, 

 and no more than one-fourth thereof may be expended in either of the 

 last two quarters of the fiscal year, except that, in addition thereto, in 

 either of said last quarters, the unexpended l)alances of allotments for 

 preceding quarters may be expended: ■•■ * * Prorldcd further^ 

 That hereafter no part of the appropriations made for printing and 

 binding shall be used for any illustration, engraving, or photograph 

 in any document or report ordered printed l)y Congress unless the 

 order to print expressly authorizes the same, nor in any document or 

 report of any Executive Department or other Goverimient establish- 

 ment until the head of the Executive Department or Government 

 establishment shall certify in a letter transmitting such report that 

 the ilhistration is necessary and relates entirely to the transaction of 

 public ))usiness. (Approved March 3, 1905; Statutes, XXXIII, 1213.) 



