The Executive Departments of the United States at Washington: A Comprehensive View of the Powers, Functions, and Duties of the Heads of Departments, Bureaus, and Divisions at Washington, as Prescribed by Law and Regulations, Together with a Description in Detail of the Organization of Each : Also a Sketch in Detail of Their Practical Operations in the Transaction of Public Affairs and of Business with the People |
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| Title | The Executive Departments of the United States at Washington: A Comprehensive View of the Powers, Functions, and Duties of the Heads of Departments, Bureaus, and Divisions at Washington, as Prescribed by Law and Regulations, Together with a Description in Detail of the Organization of Each ... Legal classics library |
| Author | Webster Elmes |
| Publisher | W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1879 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 May 2006 |
| Length | 557 pages |
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