AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The defendants contend that the bonds sued upon were not issued pursuant to any statutory authority, and were consequently unenforceable. Section 251 of the Revised Statutes (19 USCA § 66; 31 USCA § 427) empowers the Secretary of the Treasury to make such regulations as he shall deem best calculated to promote the public convenience and to protect the United States from fraud and loss, to...
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