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REV. ST. SEC. 177. 



Vacancies in headships of departments; how temporarily filled. 



Sec. 177. In case of the deiith, resignation, absence, or sickness of 

 the head of any Department, the first or sole assistant thereof shall, 

 unless otherwise directed by the President, as provided by section one 

 hundred and seventy-nine, perforin the duties of such head until * 

 .successor is appointed, or such absence or siclmess shall cease. 



Rev. St. sec. 179, mentioned in this section, is set forth below. 



REV. ST. SEC. 178. 



Vacancies in subordinate offices; how temporarily filled. 



Sec. 178. In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of 

 the chief of any Bureau, or of any officer thereof, whose appointment 

 is not vested in the head of the Department, the assistant or deputy 

 of such chief or of such officer, or if there be none, then the chief 

 clerk of such Bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the Presi- 

 dent, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine, perform 

 the duties of such chief or of such officer until a successor is appointed 

 or such absence or sickness shall cease. 



Rev. St. sec. 179, mentioned in this section, is set forth below. 



REV. 6T. SEC. 179. 



Discretionary authority of the President to fill vacancies. 



Sec. 179. In any of the cases mentioned in the two preceding sec- 

 tions, except the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the 

 Attorney-General, the President may, in his discretion, authorize and 

 direct the head of any other Department or any other officer in either 

 Department, whose appointment is vested in the President, by and 

 with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of 

 the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the sickness or 

 absence of the incumbent shall cease. 



REV. ST. SEC. 180. 



Temporary appointments to fill vacancies, limited to thirty days. 



Sec. 180. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be 

 temporarily filled under the three preceding sections for a longer 

 period than thirty days. 



Rev. St. sec. ISO, as amended by act February 6, 1891, c. 113. 26 Stat 

 T33. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 181. 



Restriction on temporary appointments to fill vacancies. 



Sec. 181. No temporary appointment, designation, or assignment 

 of one officer to perform the duties of another, in the cases covered by 

 sections one hundred and seventy-seven and one hundred and seventy- 

 eight, shall be made otherwise than as provided by those sections, 

 except to fill a vacancy happening during a recess of the Senate. 



Rev. St. sees. 177 and 178, mentioned in this section, are set forth above. 



