The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-04


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Abstract of the Report OF the Secretary OF
the interior.
The Secretary of the Interior, in his annual
report, sets out by enumeratng the duties of
his office as defined by the law of Sd March,
l849, creating the Department of the Interior,
viz: to exercise supervisory and appellate
powers over the acts of the Commissioner of
Patents, Of the General Land Office, of Indian
Affairs, of Pensions, and of Public Buildings,
and also over the accounts of marshaIs, clerks,
and other officers of the courts of the United
States; over the officers engaged in taking the
census, the inspectors and warden of the Peni
Tertiary of the District of Columbia, and the
subject of lead and other mines of the United
States; and with other duties which appropri-
ately belong to his office, one of which is to SUI
pervise the proceedings of the commission insti-
tuted under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo TO
run and mark the boundary line between the
United States and Mexico.
The estimates appropriation the Depart
ment for the year ending 30th of June. 1852, is
set down at 81 i 81, 023 At while the amount
for the year ending 30th June, 1853, is s. $685.
3;2o "a, showing that the estimates for the next
year are less by 81 ,436,695 43 than those for
the present fiscal year. The reduction results
from no diminution of the expenses, but
| because the estimates of this year included
many deficiencies of the preceding year. A
vicious practice has prevailed of reducing the
estimates at the commencement of a session of
| Congress, with view to provide the amount
actually necessary by deficiency bill. The
expression of the Secretary's disapprobation of
this practice in his last report has resulted in
the deficiencies, amounting to only $500 900,
instead of two millions, as in years preceding.
There is reasonable approximation to accu-
racy, he says, when it is found that in the dis
bursement of more than seven millions of dollars
the expenditures exceed the estimate only about
$500, 900.
| The estimate for the Department proper next
year is 81 ,577 50--lhe smallness of the amount
resulting from unexpended balances of former
appropriations.
The estimate for the land service for the present
| fiscal year amounted to 1886, 80 so
Amount appropriated for settling
| land titles in Cali
| fornia $4,000 90
Surveys of public
| lands % 900 90
| Sum embraced in
| present estimates
to meet Deficiencies
| for the pre- sent year 5,305 90
| $50, 3o5 90
Expenditures properly clargeablc
| TO present year Sl,O66,457 90
| Estimate for next fiscal year ,2Si,9l6 ~
Deduct TO meet deficiencies of
| present year l55 ,305 90
Amount chargeabie tonext year is $l,l29. Gil AZ
| Being an excess over estimate for
present year OF So, 1853 81
| This is accounted for by the Unexpectedly
large amount required for the surveys in Cali
fornia. Leaving California out of the ques-
ton, and the estimates compare thus
Estimate for the present year $780, 52 80
| Deduct the amount therein for
surveys in California 1000 OC
And it will leave the amount
chargcable TO the present year $500 l52 81
! Estimate for the next fiscal year l,254 9l6 A.
| Deduct deficiencies
| of present year $l55,305 90
| And the amount en-
braced for Cali
fornia 3O7 ,575 90
462 $50 90
And the amount properly charge
able to the next fiscal year
will be 1922 036 A
Being S7,lI6 O3 less than the amount properly
chargeabe to the present hscal year.
The estimate for Indian affairs for the next
fiscal year amount to ST. ,09S, 90 30 less than
those for the present fiscal year. For reasons
stated in the last annual report, the estimates
for the present year were unusually large, but
the estimates for the next fiscal year are even
below the average of those for the last and
present fiscal years.
For pensions, the estimates for the next year
are 81 ,053 CSC 81 less than those for the pre-
sent year.
The amount properly chargeable to the next
fiscal year will be found to be 81 ,926, $40
only Sc, 268 81 more than for the present
. year, NOTWITHSTANDING tie iuClCaso VI SloiiOai
force rendered indispensably necessary in the
execution of the Bounty Land law of 1850
For the Census, the further sum of Sl50,0OO
is asked to complete the work.
For the United States, courts the excess OF
the estimate for the next fiscal year over that
for the present year is only S34 ,3O6-an in
crease of expenditures not inconsistent, it is
believed, with the increase of judicial districts
and the business therein, and not greater than
the average of The annual increase Of eXpendi-
lures for judicial purposes.
For pauper lunatics and agricultural statistics,
The estimates are the same as last year.
Under the head of public buildings, the esti-
mates for the next fiscal year are $62,770 q
less than they were for the present year, not
outstanding they embrace items to the amount