Chapter 786.
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CHAP. 786.— An act to provide for the issuing and recording of certain commissions in the Department of Justice.August 8, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Department of Justice.Commissions of judicial officers to be issued from. That hereafter the commissions of all judicial officers, including marshals and attorneys of the United States, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and all other commissions heretofore prepared at the Department of State upon the requisition of the Attorney-General, shall be made out and recorded in the Department of Justice, and shall be under the seal of said Department and countersigned by the Attorney-General, any laws to the contrary notwithstanding: *Provided*, That the said seal shall not be affixed to any*Proviso*.Seal. such commission before the same shall have been signed by the President of the United States.
Approved, August 8, 1888. Chapter 787: requiring notice of deficiency in accounts of principals to be given to sureties upon bonds of United States officials, and fixing a limitation of time within which suits shall be brought against said sureties upon said bonds. Chapter 787 25 Stat. 387 1888-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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