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act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventythree, entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, placed under the supervision of the officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds; and that the said officer be authorized and empowered to make rules and regulations for the working of said lines. And the Secretary or the Head of each Executive Department, and the Congressional Printer, are hereby authorized to detail one person from their present force of employees to operate the instruments in said Departments and printing office,

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Act February 4, 1874, c. 22, 18 Stat. 14.

Act March 3, 1873, c. 227, 17 Stat. 519, mentioned in this act, makes an appropriation "for connecting the capitol by telegraph, to be used solely for public business, with all the departments of the government and the government printing office in the city of Washington."

ACT MARCH 7, 1874, c. 50. (18 Stat. 20.)

Use of telegraph lines connecting public buildings in Washington restricted to public business.

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That said lines of telegraph shall be for the use only of Senators, Members of Congress, Judges of the United States courts and officers of Congress and of the Executive Departments, and solely on public business.

Act March 7, 1874, c. 50, 18 Stat. 20.

The telegraph lines referred to are those mentioned in act February 4, 1874, c. 22, and note thereunder set forth above.

REV. ST. SEC. 5266.

Government to have priority in transmission of messages over telegraph lines on public domain.

SEC. 5266. Telegrams between the several Departments of the Government and their officers and agents, in their transmission over the lines of any telegraph company to which has been given the right of way, timber, or station lands from the public domain shall have priority over all other business, at such rates as the Postmaster-General shall annually fix. And no part of any appropriation for the several Departments of the Government shall be paid to any company which neglects or refuses to transmit such telegrams in accordance with the provisions of this section.

REV. ST. SEC. 5269.

Refusal to transmit Government telegraphic communications; penalty.

SEC. 5269. Whenever any telegraph company, after having filed its written acceptance with the Postmaster-General of the restrictions and obligations required by the act approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to aid in the con struction of telegraph lines, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," or by this Title, shall, by its agents or employés, refuse or neglect to transmit any such telegraphic communications as are provided for by the aforesaid act,

or by this Title, or by the provisions of section two hundred and twenty-one, Title "THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR," authorizing the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations and other points of the interior of the continent, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and sea-board of the approach and force of storms, such telegraph company shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars for each such refusal or neglect. To be recovered by an action or actions at law in any district court of the United States.

Rev. St. sec. 5269, as amended by act February 27, 1877, c. 69, 19 Stat. 252.

The provisions of act July 24, 1866, c. 230, referred to in this section are incorporated in Rev. St. secs. 5263-5268. Rev. St. secs. 5263-5265, 5267, 5268, are set forth on pp. 144, 145, ante, under "Forest Service." The filing by telegraph companies of their written acceptance of the restrictions and obligations under the law, is required by Rev. St. sec. 5268.

Rev. St. sec. 221, mentioned in this section, is set forth on p. 35, ante, under "Weather Bureau."

ACT MARCH 3, 1883, c. 143. (22 Stat. 603.)

Receipts from private telegrams transmitted over Government lines.

That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, all moneys received for the transmission of private dispatches over any and all telegraph lines owned or operated by the United States, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, as required by section thirty-six hundred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes; and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Act March 3, 1883, c. 143, 22 Stat. 616.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for maintenance and repair of telegraph lines, in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1884, cited above.

Rev. St. sec. 3617, mentioned in this provision, is set forth on p. 334, ante, under "Public Moneys and Accounting."

ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.)

Injury to United States telegraph, etc., lines; punishment.

SEC. 60. Whoever shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy any of the works, property, or material of any telegraph, telephone, or cable line, or system, operated or controlled by the United States, whether constructed or in process of construction, or shall willfully or maliciously interfere in any way with the working or use of any such line, or system, or shall willfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder, or delay the transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 60, 35 Stat. 1099.

This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the provisions of act June 23, 1874, c. 461, which act is expressly repealed by section 341 of this act.

REV. ST. SEC. 189.

LEGAL SERVICES AND CLAIMS.

Employment of attorneys or counsel.

SEC. 189. No head of a Department shall employ attorneys or counsel at the expense of the United States; but when in need of counsel or advice, shall call upon the Department of Justice, the officers of which shall attend to the same.

REV. ST. SEC. 356.

Opinion of Attorney General upon questions of law arising in departments.

SEC. 356. The head of any Executive Department may require the opinion of the Attorney-General on any questions of law arising in the administration of his Department.

REV. ST. SEC. 361.

Officers of Department of Justice to perform all legal services required by other departments.

SEC. 361. The officers of the Department of Justice, under the direction of the Attorney-General, 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 all Departments, and the heads of Bureaus and other officers in the Departments, to discharge their respective duties; and shall, on behalf of the United States, procure the proper evidence for, and conduct, prosecute, or defend all suits and proceedings in the Supreme Court and in the Court of Claims, in which the United States, or any officer thereof, as such officer, is a party or may be interested; and no fees shall be allowed or paid to any other attorney or counselor at law for any service herein required of the officers of the Department of Justice, except in the cases provided by section three hundred and sixty-three.

REV. ST. SEC. 365.

Counsel fees restricted.

SEC. 365. No compensation shall hereafter be allowed to any person, besides the respective district attorneys and assistant district attorneys for services as an attorney or counselor to the United States, or to any branch or Department of the Government thereof, except in cases specially authorized by law, and then only on the certificate of the Attorney-General that such services were actually rendered, and that the same could not be performed by the Attorney-General, or Solicitor-General, or the officers of the Department of Justice, or by the district attorneys.

REV. ST. SEC. 355.

Title to land to be purchased by United States.

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SEC. 355. No public money shall be expended upon any site or land purchased by the United States for the purposes of erecting thereon any public building, of any kind whatever, until the writ ten opinion of the Attorney-General shall be had in favor of th validity of the title, nor until the consent of the legislature of the State in which the land or site may be, to such purchase, has been given. The district attorneys of the United States, upon the application of the Attorney-General, shall furnish any assistance or informa

tion in their power in relation to the titles of the public property lying within their respective districts. And the Secretaries of the Departments, upon the application of the Attorney-General, shall procure any additional evidence of title which he may deem necessary, and which may not be in the possession of the officers of the Government, and the expense of procuring it shall be paid out of the appropriations made for the contingencies of the Departments respectively.

ACT MARCH 2, 1889, c. 411. (25 Stat. 939.)

Legal services to be rendered by United States attorneys; abstracts of title to be furnished by grantors.

That hereafter all legal services connected with the procurement of titles to site for public buildings * * * shall be rendered by United States district attorneys: Provided further, That hereafter, in the procurement of sites for such public buildings, it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to require of the grantors in each case to furnish, free of all expenses to the Government, all requisite abstracts, official certifications, and evidences of title that the AttorneyGeneral may deem necessary.

Act March 2, 1889, c. 411, s. 1, 25 Stat. 941.

This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1890, cited above.

REV. ST. SEC. 184.

Subpoena for witnesses in claims pending in departments.

SEC. 184. Any head of a Department or Bureau in which a claim against the United States is properly pending may apply to any judge or clerk of any court of the United States, in any State, District, or Territory, to issue a subpoena for a witness being within the jurisdiction of such court, to appear at a time and place in the subpoena stated, before any officer authorized to take depositions to be used in the courts of the United States, there to give full and true answers to such written interrogatories and cross-interrogatories as may be submitted with the application, or to be orally examined and crossexamined upon the subject of such claim.

REV. ST. SEC. 187.

Professional services in claims pending in departments.

SEC. 187. Whenever any head of a Department or Bureau having made application pursuant to section one hundred and eighty-four, for a subpoena to procure the attendance of a witness to be examined, is of opinion that the interests of the United States require the attendance of counsel at the examination, or require legal investigation of any claim pending in his Department or Bureau, he shall give notice thereof to the Attorney-General, and of all facts necessary to enable the Attorney-General to furnish proper professional service in attending such examination, or making such investigation, and ft shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to provide for such service.

REV. ST. SEC. 364.

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require the service of counsel upon the examination of witnesses touching any claim, or upon the legal investigation of any claim, pending in such Department or Bureau, the Attorney-General shall provide for such service.

REV. ST. SEC. 188.

Evidence to be furnished by departments in suits pending in Court of Claims.

SEC. 188. In all suits brought against the United States in the Court of Claims founded upon any contract, agreement, or transaction with any Department, or any Bureau, officer, or agent of a Department, or where the matter or thing on which the claim is based has been passed upon and decided by any Department, Bureau, or officer authorized to adjust it, the Attorney-General shall transmit to such Department, Bureau, or officer, a printed copy of the petition filed by the claimant, with a request that the Department, Bureau, or officer, shall furnish to the Attorney-General all facts, circumstances, and evidence touching the claim in the possession or knowledge of the Department, Bureau, or officer. Such Department, Bureau, or officer shall, without delay, and within a reasonable time, furnish the Attorney-General with a full statement, in writing, of all such facts, information, and proofs. The statement shall contain a reference to or description of all such official documents or papers, if any, as may furnish proof of facts referred to in it, or may be necessary and proper for the defense of the United States against the claim, mentioning the Department, office, or place where the same is kept or may be procured. If the claim has been passed upon and decided by the Department, Bureau, or officer, the statement shall succinctly state the reasons and principles upon which such decision was based. In all cases where such decision was founded upon any act of Congress, or upon any section or clause of such act, the same shall be cited specifically; and if any previous interpretation or construction has been given to such act, section, or clause by the Department, Bureau, or officer, the same shall be set forth succinctly in the statement, and a copy of the opinion filed, if any, shall be annexed to it. Where any decision in the case has been based upon any regulation of a Department, or where such regulation has, in the opinion of the Department, Bureau, or officer transmitting such statement, any bearing upon the claim in suit, the same shall be distinctly quoted at length in the statement. But where more than one case, or a class of cases, is pending, the defense to which rests upon the same facts, circumstances, and proofs, the Department, Bureau, or officer shall only be required to certify and transmit one statement of the same, and such statement shall be held to apply to all such cases, as if made out, certified, and transmitted in each case respectively.

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4CT MARCH 3, 1911, c. 231. (36 Stat. 1087.)

Jurisdiction of Court of Claims; claims founded upon any law or any department regulation; set-offs.

SEC. 145. The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the following matters:

First. All claims * * * founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, upon any regulation of an Executive Department, upon any contract, express or implied, with

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