Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties, Band 3R. Farnham, 1852 |
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... reason- able indemnity for his services ; and , from the amount which may be allowed to him , the damages and expenses occasioned by his misconduct are first to be deducted . As the Postmaster General is merely the agent of the govern ...
... reason- able indemnity for his services ; and , from the amount which may be allowed to him , the damages and expenses occasioned by his misconduct are first to be deducted . As the Postmaster General is merely the agent of the govern ...
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... reasons above mentioned , be immediately recovered back . But whenever the conviction is honestly entertained , that , by reason of fraud , or of mistake , or illegality in the con- tract , the moneys , if paid , could be reclaimed by ...
... reasons above mentioned , be immediately recovered back . But whenever the conviction is honestly entertained , that , by reason of fraud , or of mistake , or illegality in the con- tract , the moneys , if paid , could be reclaimed by ...
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... reason and justice . It can make no difference , in morals or in law , that an order is to be found in the records of the department directing the payment to be made . If the officer is satisfied that there was no legal authority to ...
... reason and justice . It can make no difference , in morals or in law , that an order is to be found in the records of the department directing the payment to be made . If the officer is satisfied that there was no legal authority to ...
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... reason and design of the rule must be carefully borne in mind ; and we must also take it in con- nexion with certain other rules , equally well settled , and equally applicable to subjects of this nature . The rule in question relates ...
... reason and design of the rule must be carefully borne in mind ; and we must also take it in con- nexion with certain other rules , equally well settled , and equally applicable to subjects of this nature . The rule in question relates ...
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... reason to doubt that the interests thus acquired were assignable . They are accordingly so treated in the 1st and 2d sections of the act of 1831. The 3d section of that act must be construed in connexion with the two former ; and , to ...
... reason to doubt that the interests thus acquired were assignable . They are accordingly so treated in the 1st and 2d sections of the act of 1831. The 3d section of that act must be construed in connexion with the two former ; and , to ...
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Seite 273 - that the laws of the several States, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Seite 780 - California, and of the 12th section of the Act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three and for other purposes...
Seite 607 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...
Seite 453 - French measure, in depth, nor in quantity of land that which is contained in his own tract; at the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are, or may be, provided by law for the other public lands in the said Territory.
Seite 137 - The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall perform, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States, or in anywise respecting such public lands, and, also, such as relate to private claims of land, and the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the Government.
Seite 439 - 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...
Seite 477 - An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution...
Seite 137 - ... and the issuing of patents for all grants of land under the authority of the government of the United States, shall be subject to the supervision and control of. the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Seite 66 - No person who heretofore hath been, or hereafter may be, a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable or liable.
Seite 3 - States, who shall be sworn or affirmed to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the supreme court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the president of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall by law be...