Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-03-15


collectors. receivers and dsbursers Of pub
The 4lh day Of March. 1929 The names Of
the defaulIers; the amount Of each defalcn-
tfion when each cese ocrurred the length
Of time each case has existed what steps
have been taken by the proper departments
or officers TO prosecute the deIaulters, and TO
secure The United States, in each case; and
what deaulters are retained in the same Of
| fees in which they became defauliers. or
have been appointed TO other Offices"
He accompanied il with request that all
the information desired should be procured
early as practicable, and submitted by me TO
the committee Accordingly. on The same
day. enclosed copies Of il 10 the other De-
partmentswpnd also TO the proper bureaus in
the Treasury Department and desired that
repIies might be furnished. so far ms in their
power. and soon as in their power, TO the sew
eral inquiries made further requested the
bureaus connectej with this Department TO
employ any extra assistance that could be ad-
vnntageousIy applied in fastening their an
swer.
l would now inform the committee that
great progress has been made in respect TO
4 tuOot pdItS vi duoWtfS COUUtCttu WIN tnc
Registers Office, and all which could be
made. consistent, with the difficulty and ex-
tent ofthe labor. in the Third Audiior's Of
nee. But il is feared that, on account Of this
labor. and the great mass Of previous calls
by committees and by the Two Houses OF
Congress, wbichare also TO be answered be-
sides transacting The current business in the
different bureaus, the whole detail and the
tabular statement required cannot be compile
ted during the session. Every effort. how
ever. which. under all the circumstances,
can be made. is believed 10 be exerted 10
NEE: the call al the earliest day practicable.
Ia respect to the last branch Of the resoIu-
lion, asking what delaulters are retained in
the same Offices in which they became de.
faulters, or have been appointed to other Of
bees" am able represent the report OF the
Register, from his office, which exhibits
: such names as are on his books connected
with the State and Treasury Departments
. II IS annexed, and contains no name as to
this. and but one as to the State Department
That one is Commodore d. Porter; and by
the correspondence annexed, il will be seen
. that he does not consider himsclfa defaulter
though he stands charged on the Registers
ooohS lot CobSlutIaoie sum Oh afcOuut v
! prize money. as explained in the papers
mos and 2.) Respectfully,
LEVI WOODBURY..
Secretary Of the Treasury.
: Chairman Of investigating Committee
PART |.
THE DEFALCATIONS OF MR.
SWARTWOUT.
| rur m ire
! ss.e DEfALcATIoNs.
Conclusions of lhe COMMITTEE.
II Isl. That Mr. Swartwout is a deiauller Il
: Government, as appears by his own returns
Q as adjusted from lime to time at the Treasu
Z ~ Department in the sum Of one million
!. Two hundred and twenty-five thousand sever
hundred and FIVE dollars and sixty-nin,
2 cents.
! 3D. That this amount Of Indebtedness ha
accumulated upon The face Of the quarterl,
accounts regularly returned by him for I'D
jus,ment at the Treasury Department with
! out the omission Of any of either items
!. debt or credit thereon. until it became an at
y soluie deialcation,
q THE DURATION OF MR. swARrwoUT'
!, Aigg ~ DEFALcATIoNs.
!, Conclusions If the Committee.
lst That all monies received by M
! Swa,twout as collector prior 10 1887, wer
: regularly accounted for by him in his quar-
: terly returns 10 the Treasury Department.
ID That so much OF all monies receive
). BY Mr. Swartwout prior TO 1897. and accoun
ted for to the Treasury Department in hi
!. quarterly returns, as were not paid by hin
! into the Treasury. were retained by him un
der the tacit acquiescence ofthe sccountin.
! officers Of the Treasury and regularly car
ried forward, debited to himself, in the bal
ance OF each subsequent qeurtehy nccoun
y rendered by him 10 the Treasury Depart
. menl ioihe close ofthe term OF his Office.
: Sd. That his omission 10 carry a debit I,
! himself Of the moneys received by him iron
p the Treasury. or from other sources. prior L
y 1877. to the close OF accounts kept only a
the custom-house. called his cash account,
and his carrying debit to himself of AM
e such items 10 any other class Of accounts
9 kept only al tie custom house called sus
IS pense aud unsettled accounts. or by any 9th
e er name. would not operate as a conceal
> mens. innocent or fraudulent from the Urea
! sury Department of the true cash balance
u lin his hands. First, because neither hi
e cash account, nor his suspense aud unsettled
} account, nor any other subordinate account
kept at the custom house, was ever exhibite,
l. 10 or formed the basis Of any quarterly sci
l. tlement made by him with the accountin.
e officers Of the Treasury. Secondly. because
s. in his quarterly accounts settled at tn