New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-20


the same shall be sent to the At
torney General to be by him referred
to the proper officer in his department pro-
vided for in this act, or otherwise disposed
of as he may deem proper; and each head
of any department of the government may
require the opinion Of the Attorney General
on all questions of law arising in the adj
ministration Of their respective depart
ments. "a
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That
the duties enjoined upon the Auditor of the
PostOffice Department by the. fourteenth
section of the act entitled San act to change
the organization of the Postofice Depart
ment, and to provide more effectually for
the settlement of the accounts thereof
passed July two,s eighteen hundred and
thirty-six, shall hereafter be performed by
some officer Of the Department Of Jurtice,
to be specially designated, under the direc-
ton of the Attorney General, who shall also
have the care of prosecutions for mail dep
relations and penal Otfenses against the
postal laws.
. SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That
the Attorney General is hereby empowered
to make all necessary rules and regulations
for the government OF said Department OF
Justice and for the management and distr-
button of its business.
SEC. 9, And be it further enacted, That
the several officers hereinbefore transferred
from the other departments to the Depart
ment of Justice shall hold their respective
offices until their successors are duly
. qualified; and the Solicitor General, and
whenever vacancies occur, the assistants OF
the Attorney General, and all the solicitors
and assistant solicitors mentioned IN TINS
act, shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent OF the Sen
ate. All the other officers, clerks, and en-
ployes in the said department shall be ap-
pointed and be removable by the Attorney
General.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
the following annual salaries shall be paid
to the officers hereinbefOre mentioned: 10
the Solicitor General, seven thousand five
hundred dollars; to each OF the assistants
of the Attorney General. five thousand dol
lars each: to the solicitor of the internal
revenue. five thousand dollars; and to the
other officers the salaries and fees now al
lowed by law; and the Attorney General
shall be allowed stenographic clerk, with
an annual salary of two thousand dollars,
and he may appoint three additional clerks
OF the fourth class.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That all
moneys hereafter drawn out of the treasury
upon the requisition of the Attorney General,
shall be disbursed by such one of the clerks
herein provided for the Attorney General as
he may designate; and SO much of the first
section Of the act making, appropriations,
passed March three, eighteen hundred and
fifty-nine, as provides that moneys drawn
out of the treasury upon the requlsltlSn OF
tibet Attorney General shall be disbursed by
such disbursing officer as the Secretary OF
the Treasury may designate, is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. IL. 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 far as practicable, under the laws OF
the several States.
Sec. 10. 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
NAV be found impracticable, to provide
such rooms in some other building III the
vicinity of said treasury building.
SEC H. And be it further enacted, That
the Attorney General may require any So
licitor OF officers of the Department OF JUS
tice to perform any duty required OF sand
department or any officer thereof; and the
officers of the law department, under the
direction of the Attorney General, shall
give all opinions and render all services re-
curing the skill of persons learned IN the
law, necessary to enable the President ana
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
the United States, procure the proper eVl-
dence for, and conduct, prosecute, or defend
all suits and proceedings III the Supreme
Court Of the United States and III the Court
of Claims, in which the United States. or
any officer thereof, is party or may be lnte-
rested And no fees shall be allowed or
paid to any other attorney or counsel l]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 requlsl-
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. IN
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 Icfs en-
plOyed in any cases OF business III when the
United States may be concerned.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That
II 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, OF
Solicitor General, or the officers Of the De
compartment of Justice, or by the district at
news. And every attorney and COUNSEL ]oI
| 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 special assistant to the
| Attorney General, or to some one OF the
district attorneys, as the nature OF the APP
pointment 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, IS. 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