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... paid a sum in addition " for services in recording and filing con- tracts " in the Returns Office , created by the act of June 2 , 1862 , now section 512 of the Revised Statutes . This result arises from the Revised Statutes , sec ...
... paid a sum in addition " for services in recording and filing con- tracts " in the Returns Office , created by the act of June 2 , 1862 , now section 512 of the Revised Statutes . This result arises from the Revised Statutes , sec ...
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... paid . In the view now being considered , the item of $ 200 in favor of Evans is not for salary , and hence cannot be paid out of an appropriation for salaries ; and so cannot be credited to the disbursing clerk in an account charging ...
... paid . In the view now being considered , the item of $ 200 in favor of Evans is not for salary , and hence cannot be paid out of an appropriation for salaries ; and so cannot be credited to the disbursing clerk in an account charging ...
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... paid for such additional services . In such case no discretion is left to any officer over the amount to be paid . It was in accordance with this case , that the opinion of the Attorney- General of February 7 , 1877 , ( 15 Op . , 608 ...
... paid for such additional services . In such case no discretion is left to any officer over the amount to be paid . It was in accordance with this case , that the opinion of the Attorney- General of February 7 , 1877 , ( 15 Op . , 608 ...
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... paid . b . The amount of the claim ( $ 200 ) shows that in fact it is not for the salary of the returns clerk . 2. Can the annual salary of the " returns clerk " fixed by law at $ 1,200 be paid to Mr. Evans on a proper voucher ? Clearly ...
... paid . b . The amount of the claim ( $ 200 ) shows that in fact it is not for the salary of the returns clerk . 2. Can the annual salary of the " returns clerk " fixed by law at $ 1,200 be paid to Mr. Evans on a proper voucher ? Clearly ...
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... paid in certain cases of absence . ( Rev. Stats . , 40 , 41 , 1742 ; Seward's case , post , 66. ) If the head of a Department does not intend that a clerk shall re- ceive the full salary for a year for services only requiring a small ...
... paid in certain cases of absence . ( Rev. Stats . , 40 , 41 , 1742 ; Seward's case , post , 66. ) If the head of a Department does not intend that a clerk shall re- ceive the full salary for a year for services only requiring a small ...
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Page 155 - ... absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Page 17 - 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...
Page 592 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 389 - Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended, by implication, beyond the terms of his contract.
Page 91 - ... that there was probable cause for the act done by the collector or other officer, or that he acted under the direction of the secretary of the treasury or other proper officer of the government...
Page 17 - No allowance or compensation shall be made to any officer or clerk, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to any other officer or clerk in the same or any other Department ; and no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any officer or clerk may be required to perform, unless expressly authorized by law.
Page 601 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it This section does not authorize withholding information from the public or limiting the availability of records to the public.
Page 410 - The President may also direct such advances as he may deem necessary and proper, to persons in the military and" naval service employed on distant stations, where the discharge of the pay and emoluments to which they may be entitled cannot be regularly effected.
Page 566 - Except as otherwise provided by law, all balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made within that year ; and balances not needed for such purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund.
Page 587 - Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory...