New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-13

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passed March three, eighteen hundred and
hfty-nine, as provides that moneys drawn
out of the treasury upon the requisition of
tibet Attorney General shall be disbursed by
such disbursing officer as the Secretary Of
the Treasury may designate, is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. r. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Attorney General
to make an annual report to Congress, in
january each year, Of the business of the
said Department of Justice, and any other
matters appertaining thereto that he may
deem proper, including the statistics Of
crime under the laws OF the United States,
and, as tar as practicable, under the laws OF
the several States.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That
the superintendent of the treasury building
shall provide such suitable rooms in the
treasury building as may be necessary to
accommodate the officers and clerks Of the
said department, or, to the extent that that
may be found impracticable, to provide
such rooms in some other building in the
vicinity of said treasury building.
Sec. Ia. And be it further enacted, That
the Attorney General may require any so
icitor or officers of the Department of JUS
tice to perform any duty required Of said
department or any officer thereof; and the
direction Of the Attorney General, shall
give all opinions and render all services re-
quiring the skill Of persons learned in the
law, necessary to enable the President and
heads of the executive departments, and
the heads of bureaus and other officers in
such departments, to discharge their respec
tive duties; and shall, for and on behalf of
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dence for, and conduct, prosecute, or defend
all suits and proceedings in the Supreme
Court of the United States and in the Court
of Claims, in which the United States, or
any officer thereof, is party or may be inte-
rested. And no fees shall be allowed or
paid to any other attorney or COUNSEL ]Or
at law for any service herein. required Of
the officers OF the Department of Justice.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That
the supervisory powers now exercised by
the Secretary of the Interior over the ac
counts of the district attorneys, marshals,
clerks and other officers Of the courts Of the
United States, shall be exercised by the At
tOrney General, who shall sign all requisi
tons for the advance or payment of moneys
out OF the treasury, on estimates or accounts,
subject to the same control now exercised
on like estimates or accounts, by the First
Auditor or First Controller of the Treas
ury
SEC. .16. And be it further enacted, That
the Attorney General shall have supervision
of the conduct and proceedings OF the vari-
Gus attorneys for the United States in the
respective judicial districts, who shall make
report to him of their proceedings, and also
of all other attorneys and COUNSEL lors EN-
plOyed in any cases or business III which the
United States may be concerned.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That
it shall not be lawful for the Secretary OF
either of the executive departments to EN-
plOy attorneys or counsel at the expense OF
the United States but such departments,
when in need of counsel or advice shall call
upon the Department Of Justice, the officers
of which shall attend to the same; and no
counsel or attorney fees shall hereafter be
allowed to any person or persons, besides
the respective district attorneys and assist
ant district attorneys, for services IN such
CAPACITY to the United States, or any branch
or department of the government thereof
unless hereafter authorized by law, and
then only on the certificate of the Attorney
General that such services were actually
rendered, and that the same could not be
performed by the Attorney General, or
Solicitor General, or the officers OF the De-
Compartment of Justice, or by the district at
neys. And every attorney and COUNSEL lor
who shall be specially retained, under
the authority Of the Department of Justice,
to assist in the trial of any case in which
the government is interested, shall re-
ceive a commission from the head OF
said department, as a special assistant to the
Attorney General, or to some one OF the
district attorneys, as the nature OF the ap-
DOintment may require, and shall take the
oath required by law to be taken by the
district attorneys, and shall be subject to all
the liabilities imposed upon such officers
by law.
SEC. 49, And be it further enaced, That
the Attorney General shall from time to time
cause to be edited and printed an edition OF
one thousand copies, at the Government
Printing Office, of such of the opinions OF the
law officers herein authorized to be given as
he may deem valuable for preservation, Ill
volumes which shall be as to the size,
quality of paper, printing. and bind.
ing. of uniform style and appearance.
as nearly as practicable, with the eighth
volume of said opinions. published
by Robert Farnham, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, which volumes
shall contain proper head-notes, a complete
and full index, and such fOOt-nOtes as the
Attorney General may approve. Such
volumes shall be distributed in such manner
as the Attorney General may from time to
time prescribe.
SEC. 49, And be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect and he III force
from and after the first day of July, eighteen
Approved June q 1870.
(PUBLIC-NO. 49,.
AN ACT to authorize the Secretary OF the
Treasury issue a register to the schooner
"CavallO MarinO."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
ised to issue q register to the schooner Ca
vallO MarinO' vessel now lying in the
harbor of IndianOla, Texas, and owned by
Samuel Marx.
Approved, June o. 1870.
[PUBLIC-NO. 100.
AN ACT to authorize the settlement of the
accounts of officers of the army and navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
proper accounting officers OF the treasury
be, and they are hereby authorized, in the
settlement Of the accounts Of disbursing
officers of the War and Navy Departments
arising since the commencement OF the re-
bellion, and prior to the twentieth day OF
August. eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to
allow such credits for over payments, anu
for losses of funds vouchers and property,
as they may deem Just and reasonable, when
recommended under authority Of the Secre-
taries of War and Navy by the heads OF the
military and naval bureaus to which such
accounts respectively pertain.
the accounts of military and naval officers,
whether of the line or staff, for government
property charged to them, may be closed by
the proper accounting officers whenever. i'll
their Judgment. it will be for the interest OF
the United States so to do; provided that