five thousand dollars per annum, such sum when appropriated to be expended in the discretion of the President and accounted for on his certificate solely. (34 Stat. 454.)

This provision was part of an act entitled "An act to provide for the traveling expenses of the President of the United States."

The act also made an appropriation for the purposes authorized for the fiscal year. A similar appropriation was repeated in subsequent sundry civil appropriation acts. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act June 23, 1913, c. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 35.

§ 226. (R. S. § 154.) Vice-President's salary.

The Vice-President shall receive in full for his services during the terms for which he shall have been elected the sum of [ten thousand dollars] a year, to be paid monthly.

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

The salary of the Vice-President, having been increased from $8,000 to $10,000 by a provision of Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, incorporated into this section of the Revised Statutes, and cited above, was reduced to $8,000, and the words of this section inclosed in brackets, "ten thousand dollars," were superseded, by the repeal of so much of that act as increased the amount, by Act Jan. 20, 1874, c. 11, 18 Stat. 4. But his compensation, on and after March 4, 1907, was increased to $12,000 per annum, by Act Feb. 26, 1907, c. 1635, § 4, ante, § 36.

§ 227. (R. S. § 155.) Officers of the President's household.

The President is authorized to appoint or employ in his official household the following officers:

One private secretary, at a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars a year.

One assistant secretary, who shall be a short-hand writer, at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year.

Two executive clerks, at a salary of two thousand three hundred dollars a year each.

One steward of the President's household, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year.

One messenger, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars

a year.

Act March 3, 1857, c. 108, § 2, 11 Stat. 228. Act July 23, 1866, c. 208, § 4, 14 Stat. 206. Act July 20, 1868, c. 176, § 1, 15 Stat. 96.

The officers enumerated in this section, with their respective salaries, were those provided for by the statutes in force at the time of the compilation of the Revised Statutes, which are cited above, and by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1874, Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, 17 Stat. 491.

But the officers and others actually appointed or employed are those authorized from year to year by the appropriation acts, and the enumeration of officers in this section, although not expressly repealed or amended, may be regarded as practically superseded, for the time being, by each annual appropriation.

Appropriations for a "Private Secretary," of varying amounts, were made each year until 1897, when the designation of the office was changed to "Secretary," and the salary increased to $5,000, by Act Feb. 19, 1897, c. 265, § 1, 29 Stat. 546, and thereafter similar provisions were made, in recent years for a still larger salary. His salary was fixed at $7,500 by a provision of Act March 4, 1913, c. 149, post, § 228.

The force of subordinate officers and employés in the office of the President was extensively reorganized in the appropriations therefor for the fiscal year 1912, by Act March 4, 1911, c. 237, § 1, 36 Stat. 1184. In that act, the two

assistant secretaries, previously provided for, were omitted; one executive clerk, only, was provided for, but a chief clerk, an appointment clerk, a record clerk, two expert stenographers, an accountant, two correspondents, and a disbursing clerk were added; other changes were made in the numbers and salaries of various clerks and other employés; and no specific appropriation was made for a steward. The provisions for the years following were nearly the same. Those for the fiscal year 1914 were by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 749.

A proviso annexed to said appropriations, repeated in each similar act since 1905, authorizes the detail of employés of the Executive Departments, etc., from time to time, to the office of the President. Said provision of Act Feb. 3, 1905, c. 297, § 1, is set forth post, § 229.

The appointment of an officer of the Signal Corps as chief of the telegraph and cipher bureau of the Executive Office was authorized by a provision of Act March 2, 1903, c. 975, post, § 1864.

The appropriation made annually, by the sundry civil appropriation acts, under the heading "Detection and prosecution of crimes," of a sum to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, includes among the purposes specified, in recent years, "the protection of the person of the President of the United States." The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act June 23, 1913, c. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 52.

Provisions for the custody of the plate, furniture, and public property in the Executive Mansion, and for an annual inventory thereof, were made by Act June 25, 1910, c. 384, § 9, post, § 231.

The usual annual appropriations for care, repair, and refurnishing of the Executive Mansion, and for horses and vehicles for official purposes, for care, etc., of greenhouses, for fuel, and for lighting, were made by the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1914, Act June 23, 1913, c. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 34.

Accommodations for the horses, carriages, and other vehicles of the President and of the Executive Office are to be provided by the Quartermaster General of the Army, by a provision of Act March 4, 1911, c. 285, § 1, post, § 230.

The Public Printer is to execute such printing and binding for the President as he shall order, and deliver to the Executive Mansion two copies of all documents, bills, etc., printed, by the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 88, post, § 7162.

§ 228. (Act March 4, 1913, c. 149.) Salary of Secretary to the President.

To make the salary of the Secretary to the President at the rate of $7,500 per annum from March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, inclusive, $3,312.50, and hereafter said salary is fixed at the rate of $7,500 per annum. (37 Stat. 913.)

This was a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

§ 229. (Act Feb. 3, 1905, c. 297, § 1.) Detail of employés of Executive Departments, etc., to office of the President. Employees of the Executive Departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Government may be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States, for such temporary assistance as may be necessary. (33 Stat. 642.)

This was a proviso annexed to an appropriation for officers, clerks, and employés in the office of the President, in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1906, cited above. It was repeated in the similar acts for subsequent years. The provision for the fiscal year 1914 was by Act March 4, 1913, c. 142, § 1, 37 Stat. 749.

§ 230. (Act March 4, 1911, c. 285, § 1.) Accommodations for horses, carriages, etc., to be provided by Quartermaster General of the Army.

The Quartermaster General of the Army shall provide suitable accommodations for the horses, carriages, and other vehicles of the President and of the Executive Office, in the stables maintained in the District of Columbia by and for the use of his department. (36) Stat. 1404.)

This was a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1912, cited above.

(R. S. §§ 156, 157. Superseded.)

These sections prescribed the duties of the steward of the President's household, and required him to give bond for the faithful discharge of his trust. They were superseded by similar provisions of Act June 25, 1910, c. 384, § 9, post, § 231.

Subsequent provisions requiring an inventory to be made annually, by the steward, under the direction of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, of all the public property in and belonging to the Executive Mansion, to be submitted to Congress with the annual report of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, made by Act April 17, 1900, c. 192, § 1, were also superseded by more comprehensive provisions for the making of such inventory, to be kept for reference in the office of public buildings and grounds, made by Act June 25, 1910, c. 384, § 2, post, § 231.

§ 231. (Act June 25, 1910, c. 384, § 9.) Custody and annual inventory of public property in and belonging to Executive Man

sion.

Hereafter the steward, housekeeper, or such other employee of the Executive Mansion as the President may designate, shall, under the direction of the President, have the charge and custody of and be responsible for the plate, furniture, and public property therein, and shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, give bond for the faithful discharge thereof, said bond to be in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and be approved by the Secretary of War. And hereafter a complete inventory, in proper books, shall be made annually in the month of June, under the direction of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, of all the public property in and belonging to the Executive Mansion, showing when purchased, its cost, condition, and final disposition. This inventory shall be submitted to the President for his approval, and shall then be kept for reference in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, which shall furnish a copy thereof to the steward, housekeeper, or other employee responsible for the property. (36 Stat. 773.)

This section was part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1911, cited above. It superseded previous similar provisions of R. S. §§ 156, 157, and Act April 17, 1900, c. 192, § 1, 31 Stat. 97.

Other previous requirements of an annual statement and an inventory of such property with other public property were contained in R. S. §§ 1832, 1833, post, §§ 3418, 3419.

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TITLE IV

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL THE EX-
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§ 232. (R. S. § 158.) Application of provisions of this Title. The provisions of this Title shall apply to the following Executive Departments:

First. The Department of State.

Second. The Department of War.

Third. The Department of the Treasury.

Fourth. The Department of Justice.
Fifth. The Post-Office Department.
Sixth. The Department of the Navy.

Seventh. The Department of the Interior.

This section was amended to include the Department of Agriculture, and the provisions of this Title of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, were made applicable to said Department by Act Feb. 9, 1889, c. 122, § 1, post, § 789.

The section was also amended to include the Department of Commerce, and the provisions of this Title of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, were made applicable to said Department, by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 1, post, § 853.

The section was further amended to include the Department of Labor, and the provisions of this Title of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, were made applicable to said Department, by Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 1, post, § 932.

§ 233. (R. S. § 159.) Word "Department."

The word "Department" when used alone in this Title, and Titles five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven, means one of the Executive Departments enumerated in the preceding section.

The Department of Agriculture was included in this definition by Act Feb. 9, 1889, c. 122, § 1, post, § 789.

The Department of Commerce was included in this definition by Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 1, post, § 853.

The Department of Labor was included in this definition by Act March 4, 1913, c. 141, § 1, post, § 932.

§ 234. (R. S. § 160.) Salaries of heads of Departments.

Each head of a Department is entitled to a salary of [ten thousand dollars] a year, to be paid monthly.

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

The salaries of the heads of Departments, having been increased from $8.000 to $10,000 by provisions of Act March 3, 1873, c. 226, § 1, incorporated into this section of the Revised Statutes, and cited above, were reduced to $8,000, and the words of this section inclosed in brackets, "ten thousand dollars," were superseded by the repeal of so much of that act as increased their compensation, by Act Jan. 20, 1874, c. 11, 18 Stat. 4.

The salary of the Secretary of the Treasury was declared to be $8,000 in the provisions of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1876, prescribing the organization of the Treasury Department and the offices there

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