Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-14
Department News.

ATTORNEY GENERALS 0FFIuE. Resolutions of
Conqress--l Joint resolutions OF Congress are
not distnguishable from bills and II approved by
the President, or if duly passed without the APP
prova Of the President they have all the effect OF
law.
2. But separate resolutions Of either House OF
Congress, except IN matters appeTtaning 10 ther
own parliamentary rights, have no legal effect to
constrain the action OF the President or OF the
heads Of department.
Distriet Interrogation the performance OF a
duty not enumerated in the act regulating the
fees of district attorneys tbsy are entitled TO com
pensation, either in the analogy of the fees fixed
by that act or at the discretion of the head Of de-
partment ordering the service.
TREASURY DEPARrMEET.-TAe Custom House
Uiuision.--1he Storekeeper of a PorL--The dep
uty collector is the ex o6icio storekeeper of the
port, and has the general superintendent of the
warehouse business. The warehouse superinten-
dent aud storekeepers at the several stores, with
the clerks employed on the store accounts, and
on the warehouse business generally, are under
his immediate direction, subject, however, to the
control and supervision OF the collector OF the
port.
In order to enforce proper responsibility on
the part of collectors for merchandise In bond,
these officers are required to account for the du-
ties arising ON merchandise entered at their re-
ing with the same particularly to details as they
are now required to account for the duties on
goods entered for consumption.
INTERIOR DEPA MENT.--Indian Bareau-Ltfor-
nation from The Sac and For Agency.-By the
report Of the agent of the Mississippi Sac and Fox
Indians, interesting information has reached the
Office Of Indian Affairs The Indians are enjoying
excellent health, and the prospect of good crops is
very promising These Indians have not yet re-
turned from their annual buffalo hunt.
The iron and steel for the blacksmith and gun
smith shops were purchased on the 18th ultimo.
The delay in getting them up was caused by the
low water in the Missouri river 1t is said to have
been almost impossible to transport freight from
st. Louis
PosT OFyigE DEPARTMENT. Compensation
of PostnaSters.-Wh hen the commissions and al
lowances of postmaster taken together las
charged in his quarterly account) exceed $500 in
amount, he ia required to render, with his quar-.
tery account, account to be called the commits
sion account J, stating on the one side the amount
Of the commissions and allowances, and the other
his own compensation for the quarter, as limited
by law, and the incidental expenses of his Office
necessarily and actually incurred during the quar-
ter The proper vouchers and receipts must ae-
Company the charges for incidental expenses, and
must specify distinctly the several obects-wheth-
er for rent, fuel, light, stationery, &c-and the
names, ages sex, and rate OF compensation and
time paid for, of each and every person employed
as assistant or clerk fthe amount of the COM
missions and allowances fall short of the amount
Of the compensation and expenses, the postmas-
ter has no claim OIL the United States for the de-
! iciency and if the amount exceed such compen-
saton and expenses, the postmaster is required to
add the excess TO the balance to be acknowledged
by him as due to the United States his quarter
| ly return for the same quarter.