expended for street-car fares at their official headquarters when expended in the transaction of official business.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 300.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1913, c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.)

Reimbursement of owners of horses, vehicles, etc., lost, damaged, or destroyed in fire fighting, etc.

That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reimburse owners of horses, vehicles, and other equipment lost, damaged, or destroyed while being used for necessary fire fighting, trail, or official business, such reimbursement to be made from any available funds in the appropriation to which the hire of such equipment is properly chargeable.

Act March 4, 1913, c. 145, 37 Stat. 843.

This is a paragraph of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1914, cited above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1907, c. 2907. (34 Stat. 1256.)

Purchase of mileage books for employees of the Department of Agriculture.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to purchase from appropriations made for traveling expenses for employees of the Department of Agriculture, mileage and mileage books, at commercial rates, in the manner in which such mileage or mileage books are usually purchased.

Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1281.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1908, cited above.

ACT AUGUST 24, 1912, c. 355. (37 Stat. 417.)

Government officials required to administer oaths to accounts for travel, etc.; fees forbidden.

SEC. 8. After June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, postmasters, assistant postmasters, collectors of customs, collectors of internal revenue, chief clerks of the various executive departments and bureaus, or clerks designated by them for the purpose, the superintendent, the acting superintendent, custodian, and principal clerks of the various national parks and other Government reservations, superintendent, acting superintendents, and principal clerks of the different Indian superintendencies or Indian agencies, and chiefs of field parties, are required,

empowered, and authorized, when requested, to administer oaths, required by law or otherwise, to accounts for travel or other expenses against the United States, with like force and effect as officers having a seal; for such services when so rendered, or when rendered on demand after said date by notaries public, who at the time are also salaried officers or employees of the United States, no charge shall be made; and on and after July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, no fee or money paid for the services herein described shall be paid or reimbursed by the United States.

Act August 24, 1912, c. 355, s. 8, 37 Stat. 487.

This section is a part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 301. (35 Stat. 1039.)

Assignments of pay by employees of the Department of Agriculture.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit employees of the Department of Agriculture to make assignments of their pay, under such regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in the employ of the said department.

ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 301. (35 Stat. 1039.)

Advances for subscriptions for publications for department. * * * That hereafter section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the subscriptions for publications for the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay in advance for any publications for the use of this department.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 301, 35 Stat. 1054.

This is a proviso annexed to the appropriation for "General expenses, Library," in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1911, c. 238. (36 Stat. 1235.)

Traveling expenses and charges for transportation of effects, etc., of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture transferred from one station to another.

That hereafter officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, when authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, may be allowed actual traveling expenses, including charges for the transfer of their effects

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and personal property used in official work, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Act March 4, 1911, c. 238, 36 Stat. 1265.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1912, cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 3690.

Expenditure of balances of appropriations.

SEC. 3690. All balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made within that year; and balances not needed for such purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund. This section, however, shall not apply to appropriations known permanent or indefinite appropriations.

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

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Acceptance of voluntary service for Government, or employment of service in 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 personal 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 year 1884, cited above.

A similar provision is contained, among other things, in Rev. St. sec. 3679, as amended by act March 3, 1905, c. 1481, and act February 27, 1906, c. 510.

ACT MARCH 3, 1885, c. 338. (23 Stat. 353.)

Additional compensation to officers or employees; detailed statement to Congress of expenditures of Department of Agriculture.

SEC. 2. That no part of the money herein or hereafter appropriated for the Department of Agriculture shall be paid to any person, as additional salary or compensation, receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the Government; and in addition to the proper vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the said Department to be furnished to the accounting officers of the Treasury, the Commissioner of Agriculture

shall, at the commencement of each regular session, present to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditure of all appropriations for said Department for the last preceding fiscal year.

Act March 3, 1885, c. 338, s. 2, 23 Stat. 356.

This is a section of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1886, cited above.

The vouchers and accounts referred to, to be furnished to the accounting officers of the Treasury, are required by act March 3, 1881, c. 129, s. 2.

ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 299. (35 Stat. 945.)

Use of moneys or appropriations for compensation or expenses of any commission, etc., forbidden, unless authorized by law; details from executive departments in connection with such commissions, etc., forbidden.

SEC. 9. That hereafter no part of the public moneys, or of any appropriation heretofore or hereafter made by Congress, shall be used for the payment of compensation or expenses of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, or any members thereof, or for expenses in connection with any work or the results of any work or action of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, unless the creation of the same shall be or shall have been authorized by law; nor shall there be employed by detail, hereafter or heretofore made, or otherwise personal services from any executive department or other Government establishment in connection with any such commission, council, board, or other similar body.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 299, s. 9, 35 Stat. 1027.

This section is a part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above.

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

Restrictions on payment for telephone service from private residences, etc.

SEC. 7. That no money appropriated by this or any other Act shall be expended for telephone service installed in any private residence or private apartment or for tolls or other charges for telephone service from private residences or private apartments, except for long-distance telephone tolls required strictly for the public business, and so shown by vouchers duly sworn to and approved by the head of the department, division, bureau, or office in which the official using such telephone or incurring the expense of such tolls shall be employed.

Act August 23, 1912, c. 350, s. 7, 37 Stat. 414.

This section is a portion of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1913, c. 145. (37 Stat. 828.)

Expenses of delivery of lectures, giving instruction, and acquiring information at meetings, authorized.

That nothing contained in the Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be so construed as to prohibit the payment from the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture of expenses incidental to the delivery of lectures, the giving of instruction, or the acquiring of information at meetings by its employees on subjects relating to the work of the department authorized by law. Act March 4, 1913, c. 145, 37 Stat. 854.

This is a paragraph of the agricultural appropriation act, under the heading, "Miscellaneous," for the fiscal year 1914, cited above.

ACT APRIL 6, 1914, c. 52. (38 Stat. 312.)

Restrictions on compensation or payment of expenses in changing methods of transacting Government business.

SEC. 5. That no part of any money appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used for compensation or payment of expenses of accountants or other experts in inaugurating new or changing old methods of transacting the business of the United States or the District of Columbia unless authority for employment of such services or payment of such expenses is stated in specific terms in the Act making provision therefor and the rate of compensation for such services or expenses is specifically fixed therein, or be used for compensation of or expenses for persons, aiding or assisting such accountants or other experts, unless the rate of compensation of or expenses for such assistants is fixed by officers or employees of the United States or District of Columbia having authority to do so, and such rates of compensation or expenses so fixed shall be paid only to the person so employed.

Act April 6, 1914, c. 52, s. 5, 38 Stat. 335.

This is a section of the urgent deficiencies act for the fiscal year 1914 and prior years, cited above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1907, c. 2907. (34 Stat. 1256.)

Sale of prints and lantern slides from photographic negatives of the Department of Agriculture.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish, upon application, prints and lantern