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Page 192 - The laws, rights, and duties of war apply not only to armies, but also to militia and volunteer corps fulfilling the following conditions: 1. To be commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; 2. To have a fixed distinctive emblem recognizable at a distance; 3. To carry arms openly; and 4. To conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. In countries where militia or volunteer corps constitute the army, or form part of it, they are included under the denomination...
Page 314 - The Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department is authorized to establish local offices, or to delegate the exercise of its functions locally to officers or employees of other agencies, according as the interests of efficiency and economy may require. The Division of Disbursement shall disburse moneys only upon the certification of persons by law duly authorized to incur obligations upon behalf of the United States. The function of accountability for Improper certification shall be transferred...
Page 314 - Disbursing officers under the executive branch of the Government shall (1) disburse moneys only upon, and in strict accordance with, vouchers duly certified by the head of the department, establishment, or agency concerned, or by an officer or employee thereof duly authorized in writing by such heads to certify such vouchers...
Page 192 - ... provided they are in possession of a certificate from the military authorities of the army which they were accompanying.
Page 192 - Individuals who follow an army without directly belonging to it, such as newspaper correspondents and reporters, sutlers...
Page 369 - C. lands include some of the finest stands of virgin timber left in the United States.
Page 314 - ... be held accountable for and required to make good to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by him...
Page 45 - ... be put at his disposal during the period of his captivity. While awaiting the conclusion of the said agreements, payment for labor of prisoners shall be settled according to the rules given below: a) Work done for the State shall be paid for in accordance with the rates in force for...
Page 88 - ... including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 314 - An Act to maintain the credit of the United States Government...

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