Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-10-23

tuents, which must have been The case, in
the event of a failure to make a choice,
REPORT
of the Government Directors of lie Bank of
the United States to the President, relative
TO The Printing Expenses of that Institution,
referred to in The paper read to hts cabin
ret on The 18Th Of September, 1888.
.zoIhe President Of The United States:
PHILADELPHIA, August 10, 1888.
SIR: we had the honor to receive your
Setter Of The Sd inst, directing us to examine
and report upon the Expense Account of the
Bank Of the United States, for the last two
years. These Of us to whom it was address
sed, requested the attendance Of our COL
league, Mr.. McEiderry, to assist us in the
-exnninetion. On his arrival we proceeded
to investigate the various charges, and to
Aook into such of the vouchers on which
they were founded, as we had time and op-
portunity to dc. These are so numerous,
and embrace.so many small items of various
kinds, that full view OF them can only be
gwen 10 you, by transmitting copies made by
some Persans authorized OF requested by you
or the secretary OF the treasury. The time
and labor necessary for this mode, would
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SIRE in n,,r ra,,anl'. a',d ~. oa ''as
should there be sucb in ,ha la,a;Is u,h;ch
We communicate
As the Exnensc Accou,, e,obr,cos ,l,a o..
rious expenditures FIR s.la rios r,,L;nr and
issuing notes. transnorta,;o, ~ snsc;a hunl
dinys, repairs. and taxes on rt,,l es,atn st.,
tonery. printios and CONTINGENCIES IF NJ,
kIlQS-lt is necessarily In and tri~
ea,s, that we deem it cxpediont a. prosont to
confine our investigation to that portion
which embraced expenditures, calculated toI
Generate ON the election, as they seemed to he
The objects ofino,iry suggested by YOU All
of his kind, introduced into the
ltxnepse Account nd discovered by us, we
found to be so far as ,e,ards the institution
in this civ. embraced unde. the head of Sta
tionery and PRINTING To if therefore, we
chiefly directed our INQUIRIES and an exam
ioa,ion of that item of the account for lf,, last
three wears. undoubtcdlv presents circu,.,-
stances which. in our opinion. fully warrant /
The belief Won have been led to entertain
The EXPENSE Account is maze nm at the
end of cyery six months. and submitted with
tee voucheas to The Dividend Committee. for
examination. Commencing with the last
six months of The wear 1920. we find that the
sum paid for Stationery and Printing amour
ted to SO, 765 "a, which we presume to be
the necessary expense of The institution, un-
der th'sltem, when no extraordinary dlsburse-
ments are made. During the year 1881, the
expenditures es increased to S!'loi u during
the 'as' nan year, ana entries are made IN
' s"'r ~" =" aisc SUMS ''l"N,s t"Te,nsr aoou'
wv p" NJ 'ol p,'n:lns nir. M.nu'n1 re-
r ro.m to he commence,nam, af svs,an m ~.
eynend;,ure wh;ch was the Nov, vear ~,
,n,nselv inc reased and received The So nct;oo
of The Board. as appears bv the entries of the
,uinutes. and two resolutions passed at the
close Of this wear and in the succeeding
spring.
On the 3Oth November, 1880, it is stated
in the minutes that "the President submitted
40 the Board the copy of an article on Banks
and Currency, Just published in the Ameri-