Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-21

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! THE COMMITTEE ON Mr.. wISE'S RESOLUTION
OF INQUIRY AND THE PRESIDENT.
The following resolutions were adopted,
and the Chairman directed 10 furnish the
President of the United States with copy
Of the same.
l. Resolved, That the President Of the
United States be requested, and the heads
of the several Executive Departments be
directed, to furnish this committee with a
list of all officers, or agents, Or deputies,
who have been appointed or employed and
paid, since the 4th of March, 1929, to the
first Of December last, if any, without au-
thority of law, or whose names arc not
contained in the last printed Register Of
public officers, commonly called the "Blue
Book" by the President or either Of the
said heads Of Departments respectively, and
without nomination TO, or the advice and
consen. of the Senate Of the United States :;
showing the name of such officers, agents,
or deputies the sum paid TO each the
services rendered, and by what authority
appointed and paid, aud what reasons for
such appointments.
2. Rcsolred, That the various Executive
officers in replying to the foregoing resolu.
ton, be requested at the same time to furnish
a statement of the period at which any in.
novations not authorized by law, if such
exist, had their origin; their causes, and the
necessity which has required their con.
tinuancc.
Attest. B.. HALLETT, Clerk.
The Presidents Letter to the Committee.
[Copy.]
WASHINGTON CIry, Jan. &c, 1887.
Sir: received on the evening of the
oath inst. your letter, covering copy of
certain resolutions purporting to have been
adopted by a committee of the House Of
Representatives, of which you are chair.
man, and request that you will lay before
that committee, this, my reply, which |
fastened TO make.
1t appears, by the published proceedings
of the House of Representatives, that the
committee, of which YOU are chairman,
was appointed on your motion. The
resolution offered by you, and finally adopt
ed by the House, raised direct issue with
that part Of my annual message in which
| held the following language: "Beforc
concluding this paper, | think it due to the
Executive Departments, to bear testimony
of their prosperous condition, and to the
ability and integrity with which they have
been conducted. 1t has been my aim to
enforce in all of them vigilant and faith.
lul discharge of the public business; and
it is gratifying to me to believe that there
is no just cause Of complaint, from any
quarter, at the manner in which they have
fulfilled the objects Of their creation. -
Your resolution is in the following words; !;
Resolred, That so much ofthc Presidents
message as relates to the CONDITION Of the
various Executive Departments, the ability
and integrity with which they have been
conducted, the vigilant and faithful dis
charge of the public business in all of them,
and the causes of complaint from any
quarter, at the manner in which they have
fulfilled the objects of their creation, be re-.
ferred to a select committee, to consist Of
nine members, with power to send for per.
sons and papers, and with instruction to
inquire into the condition of the various
Executive Departments, the ability and in
tegrity with which they have been conduct.
ed, into the manner in which the public
business has been discharged in all of them.
and into oil causes of complaint, from any
quarter, at the manner in which said depart.
ments, or their bureaus or officers. or any
of their officers or agents Of any descrip.
ton whatever, directly or indirectly con.
ncctcd with them in any manner, officially
or unoficialy, in duties pertaining to the
public interest; have fulfilled or failed to
accomplish the object of their creation; or
have violated their duties, or have injured
and impaired the public service and inter-
est, and that said committee, in its inquiries,
NAV refer to such periods Of time as 10 them
may seem expedicnt and proper" 1t also
appears, from the published proceedings Of
the House, that this resolution was accom-
panied and supported by speech Of con-