TREASU'RER'S OFFICE, John Campbell, Treasurer, $3,000 per annum. The Treasurer receives and keeps the moneys of the United States, and disburses the same upon warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, countersigned by the proper Comptroller and Auditor, and recorded by the Register. CLERKS IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. PETER G. WASHINGTON, chief clerk............ ......$1700 00 H. Jackson, attends to the payment of warrants at Washington. 1400 00 George W. Dashiell, attends to remittances................... 1100 00 Samuel Forrest, attends to the Treasurer's quarterly accounts.. 1000 00 Andrew Smith, issues receipts for moneys paid into the Trea sury on account of patents, drafts for transfers of money, records public letters, &C............. 800 00 James Moore, messenger...... 700 00 REGISTER'S OFFICE. Thomas L. Smith, Register, $3,000 per annum. The Register of the Treasury keeps all accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, and of all debts due to, or from, the United States; he keeps the district tonnage accounts of the United States ; he receives from the Comptroller the accounts u hich have been finally adjusted, and with their vouchers and certificates, preserves them; he records all warranis for the receipt or payır.ent of moneys at the Treasury, certifies the same thereon, and transmits to the Secretary of the Treasury copies of the certificates of balances of accounts adjusted. By an act of the 10th February, 1820, it is also made the duty of the Register of the Treasury, to prepare statistical accounts of tbe commerce and navigation of the United States, to be laid before Con. gress annually. CLERKS IN THE REGISTER'S OFFICE. MICHAEL NOURSE, chief clerk; bis special duty is to keep the books containing the general accounts of the debt of the United States, and the accounts of individuals, creditors in the books of the Treasury ; le prepares all reposts and statements that may be required in relation to the public debt, including the annual statements and report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund; he also keeps the leger appertaining to the revenue arising from the sale of the public lands, &c., containing the arcounts of the several receivers, the entries in which are made on the quarterly settlements at the Treasury; and makes a shori entry of all accounts admitted and cerrified by the Firsi Comptroller; and pays the contingent accounts of the Register's office. His other du ties are of a more general character, a pperlaining to the calls from the Departments and Congress, and to correspondence..........$1700 00 ames McClery, superintends the branches of commerce and navigation, of revenue and drawback, and discharges various other duties in relation to these branches...... 1400 00 John D. Barclay, keeps the principal books of receipts and expenditures, in which are included all the personal accounts in relation to the Treasury and State Departments ; all the general heads of appropriations made by Congress ; all the warrants issued on, or in favor of the Treasury ; makes out the estimates for Congress, on which are founded the acts of appropriatious for the support of Government, and of the military and naval establishments, which he also makes out; makes out and superintends the formation of various statements in relation to the receipts and expenditures of the United States......................... ...........$1400 00 James Laurie, keeps the import leger, exhibiting the revenue arising on imports, and containing the accounts of the several collectors of the customs, the entries in which are made on the quarterly settlements by the accounting officers of the Treasury 1400 00 John B. Blake, keeps the legers of appropriations and expendi tures for the War and Navy Departments ; prepares quarterly lists of payments under their respective heads, together with the tabular views of appropriations, payments, repayments, and balances ; makes out a balance sheet, which is an exhibit in aggregate of the quarterly operations under each and every head of appropriation for the services of said Departments, together with the balances unapplied at the close of each quarter; and occasionally assists in preparing answers to calls for miscellaneous iuformation......... 1400 00 Francis Lowndes, keeps the tonnage accounts of the United States, and corresponds with the several collectors thereon ; prepares the annual statement for Congress of the district ionnage of the United States, shewing the several descriptions of tonnage belonging to each district at the close of the year. 1150 00 William James, keeps the returns of the American and foreign tonnage ; prepares the general statements of tonnage entering and departing, which accompany the report on commerce and navigation ; assists in preparing the general statement of duties on merchandise, tonnage, &c., for public accouiits ; and attends to other duties of a general nature, connected with the accounts of the collectors of the customs........... 1150 00 B. F. Rillenhouse, receives and enters in the journal the ac. counts of moneys expended in the civil, miscellaneous, and diplomatic departments ; balances the leger of receipts and expenditures annually ; keeps the leger of appropriations and expenditures of the civil, miscellaneous, and diplomatic departments prepares and superintends the printing of the public accounts relative to the War and Navy Departments.... 1150 00 William Mackey, keeps the books of internal revenue, and makes out transcripts for suit........ 1000 00 J. M. Wood, keeps the records of marine papers issued in all the ports of the United States ; enters the copies of registers and enrolments issued, and the originals when surrendered ; files the latter, and arranges copies of said registers and enrolinents........... ........... 1000 00 ... 1000 00 Joseph Mounts, has charge of the fire-proof records of the Treasury Department; Turnishing information from them, embracing the files of the accounts filed at the Treasury by the First and Fifth Auditors, and certified by the First Comptroller; keeps registers of them; and has charge of the books of the old government....... ............$1000 00 Isaac K. Hanson, keeps the books of imports in American aurk foreign vessels from foreign countries, of the articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of foreign countries ; also the footings of the collectors abstracts, and makes out the annual statement for Congress, of importations in American and foreign vessels........ 1000 00 Juhn Nourse, keeps the impost book-merchandise and ton nage, and duties thereon-all the receipts and expenditures of each collection district-also, takes off the drawbacks, by which the net revenue on merchandise, &c., is ascertained............ 1000 00 Joseph Brewer, keeps the books of foreign merchandise exported in American and foreign vessels—the closing accounts of direct tax-copies revenue accounts for suit--and performs various other services of a miscellaneous nature..... William Cox, records and registers the warrants upon the re. quisitions of the Secretaries of War and Navy............ 1000 00 James D. Woodside, copying clerk, and prepares statements of a miscellaneous character-records drafts drawn on banks hy the Treasurer of the United States, and the receipts given by him for patent fees...... 1000 00 Robert Lawrence, assists in that branch of business which re lates to the lonnage of the United States--transmite certificates and lists of crew's to the several collectors and has charge of the congressional documents...................... 1000 00 Edgar Pallerson, keeps the books of domestic produce exported in American and foreign vessels, and prepares the annual statements thereof for Congress...... 1000 001 John A. McBlair, prepares for the Register's signature, copies of reports of the 1st and 5th Auditors on which warrants are to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury for civil, miscellaneous, diplomatic, and revolutionary claims-makes out for the 1st and 5th Auditors effires certificates of moneys adyan. ced to, and of balances due from individuals, upon which are founded the charges in the settlements of their accounts; and records and registers warranis drawn in favor of, and on the Treasurer of the United States.............. 800 CO P. W. Gallaudel, prepares various statements and keeps, the records in relation to the unclaimed dividends, and she marine hospital fund-keeps the account of the contingent fund, and of payments made by order of the library coinmittee of Congress-records the Treasurer's drafts on banks and receipts for patents....... 800 00 James Walson, messenger........ 700 00 Thomas H. Quincy, assistant messenger.. 350 00 GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Ethan A. Brown, Commissioner, $3,000 per annum. Prior to the 25th of April, 1812, grants of land were issued by Letters Patent from the Department of State, By an act of that date a General Land Office was established, in which all patents for land are now made out and recorded. By that act the President was required to sign all land patents, but under a law of March 20, 1833, a Secretary has been appointed to sign them for him. By the act of 24th of April, 1820, all sales of public lands, made after July 1st of that year, are inade for cash , and complete payınent must be made on the day of purchase. The minimum price is fixed at $1 25 per acre, below which they cannot be disposed of. CLERKS IN TAE GENERAL. LAND OFFICE. John M. MOORE, chief clerk...... $1700 00 Samuel D. King, has iu charge the reports of ihe commissioners on private land claims--attends to all inquiries connected with those claims, and issues the patents therefor-attends to the subject of the location of Indian reserves, with various miscellaneous duties...... 1150 00 Frederick Keller, issues the patents for the Virginia military buunty lands, and examines warrants and prepares documents whereon inilitary bounty land scrip is issued at the Treasury, and at:ends to the miscellaneous inquiries and correspondence connected with these subjects................ 1150 00 William T. Steiger, drauglitsman........ 1150 00 Joseph S. Wilson, superintends the issuing of patents for lands sold by the United States, and patents for military bounty lands of the late war-attenils to the preparation of exemplifiCations of records and documeiits, and to the correction of errors of entry at the district land offices... 1150 00 Ij. ('mirse ........ 1150 00 Accountants. Their duties are to William Simmons.... 1150 00 *William S. S'mith... keep the individual accounts of pur 1150 00 + Sackelt. Reynolds.... chasers of public lands and to examine 1150 00 Meade Filshugh...... and report on quarterly accounts of 1150 00 N. 4. Rundall.... the receivers of public money......... ( 1150 00 T. B. Reily... 1000 00 Assistant Accountants.... Jolin Wilson 1000 00 Joseph Collins ..... 1000 00 Suniel Hanson...... Write and record patents......... 1000 00 Edward Barnard.... 1000 00 Orris S. Paine, Clerk...... 1000 00 J. L. Barnhill messenger............... 700 00 Roderick Hamplon, assistant messenger....... 350 00 *William Smith also acts as agent for the payment of salaries, and for the disburseinent of the contingent fund, and extra appropriations for clerk lire. tsackett Reynolds has also in charge the accounts of the three per cent fund, aceruing on the nett proceeds of public lands, payable to the States wherein those lands are situated, for which he receives 8250 per annum. ..... ............ SECRETARY FOR SIGNING LAND PATENTS. Andrew J. Donelson....... ... $1500 00 SOLICITOR'S OFFICE. annum. The office of the Solicitor of the Treasury was created by the act of 29th May, 1830. He superintends all the civil suits, commenced in the name of the United States, in all the courts, until they are carried up to the Supreme Court of the United States, when they come under the superintendence of the Attorney General. He instructs the district attorneys, marshals, and clerks in all matters and proceedings appertaining to those suits, and receives from then, after each terni of couri, reports of their situation and progress. He receives from collectors, reports of custom house bonds put in suit, and of information, &c., directed by them. He establishes, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the observance of collectors, district attorneys, and marshals, as may be deemed necessary for the just responsibility of those officers, and the prompt collection of all revenues and debts due, and accruing In, the United States. This officer also has charge of all lanıls and other property, which have been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed to the United States in payment of debis, and all trusts created for the use of the United States in payment of debts due them; and bas power to sell and dispose of lands assigned or set off to the United States in payment of debts, or being vested in then by mortgage or other security, for the payment of debts. CLERKS IN THE SOLICITOR'S OFFICE, Nicholas Harpur, employed in making docket entries from the returus or the United States’ attorneys, marshals, and clerks of courts, of suits on Treasury transcripts-transmitting Treasury transcripts of accounts for suit-in receiving, endorsing and filing communications to the office, and in minor correspondence, &c. &c.................$1150 00 Benjamin F. Pleasanls, employed in making docket entries from the returns of the United States' aliorneys, marshals, clerks, and collectors, of suits brought on custom house bonds, and for fines, penalties, and forfeiture'., for violations of the revenue laws-in receiving, endorsing, and filing communications to the office, in relation to that class of business, &c. &c................. 1150 00 Basil Waring, employed in attending to the business relating to internal duties and direct taxes; the business relating to lands, &c., set off to the United Staies in payınent of debts ; keeping records of deeds and conveyances made for the same by the Solicitor ; recording letters relating to those two branches of business; endorsing and filing letters received relating to the same, and in minor correspondence in relativa 10 these branches, &c. &c........ .... 1150 001 Pacificus Ord, messenger........... 500 00 ...................... .................... |