Statement of the names of the clerks, &r-Continued.

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449 99

720

720.00

720

720.00

720

720 00

321 52

Statement of the names of the clerks, &c.—Continued.

The five per cent. tax on salaries was deducted from the amount paid at the time of each monthly payment. The clerks and other employés, with very few exceptions, (heretofore reported,) have been assiduous in the discharge of their duties. The increase of the business of the office requires the continuance of the entire force employed at present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Office, January 26, 1866.

S. B. COLBY, Register.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Office of Commissioner of Customs, January 11, 1866.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a statement showing the names of the clerks and other persons employed in this office during the year ending December 31, 1865, the time each of them was so employed, the amount of compensation paid them, and the place of their residence at the time they were severally appointed, prepared in pursuance of the 11th section of the act of Congress approved August 26, 1842, and the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 13, 1846.

I have also to state that the clerks and other persons named have been usefully employed; that their services cannot be dispensed with without detriment to the public service; and that, should any changes become necessary to the better despatch of business, I shall have the honor to report them as they occur. With great respect, your obedient servant,

Hon. HUGH MCCULLOCH,

N. SARGENT, Commissioner of Customs.

Secretary of the Treasury.

Statement showing the name, place of residence at the time of appointment, time employed, and amount received by each clerk and other person employed in the office of Commissioner of Customs during the year ending December 31, 1865.

Names.

J. A. Marshall.

District of Columbia
...do...
Tennessee.

District of Columbia
.do...

January 1 to February 17.
April 22 to December 31..
August 12 to December 31.
October 1 to December 31.
Whole year
.do..

186 67

830 76

463 04

300 00

1,000 00

720.00

TREASURY Department,

Solicitor's Office, January 23, 1866.

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of Mr. Assistant Secretary Chandler of the 23d ultimo, requesting me to furnish, for transmission to Congress, a list of all clerks and other persons who have been employed in this office during the year ending December 31, 1865, or any part thereof, with the sum paid to each; also whether they have been usefully employed, whether the services of any of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service, and whether the removal of any individuals and the appointment of others in their stead is required for the despatch of business, and the residence of each at the time of appointment.

In compliance with the request thus made, I transmit a table showing the names of all persons who have been employed in the office within the year specified, with the length of time each was employed, the amount paid to each, and the residence of each at the time of appointment.

All these persons have been usefully employed, and the services which those who remain in the office render cannot be dispensed with without detriment to the public service.

As to the removal of any of them, and the substitution of others in their places, I do not know that such action would result in any advantage. There are some whose places could doubtless be better filled by persons who could be selected, but whether there is a probability that more efficient ones would actually be selected I am not prepared to say.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully,

Hon. HUGH MCCULLOCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.

EDWARD JORDAN,
Solicitor of the Treasury.

Statement showing the names of clerks and other persons employed in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury during the year ending December 31, 1865, the length of time each of them was so employed, the compensation paid them, and the State in which each resided at the time of his appointment.

J. M. McKinney, from the 8th of February, 1865, and F. A. Simkins, from November 1, 1865, have been paid under the act of March 3, 1863.

John Cockle, mentioned above, is employed in the office of the First Auditor of the Treasury.

Messrs. Thomas, Murphy, and Bartlett, temporary clerks named above, are paid under the act May 20, 1862. Additional compensation has been paid as follows: B. F. Pleasants, for quarter ending September 30, 1865, $50: John M. McKinney, from April 1 to September 30, 1865, $125; Webster Elmes, from April 1 to September 30, 1865, $75; A. L. Sturtevant, from April 1 to September 30, 1865, $75.

List of the clerks, messengers, laborers, &c., employed in the Bureau of Comp troller of the Currency, exhibiting the State from whence appointed, time employed, and salary paid, during the year ending December 31, 1865.

District of Columbia. January 1 to December 8.