The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Government and is the legal adviser to the President and the heads of the executive agencies. Also. he is the head of the Department of Justice. an organization of 27.000 persons serving in all parts of the United States. its Territories and possessions. and which operates at an annual expenditure of approximately $130.000.000. He has under him the Solicitor General of the United States. the Assistant to the Attorney General. the Assistant Solicitor General. seven Assistant Attorneys General and the heads of three major bureaus. namely. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. the Federal Bureau of Investigation. and the Bureau of Prisons. The office of Attorney General was created in 1789. the annual compensation being fixed at $1.500. There were steady increases in compensation through the years until 1870. when the Department of Justice was created and the Attorney Generals compensation was fixed at $10.000.
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