...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 his Department, * * » the distribution and performance of its business * * * ;" and section 248 provides that the Secretary of...

...Statutes of the United States which relate to this matter: officers ami clerks, the distribution ami performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the record«, papers, and property appertaining to it. SKC. Itîl). Each head of a Department in authorized...

...in the questions arising upon the facts hereafter stated. I. One class contains these provisions : " The head of each department is authorized to prescribe...records, papers, and property appertaining to it." (Rev. Stats., 161.) "The Secretary of the Treasury shall, * * * superintend the collection of the revenue...

...words of repeal. 7. The sole authority to prescribe regulations "for the Government of" the Poet-Office Department, "the conduct of its officers and clerks,...records, papers, and property appertaining to it," is in the Posmas! er-General. 8. He cannot delegate sneh authority to any other officer or person....

...words of repeal. 7. The sole authority to prescribe regulations "for the Government of" the Post-Offic* Department, "the conduct of its officers and clerks,...records. papers, and property appertaining to it," is in the Posmaster-Geueral. 8. He cannot delegate such authority to any other officer or person. 9....

...authorized to presciibe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for its government, the conduct of He officers and clerks, the distribution and performance...and preservation of the records, papers and property pertaining to it. ï'rom the first, day of October until the first day of April. In each year, all...

...through the constitutional technicality which has been mentioned, on account of his recommendation 1 " The head of each Department is authorized to prescribe...preservation of the records, papers, and property belonging to it." — Title /., Revised Statutes of the United States, Sec. 161 (Edn. of 1878). having...

...each department is authorized to presciibe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for its government, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution...and preservation of the records, papers and property pertaining to it. From the first day of October until the first day of April, in each year, all the...

...by Congress ever since. The Revised Statutes also authorized, § 161, "The head of each department to prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law...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...