Sec. 383. [Publication of opinions of attorney-general.] The AttorneyGeneral shall from time to time cause to be edited, and printed at the Government Printing-Office, an edition of one thousand copies of such of the opinions of the law-officers herein authorized to be given as he may deem valuable for preservation in volumes, which shall be, as to size, quality of paper, printing, and binding, of uniform style and appearance, as nearly as practicable, with volume eight of such opinions, published, by Robert Farnham, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. Each volume shall contain proper head-notes, a complete and full index, and such foot-notes as the Attorney-General may approve. Such volumes shall be distributed in such manner as the Attorney-General may from time to time prescribe. [R. S.] Act of June 22, 1870, ch. 150, 16 Stat. L. 165. This section is from title 8 of the Revised Statutes. See JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF, vol. 4, p. 762. Joint resolution requiring the Public Printer to publish certain decisions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department. [Res. No. 63, of Aug. 3, 1882, 22 Stat. L. 391.] [Publication of decisions of comptroller of the treasury.] That the Public Printer be, and is, required to print not more than one volume each year of the decisions and opinions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department, with such explanatory matter as he may furnish, and to furnish for the use of each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress ten copies thereof, to the Comptroller two thousand copies, and for distribution in the manner provided in section seven of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four (eighteenth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and thirteen), providing for the publication of the statutes, one-half the number therein mentioned. [22 Stat. L. 391.] The office of first comptroller of the treasury is now designated as comptroller of the treasury. See TREASURY DEPARTMENT. REPRESENTATIVES. See CONGRESS, vol. 2, p. 206. 772 Volume VI. RESCUE. R. S. 5400. Rescue at Executions. 5401. Rescue of Prisoners. 5402. Rescue of Body After Execution. CROSS-REFERENCES. Of Person Arrested on Process in Civil Rights Cases, see CIVIL RIGHTS, vol. 1, p. 804. Taking Seized Property from Custody of Revenue Officer, see OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, vol. 5, p. 383. Rescue of Extradited Persons, see EXTRADITION, vol. 3, p. 88. Sec. 5400. [Rescue at executions.] Every person who, by force, sets at liberty or rescues any person found guilty of any capital crime, while going to execution or during execution, shall suffer death. [R. S.] Act of April 30, 1790, ch. 9, 1 Stat. L. 117. Punishment of death abolished. See CRIMES AND OFFENSES, vol. 2, p. 357. Sec. 5401. [Rescue of prisoners.] Every person who, by force, sets at liberty or rescues any person who, before conviction, stands committed, for any capital crime against the United States, or who by force sets at liberty or rescues any person committed for or convicted of any offense other than capital, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned not more than one year. [R. S.] Act of April 30, 1790, ch. 9, 1 Stat. L. 117. Rescue of Indiana prisoner. - An Indian woman arrested by the Indian police on the Umatilla reservation, on a charge of adultery committed thereon, was committed to the Indian jail for trial before the "Court of Indian Offenses," and while so committed was rescued and set at liberty by the defendants. It was held that they thereby committed the crime of rescue as defined by this section, by forcibly setting a person at liberty who was committed for a crime against the United States." U. S. v. Clapox, (1888) 35 Fed. Rep. 575. Sec. 5402. [Rescue of body after execution.] Every person who, after execution, by force rescues or attempts to rescue the dead body of any offender out of the custody of the marshal or his officers during the conveyance of such body to any place for dissection, as provided in section fifty-three hundred and forty, or by force rescues or attempts to rescue such body from the house of any surgeon, where the same has been deposited in pursuance of that section, shall be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and an imprisonment not more than twelve months. [R. S.] Act of April 30, 1790, ch. 9, 1 Stat. L. 113. RETURNS OFFICE. See PUBLIC CONTRACTS, ante, p. 90. REVENUE. See CUSTOMS DUTIES, vol. 2, p. 372; INTERNAL REVENUE, vol. 3, p. 540. REVENUE MARINE-REVENUE- R. S. 2747. Revenue Cutters, 775 5318. Vessels in Addition to Revenue Cutters May Be Employed, 775- 2749. Number of Officers and Men, 776. 2750. Grades of Engineers, 776. 2751. Appointment of Commissioned Officers, 776. 2752. Qualifications of Captains and Lieutenants, 776. Act of Fuly 31, 1876, ch. 246, 776. Cadets-Appointment, 776. R. S. 2753. (Superseded), 777 Act of Fuly 31, 1894, ch. 174, 777. Sec. 1. Chief of Division - Engineer in Chief, 777 Act of May 28, 1896, ch. 252, 777 Sec. 1. Engineer in Chief - Rank and Pay, 777 Act of Fune 4, 1897, ch. 2, 777 Sec. 1. Pay, etc., of Chief Engineer Who Has Held Office of Engineer in Chief, 777. Act of Fuly 1, 1898, ch. 546, 778. Sec. 1. Constructor, 778. Act of April 12, 1902, ch. 501, 778. Sec. 1. Officers of Revenue-cutter Service - Rank of Engineers and Constructor, R. S. 2755. Officers on Duty Entitled to One Navy Ration per Day, 781. 2756. Contracts for Rations Authorized, 781. Act of July 1, 1898, ch. 546, 781. Sec. 1. Clothing for Enlisted Men, 781. R. S. 2757. Revenue Officers to Co-operate with the Navy, 781. 2758. Powers of the Secretary of the Treasury, 781. Act of July 7, 1884, ch. 332, 781. Revenue Cutters to Be Exclusively for Public Service, 781. 2760. Powers and Duties of Officers of Revenue Cutters, 781. 2762. Further Duties of Officers, 782. 2763. Employment of Small Boats Authorized, 782. 2764. Ensigns and Pendants, 782. 2765. Immunities of Officers, 782. CROSS-REFERENCES. Oath to Officers, see CUSTOMS DUTIES, vol. 2, p. 599. Making Searches and Arrests, see CUSTOMS DUTIES, vol. 2, pp. 742-744. Estimates and Reports of Expenditures, see ESTIMATES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND REPORTS, vol. 2, pp. 885, 921. Detail of Officers and Men under Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, see FISH AND FISHERIES, vol. 3, p. 113. Execution of Quarantine and Health Laws, see HEALTH AND QUARANTINE, vol. 2, p. 214. Admission of Persons in Service to Government Hospital for Insane, see HOS- Detail of Officers to Life-saving Service, see LIFE SAVING, vol. 4, p. 816. Pensions, see PENSIONS, vol. 5, p. 606. Contracts for Vessels, see PUBLIC CONTRACTS, ante, p. 90. Enforcement of Anchorage Regulations, see RIVERS, HARBORS, AND CANALS. Enforcement of Regulations as to Regattas, see SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION. Examination of Accounts by Auditors, see TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Sec. 2747. [Revenue cutters.] The President may, for the better securing the collection of import or tonnage duties, cause to be maintained so many of the revenue-cutters as may be necessary to be employed for the protection of the revenue, the expense whereof shall be paid out of such sum as shall be annually appropriated for the revenue-cutter service, and not otherwise. [R. S.] Sec. 5318. [Vessels in addition to revenue cutters may be employed.] In the execution of laws providing for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, the President, in addition to the revenue-cutters in service, may employ in aid thereof such other suitable vessels as may, in his judgment, be required. [R. S.] Act of July 12, 1861, ch. 3, 12 Stat. L. 257. Sec. 2748. [Useless cutters may be sold.] The President may from time to time cause such of the revenue-cutters as have become unfit for further service to be sold; and the proceeds shall be paid into the Treasury: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may apply, in the purchase or construction of revenue-cutters, any unexpended balance of the proceeds of revenue-cutters sold by him under the authority of section two of the act of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, chapter sixty-three. [R. S.] Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 22, 1 Stat. L. 700; Act of April 20, 1866, ch. 63, 14 Stat. L. 40. See further R. S. sec. 3618, under PUBLIC MONEYS, ante, p. 548, and sec. 3692, under ESTIMATES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND REPORTS, vol. 2, p. 915, which incorporate provisions of the Act of April 20, 1866, ch. 63, sec. 2, referred to in the text. Sec. 2749. [Number of officers and men.] The officers for each revenuevessel shall be one captain, and one first, one second, and one third lieutenant, and for each steam-vessel, in addition, one engineer and one assistant engineer; but the Secretary of the Treasury may assign to any vessel a greater number of officers whenever in his opinion the nature of the service which she is directed to perform requires it. And vessels of both descriptions shall have such number of petty officers and men as in the opinion of the Secretary are required to make them efficient for their service. [R. S.] Act of July 25, 1861, ch. 20, 12 Stat. L. 275. See the Act of April 12, 1902, ch. 501, infra, p. 778. Sec. 2750. [Grades of engineers.] The grades of engineers shall be chief engineer, and first and second assistant engineer, with the pay and relative rank of first, second, and third lieutenant, respectively. [R. S.] Act of Feb. 4, 1863, ch. 20, 12 Stat. L. 639. and grade, is contained in the Act of April 12, 1902, ch. 501, infra, p. 778. Sec. 2751. [Appointment of commissioned officers.] The commissioned officers of the revenue-cutter service shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. [R. S.] Act of Feb. 4, 1863, ch. 20, 12 Stat. L. 639. What officers included. This provision was probably intended to embrace all the officers of the revenue-cutter service described in R. S. sec. 2749, other than those there classified as petty officers. (1883) 17 Op. Atty. Gen. 532. Assistant engineers in revenue-cutter service should be appointed by the President with the concurrence of the Senate. (1883) 17 Op. Atty.-Gen. 532. Removal. Officers in the revenue-cutter service belong to the civil service of the United States, as contradistinguished from the naval and military, and are subject to removal by the President with the concurrence of the Senate. (1877) 15 Op. Atty.Gen. 396. See also (1879) 16 Op. Atty.-Gen. 288. Sec. 2752. [Qualifications of captains and lieutenants.] No person shall be appointed to the office of captain, first, second, or third lieutenant, of any revenue-cutter, who does not adduce competent proof of proficiency and skill in navigation and seamanship. [R. S.] Act of March 2, 1855, ch. 141, 10 Stat. L. 630. * * * [Cadets appointment.] Hereafter upon the occurring of a vacancy in the grade of third lieutenant in the Revenue Marine Service, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint a cadet, not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-five years of age, with rank next below that of third lieutenant, whose pay shall be three-fourths that of a third lieutenant, and who shall not be appointed to a higher grade until he shall have served a satisfactory probationary term of two years and passed the examination required by the regulations of said service; and upon the promotion of such cadet another may |