920. Same; form of.-Whenever any person * * * is elected or appointed to any office of honor or trust under the Government of the United States, * * * he shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe in lieu of that oath the following oath: “I, A. B., do solemuly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."-Sec. 1757, R. S. 921. Who may administer.-The oath of office required by the preceding section may be taken before any officer who is authorized, either by the laws of the United States or by the local municipal law, to administer oaths, in the State, Territory, or district where such oath may be administered.-Sec. 1758, R. S. 922. Custody of oath.-The oath of office taken by any person pursuant to the requirements of section seventeen hundred and fifty-six or of section seventeen hundred and fifty-seven shall be delivered in by him, to be preserved among the files of the House of Congress, department, or court to which the office in respect to which the oath is made may appertain.-Sec. 1759, R. S. PAY FOR SERVICES. 923. Annual rate of pay.-The annual salaries of clerks and employees in the departments whose compensation is not otherwise prescribed shall be as follows: First. To clerks of the fourth class, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Seventh. To assistant messengers, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Ninth. To watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars.-Sec. 167, R. S. 924. Temporary clerks.—Except when a different compensation is expressly prescribed by law, any clerk temporarily employed to perform the same or similar duties with those belonging to clerks of either class is entitled to the same salary as is allowed to clerks of that class.-Sec. 168, R. S. 925. Performance of duties of one clerk by another.-No allowance or compensation shall be made to any officer or clerk, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to any other officer or clerk in the same or any other department; and no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any officer of clerk may be required to perform, unless expressly authorized by law.-Sec. 1764, R. S. NOTE. This statute defined by Judge Advocate General in opinion of February 14, 1917. 926. Office of the Quartermaster General.-Chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; principal clerks-five at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each, three at two thousand dollars each; clerks-fifteen of class four, twenty-nine of class three, fifty of class two, ninety-three of class one, fifty-nine at one thousand dollars each, ten at nine hundred dollars each; advisory architect, four thousand dollars; draftsmen-three at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven at one thousand six hundred dollars each, five at one thousand four hundred dollars each; supervising engineer, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; hydraulic and sanitary engineer, two thousand dollars; civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; electrical engineer, two thousand dollars; electrical and mechanical engineer, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; marine engineer, three thousand five hundred dollars; sanitary and heating engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; twelve laborers; laborer, six hundred dollars.-Act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1095). See annual appropriation acts. 927. Same; increased compensation during fiscal year 1918.-That to provide, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, for increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum per annum to employees who receive salaries at a rate per annum less than one thousand two hundred dollars, and for increased compensation at the rate of five per centum per annum to employees who receive salaries at a rate not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum and not less than one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, so much as may be necessary is appropriated: Provided, That this section shall only apply to the employees who are appropriated for in this act specifically and under lump sums or whose employment is authorized herein: Provided further, That detailed reports shall be submitted to Congress on the first day of the next session showing the number of persons, the grades or character of positions, the original rates of compensation, and the increased rates of compensation provided for herein.-Sec. 7, act of Mar. 3, 1917 (39 Stat., 1121). 928. Computation of.-Hereafter, where the compensation of any person in the service of the United States is annual or monthly, the following rules for division of time and computation of pay for services rendered are hereby established: Annual compensation shall be divided into twelve equal installments, one of which shall be the pay for each calendar month; and in making payments for a fractional part of a month, one-thirtieth of one of such installments, or of a monthly compensation, shall be the daily rate of pay. For the purpose of computing such compensation and for computing time for services rendered during a fractional part of a month in connection with annual or monthly compensation, each and every month shall be held to consist of thirty days, without regard to the actual number of days in any calendar month, thus excluding the thirty-first of any calendar month from the computation and treating February as if it actually has thirty days. Any person entering the service of the United States during a thirty-one day month and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to pay for that month from the date of entry to the thirtieth day of said month, both days inclusive; and any person entering said service during the month of February and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to one month's pay, less as many thirtieths thereof as there were days elapsed prior to date of entry.-Sec. 6, act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 763). 929. Forfeiture, unauthorized absence on thirty-first day of month.-For one day's unauthorized absence on the thirty-first day of any calendar month one day's pay shall be forfeited.-İbid. 930. From lump-sum appropriations increase during fiscal year 1918.—During the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, all civilian employees in the Military Establishment, including on the lump-sum rolls only those persons who are carried thereon at the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall receive increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum per annum to such employees who receive salaries or wages in such establishment at a rate per annum of less than one thousand two hundred dollars, and increased compensation at a rate of five per centum per annum to such employees who receive salaries or wages in such establishment at a rate of not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum and not less than one thousand two hundred dollars per annum: And provided further, That so much as may be necessary for this purpose is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.Act of May 12, 1917 (40 Stat., 74). 931. Same.-Increased compensation restricted. That no civil employee in any of the executive departments or other Government establishments, or who has been employed therein within the period of one year next preceding his proposed employment in any other executive department or other Government establishment, shall be employed hereafter and paid from a lump-sum appropriation in any other executive department or other Government establishment at an increased rate of compensation. And no civil employee in any of the executive departments or other Government establishments or who has been employed therein within the period of one year next preceding his proposed employment in any other executive department or other Government establishment and who may be employed in another executive department or other Government establishment shall be granted an increase in compensation within the period of one year following such reemployment: Provided, That the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be considered a Government establishment for the purposes of this section: Provided further. That this section shall not be construed to repeal section five of the Act of June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six, which prohibits the transfer of employees from one department to another.-Sec. 7, act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 383). 932. Pieceworkers and per diem employees; increased compensation during fiscal year 1918.-That in determining the right of employees to increased compensation as heretofore authorized by law at rates of five and ten per centum per annum for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, such employees as are employed on piecework, by the hour, or at per diem rates, shall be entitled to receive, from July first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, inclusive, the increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum when the fixed rate of compensation for the regular working hours and on the basis of three hundred and twelve days in said year would amount to less than one thousand two hundred dollars, and at the rate of five per centum when not less than one thousand two hundred dollars and not more than one thousand eight hundred doll:irs: Provided, That this method of computation shall not apply to any per diem employees regularly paid a per diem for every day in the year.-Sec. 8, act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 384). PAY FOR SERVICES-ADDITIONAL PAY. 933. Foreign service, employees at headquarters.-On and after July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the pay of clerks and messengers at head quarters of territorial departments, tactical divisions, brigades, and service schools, who are citizens of the United States, shall be increased two hundred dollars each per annum while serving in the Philippine Islands, such service to be computed from the date of departure from the continental limits of the United States to the date of return thereto.-Act of Mar. 4, 1915 (38 Stat., 1067). 934. Employees on harbor boats, in lieu of subsistence.—That * of the appropriation hereby made shall be available for additional pay of employees on harbor boats, quartermaster service, in lieu of subsistence.-Annual appropriation act. * * 935. Authority for making allotments of pay.-The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit, under such regulations as he may prescribe, any permanent civilian employee under the jurisdiction of the War Department on duty outside of the continental limits of the United States, to make allotments of his pay for the support of his wife, children, or dependent relatives, or for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper.Act of Oct. 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 385). * * * 936. Credit to disbursing officers for payment of.-All allotments of pay of civilian employees that have been or shall be paid to designated allottees previous to the receipt by disbursing officer of notice of discontinuance of the same from the officer required by regulations to furnish such notice shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer who has made or shall make such payments.-Ibid. 937. Erroneous payments to be collected from responsible officers.—If erroneous payment is made because of the failure of an officer to report, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of War, the death of the grantor, or any fact which renders the allotment not payable, then the amount of such erroneous payment shall be collected by the Quartermaster General from the officer who fails to make such report, if such collection is practicable.—Ibid. PAY FOR SERVICES-RESTRICTIONS, ETC. 938. To be paid from specific appropriations only. No civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall after the first day of October next be employed in any of the executive departments, or subordinate bureaus or offices thereof at the seat of the Government, except only at such rates and in such numbers, respectively, as may be specifically appropriated for by Congress for such clerical and other personal services for each fiscal year; and no civil officer, clerk, draughtsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall hereafter be employed at the seat of the Government in any executive department or subordinate bureau or office thereof or be paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation, and then only for services actually rendered in connection with and for the purposes of the appropriation from which payment is made, and at the rate of compensation usual and proper for such services, and after the first day of October next section one hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes, and all other laws and parts of law inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and all laws and parts of law authorizing the employment of officers, clerks. draughtsmen, copyists, messengers, assistant messengers, mechanics, watchmen, laborers, or other employees at a different rate of pay or in excess of the numbers authorized by appropriations made by Congress, be, and they are hereby. repealed.-Sec. 4, act of Aug. 5, 1882 (22 Stat., 255). 939. Punishment for violations.-That any person violating section 4 of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved Aug. 5, 1882 (Stat. L., vol. 22, p. 255), shall be summarily removed from office, and may also upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year.-Sec. 5, act of Aug. 23, 1912 (37 Stat., 414). 940. Permanently incapacitated persons; appropriations not available for payment of.—The appropriations herein made for the officers, clerks, and persons employed in the public service shall not be available for the compensation of any person incapacitated otherwise than temporarily for performing such service.-Annual appropriation act. 941. Double salaries restricted. -Unless otherwise specially authorized by law no money appropriated by this or any other act shall be available for payment to any person receiving more than one salary when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, but this shall not apply to retired officers of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps whenever they may be appointed or elected to public office or whenever the President shall appoint them to office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or to officers and enlisted men of the Organized Militia and Naval Militia, in the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia.-Sec. 6, act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat., 120), as amended by act of Aug. 29, 1916 (39 Stat., 582). 942. From lump-sum appropriations restricted. No part of any money contained herein or hereafter appropriated in lump sum shall be available for the payment of personal services at a rate of compensation in excess of that paid for the same or similar services during the preceding fiscal year; nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter transferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of departments shall cause this provision to be enforced: Provided, That this section shall not apply to mechanics, artisans, their helpers and assistants, laborers, or any other employees whose duties are of similar character and required in carrying on the various manufacturing or constructing operations of the Government.-Sec. 7, act of Aug. 26, 1912 (37 Stat., 626), as amended by sec. 4, act of Mar. 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 790). 943. Same. It shall not be lawful hereafter to pay to any person, employed in the service of the United States under any general or lump-sum appropriation, any sum additional to the regular compensation received for or attached to any employment held prior to an appointment or designation as acting for or instead of an occupant of any other office or employment. This provision shall not be construed as prohibiting regular and permanent appointments by promotion from lower to higher grades of employment.-Sec. 12, act of Aug. 1, 1914 (38 Stat., 680). 944. Extra services, no additional compensation allowed.-No money shall be paid to any clerk employed in either Department at an annual salary, as compensation for extra services, unless expressly authorized by law.-Sec. 170, R. S. |