Annual mates. esti. Mar. 3, 1875, v. 18, p. 370. the disbursing officers, acting under his direction and authority, the return of precise and analytical statements and receipts for all the moneys which may have been from time to time during the next preceding year expended by them, and shall communicate the results of such returns and the sums total, annually, to Congress. ANNUAL REPORTS, ESTIMATES. 48. That it shall be the duty of the heads of the several Sec. 3, act of Executive Departments, and of other officers authorized or required to make estimates, to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first day of October of each year, their annual estimates for the public service, to be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under his direction; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit, as a part of the appendix to the Book of Estimates, such extracts from the annual reports of the several heads of Departments and Bureaus as relate to estimates for appropriations and the necessities therefor. Sec. 3, act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. L., 370.) Statement of condition of busi mitted. Mar. 2, 1895, v. 28, p. 808. 49. It shall be the duty of the head of each Executive ness to be sub. Department or other Government establishment in the city Sec. 7, act of of Washington to submit to the first regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and annually thereafter, in the Annual Book of Estimates, a statement as to the condition of business in his Department or other Government estab lishment, showing whether any part of the same is in ar rears, and if so, in what divisions of the respective bureaus and offices of his Department or other Government establishment such arrears exist, the extent thereof and the reasons therefor, and also a statement of the number and compensation of employees appropriated for in one bureau or office who have been detailed to another bureau or office for a period exceeding one year. Sec. 7, act of March 2, Time of mak ing annual ports. re See all acts re 1895 (28 Stat. L., 808.) 50. Except where a different time is expressly prescribed by law, the various annual reports required to be submitted quiring reports. to Congress by the heads of departments shall be made at Sec. 195, R. S. the commencement of each regular session, and shall embrace the transactions of the preceding year.2 ports, when to Department re- 51. The head of each department, except the Departbe furnished to ment of Justice, shall furnish to the Congressional Printer printer. 1 For statutory provisions respecting the detail of clerks, etc., in the several Executive Departments, see par. 23, ante. 2 See also, in connection with the preparation and submission of annual estimates. paragraphs 166-174, post. See also paragraph 19, ante. 155, ss. 1, 3, v. 13, 22. 1870, c. 150, s. copies of the documents usually accompanying his annual, June 25, 1864, c. report on or before the first day of November in each year, pp. 1-4, 5: June and a copy of his annual report on or before the third 12, v. 16, p. 164. Monday of November in each year. 52. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas ury, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, and Commissioner of Agriculture shall keep, in proper books, a complete inventory of all the property belonging to the United States in the buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by them, respectively, and under their charge, adding thereto from time to time an account of such property as may be procured subsequently to the taking of such inventory, as well as an account of the sale or other disposition of any of such prop erty, except supplies of stationery and fuel in the public. offices and books, pamphlets, and papers in the Library of Congress. 53. To enable the officer charged with the duty of preparing the Official Register of the United States to publish the same, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the head of each Executive Department of the Government, and the chief of each and every bureau, office, commission, or institution not embraced in an Executive Department, in connection with which salaries are paid from the Treasury of the United States, shall, on the first day of July in each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, cause to be filed with the Secretary of the Interior a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and other employees of said Department, bureau, office, commission, or institution connected with the legislative, executive, or judicial service of the Government, or paid from the United States Treasury, including military and naval officers of the United States, cadets, and midshipmen. Said lists shall exhibit the salary, compensation, and emoluments allowed to each of said officers, agents, clerks, and other employees, the State or country in which he was born, the State or Territory and Congressional district and county of which he is a resident and from which he was appointed to office, and where employed. A list of the names, force, and condition of all ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built, shall also be filed with the Secretary of the Interior by the heads of the Departments having supervision of such ships and vessels, for incorporation in the Official Register. Sec. 196, R. S. Inventories of property. July 15, 1870, c. 364 Feb. 27, 1877, 300, s. 1, v. 16, p. c. 69, v. 19, p. 241. Sec. 197, R. S. Official Regis ter of the United States. Sec. 73, ibid. Report to Congress, in annual estimates, buildings rented, etc. Mar. 3, 1883, v. 22, p. 552. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause the Official Register to be edited, indexed, and published by the chief clerk of the Interior Department, on the first day of December following the first day of July above mentioned. Of the Official Register three thousand copies shall be printed and bound, which shall be distributed as follows: Section 73, act of January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 601). 54. It shall be the duty of the heads of the several of Executive Departments to submit to Congress each year, in the annual estimates of appropriations, a statement of the number of buildings rented by their respective Departments, the purposes for which rented, and the annual rental of each. Act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 552). 55. It shall be the duty of the heads of the several who are below a Executive Departments of the Government to report to Congress each year in the annual estimates the number of 1890, v. 26, p. 268. employees in each bureau and office and the salaries of each who are below a fair standard of efficiency. Sec. 2, act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 268). Report of num. ber of employees fair standard of MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Requesting, etc.. contribu of Government 1876, v. 19, p. 169. 56. That all executive officers or employees of the United tions by officers States not appointed by the President, with the advice for political pur and consent of the Senate, are prohibited from requesting, poses prohibited. Sec. 6, Aug. 15, giving to, or receiving from any other officer or employee of the Government, any money or property or other thing of value for political purposes; and any such officer or employee, who shall offend against the provisions of this section shall be at once discharged from the service of the United States; and he shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. Sec. 6, act of August 15, 1876 (19 Stat. L., 169). Draping pub. 57. That hereafter no building owned or used for public lic buildings in mourning pro- purposes by the Government of the United States shall be hibited. 1893, v. 27, p. 715. Sec. 3. Mar. 3, draped in mourning and no part of the public fund shall be used for such purpose. Sec. 3, act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. L., 715). partments for Closing De- 58. That hereafter the Executive Departments of the deceased ex-ofli- Government shall not be closed as a mark to the memory cials prohibited. Sec. 4, Mar. 3, of any deceased ex-official of the United States. 1893, v. 27, p. 715. act of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat. L., 715). Sec. 4, Books, papers. etc., to be accessi officers. 59. All books, papers, and other matters relating to the office or accounts of disbursing officers of the Executive ble to accounting Departments, and commissions, boards, and establishments of the Government in the District of Columbia shall at all times be subject to inspection and examination by the Comptroller of the Treasury and the Auditor of the Treas ury authorized to settle such accounts, or by the duly authorized agents of such officials. Act of February 19, 1897 (29 Stat. L., 550). opes for inclosure ficial communi Sec. 2, ibid. 60. And it shall be the duty of the respective Depart Penalty envel ments to inclose to Senators, Representatives, and Dele- of answers to of gates in Congress, in all official communications requiring cations. answers, or to be forwarded to others, penalty envelopes addressed as far as practicable, for forwarding or answering such official correspondence.' Sec. 2, act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L. 563). be made for rent 61. Hereafter no contract shall be made for the rent of, No contracts to any building, or part of any building, in Washington, not of any building in Washington now in use by the Government, to be used for the purposes without approof the Government until an appropriation therefor shall for, ete. June 22, 1874, have been made in terms by Congress. Act of June 22, v. 18, p. 144. 1874 (18 Stat L., 141). For provisions of statutes relating to the free transmission of official mail matter see Chapter VI, THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. priation there CHAPTER III. Establishment of the Department of War. Sec. 214, R. S. Assistant Secretary of War to be appointed. Mar. 5, 1890, v. 20, p. 17. Salary. Duties. Par. THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. Par. 62. Establishment of the Depart- 73. Affidavits may be received in ment of War. 63. Assistant Secretary of Warto 64. Subordinate officers. 66. Management of military af- 67. Custody of departmental rec- 68. Collecting flags. 69. Purchase and transportation 70. Transportation of troops. settlement of accounts ofcom pany commanders for clothing, etc. 74. Power to administer oaths. 75. Surplus charts may be sold. 76. Surplus maps and publications of Signal Office may be sold. 77. Report of unexpended balances 78. Annual statement of expendi tures of appropriation for contingent expenses. 79. Report of bids for works. 80. Report of examinations of river and harbor improvements. 71. Construction of new lines of 81. Returns of the militia. telegraph. 72. Loss of certificate of dis charge. 82. Assignment of rooms in State, War, and Navy building. 82. Disposition of useless papers. 62. There shall be at the seat of Government an Execu tive Department to be known as the Department of War. and a Secretary of War, who shall be the head thereof. 63. There shall be in the Department of War an Assist ant Secretary of War, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be entitled to a salary of four thousand five hundred dollars a year, payable monthly, and whe shall perform such duties in the Department of War as shall be prescribed by the Secretary or may be required by law. Act March 5, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 17). 1 The Department of War and the office of Secretary of War were created by the act of August 7, 1789 (1 Stat. L., 49). The Secretary of War succeeded to the obe and functions of the Secretary at War, whose powers and duties were defined in a ordinance of Congress dated January 27, 1785 (1 Stat. L., 49, note b). The office Secretary of War included that of Secretary of the Navy until April 30, 1798, wheri Department of the Navy was established, and so much of the act of August 7, 178 as imposed duties upon the Secretary of War in connection therewith was repell (1 Stat. L., 553). For statutory provisions respecting a temporary vacancy in t office of Secretary of War see paragraphs 7 to 14, ante. The act of August 5, 1832, authorizing the appointment of an Assistant Secretar of War was repealed by the act of July 7, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 331), the power conterns: by the act of August 5, 1882, never having been exercised. In the case of Ryan U. S., 136 U. S., 18, 80, it was held that the authority vested in the Secretary of Wa could in his absence be exercised by the officer who under the law became for is time acting Secretary of War. |