Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 3R. Farnham, 1852 |
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... army paymasters or navy pursers - are usually subjected ? If the latter is the case , I think few discreet men would be willing to assume the bur- Acts of Postmasters General - How far Conclusive . den TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL . 21.
... army paymasters or navy pursers - are usually subjected ? If the latter is the case , I think few discreet men would be willing to assume the bur- Acts of Postmasters General - How far Conclusive . den TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL . 21.
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... army , and had lost it by gambling , or some similar mis- conduct , such notice defeats his claim upon the government . OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL , January 18 , 1836 . SIR : It appears , from the papers accompanying your letter of ...
... army , and had lost it by gambling , or some similar mis- conduct , such notice defeats his claim upon the government . OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL , January 18 , 1836 . SIR : It appears , from the papers accompanying your letter of ...
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... army , being citizens of this Common- wealth , and all field - officers , captains , and subalterns command- ing , or who shall command , in the battalions of this Common- wealth , on continental establishment , or serving in the battal ...
... army , being citizens of this Common- wealth , and all field - officers , captains , and subalterns command- ing , or who shall command , in the battalions of this Common- wealth , on continental establishment , or serving in the battal ...
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... army , then in command of Watervliet arsenal , was ordered to act as super- intendent of the armory ; and as his own post still required his attention , he was directed to pass between the two posts as Compensation for Extra Services of ...
... army , then in command of Watervliet arsenal , was ordered to act as super- intendent of the armory ; and as his own post still required his attention , he was directed to pass between the two posts as Compensation for Extra Services of ...
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... army , for the same period , was also charged and received by him in the usual way . The former superintendent was also paid to the day of his death , and the new one from the date of his appointment , a few days before he entered on ...
... army , for the same period , was also charged and received by him in the usual way . The former superintendent was also paid to the day of his death , and the new one from the date of his appointment , a few days before he entered on ...
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Page 273 - that the laws of the several States, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 780 - California, and of the 12th section of the Act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three and for other purposes...
Page 607 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...
Page 453 - French measure, in depth, nor in quantity of land that which is contained in his own tract; at the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are, or may be, provided by law for the other public lands in the said Territory.
Page 137 - The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall perform, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States, or in anywise respecting such public lands, and, also, such as relate to private claims of land, and the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the Government.
Page 439 - No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever...
Page 477 - An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution...
Page 137 - ... and the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the government of the United States, shall be subject to the supervision and control of. the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 66 - No person who heretofore hath been, or hereafter may be, a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable or liable.
Page 3 - States, who shall be sworn or affirmed to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the supreme court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the president of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall by law be...