...and Issuance of patents on the public lands. In addition a very early act of congress provided that: "The head of each department Is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent witb law, for the government of his department, the conduct of Its officers and clerks, the distribution...

...States. Uinted States v. Eaton, 144 US 677. While by Rev. Stat., § 161, the head of a department may prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law for the government of his department, it is likewise true that in order to constitute any act or set of acts, an offense, the act must be...

...of a department is entitled to a salary of $10,000 a year, to be paid monthly. * * * Also: SEC. 161. The head of each department is authorized to prescribe...records, papers, and property appertaining to it. Now, Mr. President, that provision brought into this bill by reference in that way gives the head of...

...you are familiar with that? — A. Oh, yes, yee. Mr. COOKSK.Y. I offer that in evidence, section 14: "The head of each department is authorized to prescribe...and performance of its business, and the custody, пае, and preservation of the records, papers, sind property appertaining to it. "3. The regulations...

...general statute having to do with administrative management; it authorizes the head of each department 'to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law,...records, papers, and property appertaining to it.' This broadly stated grant, stemming from statutes which trace back to 1789, is the support of today's...

...departments and agencies, among other things "to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent wilh law, for . . . the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution...records, papers, and property appertaining to it." The primary purpose is to afford a check or brake upon the general flow into the public domain of such...

...department may prescribe regulations for the government of his department, the conduct of its employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of its records, papers, and property. This section does not authorize withholding information from the...

...department may prescribe regulations for the government of his department, the conduct of its employees, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of its records, papers, and property. This section does not authorize withholding information from the...

...Departments. These various provisions were combined into one uniform statute in 1875 which provided : The head of each Department is authorized to prescribe...records, papers, and property appertaining to it." "Exec. Order No. 10290, 3 CFR 1949-53 Comp. 789 (1958). n Exec. Order No. 10501. 3 CFR 1949-53 Pomp....

...has been grounded upon the so-called "Housekeeping Statute" which, until its amendment in 1958, read: "The head of each department is authorized to prescribe...records, papers, and property appertaining to' it." Ilev. Stat. 161 (1875), 5 USC 22, as amended in 1958. Although obviously not intended initially to...