FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 150. 1870. 163 the Supreme Court of the United States, it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General and solicitor-general to conduct and arrrue them before that court as in other cases in which the United States) is interested. Cases in any And the Attorney-General may, whenever he deems it for the interest °°‘l'"‘°f“‘° of the United States, conduct and argue any case in which the govern- Umm Bmw ment is interested, in any court of the United States, or may require the solicitor-general or any officer of his Department to do so. And the Officers of the solicitor-general, or any officer of the Department of Justice, may be d°P‘“““°“*“'“Y sent by the Attorney-General to any State or district in the United States g;,l;n;,tg;:?,lct to attend to the interests of the United States in any suit pending in any l 0f the courts of the United States, or in the courts of any State, or to Actual and attend to any other interest of the United States; for which service they "°°°“‘“`Y °*‘ shall receive, in addition to their salaries, their actual and necessary ex- igch penses, while so absent from the seat of government, the account thereof Wdto be verified by affidavit. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That whenever a question of law Questions of arises in the administration, either of the War or Navy Department, the lf?" mbn W? °’ cognizance of which is not. giyen by statute to some other officer from m2;;`;;, BPM whom the head of either of these Departments may require advice, the same shall be sent to the Attorney—General, to be by him referred to the proper officer in his Department provided for in this act, or otherwise disposed of as he may deem proper; and each head of any Department of' the government may require the opinion of the Attorney-General on all questions of law arising in the administration of their respective Departments. Sec. 7. And be izgurther enacted, That the duties enjoined upon the _D¤ti¤¤<>f auauditor of the Post- {lice Department by the fourteenth section of the g}E‘;Q°£:1;:r€_“° act entitled "An act to change the organization of the Post·Oiiice De- mem. partment, and to provide more eifectually for the settlement of the ac· $*836- °h· 2V0i counts thereof," passed July two, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall VQ,]_,,_ p_ 8B_ hereafter be performed by some officer of the Department of Justice, to Prosecutions be specially designated, under the direction of the Attorney-General, who igfgiuggsm shall also have the care of prosecutions for mail depredations and penal 1,,w.,,&c, offenses against the postal laws. Sec. 8. And 6e it further enacted That the Attorney-General is here- lllules artidhi-eg. by empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the govern- gsgggzgné ° ment of said Department of Justice, and for the management and distubution of its business. Seo. 9. And be it further enacted, That the several officers hereinbefore b of fi¤¤;_¤1¤¤;¤· transferred from the other Departments to the Department of Justice shall tgllgffzgrgg hold their respective offices until their successors are duly qualified; and until, &c. the solicitor-general, and whenever vacancies occur, theassistants of the pogltmtmsllg be Attorney-General, and all the solicitors and assistant solicitors menuoned mud? by me in this act, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice President; and consent of the Senate. All the other officers, clerks, and employees Aaghgzs hgego in the said Department shall be appointed and be removable by the Attor- m1_ Y ne -General. _ , ldisc. 10. And be it further enacted, That the following annual salaries §:}§g§;_gm_ shall be paid to the officers hereinbefore mentioned: To the solicitor- eral. _ general, seven thousand five hundred dollars; to each of the assistants thetigatipgpf 0f the Attorney-General, five thousand dollars each; to the solicitor of Genera]. the internal revenue, five thousand dollars; and to the other officers the I Solicitor of salaries and fees now allowed by law; and the Attorney-General shall lngpzlrgxpsrgi be allowed a stenographic clerk, withlan annual salary of two thousand Smwgmphm dollars, and he may appoint three additional clerks of the fourth class. etegléamoml Sso. 11. And be it further enacted, Fha? ::1 nX;:nelyIs€;1eée;]f;e`;ld;;wpcl?_‘ks_ d 0L1C0f the £I‘B3SI1I‘ Hp0D the I‘€qulSlI10I1 0 · 0 · 0 · 1 oneys nvm be disbursed by sdch one of the clerks herein provided for the .Atto;neg»- téyésgsaitpgiptg. General as he may designate; and so much of the first section 0 the be disburse,
