Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments, in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 20U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 |
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... statute of June 10 , 1890 , was passed . The form of oath prescribed by the act of 1876 , referring to section 2841 , Revised Statutes , is not affected by the subsequent legis- lation modifying and afterwards repealing that section and ...
... statute of June 10 , 1890 , was passed . The form of oath prescribed by the act of 1876 , referring to section 2841 , Revised Statutes , is not affected by the subsequent legis- lation modifying and afterwards repealing that section and ...
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... Revised Statutes , which is the provision that caused the inconvenience remedied by the act of 1876 , is still in force , there being no express or implied repeal thereof by the act of June 10 , 1890 ; and I discover nothing in the ...
... Revised Statutes , which is the provision that caused the inconvenience remedied by the act of 1876 , is still in force , there being no express or implied repeal thereof by the act of June 10 , 1890 ; and I discover nothing in the ...
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... Revised Statutes no statutory succession or assignment of some other officer to the vacancy is valid for a longer period in all than ten days . " An opinion to the same effect was rendered by Mr. Acting Attorney - General Phillips ( 18 ...
... Revised Statutes no statutory succession or assignment of some other officer to the vacancy is valid for a longer period in all than ten days . " An opinion to the same effect was rendered by Mr. Acting Attorney - General Phillips ( 18 ...
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... State , under section 1697 of the Revised Statutes , to accept as sureties upon official bonds of U. S. con- sular officers , corporations organized under State or United States laws as surety or guaranty companies authorized by their ...
... State , under section 1697 of the Revised Statutes , to accept as sureties upon official bonds of U. S. con- sular officers , corporations organized under State or United States laws as surety or guaranty companies authorized by their ...
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... Revised Statutes , enacted in 1812 , requires that a pay officer of the Navy " shall , before entering upon the duties of his office , give a bond , with two or more suf- ficient sureties , to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy ...
... Revised Statutes , enacted in 1812 , requires that a pay officer of the Navy " shall , before entering upon the duties of his office , give a bond , with two or more suf- ficient sureties , to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy ...
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Page 501 - Columbia or any such contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control the services of such laborers or mechanics to require or permit any such laborer or mechanic to work more than eight hours in f*y calendar day except in case of extraordinary emergency.
Page 91 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language which would avoid results of this character.
Page 105 - And they constitute navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the acts of Congress, in contradistinction from the navigable waters of the states, when they form in their ordinary condition by themselves, or by uniting with other waters, a continued highway over which commerce is or may be carried on with other states or foreign countries in the customary modes in which such commerce is conducted by water.
Page 247 - The people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States...
Page 79 - ... any convict, lunatic, idiot, or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge...
Page 459 - An act relating to' the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia...
Page 460 - Columbia, is hereby limited and restricted to eight hours in any one calendar day. and it shall be unlawful for any officer of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia or any such contractor or subcontractor whose duty it shall be to employ, direct, or control the...
Page 236 - No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation in any form whatever for the disbursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly states that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation...
Page 276 - Third, appointments to the public service aforesaid in the departments at Washington shall be apportioned among the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia upon the basis of population as ascertained at the last preceding census.
Page 455 - ... of the United States and of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the service and employment of all laborers and mechanics who are now or may hereafter be employed by the Government of the United States...