Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-03-19

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Il have kasun os,cc1s attached n The custom
hoese to have been called for wien Mt wv
en, uassnhef q the Commillce is'cfPoted and IN
foius,d ise wshsss that be sss not eoVHo 70 an
sprf atty in;sIpraio'y rssstnE TO hl' private AL
far. and ibefeupou Mr. Postcf. another member
Of TIE Comua,ioe oelcclod TO rfopoundiug tie IN
te,ragstory. The witness here commenced 10 tear
Of What be- had written before objection vas made
10 the inssuogs,ory. Mr. Wise prevented him
FROM dong 20, BY ferb,ddng the act. Mr. Foster
insisted that the ~,inees had the right to tear of
What be bad ~t,ica, and that 1t vas aoi bs sn-
sSu until was complete and handed IN, and be
ssled whether At sss his answer. and be replied.
1T was not = and The Commi tee having decided
the, Tho inierrugaiory should be propounded the
s..d qees,ion BY Mr. Wise wsaa again banded TO the
witness, and be returned the following ,-"l de-
cline to answer the I'd question: The witness
wss then permitted to retire.
Mr. Cut,ls called for tie yeas and ssys on Mr.
VINES motion and the resolution was adopted.
Yess-Mes.rs. Curtis, Dawson. Foster Harlan,
Owens Saith, Wsgener, Wise, {. Nays-None.
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Question. Wills, you were Deputy Collector
a, the port Of New York, we're you ever called on
rs an officer Of the custom house to contribute a.
nv sum or sums Of money TO party or political OBJ
ob,eci. /; II 80, what nuioun, Was such amount
from YOU, called for in consideration Of your saa-
~ from Government, What proportion did Il
bear to your sslsryi Did you pay it II moi,
why notl who called for such contributions
Were other subordinatcs 10 the custom house 10
your knowledge called on to contribute IN like
manucrt For the support OF what party were
tsesc contributions called for Was any menace
directly or indirectly Of removal held over these
officers or yourself for failures 10 grant such con
tributions
Mr. Owens objected to the interrogatory.
The question, Shall The interrogatory be pro
pounded was pot, and decided in tho affirmative
the yeas and nays having been called by Mr. Owens
Yeas Messrs Curtis, Dawson. Harlan, Smith, Wise
IS. Nays--Messrs Owens, Wsgener-2.
Answer. have frequently been called on Il
contribute 10 political objects while vas deputy
Collector, as on officer Of the custom house. The
smouut was from twenty dollars TO one hundred
dollars. The tax was pro rata according to sala
ny. II bore proportion OF from one TO SIX pc
cent. frequently paid part Of the amount
when il was too high. aud moro than could a.
ford, | urged them TO reduce it; m one instance
where ! was assessed twenty dollars, Mr. Swart
won't told the collector Of the tax that ten dollar
was cuough for me to pay. Foru few years bacl
have not paid suy thing to the General Commit
tee, because could not afford TO pay the amour
assessed, and because could not consciencious
longer sustain the party. The collectors OF tn
Tammany Hall General Committee, one OF whom
was John Becker called on me several times. Wi
liam Tyack once or twice called on me TO collec
the amount with which was assessed he wa
no, the regular collector. but was one OF the Gen
ersi Committee. ] believe that nearly all the oil
fcers Of the custom house, in doors and out. an
the clerks were similarly taxed, Land generally pal
what they were assessed. 1t was assessed by tn
General Committee OF Yammsny Hall, and for tn
support Of the party depomipa,ed the Tamman
Hall party. II tho individual did not pay the a
mount he was taxed WITH the Collector would re
mark, You viii be reported to the General Con
mitee and every body we'll understood that pre-
ecrip,ion would follow. The Collector OF the G'
neral Committee has an alphabetical book, whic
contains the names Of persons taxed, and the
noun, each individual is required to pay.