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other memlKjr of such family shall be eligible to appointment to any 

 of said grades. 



Act Jiiiumry !(>, 1.SS3. c. 27. s. 0. 22 Stat. 406. 

 Recommendations of applicants by members of Congress. 



Sec. 10. That no recommendation of any person who shall apply 

 for office or place under the provisions of this act which may be given 

 by any Senator or member of the House of Representatives, except as 

 to the character or residence of the applicant, shall be received or con- 

 sidered by any person concerned in making any examination or ap- 

 pointment under this act. 



Act Jaiuiaiy ItJ. 1883, c. 27. s. 10, 22 Stat. 406. 



REV. ST. SEC. 165. 

 Clerkships open to women. 



Sec. 165. Women may, in the discretion of the head of any De- 

 partment, be appointed to any of the clerkships therein authorized 

 Dy law. upon the same requisites and conditions, and with the same 

 compensations, as are prescribed for men. 



ACT MARCH 3, 1893, c. 208. (27 Stat. 572.) 



Employees of detective agencies not to be employed in Government service. 



That hereafter no employee of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, or 

 similar agency, shall be employed in any Government service or by 

 any officer of the District of Columbia. 



Act March 3, 1893. c. 208, 27 Stat. 591. 



This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal 

 3'ear 1894. A provision in the same hinguage. without the word " here- 

 after," was contained in the similar act for the preceding year. 



ACT MAY 1, 1884, c. 37. (23 Stat. 15.) 



Acceptance of voluntary service for Government, or employment of service ia, 

 excess of that authorized by law, prohibited. 



* * * hereafter no Department or officer of the United States 

 shall accept voluntary service for the Government or employ per- 

 sonal service in excess of that authorized by law except in cases of 

 sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or the destruction 

 of property. 



Act May 1, 1884, c. 37, 23 Stat. 17. 



This is a provision of the urgent deficiency appropriation act for the 

 fiscal ye;ir 1884, cited above. 



A similar provision is contained, among other things, in Rev. St. sec. 

 3679, as aniendt^l hy act March 3. 1905, c. 1481, and act February 27, 

 1906, c. 510, set forth as amended on p. 316, post, under "Appropriations." 

 Said Ilev. St. sec. 3679, as anioiKkHl, further i)rovides punishment for 

 violation of any provision thereof. 



REV. ST. SEC. 166. 



Distribution of clerks. 



^v Sec. 166. Each head of a Department may, from time to time, 

 alter the distribution among the various bureaus and offices of his 

 Department, of the clerks and other employees allowed by law, ex- 

 cept such clerks or employees as may be required by law to be exc.bi- 



