Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-01-13


table tor one day:
Resolved, Thai the Postmaster Gene
raj be directed'to lay before this House
the amount oil defalcatlons in his depart
ment, which occurred previous To July,
1928, and which were not sued for, as
directed by the % h section oil the act
regulating the P1st Office Establishment,
designating the years when each occur
red, and not to extend beyond sixteen
years.
Thursday, December L.
The resolution relative TO tbc post Of
flee establishment, offered yesterday by
Mr.. Gaziay of Ohio, was then taken up
and on motion by Mr. Norrs, was
amended by adding the following
words and the amount Of any such
Deficiencies as may haze been charged
against The Postmaster General Of the
United States" Ii was then adopted as
amended.
Mr.. Gazlay said, that by reference
to the act of Congress oil 1872, reguat-
ing the Post Office Department, II ap.
peared that all the Pos,masters oil the
United States were directed 10 settle
their several accounts with the General
Pos Office every quarter; and, II they
ne elected 10 do SO, the Postmaster Gee
neral was required to sue within three
months. In 1910. the act - as so altered
as TO extend thu period within which The
| Postmaster General must sue, from
three months to six. Ubder such re-
! gnlaIion expressly provided by the law,
| 1t was not 10 have been anticipated that
so much deialcation should occur as The
amount stated IN the Presidents Mes
sage. From reports laid before this
House by the late Postmaster General,
it appeared, tnat III 1914, there was a
balance due the Department, from POST
masters, OF upwards OF S2Oo,OO0 In
1922, this amount had increased TO
$500, 900; and it now stood, as appear
ed by the Presidents Message. at up
wards of $500 900. The object OF the
resolution he had just offered, was to
possess this House with the true state
Of these delaications, in those parlicu
lars OF which 1t is at present unadVlsed
Mr.. Storrs said, thai, as he under TODD
the fact, ii was required, by certain act
OF Congress that the amount ot the de-
ficiency of any Postmaster retained in
Office, should, after the lapse Of certain
time, be charged to the Postmaster Ge-
neral. To ascertain whether that part
of the law had been complied with, or
not, Mr.. S. moved to amend the reso!u-
ton. JournaL
M2aday, December Is.
Mr.. Rankin, from the Committee on
Public Lands. reported an act supple
mentary 10 an act, approved Sd March,
1919, entitled an act for the correc ion OF
errors in making entries of lands at the
land officts; which was read FIRST and
second time, committed, and ordered to
be printed.
Mr.. Rankin, from the same commit
tee, reported bill TO authorize the state
OF Indiana TO open canal through the
public lands. to connec, the navigation Of
the rivers Wabash and the Maumee With
Lake Erie; which was read first and
second time, comnitted, and made the
order of the day for tomorrow, and or
dered to be printed.
The following resolution, offered by
Mr., Cook, on Friday, was taken up and
adopted:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to communicate to
this House, all the Information in his
possession, tending to shew the Circum-
stances connected with a recent robbery
Of the Land Office at Vanda'a, in the
state of Illinois and the justice of re-
leasing the Receiver of public moneys
from the liability to the Government, for
the sum los, by said robbery.
Tuesday, December l6.
On motion of Mr.. Strong, it was
ReSoi0ed, That the Committee on
Public Lands be instructed to inquire
INTO the expediency OF establishing a
Surveyors Office in each of the states
and territories in " hich the Public Lands
of the Unired States are situated.
Mr.. .dlien, of Mass. presented the fol-
lowing resolution:
ResotUed, That the Postmaster Gene.
raj be directed to lay before this House,
a statement of the number Of miles OF
Post road existing by law, in each state
and territory, for each of the three years
next preceding the first day of Apri,
| last--he number of miles OF said road,
whereon the mail was actually carried
IN each of those years--together with
the yearly expense of transporting the
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