...said principal officer, to be employed therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the chief clerk in the department of war, and who, whenever...books and papers, appertaining to the said department. [See State Department 13, and Public Officers 12.] ' 3. SECT. III. The said principal officer, and...

...said principal officer, to be employed therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the chief clerk in the department of war, and who, whenever...books, and papers, appertaining to the said department. 3. SEc. in. The said principal officer, and every other person to be appointed or employed in the said...

...providing for cases of vacancy in the head of the Department, by a simple declaration that " whenever the principal officer shall be removed from office by...the United States, or in any other case of vacancy," the chief clerk shall, during such vacancy, have the charge and custody ofihe records, 8tc. &c. of...

...the bill " to establish an Exeaitive Department, to be denominated the Department of War," the words, tio and again, on the same day, pending the bill "to provide for the government of a territory Northwest...

...therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the chief clerk in the Department for Foreign Affairs; and who, whenever the said principal officer shall...books, and papers, appertaining to the said department. Sec. 3. ¿Ind be it further enacted, That the said principal officer, and every other person to be...

...the chief clerk, " whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from office by the Presiden! of the United States, or in any other case of vacancy,"...all records, books, and papers appertaining to the department. Mr. BENSON declared, if he succeeded in this amendment, he would move to strike out the...

...whenever the said principal oflicer shall be removed (Vom office by the President of the United Slates, or in any other case of vacancy," shall, during such...all records, books, and papers appertaining to the department. Mr. BKNSON declared, if he succeeded in this amendment, he would move to strike out the...

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...July, 1789, it is declared that "the chief clerk in the Department of Foreign Affairs," whenever the principal officer shall be removed from office by...and papers, appertaining to the said Department." Here, then, is a clear, strong, distinct recognition, by the House of Representatives, of the President's...

...clause was inserted in a provision concerning the chief clerk of the department, which declared that "whenever the said principal officer shall be removed...the United States, or in any other case of vacancy," the chief clerk should, during such vacancy, have charge of the papers of the office. This charge having...