164. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 150. 1870. Bcspwl 0g 1*;;* act making appropriations, passed March three, eighteen hundred and gt,} 59* °' fifty-nine, as provides that moneys drawn out of the treasury upon the Vol. xi. p. 420. requisition of the Attorney-General shall be disbursed by such disbursing officer as the Secretary of the Treasury may desxgnate, IS hereby repealed. Annual report Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the °fA"‘°""°Y‘ Attorney—General to make an annual report to Congress, in Januar Geiiemlltivhsil each year of the business of the said Department of Justice and any ma e, an to m- y - : ¢l¤d¤ W¤¤t· other matters appertaining thereto that he may deem proper, including Statistics of the statistics of crime under the laws of the United States, and, as far as crime- practicable, under the laws of the several States. Superintend· Sec. 13. And be it fur!/ter enacted, That the superintendent of the ¢·>¤§0_ ¤`°***¤¤`.Y treasury buildirw shall provide such suitable rooms in the treasury buildbuilding to pro- - ° . vide summa mgda; may be necessary to accptpénpdplte; the officers clenhs gg the rooms. said epartmen , or, ot e ex en a t a may e oun impracicu e, to provide such rooms in some other building in the vicinity of said treasury building. Attorney-Gq¤· Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Attorney-General may eral me re une - · · - my Omg; 3) require any solicitor or officers of the Department of Justice to perform perform any any duty required of said Department or any officer thereof; and the dm? "°‘l““"°d· officers of the law department, under the direction of the Attorney-Gen· Opinions. eral, shall give all opinions and render all services requiring the skill of persons learned in the law, necessary to enable the President and heads of the executive Departments, and the heads of bureaus and other officers in such Departments to discharge their respective duties; and shall, for and on behalf of the United States, procure the proper evidence for, and Spire and pro- conduct, prosecute, or defend all suits and proceedings in the Supreme °°° mgS' Court of the United States and in the court of claims, in which the N° f°°‘*° my United States, or any officer thereof, is a party or may be interested. other attorney . 0, ,,0,,,,,,,u°,._y,,,. And no fees shall be allowed or paid to any other attorney or counsel[l]0r any eeryice here- at law for any service herein required of the officers of the Department m ""q““°d‘ of Justice. Supervisory Sec. 15. And be it further enacted That the supervisory p0W€1‘s DOW OVVGYS 0V8i' RC-, . · • gcnm of district exercised by the Secretary of the Interior over the accounts of the district attorneys, ste. attorneys, marshals, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United g°bX:$::!¤fd States, shall be exercised by the Attorney-General, who shall sign all Gygnarul; y requisitions for the advance or payment of moneys out of the treasury, on estimates or accounts, subject to the same control now exercised on like estimates or accounts by the first auditor or first comptroller of the treasury. and ove,. com Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Attorney-General shall ductand ppc- have supervision of the conduct and proceedings of the various attorneys fgggggfog 0*;* for the United States in the respective judicial districts, who shall make emp1oyepii;y,;he report to him cf' their proceedings, and also of all other attorneys and Ummd bmw- c0unscl[l]0rs employed in any cases or business in which the United States may be concerned. i d Secretaries of Sec. 17. And be tt further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the t:l;Q;g{’:;*;,;jf Secretary of either of the executive Departments to employ attorneys or ngyg or counsel c0¤nscl at the expense of the United States ; but such Departments, when gt eppenge in need of counsel or advice, shall call upon the Department of Justice, Sams; m Q the officers of which shall attend to the same; and no counsel or attorucy to eaiiuptm fees shall hereafter be allowed to any person or persons, besides the
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No comim 0,. such capacity to the United States, or any branch or department of the attorney fees to government thereof, unless hereafter authorized by law and then only on L’;p“;ll‘g"f‘§n‘gx' the certificate of the Attorney-General that such services were actually upgn what 0,,,, rendered, and that the same could not be performed by the Att0rncy~ tifipaae. Sw General, or solicitor-general, or the officers of the department of justice, sp€cm‘,;‘,°lY;tor by the district attorneys. And every attorney and counsel[l]0r Wl10
