Chapter XI. *to protect Officials in Government Employ*
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CHAP. XI.— An Act *to protect Officials in Government Employ*. Feb. 1, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Contributions, &c. not to be solicited for, nor received by, United States officials or clerical superiors. That no officer or clerk in the United States government employ shall at any time solicit contributions of other officials or employees in the government service for a gift or present to those in a superior official position ; nor shall any such officials or clerical superiors receive any gift or present offered or presented to them as the contribution of those in government employ receiving a less salary than themselves; nor shall any officer or clerk make any donationPresents.Penalty. as a gift or present to any official superior.
Any officer or clerk violating any of the provisions of this bill shall be summarily discharged from the government employ. Approved, February 1, 1870.