The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-03

Question. These several funds are kept on deposit
understand To your crssd. Do your deposit account
show under each head the amount received by tie
United States, the amount paid, and the amount
due'
Answer. The accounts are placed 10 my credit, as
dlsbursing agent, in bank and are kept under one
head only.
Question How then, can you tell the state of the
funds respectively
Answer. BY my book of accounts
Question. To what head does your book of ac-
counts charge the sums belonging to the incompetent
fundi and paid by the agent, you have stated on
| account Of the general fund
AnsweI charge IL to the agent generally
Question. Have there been no moneys account
of the general fund since 1897
Answer. Yes; moneys have been collected and ex-
| pended.
| Question. Why, then are not the accounts of the
| several funds adjusted
Answer. Ii will be done Immediately Ii was not
until recently that knew that the books were be-
| hind. page 49,
Question Will you let me see the book in which
you keep these Indian accounts 2
(Fhe book is brought in.)
Question. How much is To your credit in the dfe-
| rent banks where you keep your accounts
Answer. 1t varies from two to three hundred thou
sand dollars.
Question Is this composed of interest on invest
tons unex pended?
Answer. 1t is.
Question. Will you state how long balances Of APP
propriations have renamed unexpended
Answer. Some have renamed since 1881
Question. What Is the date of the last Investment
Of Indian funds Ia any State stock?
Answer February, IS4l, Pennsylvania stock was
bought
Question. AT what rate 7
Answer. Al 81 and 81. page 10
The witness further states, in answer to va
rlous questions, that about two millions and a
gu lrter Of dollars OF the Indian funds are IN
vested in stocks of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala
bana, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Penasyl-
vania, Missouri Arkansas and the United
States, that the lowest of the funds are ow on
ly worth one-third of par that portion of
them cost from 3 l2 to Ia cents over par, viz :
"the stocks Of Maryland, Michigan, Missouri
and Indiana, and that they have been paid out
to the Indians at par within few months"
Mr.. Mix, clerk in the Indian Office, ap-
peared:
Question by the Chairman. What has been the
probable amount dsbursed through this bureau, (in-
Guiding The probable value OF all reservations under
Indian treaties for executing carrying into effect
lndlan treaties since 1880
Answer. The data in the possession of this office
is not sufficient to enable me TO answer within any
reasonable time that part of your question in regard
Of the probable sbursed through this bureau
for executing carrying into effect Indian treaties
since 1880. The accounts for disbursements on In
dian account adjusted by the Second Audi tor and
Second Comptroller of the Treasury Department,
and filed in the office of the former who annually
submits by authority of law, list of the Of
all persons to whom money, goods, or effects have
been delivered on Indian account. The annual state
ment commu nca,ed to the House of Representatives
of the United States, by the Register OF the Treasu-
- sh, I,,
estimate the probable value of all admitted claims to
reservations under treaties, since 1880, to be about
S7,0OO,oOO. pages 50 and SD
Mr. MILLER appeared
Question by Chairman. What are your duties and
your salary?
Answer. | am the book-keeper of the appropria-
tons for the Indian Department. My salary is $1,000
year.
Question How much time is occupied in making
the entries in the book of appropriations
Answer. Less than one-fourth of my time is thus
occupied.
Question What is the date of the last entries in
this book
Answer. The lst April, I842.
Question How many entries were made on that
day.
Answer. Two.
Question Will you let the committee see the APP
preparation books for the last several years.
THE books for 1887, 1888, 1889, 1910, and lS4l,
were brought in.
Question. Do these books show regular accounts
of disbursements under appropriations to the several
agents, and for each respective service, under the
appropriate head or do they only show the amount
appropriated and the aggregate called for by requis
ton of the Department
Answer. They only show the amount of the APP
preparation, and the amount RENTED under requis-
ton, and to whom RENTED.
Question Have these books been regularly kept I?
Answer. | only answer as to that which
have kept since about March, lS4l.
Question. Can you not answer as to the others,
from an inspection They are before YOU
Answer The book for 1889 and 1910 does not
appear to have been kept as think it my duty to
keep it now. pages SO and A.
Mr.. DevereuX appeared.
Question by the Chairman. Will you state the
whole amount of clerk hire paid out of the Chicka-
saw fund for services connected with Chickasaw In