Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-02

tine - the year lol6, the annual re-
fees v ~, the public lands were incon-
csss he compared with what they
sidsraOls1n' since that time. The induce
have - incur expense, in order to OBJ
nsDs v hest information of which the
Ialn W. Of the case admitted. was not SO
na'u nr as it has been since the great
:tr'po Citation which has occurred IN
those ,sdsr the influence of these consid-
IONS IONS in the year 1916, the late MI
ers ,I"s vino was then Secretary of the
gars s9ry directed that the principal
F'S oa;ees in the state of Ohio, & Ter
anu Las of it, should be examined by one
ri w. Clerks of the General Land OF
o. " The same person was permitted
n'', ..nine them in 1917, upon the as
we, zee of the commissioner, that his
'ai@ zee from his clerical duties would
aO'y ~ detrimental to the public service.
D" tbis service he received In both
-" At the rate of three dollars per
dnriug the time he was thus en-
va I'D in addition to his salary as Clerk,
P, S;oh was not affected by his absence
from the Office.
i'V Since that time, the offices have been
mined by persons unconnected with
~. ~ department who have been COM
.osated for their services at the rate of
f. dollars day whilst engaged N the
.samipation, and six dollars day for
s ' twenty miles travel performed in
,bs execution of this service. 1t has
Seeo the practice to furnish them with
LITTER of credit to the Receivers, who
.3vance to them upon their bills SUCH
.nu,s as may be necessary to defray
thar expenses. The great press of bust
ness which the law granting relic. to
the purchasers of public land, has bro't
anon the land officers, has prevented
them from making their returns, which
will, when made, shew the amount that
Ia, been received by the gentlemen who
have examined the Land Offices, during
me year 1921. Until these returns are
rseeiyed, their accounts cannot be ad-
iustsd; but the compensation which
will be allowed will not exceed the rates
aforementioned. Owing to the delay
whch occurred in transmitting instruc,
tons from the General Land Office, the
gentleman who has been employed to
examine the southern offices, has not yet
forwarded his reports.
The gentleman who examined the
Land Offices in the states of Ohio, In
dana, Illinois, and Missouri, in the year
lS2l, whilst engaged in that duty, eff
fected very Important service to the
Treasury, by obtaining collateral Sc
eufity for a very large amount of the
public money on deposite in the Bank
of Eineennes, at the time that that Bank
stopped payment. The expectation
that he would be able to effect this ser
wise, formed strong indacemnnt to ac-
eept his offer to examine the Land Of
fees For performing this service he
has made no charge, and will receive no
compensation. No additional compen-
,atOn has been received in any case
whatever.
From the experience which has been
acquired on this subject, no doubt is en-
tertained that the mode of examination
which has been Pursued since the year
ISIS, is decidedly preferable to that
which had been previously pursued.
When different person is employed to
examine each office, the judgment which
Is formed of the manner and style In
which the books are kept, will depend
upon the intelligence, the prejudices, or
FATALITIES, of the different examiners:
but, when the same person examines
number Of Offices, the same intelligence
exercised in each case, exempt, too,
lrOn partlaity or prejudice, when the
~anlner is not a nelghbor or connec-
ton of the officer. The impressions
Produced upon the officers themselves
ytae mode which has been practised
'Aee 1915, prove incontestibly its su-
l'F'orty over the other. An examine
H0n now is not matter OF form. The
"ne the examiner is to arrive Is un-
known, When ne does arrive the examl-
nauon immediately commences, and is
''n''lued, without relaxation, until tits
~ - ne
, %ade BY the neighbors of the officers,
,u' ame of examination depends upon
'"e convenience of the latter, as there Is
"O'G'0g to induce the examiners to pro-
s''E 10 the examination at one time IN
preference toanother.
ha =" = also an object of some Importance
|s Ile examiner should communicate
w 'anni1G1ea1lally many things that he
h. -,