Decisions of the First Comptroller in the Department of the Treasury of the United States with an Appendix, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 |
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... common law by which uniform principles are settled , even if executive officers could always adopt them ; ( 2 ) there is a well - defined complete system of ex- ecutive national common law ; and ( 3 ) the local common law which is ...
... common law by which uniform principles are settled , even if executive officers could always adopt them ; ( 2 ) there is a well - defined complete system of ex- ecutive national common law ; and ( 3 ) the local common law which is ...
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... common law extends to a vast number of objects , and to immense values , and affects every person , natural or artificial , subject to its operation , in- cluding all within the Union , and all elsewhere having claims against the ...
... common law extends to a vast number of objects , and to immense values , and affects every person , natural or artificial , subject to its operation , in- cluding all within the Union , and all elsewhere having claims against the ...
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... common law , it is only giving to it the position oc- cupied by the legislative department . There is also a common law for the latter great department . The Lex Parliamentaria is a system of common law of wide extent , developed ...
... common law , it is only giving to it the position oc- cupied by the legislative department . There is also a common law for the latter great department . The Lex Parliamentaria is a system of common law of wide extent , developed ...
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... common law and the construction of constitutions and statutes . These find a close analogy to the several classes of questions arising in the courts . A brief reference to some of those classes of questions arising in executive ...
... common law and the construction of constitutions and statutes . These find a close analogy to the several classes of questions arising in the courts . A brief reference to some of those classes of questions arising in executive ...
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... common - law principle of conclusiveness is also settled by the declaratory act of March 30 , 1868 ( 15 Stat . , 54 ; Rev. Stat . , 191 ) . Such judgment of a Comptroller is , for all purposes of executive authority , a complete res ...
... common - law principle of conclusiveness is also settled by the declaratory act of March 30 , 1868 ( 15 Stat . , 54 ; Rev. Stat . , 191 ) . Such judgment of a Comptroller is , for all purposes of executive authority , a complete res ...
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18 Stat 21 Stats accounting officers act of August act of June act of March administrator amount apply appointed appropriation act assignment Auditor authority Bank Board of Health certified claim claimant clerk common law compensation Compt Comptroller Comptroller's Office Const construction construed contract contractor Court Cl decision deputy disbursing officers District of Columbia dollars drafts duties entitled Executive Mansion executor expenses extra services February 27 fiscal indorsement Internal Revenue internal-revenue issued judicial July July 17 July 20 June 14 June 22 June 30 jurisdiction legislative marine hospitals ment National Board Opinion paid party payment performed person powers of attorney prescribed President principles proceeds of sales proper provisions purpose question receive regulations repeal Revised Statutes rule salary Secretary subcontractor therein thereof tion Treasury Department United United States notes valid vouchers Wall warrant WILLIAM LAWRENCE
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Page 242 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use. and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.
Page xxii - 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 199 - No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made unless the same is authorized by law, or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment. except in the War and Navy Departments, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.
Page 15 - ... all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Page 426 - 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 15 - States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void...
Page xxxviii - Department, involving disputed facts or controverted questions of law, where the amount in controversy exceeds three thousand dollars, or where the decision will affect a class of cases, or furnish a precedent for the future action of any Executive Department in the adjustment of a class of cases, without regard to the amount involved in the particular case, or where any authority, right, privilege, or exemption is claimed or denied under the Constitution of the United States...
Page xxix - ... trial, in possession of vouchers not before in his power to procure, and that he was prevented from exhibiting a claim for such credit at the Treasury by absence from the United States or by some unavoidable accident.
Page 51 - All proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind...
Page 323 - Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk...