INSTRUCTIONS

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UNITED STATES MARSHALS, ATTORNEYS,
CLERKS, AND COMMISSIONERS

[NOT APPLICABLE TO OFFICIALS IN
ALASKA, PORTO RICO, THE CANAL
ZONE, OR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS]

JUNE 1, 1916

SEC. 362, R. S. The Attorney General shall exercise general
superintendence and direction over the attorneys and marshals
of all the districts in the United States and the Territories
as to the manner of discharging their respective duties, and
the several district attorneys and marshals are required to
report to the Attorney General an account of their official pro-
ceedings and of the state and condition of their respective
offices in such time and manner as the Attorney General may
direct.

SEC. 368, R. S. The Attorney General shall exercise general
supervisory powers over the accounts of district attorneys,
marshals, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United
States.

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1916 Clocumento

Clipt.

To United States marshals, attorneys, clerks, and commissioners (other than in the Districts of Alaska, Porto Rico, The Canal Zone, and the Philippine Islands):

In the execution of your official duties the instructions herein given will be your guide. They supersede former instructions; become effective June 1, 1916, and remain effective until reissued, excepting in so far as they may be modified from time to time by later legislation, decisions of the courts, or the Comptroller of the Treasury, and departmental circulars.

Respectfully,

THOMAS W. GREGORY,
Attorney General

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