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ATTORNEY-GENERAL: (Continued.)

SECTION.

To commission special counsel as assistant United
States attorney.

970

To issue requisitions on appropriations for his depart-

ment

971

To regulate official bonds of clerks of United States
courts...

*972

973

974

To publish official opinions of law officers..
Reports to Congress....

To prescribe rules for jail in District of Columbia and
penitentiaries....

975

976

May designate jails and penitentiaries, when and where
May provide for confinement of juvenile offenders...... 977
May provide for confinement in asylum of insane con-
victs.

...............

To examine titles to lands before purchase by United
States.......

978, 979

981

982

983, 984, 985

985

Enlargement of his duties by recent enactments..
Duties of his assistants.

Office of and distribution of duties in......

Duties as to adjudication of suspended land entries.... 1231

BLANK AGENCY:

B

To be established by Postmaster-General.......
Division of, in Post Office Department, duties..........

BOUNTY:

841

931

Of colored soldiers, Secretary of War custodian of.. 138, 521
Accounts for soldiers' pay and bounty, by whom set-
tled.........

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Compensation for surveys of public lands in...........
CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROPERTY :

Division of, duties.....

CEMETERIES, NATIONAL:

Purchase and condemnation of land for..
Porter's lodge to be erected at entrance of...
Superintendent thereof, duties and salary
Officer to inspect the same and report.......
Care and protection of...

Graves to be marked with headstones, &c...........

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CENSUS:

Accounts of, settled by Fifth Auditor.................

SECTION.

631, 636

Duties of the Secretary of the Interior as to...... 1102, 1136
Office of Superintendent of, &c...........

CHARTS:

Of northwestern lakes, sale of, to navigators............
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, BUREAU OF :

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1136

109

173, 174

175

70

36

37

Court-house and jail for American convicts in............

CLAIMS:

Investigation of, by any department............

In Court of Claims, department to furnish evidence for
defense

Against the departments may be sent to the Court of
Claims

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Examiner of, in State Department......
For the transportation of troops; miscellaneous war
claims...

For subsistence, &c.; commutation of, &c.........
All claims adjusted in the Treasury Department.....
Payment of, to be withheld when claimant is indebted..
Alabama Claims, judgments...

Allowance of, in certain cases to be reported to Con-

Division of miscellaneous, Second Comptroller's Office,

gress

.....

Compromise of...............

duties of............

Soldiers' pay and bounty; sailors' pay and bounty.
Lost property. (Act March 3, 1849.)..........................

93

165

170

183

251

294

341

408

525

521

521

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Quartermaster and commissary stores, under act of
July 4, 1864.......

Southern Claims, Commissioners' awards......

Oregon and Washington Territory, Indian claims..

For steamboats, Third Auditor may take testimony... 592

521

521

521

521

521

138, 521, 583

Under act of July 4, 1864..

.........

595, 604.

For prize-money....

624

For back pay, travelling expenses, &c., navy.

629

Claims commissions, accounts of...

636

For refund of internal taxes to be made within two
years.....

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For refund and abatement of internal tax or penalty..
Internal revenue, miscellaneous..........................
Counsel provided for departments and bureaus on in-
vestigation of

783
786

969

.......

CLAIMS: (Continued.)

Under treaties with Indians, Secretary of the Interior
to regulate presentation of........

SECTION.

Swamp-land indemnity claims, where audited........
Repayment of purchase-money for lands erroneously
entered.....

CLERKS:

1105

1258

1257

41

May be issued to soldiers who have had contagious dis-

118

Number, &c., to be reported annually to Congress...
CLOTHING:

ease

COAST SURVEY:

Persons employed in, to be reported to Congress....... 301
Allowances to officers and men of army and navy on
duty.

Maps and charts of, how disposed of

Division of Revenue Marine, duties of, as to.

Accounts of, where settled..

Officers of the army and navy to be employed in.

Officers of Coast Survey.

.........

Report of, to Congress, what to contain..

COINAGE. (See Mints and Assay Offices.)

322

323, 491

426

494, 566

490

492

492

Regulations as to purchase, &c., of minor coins......... 385

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Deputies may be invested with powers of collector,
when......

Deputy may be assigned duties of naval office, when..
Deficiency in compensation, how supplied..........
Extra compensation to, constructing public buildings...
Accounts of, settled by First Auditor.

COLORED SOLDIERS:

Retained bounty fund in custody of Secretary of War.. 138
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS:

Secretary of State to report to Congress on..............
Information of, by consular officers.

...........

Information on, to be published in newspapers......
Information compiled in Division of Statistics, State
Department.....

COMMISSARY-GENERAL'S BUREAU:

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62, 83, 84

65

92

168-170

123

COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS:

Origin of office and general duties of..................................... 528, 529, 534
To settle customs accounts......

...

To prescribe official forms for custom-houses..............

529
530

COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS: (Continued.)

To approve certain official bonds.........
To make annual report to Congress......
Statement of balances by, conclusive.
Deputy of, duties.........

Form of Commissioner's certificate to a settled account..
Warehouse and Bond Division, duties of...

SECTION.

531

532

533

535

Further organization of office into divisions...........................
Customs Division, duties of........

536, 537

538

538

539

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Accounts officers of courts for fees in customs cases......
Official bonds of customs officers filed.
Accounts for refund of duties.........

545

545

546

Judgment against customs officer paid by Treasury,
when.....

COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES:

To have aid of executive departments........
COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS: (See Indians, &c.)
Management of all Indian matters by..

.........

To examine all accounts connected with same......................
Annual reports to Congress by...........
Merchandise required at making of Indian treaty to
be purchased by...................

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To determine whether attorney or agent has fulfilled
contract with Indians.......

1265

His consent required to assignment of Indian contract 1266
License to trade with Indians subject to his approval.. 1267
May remove persons from reservations........
To report hostilities of Indians to Congress
To supervise contracts with Indians.....
May appoint traders, &c..........

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1270

Divisions of Finance, Accounts, Lands, Civilization,

May advertise for and purchase supplies, &c.........

Origin of office of; organization of same.................................. 1271, 1722

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Accounts of, settled by whom...................

631, 636

Origin of office of; duties of Chief Clerk..........

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To prescribe oath for tobacco inspector and fees......... 737

COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE: (Continued.)

SECTION.

Special Agents, employment of, Division of......... 738, 791

To prescribe pay of storekeepers..

To assign officer to distillery warehouse..
Approval of gauger's bond and fees.........

...................

739

739

740

Assignment of supervisors, compensation, &c............ 741
May authorize seizures.....

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Duty in case of neglect or refusal of person to list
property......

743, 744

To make inquiry as to taxes due under former laws, &c 745
To determine fees, &c., in cases of distraint....
To direct bill in chancery to enforce lien for taxes......
Invested with charge of real estate acquired in pay-
ment of internal-revenue debts.............

May sell or release same.

746

747

748

748, 1011

To establish rules for district attorneys and others as
to suits

750

His sanction requisite to suit for taxes, fine, penalty,
or forfeiture.....

749

To certify diligence of collector in collection of taxes..
To remit and refund taxes, when........
Appeals to, from decisions of collectors.
To compromise, when.........

751

752

753

754

To prescribe hydrometers and other instruments........
To assess on distiller taxes on spirits removed from
distillery, &c.......

755

756

Exemption of distillers of brandy in certain cases
To prescribe form of distiller's bond and notice of dis-
tiller and rectifier.....

To entertain appeal from distiller against collector.....
To approve bond for free withdrawal of alcohol...
To examine monthly returns of distillers............
To prevent resumption of suspended distilleries
May prescribe precautions in reducing capacity of dis-
tilleries.....

757

758

758

759

760

761

762

May issue tax-paid stamps in lieu of stamps accident-
ally lost......

763

To prescribe form of books for rectifiers and liquor
dealers........

764

To prescribe security on export of spirits and to-
bacco...

765, 769

Also manner of affixing and cancelling permits for re-
moval, &c......................

765

Also regulations relative to purchase by one brewer

from another....

765

After sale of distillery he may permit warehouse to be
used for storage of spirits distilled by former pro-

prietor......

766

May prescribe forms for persons engaged in manufac-
ture of tobacco.......

767

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