The PRESIDING OFFICER. The reading of the 5th section of the amendment to the amendment will be omitted. The Secretary continued the reading of the amendment to the amendment, as follows: Sun. Abife: That the following shall be the officersin charge of the Library of Congress and the compensation of each.to wit: one Librarian. $2.500; 3 asst librarians, $2, 100each; one asstlibrarian. $1.800'one assistant librarian.iiulhorized by not approved April5. 1866.to providefor the transfer of the Smithsonian library. $1.200:one asst librarian authorized by same nct.$1.000t:lirco messengersi.n lieu of laborers now authorized.890oper annum each. SEC. Abife: That there shall be one superintendentof the botanical garden.with annnua salary of 81.400: four assts to superintendent.with asaliiry of 8000 per annum each; 6 laborers in the botanical garden.at 2 dollars perdicm; public gardener $1.44oper annum. SEC. Abife: That no officer. clerk. agent.orother employe named in the foregoing sectionsof this act and no officeror employee in any branch of the public service whose sa ary. pay. or' omolument may have been xed by law or regulation, shall receive any extra allowance.pay or compensation for the disbursementof public money or or the performance of any other service whatever. Unless such extra allowance. Compensation or pay be authorized by law. No allowance or compensation shall bemadeto any such clerk. Agent or employee for the dischargeof duties which belong to any other clerk. agent, or employee in the same or any other dept. And it shall not be lawful for either House of Congress to increase the salary. pay or compensation of any clerk. officer.ugent or other person in its service or employment or to authorize from any fund whatever or in any manner.the payment. of any such increase or of any additional sum for extra services or for services rendered outsideof the prescribed duties of such persons; and the proper accounting officers of the Trensiiry and the disbursing officers of the Government shall in no case audit pay or allow any claim or demandpresentedfor any such unauthorized incrense of compensaiionor extra piiy. nor unless an express appropriation therefor shall be 1st madeby law.