U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS. FISCAL REGULATIONS OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE REVISED STATUTES, DECISIONS OF COURTS, FISCAL REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D. C., June 16, 1898. The accompanying regulations, revised in accordance with my instructions by the acting law clerk of the Department, under the supervision of the chief of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements, are hereby approved, and, beginning with the 1st day of July, 1898, will supersede all prior rules, regulations, orders, and instructions in conflict therewith relating to the fiscal transactions of this Department. All officers, agents, and employees of the Department will be required to comply strictly with these regulations in the transaction of official business. James Wilson Secretary. The head of each Department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his Department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.-U. S. Rev. Stat., Sec. 161. Rules and regulations of a Department, established in accordance with this section [161], have the force of law, and the courts take judicial notice of them.-Gould and Tucker's Notes on the Revised Statutes of the United States, Vol. I, p. 18. APPOINTMENTS-SERVICES-SALARIES. PAR. 1. To every person entering the public service in the Department of Agriculture, except in cases of temporary employment, an appointment (commission) will be issued in writing, signed by the Secretary, or acting Secretary, of Agriculture, describing briefly in 5 |