Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Department of Justice

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Page 117 - It shall not be lawful for any person appointed after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, as an officer, clerk or employee in any of the departments, to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting any claim against the United States, which was pending in either of said departments while he was such officer, clerk, or employee...
Page 115 - ... the State. Mr. ELLSWORTH. Then we would have to ascertain that it was not for some other purpose. If they do not say what it is for, it would be up to the Bureau to write and ask what it was for. The CHAIRMAN. Otherwise you could not spend the money, because that is what the estimate says. The only question in my mind is whether or not there should be some limitation on your action or judgment in determining whether or not it is for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Social Security...
Page 117 - ... against the United States which was pending in either of said departments, while he was such officer, clerk, or employee, nor in any manner, nor by any means, to aid in the prosecution of any such claim, within...
Page 204 - ... under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. Such expenses for appearing as a witness in any case involving the activity in connection with which such person is employed shall be payable from the appropriation otherwise available for travel expenses of such officer or employee under proper certification by a certifying officer of the department or agency concerned.
Page 15 - ... this matter, the committee caused a cursory survey of administrative processes within the Department to be made. The results of this preliminary survey are not in all respects complimentary. Most of the difficulty seems to be based on a statute passed in 1912, reading as follows: The administrative audit of all expenditures under the control of the Department of Justice shall be made in the Division of Accounts, of that Department.
Page 1 - OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF...
Page 114 - It is impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy, the amount of the surplus tolls, during the next six years.
Page 157 - City is in the board of elections, that the ballots wore under their control, were subject to their orders, that if these ballots had been left in charge of the board of elections they would have been in the first place locked and sealed under their custodianship.
Page 110 - In chief value of leather, not specially provided for. 20 per centum ad valorem; boots, shoes, or other footwear (Including athletic or sporting boots and shoes), the uppers of which are composed wholly or In chief value of wool, cotton, ramie, animal hair, fiber, rayon or other synthetic textile, silk, or substitutes for any of the foregoing, whether or not the soles are composed of leather, wood, or other materials, 35 per centum ad valorem.
Page 44 - Department, including coordination of the activities of the departmental divisions and other units. (c) Assist the Attorney General in the formulation of departmental policies and programs, and in the development of ways and means of effectuating them. (d) Keep currently informed concerning the operations of the Department, and bring to the consideration of the Attorney General matters requiring his personal attention or action.

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