43 U.S.C. § 129 : US Code - Section 129: Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated land offices

Search 43 U.S.C. § 129 : US Code - Section 129: Office rent and clerk hire for consolidated land offices

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make a reasonable
allowance for office rent for each consolidated land office; and
when satisfied of the necessity therefor, to approve the employment
of one or more clerks, at a reasonable per diem compensation, for
such time as such clerical force is absolutely required to keep up
the current public business, which clerical force shall be paid out
of the surplus fees authorized to be charged by section 84 (!1) of
this title, if any, and if no surplus exists, then out of the
appropriation for incidental expenses of district land offices; but
no clerk shall be so paid unless his employment has been first
sanctioned by the Secretary of the Interior.