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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... fund usually provided in the general appropriation bill . Messrs . Baker and Devereux must , like other officers , find their compensation in the annual stipend and other perquisites annexed to their office . ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ...
... fund usually provided in the general appropriation bill . Messrs . Baker and Devereux must , like other officers , find their compensation in the annual stipend and other perquisites annexed to their office . ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ...
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... fund , usually provided in the general appropriation bill . It is true that the annual sum of $ 200 is expressly given by the act of 1799 , as already observed , in full compen- sation for all extra services . But these words must be ...
... fund , usually provided in the general appropriation bill . It is true that the annual sum of $ 200 is expressly given by the act of 1799 , as already observed , in full compen- sation for all extra services . But these words must be ...
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... fund being subject to his exclusive control ? Having carefully examined the several acts of Congress ap- plicable to these questions , I have the honor to submit for your consideration the following replies to them : 1. The extra ...
... fund being subject to his exclusive control ? Having carefully examined the several acts of Congress ap- plicable to these questions , I have the honor to submit for your consideration the following replies to them : 1. The extra ...
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... fund be overhauled . But he is not authorized to apply any part of this fund to other purposes than contin . gencies of the army ; and if any of those allowances which are prohibited by the act of the 3d of March , 1835 , were ...
... fund be overhauled . But he is not authorized to apply any part of this fund to other purposes than contin . gencies of the army ; and if any of those allowances which are prohibited by the act of the 3d of March , 1835 , were ...
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... funds committed to his care , by turning over the same to officers employed under him ; yet he must be held personally accountable at the treasury for the correct disbursement thereof . ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE , July 15 , 1836 . SIR ...
... funds committed to his care , by turning over the same to officers employed under him ; yet he must be held personally accountable at the treasury for the correct disbursement thereof . ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE , July 15 , 1836 . SIR ...
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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...