580, 5 Sup. Ct. 247, 28 L, Ed. 798. (4) A bounty or ‘reward paid to one who pursues and kills a bandit or outlaw and produces his head as evidence; the offer of such a reward being poouleny called “patting a price on his head.” —Head of ereek. this term means the source of the longest branch, unless general reputation has given the appellation to another, Davis v. Bryant, 2 Bibb (Ky.) 110.—Head of department. In the constitution and laws of the United States, the heads of departmehts are the officers at the head of the great executive Gepertments of government (commonly called “the cabinet’’) such as the secretary of state, secretary of the interior, attorney general, postmaster general, and so on, not including heads of bureaus. U.