Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-16
RULES FOR ATTORNEYS.
4 New Code OF Rules by the Secretary OF
the Treasury.
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WAsHNGToN, February 1.-THE Secre-
tary of the Treasury has made . code g.
rules to govern sttorneys anu agents
practicing before the Department o. which
the following are the principal:
A list Of oil persons entitled to practice
as attorneys or agents before the Treasury
Department viii be kept il the othce Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. On this
list may be placed the names OF members
OF the bar in good standing, bat the Secre,
tsry OF the Treasury may require from any
such member evidence that he ls IN good
standing at the bar.
An agent before being enrolled may De
required to file certificate OF Judge OF
a United States, State, CT Territorial
Court, or q United States District Attorney,
tha. the agent is of good moral character,
and competent to render claimants valuable
seryics, and to advise and assist them IN
the presentation Of thelE claims.
No attorney or agent nov debsrred from
practice in this Department, or snT other
of the Executive Departments, vil be
placed upon said list until the charges
upon which he was so debarred shall be
enicvsd or satisfactorily answered.
The head o. soy Bureau may require an
attorney or agent to pISssGt satisfactory
evidence that the claimant has authorized
him 20 prosecute the claim, but no h'Gtt
will be delivered to such attorney or agent,
unless he files q power OF attorney duly
witnessed and acknowledged, expressly
authorizing him to receive 1t.
If head OF bureau has reason to be-
Ieye. or if complaint be made 10 him, that
any attorney or agent is guilty OF any Vio'
lstion OF these rules, hs shall report the
case forthwith to the Secretary OF the
TreaIurT. The Secretary OF the Treasury
will then mail to tie usual address OF such
attorney or agent notice o. the charges
pr.ferred against him, informing him thst
thew will be investigated at the time stated
/ in the notice, which time in no case shall
be less than thirty days from the date OF Of
the notice II on the investigation It shall
appear that the charge is sustained. the
/ Secretary of the Treasury will dlsosr or
suspend such attorney or agent, and' uhul
reins'ated, he viii rot be recognized as an
attorney or agent before tbs TEeasnry De
psrtment or any bureau thereof. sucd IN
yes6sstion will be upon written or oral
testimony, as the Secretary Of the Treasury
may direct.
These regulations shall 90 into force on
and from the FIRST dsy o, March, eighteen
hundred and eighty-six, and shall aPP'S, 10
All unsettled claims then pending IN TINS
Department, or which may thereafter be
presented or referred 10 this Department
( ior adjudication, but shall not be construed
10 abrogate any existing rules OF orders oI
the accounting officers relating to the ices
Of attorneys or claim agents practising oe
=. fore their respective Offices.
HANBACK, INTRODUCES 4 BILL.
Io the House to-day Mr.. Hanback, intro
ducsd 9 bill providing for a most sweeping
inquiry concerning the charges made re-
fecting on the integrity and official action
of certain officers Of the Government II
connection with the Pan Electric tele
phore Company.