STATUTES INTERPRETED-Continued. Act of 1905, March 3, Article II (33 Stat., 1020). Shoshone March 3 (33 Stat., 1266). Diamond Shoal light- December 21 (34 Stat., 5). Panama Canal—- Resolutions of 1885, January 6 (23 Stat., 516). Navy-yard employees- Revised Statutes- Page. 524 548 557 Page. 127 127 225 Section 190. Prosecution of claims. 255. Disbursing agents 354. Opinions of Attorneys-General .... 355. Expenditure of money on Guantanamo Naval Station. 356. Opinions of Attorneys-General..................... 1305-1308. Deposit of savings-enlisted men of Ma rine Corps. 1622. Retirement of officers of the Marine Corps 1797. Summary proceedings against unlawful 1818. Unlawful occupation of public grounds 1891. Constitution and laws applicable to or- 2139. Sale of intoxicating liquors to Indians... 537 301 160 183, 301 190 263 18, 111 111 25 416 626 4386. Transportation of live stock-28-hour 4405. Called meetings of Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels 4462. Regulations for steam vessels. 4756. Naval pension fund.. 411 56,67 67 85 85 4757. Naval pension fund.. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 1. The construction of a statute in departmental practice is entitled to great weight in its interpretation, if that construction is fairly settled and uniform. 585. 2. Great weight should be given to a long and consistent construction given by an Executive Department to a statute which it was its province to administer. 537. 3. In every statute authorizing or requiring a certain act, there is implied, as if there written, the direction that such act shall be done with reference to, and in conformity with, existing laws on the subject. 341. 4. When a general law prescribes what persons may be appointed to any class or kind of office or place, the time or manner of their appointment, the tenure of their office, their qualifications or the test of their qualifications and fitness, any appointment of the kind thereafter authorized, must, unless otherwise provided, be made with reference to and in conformity with the requirements of such general law. 341. 5. The general rule is that laws speak from the date of their enactment, and where something remains to be done, not inconsistent with a relation back when it is done, the general rule may be applied. 299. 6. A legislature is presumed to know decisions of the courts construing its language, so that if the tribunals have given a certain construction and the legislature in a new law uses the same or practically the same language, without negativing the construction adopted by the courts, it will be presumed that the legis lature means what the courts have said. 308. 7. Repeals by implication are not favored, and when two statutes cover in whole or in part the same matter, and are not absolutely irreconcilable, effect should be given, if possible, to both. (U. S. v. Greathouse, 166 U. S., 605.) 112. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION-Continued. 8. Words having a well-defined meaning will be presumed to have been used by the legislature to express that meaning and no other, unless a contrary intent is disclosed. 71. STEAMBOAT-INSPECTION SERVICE. 1. Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels-Delegation of Authority. The Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels alone is authorized, under section 4405, Revised Statutes, to determine what shall constitute "a full complement of licensed officers and full crew," of steamers carrying passengers, before leaving port, as required by section 4463, Revised Statutes. This duty can not be delegated to the local inspectors of hulls and boilers. 56. 2. Called Meetings.-Called meetings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors may be held at places other than Washington, within the judgment of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, section 4405 specifying merely the place where the annual meeting of the Board shall be held. 67. 3. Modification of Regulations.-The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is not authorized by section 4462, Revised Statutes, to amend, modify, or repeal existing regulations, or to adopt new regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of Title 52, Revised Statutes, entitled "Regulation of Steam Vessels," without prior action thereon by the Board of Supervising Inspectors. The Secretary has, therefore, no authority whatever in the matter except as conferred by section 4405, Revised Statutes. Ib. STEAMBOATS. REGULATIONS GOVERNING AT YACHT RACES. See DEPARTMENT OF SUBSIDIARY COINAGE. See TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 33. SUIT. AUTHORITY TO DISCONTINUE. See DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND SUNDAY MAGAZINE SECTIONS. OF NEWSPAPERS. SUPERINTENDENT BUILDING. See POSTAL SERVICE, 5–7. AND NAVY 1. Appointment-Former Officer of the Engineer Corps.-The transfer of the Engineer Corps (steam) of the Navy to the line by the navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat., 1004), does not preclude the appointment of a naval officer on the active list, formerly an officer of that corps and now restricted to the performance of engineer duty, to the superintendency of the State, War, and Navy building as provided in the act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat., 553.) 508. 2. Same. The act of March 3, 1883, does not authorize the detail as superintendent of the State, War, and Navy building of a retired officer of the Navy, transferred from the Engineer Corps to the line for engineer duty only, by the navy personnel act of March 3, 1899. Ib. SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE, BUILDING-Continued. WAR, AND NAVY 3. Same. The act of March 3, 1883, does not contemplate that an officer of the Corps of Civil Engineers of the Navy shall be eligible for appointment as superintendent of the State, War, and Navy building. Ib. SUPERVISING INSPECTORS OF STEAM VESSELS. SUPPLIES. See EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, 13. SURETIES. See TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 31; OKLAHOMA, 1–3. TEMPORARY RECESS APPOINTMENTS. TESTIMONY. See President, 2. See INTERSTATE COMMERCE, 1. See OF HEAD OF AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. See EXECUTIVE DE- TITLE. TO CABRAS ISLAND. See CABRAS ISLAND. TO GUANTANAMO MILITARY STATION. See GUANTANAMO NAVAL STATION. TO KAHAUIKI MILITARY RESERVATION, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. See To Los BANOS MILITARY POST. See RESERVATIONS, 3. To LOT 144, CITY OF AGANA. See GUAM, 6. TO MIRAFLORES ISLAND. See MIRAFLORES ISLAND. TONNAGE DUTIES. See NAVIGATION, 1-3. OF TEMPORARY LABORERS TO CLASSIFIED SERVICE. See CIVIL OF LAND FROM ONE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER. See TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES. See TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 29. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. I. IN GENERAL. 1. Jurisdiction-Anchorage and Anchorage Grounds.-Matters arising under the acts of May 16, 1888 (25 Stat., 151), February 6, 1893 (27 Stat., 431), March 6, 1896 (29 Stat., 54), and June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 682), relating to anchorage and anchorage grounds, TREASURY DEPARTMENT-Continued. have been transferred by the act of February 14, 1903 (32 Stat., 825), from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. 37. 3. Attorney's Fees.-A contract between an attorney and a client for the collection of a claim against the United States, in which it is stipulated that the attorney shall present, prosecute, and recover the claim as the agent and attorney of the client, is "a power of attorney, order, or other authority for receiving payment" of the money so recovered within the meaning of section 3477, Revised Statutes, and unless executed in accordance with the provisions of that section is absolutely null and void. 279. 4. Same-Warrants.-The practice of the Treasury Department of delivering warrants to attorneys who have prosecuted claims before the Department, except under the safeguards of section 3477, Revised Statutes, is not warranted by law. Ib. 5. Same. The Secretary of the Treasury may recall his action in delivering a warrant to an attorney not entitled under the law to receive it, and may take necessary measures, by issuing a new warrant or otherwise, to pay the money involved to the party for whom it was appropriated by Congress. Ib. 6. Same. In so recalling a warrant and issuing a new one, the Government does not become liable to the attorney for the amount of his fee for recovering the claim. Ib. II. OFFICERS. Secretary of the Treasury. 7. Boarding of Vessels.-The execution of the act of March 31, 1900 (31 Stat., 58), entitled "An act concerning the boarding of vessels," has been transferred by section 10 of the act of February 14, 1903 (32 Stat., 825), from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 51. 244. 8. Canned and Chopped Meats, Exclusion of. See FOOD PRODUCTS. 9. Certificates of Registry of Vessels.-The duty imposed up the Secretary of the Treasury by section 4158, Revised Statutes, of transmitting to collectors of customs blank forms of certificates of registry of vessels, was, by the act of February 14, 1903 (32 Stat., 825), transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 49. 10. Same-Expense-Comptroller of the Treasury.-The question as to whether the expense of preparing such blank forms and furnishing them to collectors can be paid out of the appropriation for defraying the expenses for collecting the revenue from customs, is peculiarly one for the Comptroller of the Treasury to decide (23 Opin., 468). Ib. 11. Classification Decisions of the Board of General Appraisers-Binding Effect of. The Secretary of the Treasury and collectors of cus toms are bound by classification decisions of the Board of Gen- |