§ 58. (R. S. § 52.) Officers and employés of Senate.

The following persons are employed in the service of the Senate: One Secretary of the Senate,

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One Sergeant-at-Arms and Door-keeper,

One Postmaster to the Senate,

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Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 486.

The portions of this section set forth here are those only which provided for officers who are elected by the Senate. The section as enacted in the Revised Statutes prescribed the salary of each of those officers, and it further provided for various subordinate officers and for numerous clerks and other employés, and prescribed their salaries. These portions of the section are omitted, for reasons stated in the note at the beginning of this chapter.

For the Secretary of the Senate, the recent appropriations, including compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators and of the contingent fund of the Senate, are $6,500; and for hire of horse and wagon for the Secretary's office, $420. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 739.

The employment, in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, of an Assistant Secretary of the Senate (Henry M. Rose), at an annual salary of $5,000, was authorized by a provision of Act March 3, 1905, c. 1484, § 1, 33 Stat. 1245,

and an appropriation therefor was made by that act and was continued in the appropriation acts for the subsequent years. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 739.

For the Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, the recent appropriations are $6,500; and for horse and wagon for his use, $420, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 741. He was forbidden to receive fees or other compensation for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, by a provision of Act June 20, 1874, c. 328, § 1, post, § 60.

For the Postmaster, the recent appropriations are $2,250. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 741.

The offices, for the Senate, of chief clerk of the post office, at $1,800, and messenger at the card door, at $1,600, were created, in lieu of the offices of assistant postmaster and mail carrier, and of clerk, provided for in previous appropriation acts, by a provision of Res. Aug. 8, 1911, No. 4, 37 Stat. 37, and appropriations for those officers were made in the appropriation acts for subsequent years. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 741.

For the Chaplain, the recent appropriations are $1,200. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 739.

§ 59. (R. S. § 53.) Officers and employés of House of Representatives.

The following persons are employed in the service of the House of Representatives:

Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 488.

The portions of this section set forth here are those only which provide for officers who are elected by the House. The section as enacted in the Revised Statutes prescribed the salary of each of those officers, and it further provided for various subordinate officers and for numerous clerks and other employés, and prescribed their salaries. These portions of the section are omitted, for reasons stated in the note at the beginning of this chapter.

For the Clerk of the House, the recent appropriations, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, are $6,500; and for hire of horse and wagon for use of the Clerk's office, $900, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 743.

In connection with a provision placing the library of the House under the control of the Librarian of Congress, the appointment of a librarian, two assistant librarians, and assistant in the library, thereby provided for, was vested in the Clerk, with the approval of the Speaker, and removals from such positions except for cause were prohibited, by Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1, post, § 154.

For the Sergeant-at-Arms, the recent appropriations are $6,500, and for hire of horse and wagon, $600. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, 37 Stat. 744. He was forbidden to receive fees or other compensation for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, by a provision of Act June 20, 1874, c. 328, § 1, post, § 61.

Employés in the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms were enumerated by Act Oct. 1, 1890, c. 1256, § 8, 26 Stat. 646, but different provisions were made by the subsequent annual appropriation acts. The provisions for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 744.

For the Doorkeeper, the recent appropriations are $5,000, and for hire of horses and wagons and repairs of same, $1,200, or so much thereof as may

be necessary. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 745.

A provision authorizing the appointment by the Doorkeeper of certain specified employés "for labor in folding books, speeches, and pamphlets," contained in Act March 3, 1883, c. 128, § 1, 22 Stat. 535, was superseded by the establishment of a folding room of the House, to be in charge of a superintendent to be appointed, with the necessary assistants, by the Doorkeeper, by the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 71, post, § 7050.

For the Postmaster, the recent appropriations are $4,000. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 745.

For the Chaplain, the recent appropriations are $1,200. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 743.

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§ 60. (Act June 20, 1874, c. 328, § 1.) Limit of compensation of Sergeant-at-Arms and Door-keeper of Senate. Senate * * * Sergeant-at-Arms and Door-keeper, after he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, otherwise than as aforesaid. (18 Stat. 85.)

This was a proviso annexed to an appropriation of $4,320 for the Sergeantat-Arms and Door-keeper in Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 487, and incorporated therefrom into R. S. § 52, which was repeated with the similar appropriation for the fiscal year 1875, cited above, and in the subsequent appropriation act, 18 Stat. 344.

§ 61. (Act June 20, 1874, c. 328, § 1.) Limit of compensation of Sergeant-at-Arms of House of Representatives.

House of Representatives * *Sergeant-at-Arms, * * Hereafter he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, otherwise than as aforesaid. (18 Stat. 87.)

This was a proviso annexed to an appropriation of $4,320, for the Sergeantat-Arms in Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 489, and incorporated therefrom into R. S. § 53, which was repeated with the similar appropriation for the fiscal year 1875, cited above, and in the subsequent appropriation act, 18 Stat. 346.

§ 62. (Act Aug. 5, 1882, c. 390, § 1.) Limit of compensation of officers and employés of Senate to rate provided.

Hereafter no officer or employee of the Senate shall receive pay for any services performed by him at any rate higher than that provided for the office or employment to which he has been regularly appointed. (22 Stat. 270.)

This was a proviso annexed to an appropriation for additional pay for certain services, in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1883, cited above.

Payment from the contingent fund of additional salary or compensation to any officer or employé of the Senate was prohibited by a provision of Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, § 1, post, § 109.

§ 63. (Act March 2, 1895, c. 177, § 1.) Subletting duties of employés forbidden.

Hereafter no employee of Congress, either in the Senate or House, shall sublet to, or hire, another to do or perform any part of the duties

or work attached to the position to which he was appointed. (28 Stat. 771.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, cited above.

A similar provision in regard to employés of the House was made by Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1, post, § 66.

§ 64. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Performance of duties by employés of House of Representatives.

Hereafter employees of the House of Representatives under the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper, and Postmaster shall only be assigned to and engaged upon the duties of the positions to which they are appointed and for which compensation is provided, except that in cases of emergency or congestion of public business incident to the close of a session of Congress or other like cause an employee or employees may be assigned or required to aid in the discharge of the duties of any other employee or employees, and in the discretion of the Doorkeeper not more than one folder may, if necessary, be assigned to do clerical work under the direction of the foreman of the folding room, but all assignments made hereunder shall be without additional compensation and shall not constitute the basis. of a claim therefor. (31 Stat. 968.)

This paragraph and the six paragraphs next following were provisions of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902, cited above.

Payment from the contingent fund of additional salary or compensation to any officer or employé of the House was prohibited by a provision of Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, § 1, post, § 109.

§ 65. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Division of salaries, etc., of employés of House of Representatives forbidden.

It shall not be lawful to appoint or employ in any position under the House of Representatives more than one person at any one time, or to require or permit any such person to divide with another any portion of his salary or compensation while so employed. (31 Stat. 968.)

§ 66. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Subletting of duties of employés of House of Representatives forbidden.

It shall not be lawful to require or permit any person in the employ of the House of Representatives to sublet to another the discharge of any portion of the duties of the position to which he is appointed. (31 Stat. 968.)

§ 67. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Limit of age of pages in House of Representatives.

No person shall be appointed or employed as a page in the service of the House of Representatives who is under twelve years or more than eighteen years of age; but this provision shall not apply to chief pages, riding pages, and telephone pages. (31 Stat. 968.)

§ 68. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Officers' certificates to pay rolls of employés in House of Representatives. The Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper, and Postmaster shall make certificate each month to their respective pay rolls, stating

whether the persons named in such pay rolls and employed in their respective departments have been actually present at their respective places of duty and have actually performed the services for which compensation is provided in said pay rolls, and in each case where a person carried on such pay roll has been absent and has not performed the services in whole or in part for which payment is proposed, the reason for such absence and for such nonperformance of services shall be stated. (31 Stat. 968.)

§ 69. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Violation of foregoing provisions cause for removal from office.

The violation of any of the foregoing provisions of law shall, upon ascertainment thereof, be deemed to be cause for removal from office. (31 Stat. 968.)

The provisions referred to in this paragraph are those contained in the five paragraphs next preceding. See note to the first of said paragraphs, ante,

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§ 70. (Act March 3, 1901, c. 830, § 1.) Inquiry by Committee on Accounts of House of Representatives into enforcement of foregoing provisions, and report thereon.

It shall be the duty of the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives from time to time to inquire into the enforcement or violation of any of the foregoing provisions of law; and for this purpose they are hereby authorized to send for persons and papers, and to administer oaths; and they shall report to the House at least once every session their compliance with the duty herein imposed. (31 Stat. 968.)

The provisions referred to in this paragraph are those contained in the six paragraphs next preceding. See note to § 64, ante.

§ 71. (Act March 3, 1875, c. 129, § 1.) Compensation of clerks to committees whose salaries are not fixed by specific appropriations.

Hereafter clerks of committees of either branch of Congress (except those whose salaries are fixed by specific appropriations,) shall be paid not more than six dollars per day, and during the session only. (18 Stat. 345.)

This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1876, cited above.

Provision for payment of such clerks to committees of the House from the time they enter upon the discharge of their duties was made by Res. June 28, 1886, No. 15, post, § 72.

Appropriations are made annually for a certain number of clerks to committees of the House, at $6 each per day during the session. The construction of the words "during the session" in such provisions, as to the days included in the particular session, is fixed by a further provision of each act. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 746.

§ 72. (Res. June 28, 1886, No. 15.)

Time of beginning of compensation of clerks to committees of House of Representatives employed during session only.

The pay of the clerks to committees of the House of Representatives which have been or may be hereafter authorized by the House, who are paid during the session only shall begin from