New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-12

pany shan erect ana mANp0m Tue 0r4w-
bridges, 80 as not to impede the free naviga-
ton Of the Potomac river, IN efficient
working lconditiOn at all times; and that,
| until such time as the need1nl changes
are made to accommodate railroad and
other traffic, as contemplated by this sup
plement, it shau be the duty of the ssid
baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company
| to repair without delay all damages to the
present bridge, and maintain 1t without cost
| to the United States: Provided, THAT said
railroad company shall give other railroad
companies the right to pass over said bridge
upon such reasonable terms as may Be
agreed upon. or Congress prescribe.
SIC. 2 And be it further enacted, That if
the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company shall % zHay s1nd0aneyleettsh
said bridge in geoAs repajrs end free for
public use for ordinary navel, the govern
ment of the United States may enter into
possession Of the said bridge; and Congress
reserves the right to alter or amend this law.
Approved, june q, 1870. s-a
[PuBLIc-No. T.1 80 r.
AN ACT to establish the Department Of
Justice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That there
shall be- and is hereby, established, an ext
ecutive department of the government Of
the United States, to be called the Depart
ment Of Justice, of which the Attorney
General shall be the head. His duties
salary, and tenure of office sllal remain as
now fixed by lax, except SO far as they may
be modified by this act. see tEr,sF. ~
SEC. 2. And be il further enacted, That
I there shall be in, said department an officer
learned in the law, to assist the Attorney
General IN the performance Of his duties,
to be called the Solicitor General, and who
in case Of a vacancy in the Office Of AttOr-
ney General, or in his absence or disability
shall have power 10 exercise all the duties
Of that office. There shall also be continued
in said department the ;. two other
the ASSISTANTS Of the . Attorney
General, whose duty. it shall be to assist
the Attorney General and Solicitor General
in the performance Of their duties, as now
required by law. :" =.
SEC 3. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the time when this act takes
effect, the solicitor of the treasury and his
assistants, the solicitor of internal revenue,
the collector and naval judge advocate gen-
naval solicitor, and the clerks, messengers,
and laborers employed in the Office Of the
Attorney General, and in the Offices of tine
solicitor of the treasury, naval solicitor, and
solicitor of internal revenue, and the law
officer in the Department, of State, now
designated as the examiner Of claims in said
department, shall be transferred from the
departments with which they are now asso;,
eiated to the Department of Justice; andf
said officers shall exercise their functions
under the supervision and control of the
head Of the Depssft ix1eHt Of Justice. s~ - =
SEC. A. And b 1t further enacted, That
questions of law submitted to the Attorney
General for his opinion, except questions in
vOlving a construction of the Constitution /
Of the United States, may be by him re-
ferred to such Of his subOrtlinates as he may
deem appropriate, and he may require the
written opinion thereon Of the officer to
whom the same may be referred; and if the +
opinion given by such officer shall be APP
proved by the Attorney General, such APP
prevail so Endorsed thereon shall give the
opinion the same force aud effect AS belong
to the opinions Of the Attorney General.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That
whenever the Attorney General deems it
necessary, he may require the Solicitor Gen
ment is Interested before the Court of
Claims; and as to cases coming by appeal
from the Court Of Claims to the Supreme
Court Of the United States, it shall be the
duty Of the Attorney General and Solicitor
General to conduct and argue them before
that court as in other cases in which the
United States is interested. And the Attor-
the interest of the United States, conduct
and argue any case in which the govern.
ment. is interested, In any court of the,
United States, or may require the Solicitor
General Or any officer a his department to
do so. And the Solicitor General, or any
officer of the Department Of Justice. may,
be sent by the Attorney General to any
State or district in the United States to at
tend to the interests of the United States
in, any suit pending in any Of the courts
Of the United States, or in the courts
Of any State, or to attend to any
other interests of the United States for
which service they shall receive, in addi-
ton to their salaries, their actual and me-
cessary expenses while 80 absent from the
seat Of government, the account thereof to
be verified by affidavit.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
whenever question of law arises in the adj,
either of the War or Navy De-
partment, the cOgnisance of which is not
given by statute to some other officer
from whom the head Of either Of
these departments may require advice,
the same shall be sent to the At.
tOrney General, to be. by him referred
20 the proper officer in his department pro
Fided for in this act, or otherwise disposed
If any department Of the government may
'equire the opinion of the Attorney General
IN all questions of law arising in the ad
nofs their respective depart
hents. EbTN~'yTSg > go
SEC. Z. And be it further enacted, That
he duties eDjOined upon the Auditor of the
PostOffice Department. by the fourteenth
ection OF the act entitled, IAN act to change
he organization Of the POstOffice Depart
nent, and to provide more effect,lally for
he settlement of the accounts thereof
passed July two, eighteen hundred and
lirty-six, shall hereafter be performed BY
ONE officer OF the Department of Jurtice,
o be specially designated, under the direc
ion OF the Attorney General, who shall also
lave the care of prosecutions for mail dep
edations and penal offenses against the
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, Thst
he Attorney General is hereby empowered
o make all necessary rules and regulation
"a the government Of said Department
Justice. and for the management and distrt
utiOn Of its business.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
he several officers hereinbefore transferred
rom the other departments to the Depart
lent of Justice shall hold their respective
ffices until their successors are dull
ualitied; and the Solicitor General, and
Thenever vacancies occur, the assistants
he Attorney General and all the solicitors
nd assistant solicitors mentioned in this
ct, shall be appointed by the President, by
nd with the advice and consent of the SER
tie. All the other officers, clerks, and en-
loyes in the said department shall be ap
omted and be removable by the Attorney
General. .sssti sEt
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That
&c following annual salaries shall be pad
, the officers hereinbefore mentioned: 10
Re Solicitor General. seven thousand I'VE