Public agent
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An agent of the public, the state, or the government; a person appointed to act for the Dublic in some matter pertaining to the administration of government or the public business.
See Story, Ag. § 302; Whiteside v. United States, 93 U. S. 254, 23 L. Ed. 882.