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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

ROGER B. TANEY, of Maryland, Secretary, 86,000 per

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The office of Secretary of the Treasury was created by act of the 2d September, 1789. He superintends all the fiscal concerns of the Govern ment, and upon his own responsibility, recommends to Congress measures for improving the condition of the revenue. He holds his office at the

will of the President; is, by usage, a member of the Cabinet; and, ex officio, one of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. By an act of Congress, of the 15th of May, 1820, the Treasury Department has been invested with extraordinary powers for the recovery of public moueys not accounted for or withheld by officers receiving them prior to such moneys being paid into the Treasury. Warrants of distress in the nature of executions upon judgments, are authorized upon certificates of balances from the first Comptroller, against principals and sureties in default; and the judges of the United States are, by the same law, clothed with extensive chancery jurisdiction, with a view of ameliorating any undue severity to individuals, which may possibly occur under the warrants in question. By the act of 29th May, 1832, the office of Solicitor of the Treasury was created. A portion of the duties of this office had been previously under the act of the 15th May, 1820, performed by the fifth Auditor, as agent of the Treasury.

All accounts of the government are finally settled at the Treasury Department: for which purpose it is divided into the office of the Secretary (who superintends the whole, but who is not, therefore, absolute, with respect to the power of adjusting claims or of paying money ;) into two Comptrollers, five Auditors, a Register, a Treasurer, and a Solicitor. The Auditors of the public accounts are empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses in any case in which they may deem it necessary for the due examination of the accounts with which they are charged. Besides the disbursement of moneys for the great objects of government there are contingent funds appropriated yearly by Congress. These are expended for such objects as could not well be foreseen, by some one of the clerks or other officer belonging to each of the departments, who is especially entrusted with that business, to whom the accounts of such contingencies must be presented. He takes his receipt in his own name, and at the end of each quarter of a year is brought to a settlement himself, for all his disbursements, at the Treasury Department.

The act of Congress of May 7, 1822, requires, that all moneys appropriated for the use of the War and Navy Departments shall, from and after the 30th of June 1822, be drawn from the Treasury by warrauts of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the requisitions of the Secretaries of those departments, countersigned by the Second Comptroller, and registered by the proper Auditor.

The act of January 31st, 1823, prohibits an advance of public money in any case whatever; and requires all persons who may receive public money for disbursement, to render quarterly accounts to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, for settlement: and all officers of the government who neglect to comply with this regulation, are to be promptly reported to the President, and dismissed from the public service.

CLERK IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

MCCLINTOCK YOUNG, Chief Clerk, superintends the business of the office generally; receives the directions of the Secretary on matters to be acted upon; refers to the officers of the Department all matters requiring their examination, distributes the business to the clerks, and submits to the Secretary the business prepared by them; and directs remittances to foreign bankers...............................................................$2000 00 James L. Anthony, prepares the warrants for payment into the Treasury; issues and registers the warrants for payments, under the appropriations for civil diplomatic, and miscellaneous expenditures; and keeps accounts of all such appropriations; and also keeps an account of the bonds taken and liquidated at each custom house............................... Samuel M McKean, attends to the business with banks; to remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures; to applications for release from imprisonment: to matters relating to interna' improvement, and to the Mint establishment: and to such subjects as are submitted by the Solicitor of the Treasury and District Attorneys, not immediately connected with the branches of business assigned to others, and all claims under like circumstances.

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Thomas Dungan, issues and registers the warrants for payments under the appropriations for the naval service; keeps the appropriation accounts of the Navy; prepares the warrants for the transfer of stocks from one loan office to that of another; and keeps au account of the accruing duties...... 1400 00 Francis A. Dickins, 1st. Examines and registers claims under the act of 15th of May, 1828; "for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution," prepares and registers certificates for tho-e allowed and warrants for their payment, and generally attends to all correspondence or other business connected with those claims. 2d Examines and registers claims under the act of the 5th July, 1832;" for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia," and attends to all correspondence and other business connected with those claims. 3d Issues and registers warrants for the payment of duties refunded under the act of 2d March, 1833; and 4 h. Transmuts Mediterranean passports and sea letters to the collectors of the customst.. John McGinnis, jun. attends to the business submitted from the General Land Office, and other offices relating to accounts or business of the land officers; to all matters concerning the revenue cutter services and marine hospitals, and charges or complaints for official misconduct against any of those officers. 1400 00 Gilbert Rodman, keeps au account of moneys received and expended by collectors of the customs; examines applications for entries under the 10th section of the Act of the 1st of March, 1823; appeals from appraisements under the 18th section of

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Acts as Translator of foreign Languages for which he receives an additional salary of $150. For which last service he receives an additional salary of g150.

the same act; applications to complete diawbacks under the act of 3d March, 1825; applications for the employment of subordinate officers of the customs; charges or complaints for official misconduct against officers of the customs; he also attends to the payment of fishing bounties, and to the concerns of revenue boats........

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Samuel Cheslyn Potter, issues and registers the warrants for payments under the appropriations for the military service; and keeps accounts of all such appropriations; also of all custom house bonds in suit, and debentures issued and paid. Attends to the remittances to and correspondence with the bankers of the United States abroad, and to commissioners of loans audits and pays the accounts for expenditures consequent on the burning of the S. E. Executive building; acts as agent in paying the salaries and contingent expenses of the Secretary's office, contingent expenses of S. E. Executive buiding, salaries of Superintendent and Watchmen, and general disbursing agent of the Treasury Department.. 1400 00 Cyrus S. Jacobs, has charge of letters of application and recommendation for office, complain's and resignations, issues Commissions, warrants and letters of appointinents; attends to matters concerning the Light House establishment, and examines charges or complaints for official misconduct against persons connected with that establishment; assists in miscellaneous correspondence, and in copying and recording.. Thomas G. Bradford, issues and registers the revolutionary bounty land scrip under the acts of the 30th May, 1830, 13th July 1832, and 2d March, 1833; attends to all business connected with that branch of the public service.. William T Read, examines applications for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States, under the acts of the 28 March, 1831, and 14th July, 1832, and prepares the cases when reported by the Commissioners of Insolvency for the Secretary's decision, and generally attends to all matters arising under these acts........ Alexander Nesbill, attends to the copying and recording required for the business under the above acts for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States.... ...... John Jay Langdon, has the charge of the records and general letter files; registers the references made by the Secretary or Chief Clerk, and attends to the recording. John N. Lovejoy, Jr messenger............................................ horles Pettit, messenger............................................................................................................ John P Pepper, superintendent of the Treasury buildings, and the grounds appertaining thereto; has charge of the grounds attached to the old S. E. Executive building, and attends to the purchases for the Department....

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FIRST COMPTROLLER'S OFFice.

Joseph Anderson, Comptroller, $3,500 per annum. The First Comptroller examines all accounts settled by the First and Fifth Auditor, and certifies the balances arising thereon to the Register; countersigns all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, if warranted by law; reports to the Secretary of the official forms to be used in the different offices for collecting the public revenue; and the manner and form of keeping and stating the accounts of the several persons employed therein. He superintends the preservation of the public accounts subject to his revision, and provides for the regular payment of all moneys which may be collected.

CLERKS IN THE FIRST COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. JOHN LAUB, Chief Clerk, His duties are to draft answers (subject to the revision of the Comptroller) to all questions propounded by the officers of the customs, merchants and others, under the revenue laws and treaties of commerce and navigation with foreign powers; to prepare general instructions and forms in relation to the duties to be performed by those officers, and the manner in which they are to keep and render their accounts; and assists in the correspondence of the office, of a miscellaneous nature. He also prepares, under the direction of the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, such forms of other accounts and documents as are deemed essential to a systematic execution of the public business; and performs, generally, such other official duties as are confided to him by the Comptroller.......1700 00 William Williamson, makes out from the laws of each session

of Congress, detailed statements of appropriations for the civil, diplomatic and miscellaneous expenditures of the government, in the form of warrants, and records the same; registers all warrants issued for payments in pursuance of said appropriations; makes out and records warrants for carrying unexpended balances to the surplus fund; keeps the leger containing an account for each specific appropriation; writes and copies all letters on subjects connected with the state of the appropriations; examines all powers of attorney and all documents relative to the transfer of stocks, and payments of principal and dividends thereof which may be presented for the inspection and decision of the Comptroller; attends to and keeps a record of the transfer of stocks on the books of the Treasury; registers warrants issued for transferring stocks on the books of loan offices; keeps a journal and leger, exhibiting quarterly the balances of the different kinds of stocks on the books of the Treasury and of the loan offices; writes and copies all letters on subjects in any way connected with the funded debt of the United States; and keeps a record ef bonds of indemnification for the renewal of lost certificates of stocks.....

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of the Treasurer of the Mint-the accounts of Public Ministers, Consuls and Commercial Agents; and makes an annual statement in relation to the affairs of the Mint establishment 1400 00 James Larned, finally examines and adjusts all acconuts of receivers of public moneys, and states any differences that may occur; and prepares letters of correspondence under the supervision of the Comptroller in relation to their accounts.... 1400 00 John Woodside, examines all accounts of collectors of the customs North of the Potomac, and on the Lakes; and gives such explanations as may be found necessary............... Richard S. Briscoe, examines the accounts of the United States Bank, and its branches-Commissioners of Loans for the payment of principal and interest of the funded debt-interual revenue and direct tax accounts-revolutionary claims-and records the same; and enters warrants on collectors of the customs, direct tax, and internal revenue... Benjamin Harrison, examines the accounts of contractors and deputy postmasters............................ ............. William Anderson, examines the accounts of the Marshals of the US of the Collectors of the Customs for disbursements relative to light house and Marine hospitals-of the Surveyors General of the Agents for paying the contingent expenses of the several departments and the salaries, &c. of civil public officers generally, &c. And inspects all the copies of letters relative to the custom house and revenue, to render them exactly correspondent to the originals...... Samuel Handy, Warrant Clerk-duty to examine the acts of Congress to make out appropriation wariants for all moneys to be drawn from the Treasury, on requisitions of the Secretary of the War Department-to state the specific titlings under which the same may be drawn-and to keep a set of books, exhibiting the moneys paid out of the Treasury on all accounts connected with the War Department comprising Indian treaties, annuities, internal improvements. Army proper. 1150 00 Thomas F. Anderson, exam nes the accounts of contractors and deputy postmasters.... ...... 1000 00 Samuel P. Webster, prepares the letters transmitting the commissions to the officers of the customs, together with the requisite official oaths and bonds; enters the acounts of those officers when settled, and prepares the letters advising them of such settlement....................................... ................ ........ Nicholas Biddle Van Zandt, registers the accounts reported to the Comptroller by the First and Fifth Auditors, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office-drafts letters to disbursing officers in explanation of the settlement of those account-files, and has charge of, the official bonds of Officers of the Customs and Internal Revenue, of the Receivers and Registers, Consuls, &c.-furnishes to the Solicitor of the Treasury authenticated transcripts of accounts and bonds of delinquents for suit, and keeps him regularly advised of all subsequent changes in the balances due from them, &c...... 1000 00

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