The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-06-06
n 0P-OFFICE LAWS.
The Acts of 1920. 1867 and 1869-The
Text Of the Laws Regulating
Removals.

tract much interest TO the statutes
regulating removals In order
that they may be generally under
stood we subjoin the text of the
laws on the subject
BY the act OF May 10, 1920, "aIl
District Attorneys, Collectors of
Customs, naval officers and Sur
veyors of the Customs, navy
agents, receivers of public moneys
Tor lands, Registers of the land
offices, paymasters in rhe army,
the Apothecary General, the As
sistant Ap~othecaries General and
the Commissarv General of pur-
chases shall be appointed for the
term OF four years, but shall be
removable from office at pleas
ure."
By the third section of the act TO
regulate the tenure of certain civil
Offices, passed March 2, 1861, as
amended by the third section Of
the supplementary act of April 5,
1869, it is provided THAT the
President shall have power to fill
all vacancies which may happen
during the recess of the Senate,
by reason of death, resignation or
expiration OF term of office, by
granting commissions which shall
expire at the end Fot the next
session thereafter, and if no APP
pointment by the advice and con
sent of the Senate shall be made
tS such office so vacant, or tempo
rarily filled as aforesaid, during
next session of the Senate, such
Office shall remain in allegiance
without any salary, fees or emol-
uments attached thereto until the
same shall be filled by appoint
ment thereto by and with the CON
SEM of the Senate, and during
such time all the powers and du-
ties belonging to such Offices shall
be exercised by such other officer
as NAV by law exercise such pow
ers and duties in ease Of a vacancy
in such office"
The first section of this act of
April 3, 1869, (after repeating the
first and second sections Of the act
Of 1860 provides "That every
person holding any civil office to
which he has been or may be here
after appointed by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate,
and who shall become duly quail
fed to act therein, shall be emit
tied to hold such office during the
term for which he shall have been
appointed, unless sooner removed
by and with the advice of the
Senate, or by the Appointment with
like advice and consent of a sue
cessor in his place, except as here
III otherwise provided"
Another section Of the act pro
vides: That during any re
cess of the Senate, the President
is hereby empowered at his dis
erection to suspend any civil officer
appointed by and with the consent
of the Senate, except judges OF
the United States courts, until
the end of next session of the Sen
ate, and TO designate some suitable
person, subject to be moved at his
discretion, to perform the duties
of such superseded officer in the
meantime and such person so
designated shall take the oaths and
give the bonds required by law to
be taken and given blythe suspend
ed officer, and shall during the
time he performs his duties be
entitled to the salary and emolu-
ments of such office, no part of
which shall belong to the officer
superseded and it shall be the
duty Of the president within thirty
days after the commencement Of
each session Of the Senate, except
for any Office which in his opinion
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