Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-10
Whole amount passed to his credit.
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1t is hardly necessary to say, that NEST il not ALL OF
these claims presented, or probably thought
Of, until after tho claimant was out Of Office.
The advance to Mr.. Binney,a we'll as tho all Jwance
Of interest upon interest, aud extra commissions, by
the Secretary of the Navy appear the plea
BILE account of the following facts. viz:
On the S,b April 1928, he submitted Mr.. Binney's
claims to the President with explanatory letter,
Guiding follows
at perhaps proper add, that the amount claimed
by Mr. Bnney is very nearly the same as that with
which no stands charged tho books OF this office.
On the 2lst May, 1925 he returned Mr.. Binney's
papers to the Fourth Auditor with letter in which he
says:
al reason to doubt the justice of claim his
part tor losses Treasury notes. interest, SC. But
do not feel at liberty TO authorize the allowance Of any
OF the items except that for interest actually paid by him.
which you will be pleased to settle. For tho other
claims he will be obliged to address himself to Con-
gre.s," SC.
Yet, by the Sd of June he had allowed by his entries
upon the vouchers not only tho "interest actually
paid but interest upon that interest," and interest upon
sum, never before charged with charges for extra
missions, &c sc. and on that day he advanced $4,000
to the man whose claims he stated to the President,
the 9Th April nearly the that with which
he stood charged on u G books Of his oicc
Some Of the items in Mr. Binney's last account eur
rent which were not dsallowed, but only suspended,
wero follows:
Interest on S39,I5s 90, charged for loss ON
Treasury notes TO 3lst May, 1928, S3o,0s2 %
Amount paid for brokerage and expenses on
N. York funds $3.50 CT
Interest to 3lst May 1928, 4,oo7 OF
Exchange and depositc OF money in Bank OF
the U. States 900 90
Brokerage and expenses ON Treasury drafts
on Providence, II. l., and Portland, 1880 76
Commission oil one per cent. on all his expen-
diures 10000 90
Ifa Mr. Bnney's claims had been allow ed, his emou-
ments would have been at least 900 per year. il
was. they were from FIVE thousand to ten.
Almost every extraordinary allowances actually made
was sanctioned by the Secretary OF the Navy. There
tor to the Second Comptroller, accompanying his re-
port Of March 7th, 1929, Of which the following
copy:
MARCH It'll, 1929.
SIR: In the last settlement OF the accounts of Amos
Bnney late Navy Agent Boston, sundry charges. the
vouchers Tor which herewith enclosed suspect
ded on the ground that ii was not competent TO the
counting officers TO decide what should be considered
extra official duties for which the law allowed addition
al or ertrd compensation That question seems now TO
have been settled by decision OF the Secretary
precisely similar in character those supported by tho
accompanying vouchers; and have accordingly report
ed balance due to Amos Bihney, Of fory-nne thou
sand and thirtythree dollars and twenty cents excud
ing from the account sundry charges for loss Treasu
ry notes. for which he has memorial now DC ending be-
fore Congress. T. W.
RICHARD Curtis, ESQ.
Second Comptroller Of the Treasury.
The Second Comptroller did not th. report; the
papers were Withdrawn by the Fourth Auditor; the
Element cancelled the entries the ledger of this Office
and he still remains indebted the United States S39
OBJ 93, of which the Of $40 900 is tho advance
made TO him by the Secretary OF the Navy two wears
ter he out Of Office and while he still in debt
10 me Government upwards OF $4,000.
ITO be Continued