Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-07
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Treasury DEPARTMENT,
REGIsrEn's OFFICE, Dec. %. 1886.
+. l.. SMITH, Register.

TIE DEPoslTE BANKS.
The unfinished business OF the mUrnlng hour was Inc
following resolution, heretofore ered by MIR. Garland,
OF Virginia:
Resplrea That the Secretary Of the Treasury commu
n;cale this House. if within his power statement Of
the dividends and SURPRISES which declared by, and
SURPRISES and contingent funds remaining n the sevc-
raj banks in which the public money deposited for the
years 1893, 81, 50, 81, severay.
TO which MIR. Huran heretofore offered the following
amendment:
land tina, he state also, whether the salary or COM
pcnsalion OF agent at The seat OF The General 10.
vernuen composes part Of the expenses OF the said
banks the OF the said agent, and the several sums
paid 10 him by the said institutions respectively.
To which amendment Mr. panderpocl heretofore o.
feTed the following amendment:
And whether the Treasury Department has-any
agent attorney TO correspond or communicate with
said derosi!r banks in relation to The public deposllrs
If go who is such agent correspondent; what com
peusaton is allowed him, and by whom is such n!iow-
ance made or paid
The House vas addressed at length by Mr. Peyon;
after which, >,
.lr Garland proposed 10 modify Ills resolution ny aaa-
ipg thereto the following:
Res0irtd, That q committee OF nine members be ap-
pointed whose duty shall be TO inquire whether the Sc
vcraI banks employed for the depostc of The public mo-.
ncys have all any Of ten by joint or several CONTRACT
eployud an agent TO reside the seat OF Government
their business with the Treasury Department;
what Tie character of the business which he Is so en-
p!nyed transact; what compensation lie receives; we-
Their said agent il there be une has been employed al
the request rOugh the procurement Of the Treasury
Department.; whether the business OF the Treasury DE.
parent with said banks conducted lhroughsad agent
aud whether in The transaction Of any business conded
to said agent he receives any compensation from the lrea-
sury Department. and that said committee have power TO
send Tor persons and papers.
TIcreupnn Mr. Harlan withdrew his amendment,
(Which carried with also the amendment TO the amend
nlen, offered by MIR. Vanderpoei)
Mr.. Mckay offered the following additional rcsolu-
ton 10 The first resolution Of Mr. Garland: which Mr. u.
accepted:
Eesoirtd further That the Secretary of the Treasury
report the actual amount of public moneys each of said
banks has held depose the first day OF each quar-
Ter in the aforesaid years respectively together with any
other information which will show what proportion OF
said dividends and SURPRISES has been derived by the said
banks from the of the public moneys Also as far
be ascerlaned what have been the dividends und
SURPRISES of equal number of other banks than those
that have the public moneys for the last years.
And the question the original resolution of MIR
Garland taken and cared and the question OH the
modified resolution proposed by Mr. Mckay, was taken
and also carried.
The question then recurring the additional resou.
ton oi Mr.. Garland III relation 10 the existence OF The
agent for The dePose banks, &c,
Mr.. Chambers called for the yeas and nays which
ordered and being taken, were, yeas 159, nays
So all The three resolutions were adopted by unan
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIONS.
The House proceeded 10 the Special Order Of the
ol Tie resolution
offered By Mr. Wise, providing for the appointment Of
select committee To inquire into the administration OF the
Executive Departments, dc.
a debate followed. in which Messrs. Pickens, Dunlap
and Peyton participated.
And, on motion Of Mr. Robertson without taking The
question,
The House adjourned.
Before announcing the adjournment the Speaker laid
before the House communication from the Secretary
Of The Treasury, in the words following, 10 wit:
Treasury DEPARTMENT Jan. 3, 1887.
SIR< seize the earliest occasion 10 inform Con gres
Of the measures adopted by this Department since The
1st instant, in compliance with the 18th section of thu
act regulating :: the dcposites of the public money
The balance in the Treasury that day, which wa
subject TO be apporoned among the different States has
the principles Of lhe act, construed by the Atlor
yGeneral, and explained in my last annual report
been ascertained to he SS7 ,4GS S59 81.
The division Of this sum- in detail: among the sevcra
States, may he in the document annexed, (A) and
including Alchgan, equals Sl27 AS 10 10 each electo
raj vote.
In consequence Of the proceedings of the last
ton in Michigan, and the views expressed concerning
them by the President of the United States, in his
message communicating those proceedings TO Congress
together with the provisions of the bill pending il
House this question, the Department has suppos
ed her situation far changed since November as t
justify the assignment to her Of share Of the public
drpostes subject however, entirely 10 the future deci
sion of Congress upon the propriey OF this step.
The payment OF the share assigned TO Michigan will
therefore, be postponed till expression Of opinion
shall be given by Congress, which may either sanction
its being Made TO her in the 10 the oe
States require lis division among the other Stacs il
addition 10 the which have already been apporton
ed 10 them.