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 '1‘rrus vu1.—DE1’ARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 59 TITLE VIII. THE DEPARTMENT F JITSTICE. 346. Establishment of Department of.lns- i 368. Accounts of district attorneys, martice. shale, &c. 347. Solicitor-General. 369. Requisitions. 348. Asistant Attorneys-General. 370. Traveling expenses of ohicers of the 349. Solicitor of Tremrury, &r., in De- _ Department. gnrtinent ui Justice. 371. Disbursement of moneys. 350. W ut. officers under control of Attor- 372. Records formerly appertnining to the ney·Genernl. office of uggent of the Treasury. 351. Subordinate officers. 373. Liability o district attorney upon 352. Rooms to be provided. receiving a. bond for suit. W. Seal. 374. Examination of reports of distrivt at- 354. Duties of Attomey-General. tomeys and collectors upon bonds 355. Title to land to be purchased by the delivered for suit. United States. 375. False reports of bonds delivered for 356. Opinion of Attorney-General upon I suit. questions of law. j 376. Measures taken for the discovery of 357. Legal advice to Departments of War i frauds. and Navy. 377. Rules established by Solicitor of the 358. Reference of questions by Attomcy· Treasury respecting suits. General toeubonlinates. 378. Report by Solicitor of the Treasury 359. Conduct and argument of cases. of moneys received. 360. Performance of duty by ohivers of 379. Instructions by Solicitorof the Trous- Department of Justice. ury to district attorneys and other 361. Officers of the Depurtmentto perform oflioers. all legal services required for other 380. Conduct of suite involving national Departments. banks. 362. Superintendeuce of district uttomeys 381. Duties of United States nttornevs. and marshals. 382. Proceedingsin equity in cases o Post- 363. Retaining counsel to aid dintris-t at- Office Department. torneys. 383. Publication of opinions. 364. Attendance of counsel. 384. Report of businessnml statistics. 365. Counsel fees restricted. 385. Report of additional attorneys and 366. Appointment and oath of special at- counsel employed. tomeys or counsel. Distribution of statutes and reports 367. Interest of United States in pending tojudges. suits, who may attend to. 387. Register of statutes uml reports distributed. Sec. 346. There shall be at the scat of Government an Executive Establishment ot Department to be known as the Department of Justice, and an Attorney- }?¢P¤¤m¢¤*·”Y·l¤¤· General, who shall he the head thereof. l°°‘ __ 24 Sept., 1789, <·. 20, s. 35, v.` 1, p. 92. 22 June, 1870, •·. 150, u. 1, v.l6, p. 162. Sec. 347. There shall be in the Department of Justice un ofiioer learned Solicitor-Gcnennk in the law,to assist the Attorney-General in theperformance of his duties, 22 Ju,],., l`S;@ called the Solicitor-General, who shall he appointed by the President, by 150, e. 2, v. 16, p. and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be entitled to u I62- salary of seven thousand five hundred clollm·s_n. year. In case of a vacancy in the office of Attorney-General, 01* of his absence or disability, the Sohcitor-General shall have power to exercise all the duties of that office. Sm:. 318. There shall be in the Department of Justice three officers, A,,,;Sm,,t Am,. learned in the law culled the Assistant Attorneys:Genc·ral, who shall be neys-(leneral. appointed hy the l’resident, by and with the advice and consent of the 22Jum-, 1870, c. Senate, and shall assist the Att0r¤ey—Gene1‘al and Solicitor-General in {gg- ’· 2· "- l6· P- the performance of their duties. Each of them is entitled to a salary of 25 Feb, 1871, c_ Eve thousand dollars a {GB]`.- _ _ _ _ T2 _»·, 16, p, 432. Sec. 349. There shal be in the l)epartn1ent. of Justice a. bolicitor of Solnmt orof Treasthe Treasury, an Assistant Solicitor oi the Treasury, u Solicitor of ::`g;;€*;}»5*$;:;$g;a'*‘ Internal Revenue, a Naval Solicitor, and nn Examiner of Claims for the, ‘ . De rtment of State, who shall he appointed by the Prmident, by and 22 June, 18:8, o. witl: the advice and consent Ot the Senate. and shall he entitled to the 150- ’*· 3· 9*, · " . . - 1 • • r following salaries: The b0I1i‘\t0l° of the l`reasury to four thousand dol- 29§hv_ 1am1C_ lars a. year, the Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury to three thousand 153,¤.1,v.4,p.414.