The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-03-07
PARr III. THE CORRECTNESS OF

PART III. THE CORRECTNESS Oh
THE RETU ms wHII HAVE BEEN
MADE b. THE PRESENT COLLECTED
| AND nav L nFFl ER OF rHE PORI
OF NEW YORK RESPs' lively
| Conclusions Of fks Committee.
lsi. Thai the returns Of The COLLECTION
of customs 81 the pOrI "i New inrs have
not hren cnrrsct. a. they have not al 81
tunes emhr.crd. as paid ,n,o the puhii'
Treasury. the n"nrys received hy han
/ for uaasceTlained duIies, aud al 10 tune:
, fur duties psi under protest.
2d. Thai said collector. IN his fe'urn.,
hiss violated the INSTRUCTIONS of tie Treas.
ury Drpsr.menI: has put al deiianer the
d"iies asslgn~d hIm b, The Secretary III
the frrasnrs; HIS rspudrared tie official
'irris,"n nf Ihr Responsible Iax.oliirrr ri
the Exrcuusr department; and - guilty
al an illegal rrierlihn and use If the pub.
lie money. ~ the an"unt then h"ll by
han for pr'irsI and unascrF,sinsd duties.
81. ThsI the commipre ha. been pre-.
vented from asctIt.Inthg what u N" tx.
tent nj the illegal rrirntlon and u.e II
the pa'.:," money by the present r"llrc.
tor Of the port of New York. either IN
innds collected under PROTEST, ar fnr um.
.serriAtned duties. or IN o'hrr fund. rol.
lec,ed BY mn. arcsuse IT his ritual To-
exhibit his oNn bn0k 81 cash tlepnsIIes
IN bank. or tn permit the banks u.rd hy
tim as depnst,"rIes u exhibited .heu ar.
counts oi his ,lrpos,,rs.
9TH. That the public MONEYS received
Nv ssii rnlleclor are mingled wnh H..
own moneys on drpus.;e. and sre not
kept by him, nir by his banks # depn.t,e.
distinct and separate lFom tue individual
moneys "f the cuilrrtm and # lis " pro.
tessional cllenI.;" and his return. cannot,
therefore, be funded upon teen IS a
separate and independent fund. belonging
I" government. though IN hts kerp'"s.
9th. That. as spprars by tine letter &c
GTham 4. Worth, ,he cashirr If the
Cay Bank, the present c.IIerInr has lie.
p"sIIe,' public moneys ~ his hanis With
bank wh"h could not. under the Law
prohibiting the selection ii auy bank -
a depository winch has issurd notes un.
der the denomination OF i've dnilars. BE-
selerted by the Secretary oI tie Trsasu.
ry himself a. depository nf mnnrvs ear.
ried to the credit Of The Treasurer oi The
United States. as.
Oh. fha' the mole adopted aud prac.
tised bv the said cnlIec,nr. nf keeping
aud masking returns Of the pubic money
collected BY hun lnr un.scruatned ,iu-
ties and under prnleh, IN The language
81 tsc present Attorney General nj tue
United Sl,3es, "cnnld never have been
the Intrn'i"n m Congress-" anI being
" tolerated." II has made II. IN TIE lan-
gGsge nf the same high nfTicrr. ~ the ~.
terPst Of the COLLECTOR iU p"stpnne The a..
crrlainmFnt rf duues. as N the mean
time he would have the uncontrolled use
of tie nancy" Il has, aIss. IN Iulil.
mfnl 1T the reasoning of the Atlnra.y
G"nerat increased" the danger II faah-
!rssnrss IN the collector. by pernutlDg
large amounts IT muncy to remstn With
nm. and under his individual cunr,nl,
instead 1T being ~ the Treasury n( the
Uared Sia'e..'' ....-. ..5
1ih. That. in the language nf the At.
l"rney General. I" the Ienar and spiri. Of
Ill our rerenue laws aems In rnculca,e
The idea thai the intention Of Congress
has, al all times. been. than money cuI.
er'ci for resrnne should be promp,ly
placed 10 the Treasury, and moi hr per-
n,iied ~ remain IN the hands OF the cuI-
ecin,."
S'h. That tie re urn. uf the naval II.
ieer N New Ymk have not hren car.
cc'. a. IL IL found in the testimony Of,
lIe present deputy naval "ilire,. - that
he naval "flirer, under lis eris,ing sys-
EN-. 10 not enabled, enher To Determine
What a'nnunt II bonds has been tskra bv
he eolle"tr for duties IN any quarter. mr.
shn are The parties IL said bsntis. m lIIs
Iatss 81 said bonds, ar when they ars
'ayahle. "r when surh band. are paid.
II whether lhs collector dnss ar does
nj. accaunt italy fr such bhnis.''
'AgT, Nv. DEFAIt!ATlDSS AMONG
sB3AEIY EsS.OF PuBLIG MU&EYN.
Ia. cafamltre. in futi ,,,an, al 49,,