PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE 



IN GENERAL. 



OFFICERS, CLERKS, AND EMPLOYEES. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 161. 

 Departmental regulations. 



Sec. IGl. The head of eacli Department is authorized to prescribe 

 regiihitions, 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 preserva- 

 tion of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it. 



KEV. ST. SEC. 173. 



Chief clerks to supervise subordinate clerks. 



Sec. 173. Each chief clerk in the several Departments, and Bu- 

 reaus, and other offices connected with the Departments, shall super- 

 vise, under the direction of his immediate superior, the duties of 

 the other clerks therein, and see that they are faithfully performed. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 174. 



Chief clerks to distribute duties and report on defects in business. 



Sec. 174. Each chief clerk shall take care, from time to time, that 

 the duties of the other clerks are distributed with equality and 

 uniformity, according to the nature of the case. He shall revise such 

 distribution from time to time, for the purpose of correcting any 

 tendency to undue accumulation or reduction of duties, whether 

 arising from individual negligence or incapacitj'', or from increase 

 or diminution of particular kinds of business. And he shall report 

 monthly to his superior officer any existing defect that he may be 

 aware of in the arrangement or dispatch of business. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 175. * 



Duty of superior officer on receipt of report of chief clerk. 



Sec. 175. Each head of a Department, chief of a Bureau, or other 

 superior officer, shall, upon receiving each monthly report of his 

 chief clerk, rendered pursuant to the preceding section, examine the 

 facts stated therein, and take such measures, in the exercise of the 

 powers conferred upon him by law, as may be necessary and proper 

 to amend any existing defects in the arrangement or dispatch of 

 business disclosed by sucn report. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 176. 



Appointment and bonds of disbursing clerks. 



Sec. 176. The disbursing clerks authorized by law in the several 

 Departments shall be appointed by the heads of the respective De- 



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