...general authority to the heads of all the executive departments of the Government — is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...conduct of its officers and clerks; the distribution ami performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and...

...Statutes, sec. 1(51. The Revised Statutes provide as follows: Tlio head of each department is authori/ed to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law....for the government of his department, the conduct of his officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of his business, and the custody, nse, and...

...obstacles to such performance. Section 161 of the Revised Statutes authorizes the head of each Executive Department to " prescribe regulations, not inconsistent...law, for the government of his Department, * * » the distribution and performance of its business * * * ;" and section 248 provides that the Secretary of...

...obstacles to such performance. Section 161 of the Revised Statutes authorizes the head of each executive department to " prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of hie department, * * the distribution and performance of its business »••»>; and section 248 provides...

...service have been constantly made by Congress ever since. The Revised Statutes also authorized, § 161, "The head of each department to prescribe regulations...department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, and distribution and performance of its business, and the custody and use and preservation of the records,...

...part thereof. ,It only becomes an item of evidence before the accounting officers. The Secretary may "prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his Department," and these, subject to his control, have the force of law (Rev. Stat., 161). But the power, to prescribe...

...161 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, by which the head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...department, the conduct of its officers, and clerks, etc. U. 8. v. Eliason, 10 Pet 291, 10 I,. Ed. 968; Landram v. U. S., 16 Ct. CI. 7-1, Gratlot v. US,...

...duly authorized to act for them. The statutes provide, that "the head of each Department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...Department, the conduct of its officers, * * * and performance of its business" (Rev. Stat., 161) — the delivery of drafts to attorneys being a part...

...provisions of section llil, Revised Statutes, which provide that "the head of each Department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...Department, the conduct of its officers and clerks," * * * there being no law. of which I am aware, prohibiting such action on your part. It is respectfully...

...early as the 27th day of July. 1789, passed an act that " the head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...and performance of its business, and the custody, nse, ami preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it." That act ha* been in...