12. A report of any receiving or disbursing officers or agents who shall neglect, evade, or violate the provisions of the 19th and 20th sections of the Independent Treasury act: Act 4th July, 1840. 13. * A report of the names of officers of the government, with a system of retrenchment; in what medium or currency pensions have been paid since March, 1839; sums paid into the Treasury, in virtue of laws limiting the pay of officers in the employment of the government; list of removals from office since the 4th March, 1841: Resolution of the House of Representatives, 16th July, 1841. 14. A report of the names of applicants for the benefit of the act for the relief of insolvent debtors to the United States; the amount due; the names of those who may have been released, with the terms of compromise: Act 2d March, 1831. III. Of the Reports of Estimates, in general, (9) for Appropriations for the service of the government, and for other miscellaneous expenditures, for the fiscal year; but, particularly, the annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, (10) in three Sections, as follows: 1. Of the Estimates for the Civil Departments and Institutions, embracing the civil list proper, and whatever appertains to the Civil Department, including Diplomatic Intercourse, showing the average rates (in times of peace) for the year, and by whom made, viz: 1. † BY THE REGISTER. 2. † BY THE REGISTER. (Civil List proper.) For compensation of the President of the United States, $25,000. For compensation of the Vice President of the United States, $5,000. (9) As coming from the Secretary of the Treasury, the subjects of this Class or Division would constitute but a single Report. In fact, it is generally so understood, and is so required by the law, that the Estimates for the expenses of Government be transmitted annually to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury. But there is a great diversity of practice upon this subject. Large portions of the Estimates which make up the different appropriation bills, are reported or communicated to Congress direct by heads of other Departments, without passing through the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury; others are communicated, in detail, by some of the heads of Departments to the President, which are received by Congress through that channel, and printed as documents accompanying the President's message, separate from the printed Estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury-instance the Estimates for the Naval Es. tablishment presented by the Secretary of the Navy at the commencement of the last session of the 29th Congress, which are in detail to the President, and in aggregates, only, to the Secretary of the Treasury, while those of the Secretary of War are presented both in aggregates and in detail to the Secretary of the Treasury, but not at all to the President, being irrelevant; others are presented in detached form, and at various intervals, by the Secretary of the Treasury himself, to either house, through the Committee of Ways and Means of the one, or the Committee of Finance of the other; and others are frequently introduced at the recommendation of those, or other committees, and at the individual motion of members of either house-all which irregularities give importance to every effort to induce unity and consistency in these proceedings, or to explain them where they are unavoidable. Most of these last, and some of the preceding, instead of going into separate relief bills, private bills, &c., make up the true "miscellany" of the civil and diplomatic bill annually, but are not enumerated here, as forming no part of the regular annual Report. (10) Of the Report of Estimates transmitted annually to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at the beginning of each session for appropriations for the service of the government during the next fiscal year, besides the general description of it, as of other reports above enumerated, it seems proper to enter more into the details here subjoined, as they form the basis of most of the other reports called for in relation to expenditures and accountability, while they also suppose the reports and evidences of adequate revenue. The details composing this report are previously collected together by the call of a circular letter of the Register of the Treasury (as the organ of the Secretary in this particular) addressed to the several officers designated in the annexed list, excepting some permanent officers of the Executive and Judicial Departments, whose estimates (marked thus †) are made as a matter of courtecy in the Register's office, where the whole of said details are digested and consolidated into one general estimate or series of estimates, according to the data and usage of the Treasury, and reported by the Register to the Secretary of the Treasury to be transmitted to Congress according to law. These estimates used to be collected and made up in the Secretary's own office until 1814, when the able and efficient clerk, Daniel Sheldon, Esq., engaged on that branch of business, was attached to a foreign mission under Mr. Gallatin, and left it to find a fit substitute to take charge of it, in the Register's office, who, in this capacity, ought to be considered, as he is virtually, a clerk of the Secretary's office. List of officers to whom circulars are sent annually calling for the estimates for their offices, &c. 2. Clerk of the House of Representatives, 20. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, 21. Surveyor General northwest of the Ohio, 66 of Illinois and Missouri, Arkansas, 1. Secretary of the Senate, 3. Librarian to Congress, 4. Secretary of State, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, 10. Third Auditor, 11. Fourth Auditor, 12. Fifth Auditor, 13. Treasurer of the United States, 14. Register of the Treasury, 15. Commissioner of the General Land Office, 16. Solicitor of the Treasury, 17. Secretary of War, 18. Secretary of the Navy, Iowa and Wisconsin, 3. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE. (11) For compensation and mileage of senators: for compensation of officers and clerks of the Senate: for stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate. 4. BY THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (11) For compensation and mileage of members of the House for compensation of officers and clerks of the House: for stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House. 5. By the LibrARIAN TO CONGRESS. For compensation of officers of the Library, $4,500: for the purchase of law books, $1000: for the purchase of scientific and miscellaneous books, $5,000: for the contingent expenses of said library, $ 600. 6. BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. For compensation of the Secretary of State, $6,000: for the clerks and messengers of his office, $20,300: for publishing the laws, including expenses of packing and distributing the laws, $9,000: for stationery, blank books, extra clerk hire, labor, repairs, furniture, &c., $2,000. 7. BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.(12) For the purchase of scientific works necessary for the office, $1,000: for collecting agricultural statistics and other purposes, $3,000. 8. By the Secretary of the TREASURY. For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, $6,000: for compensation of the clerks and messengers in his office, $21,850: for contingent expenses of his office, (in detail,) $9,000. 9. BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER. For compensation of First Comptroller, $3,500: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $25,000: for incidental and contingent expenses of his office $ 5,000. 10. BY THE SECOND COMPTROLLER. For compensation of Second Comptroller, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $ 12,200 for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $1,200. .11. BY THE FIRST AUDITOR. For compensation of First Auditor, $ 3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $16,900: for incidental and contingent expenses in his office, $ 650. 12. BY THE SECOND AUDITOR. For compensation of Second Auditor, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $18,900: for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $ 850. 13. BY THE THIRD AUDitor. For compensation of Third Auditor, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $35,350: for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $ 1,200. 14. BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR. For compensation of Fourth Auditor, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $17,900: for contingent and incidental expenses of his office, $ 900. 15. BY THE FIFTH AUDITOR. For compensation of Fifth Auditor, $ 3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $ 11,800 for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $ 750. 16. BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR, or "AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT." For compensation of the Auditor, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $82,700 : for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $ 4,860. 17. BY THE SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY. For compensation of the Solicitor, $3,500: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $9,000 for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $1,250. 18. BY THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES. For compensation of the Treasurer, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $ 10,700: for contingent and incidental expenses of his office, $375. 19. BY THE REGISTER OF THE TREASURY. For compensation of the Register, $3,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $27,300: for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $2,100. (11) These amounts are so unstable, on account of long and short sessions, that they afford no satisfactory average, except that the compensation of the members of each house is eight dollars per day; that of the speaker of the House of Representatives is sixteen dollars per day; travelling expenses to the seat of government $175,000; and some approximation to an average for officers of the two houses, $39,557, also for stationery, fuel, printing, and other contingents of the two houses, $278,000. (12) These estimates are transmitted by the Commissioner of Patents direct to Congress; but the other expenditures of his office, for salaries, contingents, and refunding patent fees erroneously paid, &c., &c., are not estimated for at all, being authorized, by the law reorganizing the office, to be paid out of the patent fund, and settled with those accounts at the Treasury. If this be a good principle, all other expenditures might be made in like manner, without making estimates to Congress, as in the custom house expenditures and other cases of "indefinite appropriations," the nature of which will be more particularly spoken of in the "Addenda" to this chapter. 20. BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. For compensation of the Commissioner, $3,000: for compensation to the recorder, draughtsman, clerks and messengers of his office, $ 96,500, (subject to reduction) for incidental and contingent expenses, $ 13,200. 21. BY THE SURVEYOR GENERAL NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $8,300. 22. BY SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $5,820. 23. BY SURVEYOR General for ARKANSAS. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $4,300. 24. BY SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR LOUISIANA. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $4,500. 25. BY SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR MISSISSIPPI. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $3,600. 26. BY SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR ALABAMA. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $4,000. 27. BY SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR FLORIDA. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $ 5,500. 28. BY SURVEYOR GENERAL FOR WISCONSIN AND IOWA. For compensation of himself and clerks in his office, $3,100. 29. †BY THE REGISTER. For the salary of the Secretary for signing land patents in lieu of the President of the United States, $1,500. 30. BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, and grounds, at Washington. For compensation of Commissioner, $2,000: gardener's salary, $ 1,200 for the various contingencies and incidental expenses (in detail) about the capitol, its gardens and grounds; also the like about the President's house, its gardens and grounds; for the Pennsylvania avenue, the road to Congress burying ground, and compensation of laborers; also for compensation of four draw-keepers at the Potomac bridge, with repairs thereof, $12,000. 31. BY DIRECTOR OF THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA. For compensation of director, treasurer, chief coiner, melter and refiner, engraver, assayer, assistant assayer, and wages of workmen, $43,200; also for incidental and contingent expenses, $6,000. 32. By Director OF THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA. For compensation of superintendent, assayer, coiner, also for incidental and contingent expenses 33. BY DIRECTOR OF THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA. For compensation of superintendent, assayer, coiner, and clerk, of the branch mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, $6,000; for wages of workmen $3,600; for incidental expenses of the same, $3,300. 34. BY DIRECTOR OF THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA. For compensation of superintendent, treasurer, coiner, assayer, melter and refiner, and two clerks, of branch mint at New Orleans, $ 12,900; for wages of workmen, $19,000; also for incidental and contingent expenses of the same, $23,000. 35. BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR. For compensation of the Secretary of War, $6,000; for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $13,450; for incidental and contingent expenses in his office, $2,700. 36. BY COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. For compensation of Commissioner, $3,000; for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $16,400; for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $ 37. BY COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. For compensation of Commissioner, $2,500; for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $12,000; for incidental and contingent expenses of his office, $1,400. 38. BY COMMANDING GENERAL. (13) For compensation of one clerk, in his office, $1,000; for miscellaneous items, $300. 39. BY ADJUTANT GENERAL. For compensation of clerks and messenger in his office, $7,150; for incidental expenses, $1,400. (13) It will be borne in mind, that the military chiefs of Bureaus in the War Department receive their pay and emoluments as officers of the Army, though detailed to civil service in these Bureaus; and therefore it is, that the estimates for those Bureaus are only for their clerks, messengers, and contingencies: whereas, the naval chiefs of the Bureaus in the Navy Department, being detailed to civil service in those Bureaus, are paid as civil officers, and therefore estimate for their fixed salaries, along with the other demands of their respective bureaus, as seen in their places in this Table of estimates, sequel. 40. BY QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. For compensation of clerks and messenger in his office, $11,500; for incidental and contingent expenses, $1,400. 41. BY PAYMASTER GENERAL. For compensation of clerks and messenger in his office, $7,100; for incidental and miscellaneous expenses of his office, $725. 42. BY THE COMMISSARY GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE. For compensation of clerks and messenger in his office, $3,800; for incidental and miscellaneous expenses of his office, $1,750. 43. BY CHIEF ENGINEER. For compensation of clerks and messenger in his office, $5,150; for contingent and miscellaneous expenses of his office, $900. 44. BY THE SURGEON GENERAL. For compensation of one clerk in his office, $1,000; for contingent and miscellaneous expenses of his office, $250. 45. BY THE COLONEL OF ORDNANCE. For compensation of clerks in his office, $8,150; for incidental and contingent expenses, $830. 46. BY TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER. For compensation of one clerk in his office, $1,000; for contingent expenses and miscellaneous items in his office, $1,250. 47. BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR. For the contingent expenses and miscellaneous items for the northwest executive building, $4,000. 48. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, $6,000: for compensation of clerks and messengers in his office, $ 13,550. 49. BY CHIEF OF BUREAU OF NAVY YARDS AND Docks. For compensation of the chief of Bureau, $3,000: for compensation of the civil engineer, draughtsman, clerks, and messenger, of his office, $7,400. 50. BY CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, AND REPAIRS. For compensation of chief of Bureau, $3,000 for salaries of chief naval constructor and engineer in chief, $6,000: for assistant constructor, clerks, and messenger, $6,700. 51. BY CHIEF OF BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYDROGRAPHY. For compensation of the Chief of Bureau, $3,000 for compensation of draughtsman, clerks, and messenger, in his office, $5,400. 52. BY CHIEF OF BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. For compensation of the Chief of Bureau, $3,000 for compensation of clerks and messenger, in his office, $ 5,300. 53. BY CHIEF OF BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. For compensation of the chief of Bureau, $2,500 for compensation of assistant surgeon, clerks, and messenger, in his office, $4,100. 54. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. For the contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the Secretary's office, and of all the Bureaus of the Navy Department, $10,800. 55. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. For the contingent expenses of the southwest executive building, $2,825. 56. BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. For compensation of the Postmaster General, $6,000: for compensation of three assistant Postmasters General, $7,500: for compensation of clerks, messengers, superintendent, and watchinen, $ 61,000: for blank books, binding, stationery, printing, fuel, oil, labor, and miscellaneous items, $6,960. 57. BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. For compensation of Attorney General, $ 4,000 for salary of clerk and messenger in his office, $1,500 for contingent expenses of his office, $500. 58. BY THE REGISTER. For the salaries of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and eight associate Judges, $41,000: and for salary of Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, $1,300. 59. †BY THE REGISTER. For salaries of the District Judges of the United States, $52,900. 60. BY THE REGISTER. For salaries of the Chief Justice of the District of Columbia, and two associate Judges, the Judge of the Criminal Court, and the Judge of the Orphan's Court of said District, $11,700. 61. †By the REGISTER. For compensation of District Attorneys of the United States, including those in the several Territories, $8,000.(14) 62. BY THE REGISTER. For compensation of Marshals of the United States, including those in the several Territories, $7,200.(14) (14) Marshals and District Attorneys mostly depend on their abundant fees of office, in addition to a small salary of $200 each. 63. BY MARSHALS. For defraying the contingent expenses of the Supreme Court, and of the District Courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; also for jurors and witnesses, in addition to or in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred in the fiscal year; and likewise, for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and for prosecutions for offences against the United States, and for the safe keeping of prisoners; and for the employment of additional counsel and agents in certain cases, $6,845. 64. BY THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN. For salaries of the Governor, three Judges, and Secretary, $9,100; for contingent expenses of said territory, $350; for compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, the pay of officers and attendants, printing, stationery, and other incidental and contingent expenses, $13,700. 65. BY THE GOVERNOR OF IOWA. For salaries of the Governor, three Judges, and the Secretary of the territory, $9,100; for contingent expenses of said territory, $300; for compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly, the pay of officers and attendants, printing, stationery, and other incidental and contingent expenses, $14,000. 2 66. BY THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA. For the salaries of the Governor, five Judges, and the Secretary of the territory, $13,500; for the contingent expenses of said territory, $350; for compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, the pay of officers and attendants, printing, stationery, and other contingent expenses, $20,600. ("Miscellaneous.") 67. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. For compensation of superintendent of the Coast Survey, including compensation of his assistants, and the expenses of survey, $88,000. 68. BY FIFTH AUDITOR, as chief superintendent of Light-houses. For compensation of 236 keepers, and 16 assistant keepers of light-houses, $99,388; for supplying light-houses with lamps and oil, &c., &c., $100,173; for repairs of light-houses, and incidental expenses, (in detail,) $83,000; for salaries of 20 keepers of floating lights, $16,000; for seamen's wages, and for repairs and supplies of said 30 floating lights, $62,000; for the various expenses attendant on the weighing, moving, cleansing, repairing, &c., of beacons and buoys, $12,000; also for superintendents' commissions, at 2 per cent, $9,600. 69. BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (OCCASIONALLY). For building and repairing Custom houses, and marine hospitals, $ 70. BY THE MARSHAL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. For compensation and contingent expenses of the Auxiliary Guard in the city of Washington, $ 6,775. 71. BY THE WARDEN OF THE PENITENTIARY. For the support of the Penitentiary, $6,000. 72. BY THE MARSHAL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. For the support, clothing, and medical treatment of insane paupers of the District of Columbia, at some suitable lunatic asylum at Baltimore or elsewhere, $4,000. 73. †BY THE REGISTER. For compensation of two keepers of the public archives in Florida, $1,000. (Diplomatic Intercourse with Foreign Nations.) 74. BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. For salaries and outfits of ministers, to Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, $63,000; also for salaries of Secretaries of Legation to the same, $14,000. 75. BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. For compensation to a Commissioner to China, $5,000; also for salary of Secretary and Chinese interpreter to that mission, $2,500. 76. BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. For salaries of Chargès des affaires to Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Chili, Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, Texas, (before annexation,) Naples, Sardinia, and Buenos Ayres, $62,500; also for outfits of Chargès des affaires, $ 77. BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. For salary of minister resident to Turkey, $6,000; also for salary of a dragoman to the legation to Turkey, $2,500. (15) There is a great number of other items usually classed under the indefinite denomination of "miscellaneous," for which there is no precise rule to distinguish them from others that are classed under the civil list proper; such as salaries of four assistant Treasurers of the United States, $11,500-additional compensation to five District Judges at $800, each-additional salaries of Treasurers of the mint at Philadelphia and branch at New Orleans, at $500 each-compensation of surveyors for surveying public lands, and mineral or copper regions, towns, and vilages, in the several stats and territories, under the superintendence of Surveyors General, average $200,000,-but which, with some other matters, are equally susceptible of being classed with the like subjects in the civil list proper, or quasi public debts, as explained under the head of “Addenda” to this chapter. |