290 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ACT AUGUST 15, 1876, c. 287. (19 Stat. 143.) 



Officers or employees of United States prohibited from requesting, giving, or 

 receiving contributions for political purposes; punishment. 



Sec. 6. That all executive officers or emplo.yees of the United 

 States not appointed by the President, with the advice and consent 

 of the Senate, are prohibited from requesting, giving to, or receiving 

 from, any other officer or employee of the Government, any money 

 or property or other thing of value for political purposes; and any 

 such officer or employee, who shall offend against the provisions of 

 this section shall be at once discharged from the service of the United 

 States; and he shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 

 conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars. 



Act August 15, 1876, c. 287, s. 6, 19 Stat. 169. 



This section is a part of the legislative, executive, and .iudiclal appropri- 

 ation act for the fiscal year 1877, cited above. Similar and more com- 

 prehensive provisions are contained in act March 4. 1909, c. 321, ss. 

 118-121, set forth below. 



ACT MARCH 4. 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) 



Soliciting or receiving political contributions by officers, clerks, and employees 

 of United States from other such officers, clerks, and employees, prohibited. 



Sec. 118. No Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 

 Commissioner to Congress, or Senator, Representative, Delegate, or 

 Resident Commissioner elect, or officer or employee of either House 

 of Congress, and no executive, judicial, military, or naval officer of 

 the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, 

 branch, or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval 

 service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or 

 receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any 

 assessment, subscription, or contribution for an}'' political purpose 

 whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States, 

 or any department, branch, or bureau thereof, or from any person 

 receiving any salary or compensation from moneys derived from the 

 Treasury of the United States. 



Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 118, 35 Stat. 1110. 



This is a swtion of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of the United States." cited above, iuconiorating therein the provi- 

 sions of section 11. act January 16, 1883, c. 27. 22 Stat. 406, which section 

 Is expressly repealed by section .341 of this act. 



Soliciting or receiving political contributions in public offices, prohibited. 



Sec. 110, No j)erson shall, in any room or building occupied in the 

 discharge of official duties by any officer or employee of the United 

 States mentioned in the preceding section, or in any navy-yard, fort, 

 or ar.soniil. solicit in any manner whatever or receive any contribution 

 <»f money or other thing of value for any political purpose whatever. 



Act March 4. 1909. c. 321. s. 119, 35 Stat. 1110. 



This is a siMtlon of "An act to c(xlify. revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of the UnitCil States," cited above, iuconiorating therein the provi- 

 sions of section 12, act January 10, 1883. c. 27, 22 Stat. 407. which section 

 is expressly rei)oaled by sivtion ."'.41 of this act. 



Discharge, promotion, degrading, etc., officers or employees for giving, with- 

 holding, etc., political contributions, prohibited. 



Sec. 120. No offiicr or employee of the United States mentioned 

 in section one hundred and eighteen, shall discharge, or promote, or 



