And upon.the submission of such report, it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the Senate to appoint two Senators, and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint two Representatives, and the Senators and Representatives so appointed shall constitute a joint committee, to which shall be referred such report, with the accompanying statement of the condition and character of such papers, and such joint committee shall meet and examine such report and statement and the papers therein described, and submit to the Senate and House, respectively, a report of such examination and their recommendation. And if they report that such files of papers, or any part thereof, are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of such Department, and have no permanent value or historical interest, then it shall be the duty of such head of the Department to sell as waste paper, or otherwise dispose of such files of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to Congress. (25 Stat. 672.) This was an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Departments." It was amended by a provision of Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1, post, § 283. It was further amended so that accumulations in the files of vessels of the Navy of papers not needed or useful, etc., might be disposed of, by a provision of Act Aug. 22, 1912, c. 335, post, § 2809. § 283. (Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, § 1.) Disposition of useless papers in buildings under control of the Departments. That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive Department," approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to include in its provisions any accumulation of files of papers of a like character therein described now or hereafter in the various public buildings under the control of the several Executive Departments of the Government. (28 Stat. 933.) This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, cited above. Act Feb. 16, 1889, c. 171, mentioned in this provision as amended thereby, is set forth ante, § 282. Special provisions for disposition of accumulations of useless papers were as follows: Documents in offices of Senate and House of Representatives, Act Aug. 7, 1882, c. 433, § 1, ante, § 116. Papers in the Post Office Department and in the Office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, Act March 3, 1881, c. 130, § 1, Act Aug. 5, 1882, c. 389, § 1, and Act May 27, 1908, c. 206, § 1, post, §§ 607609. Proposals for carrying the mail, reports of arrivals and departures of the mails, and certificates of oaths of carriers on mail routes, R. S. § 3948, as amended by Act June 13, 1898, c. 446, § 2, post, § 7435. Papers in and publications of the Department of Agriculture, Act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, post, § 832. Telegrams pertaining to business of the Weather Bureau, Act May 25, 1900, c. 555, § 1, post, § 848. Records of courts-martial, Act March 3, 1877, c. 102, § 1, post, § 2433 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Sec. Sec. 296. Clerks for distribution of information among diplomatic missions. 297. Salaries of Secretary, Assistant 298. Distribution of duties of officers, provided for not to be employed. 306. Reports of foreign regulations of 308. Copies of acts and treaties fur- § 284. (R. S. § 199.) Establishment of the Department of State. There shall be at the seat of Government an Executive Department to be known as the Department of State, and a Secretary of State, who shall be the head thereof. Act July 27, 1789, c. 4, § 1, 1 Stat. 28. Act Sept. 15, 1789, c. 14, § 1, 1 Stat. 68. § 285. (Act Feb. 17, 1909, c. 137, § 1.) Salary of Secretary of State. That section four of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seven, fixing the annual compensation of heads of executive departments, be, and the same is hereby, repealed in so far as the same relates to the annual compensation of the Secretary of State; and the annual compensation of the Secretary of State shall be at the rate of eight thousand dollars. (35 Stat. 626.) This section and the section next following were sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled "An act in relation to the salary of the Secretary of State," which, by section 3 thereof, was to take effect and be in force from and after March 4, 1909. Section 4 of Act Feb. 26, 1907, c. 1635, which fixed the compensation of the heads of Executive Departments who are members of the President's Cabinet at the rate of $12,000 per annum each, and which was repealed in part by this act, is set forth ante, § 36. An appropriation of $8,000 for compensation of the Secretary of State, was made for the fiscal year 1910, accompanied with provisions similar to those of this act, by Act March 4, 1909, c. 297, § 1, post, § 287, and a like appropriation was made for the fiscal year 1911, by Act June 17, 1910, c. 297, § 1, 36 Stat. 483. But the sum of $12,000 was appropriated for the Secretary of State for subsequent years. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. § 286. (Act Feb. 17, 1909, c. 137, § 2.) Emoluments of office of Secretary of State. On and after March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, there shall be no emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of State other than those which by the law in force on the first day of May, nineteen hundred and four, belonged and were then attached to said office. (35 Stat. 626.) See notes to preceding section. § 287. (Act March 4, 1909, c. 297, § 1.) Compensation of Secretary of State. For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars, and the annual compensation of the Secretary of State, including all emoluments or allowances fixed by law, except such as were fixed by law prior to the twenty-sixth day of February, nineteen hundred and seven, after the third day of March, nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby fixed at eight thousand dollars, and all laws or parts of laws providing different compensation, emoluments, or allowances, are hereby repealed, to take effect on the third day of March, nineteen hundred and nine. (35 Stat. 861.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above. It was accompanied by a provision of a temporary nature making available the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $12,000 for the fiscal year 1909, to pay the salary at the rate of $8,000 per annum until June 30, 1909. Previous provisions similar to those set forth here were made by Act Feb. 17, 1909, c. 137. See notes to section 1 of that act, ante, § 285. § 288. (R. S. § 200.) Assistant and Second Assistant Secretaries of State. There shall be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State, and a Second Assistant Secretary of State, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be entitled to a salary of [six thousand dollars] a year, to be paid monthly. Act March 3, 1853, c. 97, § 6, 10 Stat. 212. Act July 25, 1866, c. 233, § 2, 14 Stat. 226. Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 486. The salaries of the Assistant Secretary and Second Assistant Secretary, having been increased from $3,500 to $6,000 each by the provision of Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, incorporated into this section of the Revised Statutes and cited above, were reduced to $3,500 each, and the words of this section inclosed in brackets "six thousand dollars," were superseded, by the repeal of so much of that act as increased the amount, by Act Jan. 20, 1874, c. 11, 18 Stat. 4. The appointment of an additional Assistant Secretary, with like compensation, was authorized by Act June 20, 1874, c. 328, § 1, post, § 289. Subsequent appropriations were for increased amounts. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were for Assistant Secretary, $5,000, Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, $4,500 each, by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. Provisions applicable to all the Departments, that, in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the head of the Department, the duties of the office may be performed temporarily by the assistant, were made by R. S. § 177, post, § 259. § 289. (Act June 20, 1874, c. 328, § 1.) Third Assistant Secretary of State. For compensation of * two Assistant Secretaries of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; and one additional Assistant Secretary of State, with like compensation, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to be known as the Third Assistant Secretary of State. (18 Stat. 90.) These were provisions of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1875, cited above. The appointment of an Assistant Secretary and a Second Assistant Secretary, for whose compensation the appropriation in the first clause of this paragraph was made, was authorized by R. S. § 200, ante, § 288. The compensation of the Assistant Secretaries was increased by subsequent appropriation acts. See notes to R. S. § 200, ante, § 288. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. § 290. (R. S. § 201.) Subordinate officers, etc. There shall be in the Department of State: One chief clerk, at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year. Two chiefs of the Diplomatic Bureaus, at a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars a year, each. Two chiefs of the Consular Bureaus, at a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars a year, each. Chief of the Bureau of Accounts, at a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars a year. Chief of the Bureau of Indexes and Archives, at a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars a year. One disbursing clerk. Act March 3, 1855, c. 175, § 4, 10 Stat. 669. Act May 22, 1872, c. 194, 17 Stat. 145. Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 3, 17 Stat. 508. This section enumerated the subordinate officers in the Department, and their salaries, at the time of the compilation of the Revised Statutes, as authorized by the then existing statutes, cited above. But the officers, clerks, and others actually appointed or employed, and their respective salaries and other compensation, depend on the specific provisions made in the annual appropriation acts, each providing for the fiscal year next following; the employment or payment of others being forbidden by Act Aug. 5, 1882, c. 389, § 4, ante, § 249. Subsequent appropriation acts provide for officers and clerks and for salaries different from those fixed by the above section. The appropriations for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. For the chief clerk, recent appropriations are $3,000, accompanied by a provision that he "shall sign such official papers and documents as the Secretary of State may direct." The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. The appointment of the chief of the Bureau of Accounts disbursing clerk of the Department was authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1875, c. 129, § 1, post, § 291, and thereafter, instead of an appropriation for such clerk, an additional sum was appropriated for the chief of said Bureau as disbursing clerk. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. In addition to the bureaus mentioned in this section a Bureau of Statistics was established in the Department, the name of which was changed to Bureau of Foreign Commerce, pursuant to a provision of Act Feb. 20, 1897, c. 268, 29 Stat. 590. It was transferred to the Department of Commerce, and consolidated with the Bureau of Statistics, transferred from the Treasury Department, to constitute one bureau, to be called the Bureau of Statistics, in the Department of Commerce, by provisions of the act establishing that Department, Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 4, post, § 857. Thereafter the Bureau of Manufactures in that Department and said Bureau of Statistics were consolidated into one Bureau, to be known as the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, by a provision of Act Aug. 23, 1912, c. 350, § 1, post, § 873. Besides said bureaus, also, the appointment of a person, to be designated by the Secretary of State, to prepare information for transmission to the Secretary of Commerce, such person to have the rank and salary of a chief of bureau, and to be furnished with clerical assistants, was authorized by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 11, post, § 292. For chiefs of bureaus, recent appropriations are for two at $2,250 each and five at $2,100 each. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. An Examiner of Claims for the Department of State, in the Department of Justice, was provided for by R. S. § 349, post, § 521. The designation of the office was changed to Solicitor for the Department of State by a provision of Act March 3, 1891, c. 541, § 1, post, § 523. An assistant solicitor for the Department was authorized by appropriations in Act April 17, 1900, c. 192, § 1, 31 Stat. 97, and in subsequent similar acts. Two assistant solicitors were authorized by a provision of Act June 22, 1906, c. 3514, § 1, post, § 294, which was repeated in subsequent acts. A law clerk, and assistant, to edit the laws of Congress and perform other duties, were authorized by provisions of Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1, post, § 295, and subsequent acts. An appropriation for two clerks, to be employed by the Department of State, and to be charged with the distribution of information among the diplomatic missions, made by a provision of Act March 2, 1909, c. 235, post, § 296, was repeated, as a separate provision, in the subsequent legislative, executive and judicial appropriation acts. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, post, § 297. An appropriation for expenses in connection with foreign trade relations within the jurisdiction of the Department, and for the maintenance of a division of far eastern affairs in the Department, including the payment of necessary employés, was made by a provision of Act Aug. 5, 1909, c. 7, post, § 293. For the fiscal year next following, ending June 30, 1911, appropriations were made, in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for that year, Act June 17, 1910, c. 297, § 1, 36 Stat. 484, under a separate heading, "Advancement of Commercial and Other Interests as Provided in the Act Approved August 5, 1909," for a Director of the Consular Service, a Counselor for the Department of State and a Resident Diplomatic Officer, to be appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with said Act of Aug. 5, 1909, eight officers to be appointed in like manner and to be employed as chief of division or otherwise in connection with foreign relations an assistant solicitor, a law clerk, clerks of various classes and other employés, and for expenses under the provisions of said Act of Aug. 5, 1909. Substantially the same provisions were made in the similar act for the fiscal year 1912, Act March 4, 1911, c. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1186. But these provisions for appointment of the officers, etc., mentioned were superseded by the provisions, similar to a great extent, accompanying the appropriations for subsequent years, which were not placed under a separate heading of the appropriation acts, but were incorporated with the appropriations for the officers, clerks, etc., of the Department generally. The provisions so made for the fiscal year 1913, by Act Aug. 23, 1912, c. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 372, were repeated, with some changes, retaining the additional |