...department — It is a general authority to the heads of all the executive departments of the Government — is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent...of his department ; the conduct of its officers and clerks; the distribution ami performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of...

...relates to all the executive departments of the Government : The head of each department is anthorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of...

...Statutes, sec. 1(51. The Revised Statutes provide as follows: Tlio head of each department is authori/ed to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law....for the government of his department, the conduct of his officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of his business, and the custody, nse, and...

...such performance. Section 161 of the Revised Statutes authorizes the head of each Executive Department to " prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with...law, for the government of his Department, * * » the distribution and performance of its business * * * ;" and section 248 provides that the Secretary of...

...in the questions arising upon the facts hereafter stated. I. One class contains these provisions : " The head of each department is authorized to prescribe...of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of...

...through the constitutional technicality which has been mentioned, on account of his recommendation 1 " The head of each Department is authorized to prescribe...of his Department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of...

...by Congress ever since. The Revised Statutes also authorized, § 161, "The head of each department to prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law...of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, and distribution and performance of its business, and the custody and use and preservation...

...part thereof. ,It only becomes an item of evidence before the accounting officers. The Secretary may "prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his Department," and these, subject to his control, have the force of law (Rev. Stat., 161). But the power, to prescribe...

...therewith, as It was authorized by section 161 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, by which the head of each department is authorized to prescribe...his' department, the conduct of its officers, and clerks, etc. U. 8. v. Eliason, 10 Pet 291, 10 I,. Ed. 968; Landram v. U. S., 16 Ct. CI. 7-1, Gratlot...

...of the fourth class;" and that the said Postmaster General, as head of the said department, should " prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law for...of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of...