The national Republican., 1861-02-16
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. y.
The Treasury Department consists Of the off,
ces Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, two Comp
tro'lers, Commissioner Of the Customs, six Au-
ditors, Treasurer Register Solicitor, Light house
Board, and Coast Survey.
The following is a brief indication Of the duties
Of these several offices and Of the force employed
therein, respectively;
Seretory. OGee-Hou Jsbn A. Dix, secre-
tary Of the Treasury; - -, Assist
ant Secretary; one Engineer in Charge one
Architect, and three Draughtsmen temporarily
employed, and twenty three Clerks. The Secre-
tary OF tue Treasury is charged with the general
supervision Of the fiscal transactions Of the Gov
ernment, and of the execution Of the laws con-
cerning the commerce and navigation of the
United States. He euperintends the survey OF
the coast, the lighthouse establishment, the ma
rine hospitals Of the United States, and the con-
structon Of certain public buildings for custom
houses and other purposea
First ComptrolleT's OGce.-Hon. William Me-
dill, Comptroller, and fifteen Clerks. He pre-
scribes the mode Of keeping and rendering ac-
counts for the civil and diplomatic service, as
we'll as the public lands and revises and certifes
the balances arising thereon.
Second Comptroller's ODiee.-J. N. Cutts, Esq,
Comptroller and seventeen Clerks. He prescribes
the mode Of keeping and rendering the accounts
Of the Army, Navy and Indian departments Of
the public service, and revises and certi6es the
balances arising thereon. .
O0es Of Commissioner of Customs.-Samuel
Ingham, ESQ.,, Commissioner, and eleven Clerks.
He prescribes the mode Of keeping and rendering
the accounts of the customs, revenus, and dis
bursements, and for the building and repairing
custom. houses, &c, and revises and certifes the
balar ,es arising thereon.
First AUDITORS Ofce.--Thomas L. Smith, ESQ.,,
First Auditor, and nineteen Clerks. He receives
and adjusts the accounts Of the customs revenue
and disbursements, appropriations and eIpend-
itures on account Of the civil list, and under
private acts of Congress, and reports the balances
10 the Commissioner Of the Customs and the
First Comptroller, respectively, for their decision
thereon.
Second AUDITORS OGee.-Thomas J. D. Fuller,
Second Auditor, and twenty. .one Clerks. he re-
ceives and adjusts all accounts relating to the
pay clothing, and recruiting Of the army, ~ well
as armories, arsensls, and ordnance, and all ao-
counts relating to tho Indian department, and
reports the balances to the Second Comptroller,
for his decision thereon.
Third AUDITORS O6ice.--Robert ]. Atkinson,
ESQ.,, Third Auditor, and seventy. eight Clerks
He receives and adjusts all accounts for subsist-
encs Of the army, Notifications, Military Acad-
emy, military roads, and the Quartermaster's de-
partment, as we'll az for pensions, claims arising
from military services previous 70 1916, and for
ho ses and other property lost in the military
service, under various acts Of Congress, and re-
ports the balances to the Second Comptroller for
his decision thereon.
Fourth AUDITORS O6ice.-A. J. O'Bannon, Esq,
Fourth Auditor, and sixteen Clerks. He receives
and adjusts all accounts for the service Of the
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the Second Comptroller, for his decision thereon.
FIN AUDITORS OGcs.-Bsrtholoms Fuller,
ESQ.,, Fifth Auditor, and six Clerks. He re-
ceives and adjusts all accounts for diplomatic
and similar services performed under the drec-
ton of the State Department, and reports the
balances to the First Comptroller for his decision
thereon.
Sirth AudStor's OGcs.-Dr. Thomas n. Tate,
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office De-
partment and one hundred and fourteen Clerks.
He receives and adjusts all accounts arising from
the service of the Post Oiiice Department. His
decisions are final, unless an appeal be taken In
twelve months to the First Comptroller. He
superintends the collection Of all debts due the
Post Office Department, and all penalties and
forfeitures imposed on postmasters and mail con-
tractors for failing to do their duty he directs
suits and legal proceedings, civil and criminal,
ICED by law to enforce the prompt payment Of
moneys due to the Department; instructing Uni
ted States attorneys, marshals and clerks, on all
matters relating thereto; and receives returns
from each term of the United States courts of the
condition and progress Of such suits and legal
proceedings; has charge of all lands and other
property assigned to the United States in pay
ment OF debts due the Post Office Department,
and has power to sell and dispose of the same
for the benefit of the United States.
Tsasurer's Ofes-Samuel Casey, Esq, Treas
urer, and thirteen Clerks. He receives and keeps
the moneys OF the United States in his own
Office, and that of the repositories created by the
act Of the 9Th of August l846, and pays out the
same upon warrants drawn by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, countersigned by the First Comp
troller, and upon warrants drawn by the Post
master General, and countersigned by the Sixth
Auditor, and recorded by the Register. He also
holds public moneys advanced by warrant to
disbursing officers, and pays out the same upon
their checks. .-..
Rsgi,tsrs OGes.-Finley Bigger, Esq, Register,
and twenty mine Clerks. He keeps the accounts
of public receipts and expenditures; receives
the returns and makes out the official statement
of commerce and navigation Of the United States
and receives from the First Comptroller and
Commissioner of Customs all accounts and
vouchers decided by them, and is charged by
law with their safe keeping.
Solicitors OGcs.-Hon. Junius Hlllyer, Solicitor,
and six Clerks. He superintends all civil suits
commenced by the United States, (except those
arising in the Post Office Department. and instructs
the United States attorneys, marshals, and
clerks, in all matters relating to them and their
results. He receives returns from each term OF
the United States cOurts showing the propreas