286 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



EEV. ST. SEC. 1760. 



Payment of salary for office not authorized by law, forbidden. 



Sec. 1700. Xo money shall be paid from the Treasury to any per- 

 son acting or assuming to act as an oflBcer, civil, military, or naval, as 

 salary, in any office when the office is not authorized by some previ- 

 ously existing law, unless such office is subsequently sanctioned by 

 law. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 1761. 



Payment of salaries to certain appointees to fill vacancies during recess of 

 Senate, forbidden. 



Sec. 1761. Xo money shall be paid from the Treasury, as salary, to 

 any person appointed during the recess of the Senate, to fill a vacancy 

 in any existing office, if the vacancy existed while the Senate was in 

 session and was b}'^ law required to be filled by and with the advice 

 and consent of the Senate, until such appointee has been confirmed by 

 the Senate. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 1764. 



Extra allowance or compensation to officer or clerk performing duties of other 

 officer or clerk, forbidden. 



Sec. 1764. Xo allowance or compensation shall be made to any 

 officer or clerk, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to 

 any other officer or clerk in the same or any other Department ; and 

 no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra services 

 whatever, which any officer or clerk maj' be required to perform, 

 unless expressly authorized by law. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 1765. 



Extra allowances not authorized by law, prohibited. 



Sec. 1765. Xo officer in any branch of the public service, or any 

 other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or 

 regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or 

 compensation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public 

 money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is 

 authorized by law. and the appropriation therefor explicitly states 

 that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 1766. 



Payment of compensation to person in arrears to United States, forbidden. 



Sec. 1760. Xo money shall be paid to any person for his compensa- 

 tion who is in arrears to the United States, until he has accounted for 

 and paid into the Treasury all sums for which he may be liable. In 

 all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld in pursu- 

 ance of this .section, the accounting officers of the Treasury, if required 

 to do so by the party, his agent or attorney, shall report forthwith to 

 the Solicitor of tlie Treasury the balance due; and the Solicitor shall, 

 within sixty days therenftor, order suit to be commenced against such 

 delinquent and his sureties. 



ACT JUNE 20, 1874. c. 328. (18 Stat. 86.) 

 Extra compensation or perquisites prohibited. 



Sec. 3. That no civil officer of the Government shall hereafter 

 ;"eceive any compensation or perquisites, directly or indirectly, from 



