Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-22

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.ssisasS dtsiaisg s,sney from flf itsss
On de Sd March, 1905 the day be-
fore his, seeond tern Of soficeS krssIcsnt
leffsrson Improved = An ses 10 pfovlds tor
.she aeeon,m otlation Of the President OF the
Unitsd States. 2 This authorised the z.
-IJ. s. no cause to-bessold = such partci the
lforDDieurS & squipage beloagingto his hous-
hold, = 90 might be desaysd and out otss-
pair, and il appropriated 9 the sum OF Jour
teen thousand aoliars. tdsethtr with the
proceeds of such sales, for the accomu1oda-
zion 6f ihe hodskolh ofthe .President OF tie
tUnited States, 10 be laid OUT at bis disere-
;ticn, andgundef kis direction !
- All The allowances relative 20 the presi;,g
den,isl holshoid, for The respective adni-
nistfations, Weresin sddition TO The pecuni-e
ary compensated, az the rate ,of twenty
ave; thousand dollars per ansiuui. his
. compensation, il may be remembered, was
fixed by ,he,act Of the 18th February, 1898,
without beiag limited 70 any presidential
period. go. ..;,,s,> ;-4. IS
has been legally allowed to all the Presi-
dentss of the United States. And perhaps
candor may admit the disbursements from
|. the treasury, on account Of accommodating
che hOushold within the FIRST four years of
the presidency Of General Washington. TO-
have been abour equal tolhet publicscharges
On the like account, with reference to each
term of four years conprehended within
MI, Jsfersons presidency. But President
Jefferson, during his administration Of 8
years., was not subjected annually 70 heavy.
charges for a place Of residence AZ the seat.
of sov ernu,ent. He had 7orhi accommo-.
dation, at public expense, a stately ,hotfse,:
called the palace. - 8, &. , So.
=" = The being exempted from suchhgh rents.
as were paid by his predecessors at the seat
Of government, would without any other
consideration, make difference Of some
thousands Of dollars TO the pfc6t Of Presi-.
dent jefferson in the course of eight years.
That profit was,sayed to him, at the cost of
the United States. !
y The monies expended on account of the
presidential palace, and square. and great
wall, = and garden, and ice house, aud car,
rage honse, with all the relative accom-
Or asaE JsRs whole ,.ssnSsnsy
pear from any printed document. Butthere
IS some interesting information for consi.
derabie portion Of that time, with respect
to VIVA, was supplied, or done, or repaired,
or altered, at or about the palace orits pre-
icinets, or SOME Of the sPpendages or ap.
purtenanSes. ~ -5t5,
The sd Of March, 1909, was the last day
Of Mr.. Jeffe.sou's presidency. A ssssipn
Of congress, commeAced On the 22d Of May,
following; and at that session, a committee
ofthe housecof Representatives was appoint.
ed 10 enquire, whether monies drawn
from the treasury, since the Eth of March,
1901, have been faithfully applied % the.
objects TOT, which, they were appropriated;
and whether the same have been regularly
accounted TO" The commi,tee, from the
pressure ;oftime and business, not tinding
leisure to complete the Investigating, made
report in part, which was printed with q
,nun,berof oficial COMMUNICATIONS. From
the title page of the report. the committee,
appears to have been appointed on the sis,
of May, and the report to have been read
in the house, ON the iaSth 3of;s : Jaae !, 800.
In one of the STATEMENTS transmitted by the
secretary of the treasury, with his letter of
the s3d of June, accompanying that re,
port, you may find the amount Of sxpendi 4
sure, in relation to the presidents house, as
,chargsdto the u. States, for six successive
periods, commenting the 2oth OF March,
tiSug, and ending The s0tlr Of jane, 1905.
The. statement No. q .is followed by a6 !:
stracts o .manies expeade on aeceunf etE tie
president szh0nse, within the same periods.
From the comn6ttee's report, with the
letter, and Q statement Of ap-
preparations transmitted by hun, d, COM
.nexion with the statement No. 81 and ab !.
stracts from expenditures, there 9is Official
evidence, that the appropriations sptei6cal.
~ made for the presidents house and
square, bv acts Of the Sd Of March. 1so7.