The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-10

of the United States, CT in the courts of any State or to attead to any other interest of the United States for which service they shail receive, in addition to their actual and neces- sary expenses while so absent frc m the seat of government, the account thereof to be Vsri-. iod by affidavit.
 SEC. $. And be it further enacted, That whenever question of law arises in the ada mininstration, either of the War of Navy Dep- Artmsnt, the cognizance of which is not given by statute to some other officer from the head of either of these departments may require advice, the same shall be sent to the Attorney General to be by hiD referred 10 tho proper officer in his department provided for ID this act, or otherwise disposed of as he may deem proper; and each head of any department oi the government may require the opinion ot
 the Attorney General on all questions of law arising in tho administration of their rsspec-
 tive departments.
 SEC. :. And be 1t further enacted That the duties enjoined upon the Auditor of the the Post Office Department by the fourteenth section of the act entitled "An act to change the organization of the Post Office Depart meut, and to provide more effectually fos tho settlement of the accounts thereof passed July two, eighteen hundred and thirty nix, shall hereafter be performed by some officer ot Department of Justice to be specially dssig- Aated, under the direction of the Attorney General, who shall also have the care of pro- secutons for mail dspredstious and penal offenses against the postal laws.
 SEC. 8. And bs it further enacted, That ihe Attorney General is hereby empowered to make all neces sary rules and regulations for the government of e&id Department of Justice, sud for the management End distriS dation of it's bnsines.
 Sac. g, And be it further enacted, That the several officers hereinoefore transferred from the other departments to the Depart ment of Justice shall hold sher respective officers until their successors are duly quail fled and the Solicitor General, and whenever vacancies occur, the assistants of tho Attorney General, and ali the solicitors aud assistant solicitors mentioned i'll this act, shall be ap- pon ted by the President, by and with the ad- vice and conseDt of the Senats. All the other officers, clerks, and employees in the said department stall be appointed and pe erena0v- able by the Attorney General
 SEC. 10, And be 1t further enacted, That the following annual salaries shall de paid to the officers herenbefors mentioned To the Solicitor General, seven thousand five hJndred dollars; to each for the assistants of the Attorney General, five thousand dollars each; 10 tue solicitor of the internal revenue five thousand dollars and to the other otn- ceis the llaries and fees now allowed by law and the Attorney General shall be allowed . enographic clerk, with an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and he may ap- point three additional clerks of the fourth ciass.
 Src. II. And be it further enacted, That all moneys hereafter drawn out ot the treasury u pon the requsition ot the Attorney General, shall be disbursed by such one of the clerks herein provided for by the Attorney General as he may designa.e; and so much of the first section of the act making appropriations, pass ed March three, eighteen hundred and fifty" nine, as provided that moneys drawn out of ths treasury upon he requiSition of the Attor- Dey General shall bs diSbursed by such dis- bursting officer as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, is hereby repealed.
 SEC. l2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Attorney General 10 make aR annual report 10 Congress, iD January each year, of thS business of the said Department of Justice, and any other mat iers appertaining thereto that he may deem proper, including the statistics of crime under he laws of the United States, and, as far as practicable under the laws of the several : tates.
 SEC. l3. And bs it further enacted, That he superintendent of the treasury building lhall provide snch suitable rooms in tho trea 'ury building as may be necessary to aeeoFu. nodate the officers and clerks of tue said de- Dsrtment, or, to the extent that may be found to provide such rooms in some other building in the vicinity of said treasury building.
 SEC. If. And be 1t further enacted, That he Attorney General may require any solicitor pr officers of the Department of Justice to per. form any duty required of said department, luder the direction of the Attorney General, shall give All opinions and render all services requiring the skill of persons learned in ths law, necessary to enable the President and heads of the executive departments, and the aeads of bureaus and other oficGrs in such departments to discharge their respective