and validity of all such claims as may be presented to them, and are provided for by the convention referred to, according to the merits of the seve ral cases, and to justice, equity, and the law of natious, and according to the provisions of said convention. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all records, documents, or other papers, which now are in, or hereafter, during the continuance of this commission, may come into the possession of the Department of State, in relation to such claims, shall be delivered to the commission aforesaid SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, with their Secretary, whose appointment is hereinafter provided for, shall convene in this city on the first Monday of April next, and shall proceed to execute the duties of their commission; and the Secretary of S ate shall be, and he is hereby authorized and required forthwith after the passing of this act, to give notice of the said intended meeting, to be pubished in one or more public gazettes in the city of Washington, and in such other public papers, published elsewhere in the United States, as he may designate. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall proceed, immediately after their mee ing in the city of Wa-bing on, with ali convenient despatch, to arrange and docket the several claims, and to consider the evidence which shall have been, or which may be offered by the respective claimants, allowing such further time for the production of such further evidence as may be required, and as they shall think reasonable and just ; and they shall thereupon proceed to determine the said claims, and to award distribution of the sums to be received by the United States from the King of Denmark, under the stipulations of the convention aforesaid, among the several claimants, according to their respective rights. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to make all needful rules and regulations, not contravening the laws of the land, the provisions of this act, or the provisions of the said convention, for carrying their said commission into full and complete effect. SEC 6. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a Secretary to the said commission. SEC 7. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners and Secretay shall severally take an oath for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the respective officers for whose appointment provision is made by this act shall not exceed the following sums: to each of the said commissioners, at the ra e of three thusand dollars per annum, and to the Secretary of the Board at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; and the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the said commission as shall appear to him reasonable and roper; and the said salaries and expenses shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 9 And be it further enacted, That all moneys to be received from the Danish Government under the convention aforesaid, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall consti ute a fund for satisfying the awards of the commission provided for by this act. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all communications to or from the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners on the business of the commission shall pass by mail free of postage. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the said commission shall be executed and completed, the records, documents, and all other papers in the possession of the commission or its officers shall be deposited. in the office of the Secretary of State. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. LOUIS MCLANE, of Delaware, Secretary, $6000 per annum. The office of Secretary of the Treasury was created by act of the 2nd September, 1789. He superintends all the fiscal concerns of the Government, 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 moneys 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 authorised 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, 1830, the office of Solicitor of the Treasury was created. A portion of the duties of this office had been previously, under the Act of 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 affirmation 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 warrants 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 ac counting officers of the Treasury, for settlement: and all officers of the government who neglect to comply with this regulation, are to be prompt ly reported to the President, and dismissed from the public service. CLERKS IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1600 00 ASBURY DICKINS, Chief Clerk, superintends the business of the office generally; receives the directions of the Secretary on matters to be acted upon; refers to the subordinate 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) directs remittances; audits and directs the payment of accounts out of the contingent fund; assists in the general correspondence and in preparing reports as the Secretary may direct; acts as agent in paying the salaries in the Secretary's office; and as translator of foreign languages; and transmits Mediterranean passports and sea letters to the Collectors........ ...... .....$2000 00 James L. Anthony, prepares the warrants for payment into the Treasury; issues and registers the warrants for pay. ments, 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. M Kean, attends to the business with banks; to remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures; to applications for release from imprisonment; to matters relating to internal improvement, and to the Mint establishment; and also to such subjects as are subinitted 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............ ........... 1600 00 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 an account of the accruing duties Robert Newell, 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...... Francis A. Dickins, examines and registers the revolutionary claims, under the act of 15th of May, 1828; prepares and registers the certificates and warrants for the payment of those allowed; and generally attends to all matters connected with that business.... John McGinnis, jun. attends to the business submitted from the General Land Office, and other offices relating to ac-. counts or business of the land, officers; to all matters concerning the revenue cutter service, and marine hospitals; and to charges or complaints for official misconduct against any of those officers.... Gilbert Rodman, jun keeps an 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 March, 1823 appeals from appraisements under the 18th section of the same act; applications to complete drawbacks under the VOL. X. ......... 10 ...... 1400 00 ........ 1400 00 1400 00 1400 00 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; be also attends to the payment of fishing bounties, and to the concerns of revenue boats...... 1400 00 1150 00 Horace E. Wolf, has charge of letters of application and recom-" mendation for office, complaints, and resignations; issues commissions, warrants, and letters of appointment; keeps a record of the officers under the Treasury Department; attends to matters concerning the light house establishment; and examines charges or complaints for official misconduct against persons connected with that establishment; and assists in copying and recording...... ....................... Andrew M. Laub, has the charge, of the records, and general letter files; registers the references inade by the Secretary or Chief Clerk; attends to the remittances to the bankers of the United States abroad, and to fommissioners of Loans; and also to the superintendence of the Treasury Building and the grounds attached thereto; and assists in copying and recording 1250 00 General Regulation-Each Clerk brings before the Chief Clerk such business as may require his attention, or that of the Secretary; prepares such correspondence as may be necessary in his branch of business, submitted through. the Chief Clerk; notes in a register kept for that purpose the date of the receipt of each letter, return or other official communication sent out to him, and endorses the same on such paper; gives immediate notice to the Chief Clerk, each in relation to his particular business, of the failure of any public officer, agent, or bank, to transmit the returns, or to make payments or deposites required; or to perform any other duties; and in addition to the duties specially assigned, perform such other occasional duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary or Chief Clerk.-The usual hours of business are from 9 o'clock to 3; but such further attendance is given as the exigences of the public services require. A. R. Watson, messenger.......... FIRST COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 750 00 350 00 Joseph Anderson, Comptroller, $3,500 per annum. The First Comptroller examines all accounts settled by the first and Fifth Auditors, aud 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 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 For which is appropriated the sum of 8250. 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 derision 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 of bonds of indemnification for the renewal of lost certificates of stocks. 1400 00 Lund Washington, examines the accounts of the collectors of the customs South and West of the river Potomac-the accounts of the Treasurer of the United States-the accounts 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 accounts 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 Bank accounts of the United States and its branches-Commissioners of Loans for the payment of principal and interest of the funded debt-internal revenue and direct tax accounts-revolutionary claims--and records the same; and enters warrants on collectors of the customs, direct tax, and internal revenue.............................. ......... 1150 00 Benjamin Harrisson, examines the accounts of contractors and deputy postmasters...... 1150 00 William Anderson, examines the accounts of the Marshals of 1150 00 |