Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-10-11
,,-,~rn SrArEs OrrIcEs.-It is un-
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r,-,-.n SrArEs OrrIcEs.-It is un-
,O.,aod that the resignation Of Mr. La
&C., Co... = Sub Treasurer inthis city, was
..s - the responsibility which attach
eaa. ,he ,afe-keeping Of the public funds
e e 10 his office, under present reg
o ,a.:ass Hitherto, there has been no safe
u''., ascent vault for the keeping Of the
2. .,;o money, and as no appropriation ex-
Ps y. - The building Of proper vault and
w.. and none could be made until the
49,. 1870 of Congress, he very wisely de.
a':s.a Entering upon the duties Of the of,
=" Ifthi. declension has no other effect,
-, nh, to satisfy the Treasury Depart
49, e the necessity Of providing aplace
.s ~ for the public money, as well
convenient Office for the trans
80. Il this business. If, as we
.'s 49, will be the case, the Sub-Treas-
'.rt .v.tem IS SO amended as TO authorize
ny csysrnment officers TO keep accounts
:. ":S ,he Sub-Treasurer--thereby actual
,.r..n;nr the money Of disbursing Off
-. a The Treasury, instead Of the vaults
q. Rank, as is now the practice-more
..om viii be required, and an additional
a .S q clerks will be necessary. As
. ".,,.r. are managed now, under this law
' .,.ry body knows that il is nothing more
49, hrosd farce. The law is violated
$50, Az in one Of its most important
nav .,o.I.;on,. and the violation subjects
-. 4 ,he peniteniiary, if jury could be
c.nd ready and willing to carry out the
n,oy;.;on, of an inpracticable law. An
ra;c.r ~ the Government has a draft on
Il. Assistant Treasurer for 100000
That treasurer turns him out the whole
.nouns in gold and silver, and he must
~. Il .way. He is not allowed to check
unon the Treasurer, in payment Of the
creditors Of the Government, for the
Treasurer keeps no accounts Of this kind.
Il INNS, be taken from The Government de-
pository, where the money is presumed
70 Be secure, and il is either placed in the
Bank vaults, or j. kept at home, in either
ca.e Al The risk Of the officer. The put
TING i in the vault Of the Bank is direct
violation Of the law, but there is no alter
native, and there the money is deposited.
How much better would il be, TO author
] Ire the Sub Treasurer to keep accounts
with al discussing officers, and thus re-
tain the entire custody Of the public funds.
Butthere are other Government officers
who require proper place for the trans
action 81 their business. As il is. officers
having direct connection with each other
are kept in different parts Of the city, and
several are hard to find at all. A build
ing ought 10 be erected TO contain the
whole Of them. The Surveyor Generals
Office, the Superintendency Of Indian At
fairs, the Land Office, the Post Office, the
Sub Treasury. the Custom House, proper
room for the U. S. Court and its officers,
all these ought TO be placed in one build.
ing /; and il should be 50 constructed as Il
make the several offices accessible. and
safe from fire or burglars. II all the Of
fees were built in this way, there coule
be no difficulty in making them perrec,l,
secure, aud the actual cost 10 the Govern
ment would be less than il now is in rent
&c. Houses for the accommodation Q
public officers are built in other cities
some OF them at an immense cost--an,
we see no good reason why we should moi
have one here. As property is every day
increasing in value, the sooner a site j!
selected The better will it be for the Gov
ernment.- Mo. Republican.