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Rev. St. sec. 3G79, as ameudtMl by act March 3, 1905, c. 1481, and act 

 February 27, 1906, c. 510, sot forth as auiended on p. 316, post, under 

 "Appropriations," provides, among other things, that no department or 

 any officer of the Government shall accept voluntary service for the Gov- 

 ernment or employ personal service in excess of that authorized by law, 

 except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss of human life or 

 tlie destruction of property, and further provides punishment for violation 

 of any provision thereof. 



ACT AUGUST 23, 1912, c. 350. (37 Stat. 360.) 

 Violation of preceding section; punishment. 



Sec. 5. That any pereon violating section four of the legislative, 

 I executive, and judicial appropriation Act approved August fifth, 

 eighteen hundren and eighty-two (Statutes at Large, volume twenty- 

 two, page two hundred and fifty-five), shall be summarily removed 

 from office, and may also upon conviction thereof be punished by a 

 fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for 

 not more than one year. 



Act August 23. 1912, c. 350. s. 5, 37 Stat. 414. 



This section is a part of the legislative, executive, and judicial appro- 

 priation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above. 



Act August 5, 1882. c. 389, s. 4, mentioned in this section, is set forth 

 above. 



ACT AUGUST 26, 1912, c. 408. (37 Stat. 595.) 



Lnmp-siim appropriations not available for increased compensation. 



Sec. 7. Xo part of any money contained herein or hereafter appro- 

 priated in lump sum shall be available for the payment of personal 

 services at a rate of compensation in excess of that paid for the same 

 or similar services during the fiscal j^ear nineteen hundred and twelve; 

 nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter trans- 

 ferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of 

 compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of 

 departments shall cause this provision to be enforced. 



Act August 26, 1912. c. 408, s, 7. 87 Stat. 620. 



This section is a jmrtion of the deficiency appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1912, cited above. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 170. 



Extra compensation to clerks prohibited. 



Sec. 170. No money sliall be paid to any clerk employed in either 

 Department at an annual salary, as compensation for extra services, 

 unless expressly authorized bj'^ law. 



BEV. ST. SEC. 171. 



Restriction on employing extra clerks. 



Sec. 171. No extra clerk shall be employed in any Department, 

 Bureau, or office, at the seat of Government, except during the ses- 

 sion of Congress, or when indispensably necessaiy in answering some 

 call made by either House of Congress at one session to be answered 

 at anotlier;'nor 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 extra clerk employed in either of the Depart- 

 ments shall receive compensation except for time actually and neces- 

 sarily employed, nor any gi-eater compensation than three dollars a 

 day for copying, or four dollars a day for any other .'^rvice. 



