New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-21
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Report Of Commisrioner B""'weh'
The following is Commissioner Boutweiis report
10 the Secretary Of the Treasury:
ters.
Treasury DHPARTMENT, go.

Treasury DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF ISTgRNAL REvENus, Jan 10 Iooo'
SIR: have the honor TO submit the loiio"ihs
statement concerning the organization OF this once ana 'ne
present condition Of It's business is not IN my power 10
the facts contemplated by a3d section OF the Excise
Law Tor viii the facts therein required deserve ccndcs'n
until one Of experience OF least from tie the i Of ser
tember 1862. ,o
entered upon my duties as Commissioner of Internal Rev
euue on the i7h day OF July last and although the
On Of the office nearly accomplished the returns VI
and Collectors are not YET general and compe'e
I'm their character as TO enable to furnish statistics IN
,,,snca az tbe basis Of an etmato Of the fevenue " "
derived from srecifc subjects Of taxation Inc ose
actual re bellion have been divided into COLLECTION
.spopdinr in number generally 10 the hepreesa"e "
which they will be severay entitled In the AANN W."
gress .,.,.,t...oh
% e number of districts ls3 including two in Virginia
$40, ered Inv ,npoiptuent of Asses aud COLLECTOR
The Collectors and Assessors have been required to ske
returns Of number Of Deputy Collectors aud Assistant AS
.esso and the retdnce OF each Collectors have also been
REQUIRED 10 state the amount OF the penal sum Of the bond
given by each deputy. The whole number Of Deputy Collect
or thus appointed is e9s The number OF Assistant Asses
.or, Is $50 making On aggregate Of Collectors Deputy Col
ecors Assessors and Assistant Assessor OF 1914 Iheie
are nlso 90 male clerks and female clerks who have been
III this Office The whole number OF persons employed in
assessing and collecting the revenue IS therefore 3tS2
The number Of and Co0c appointed does not
correspond with the number Of dsc there are several
vacancies existing.
Ibaye not the means at the present time Of estimating with
confidence the amount Of revenue which will be derived
under the Excise law Of July 1854 During the last month
have caused careful be instituted into the
several Of and estimate to be made Of the
which may be derived from each According
to this estimate there will be received from all sources e1
cep, stamp dues during the current fiscal year ending the
sOh OF June next the Of s6l17,799 estimate that
The receipts from stamp duties during the same penod will
smoun to the OF OO0-msknG aggregate
of sc 7799 THIS result has been reached by the most
careful inquiry that could be instituted into the amount Of the
various kinds Of manufactures the to be derived from
each and by inquiry into all the other Of
income This estimate Is less by about $4,000 600 than the
general estimate which had tho honor to submit 10 you early
III the month of December last have only that in the
more careful investigation which has recently been made the
revenue from each has been e'Ated below rather
than above what may reasonably BE- anticipated 1t usy be
assumed further that without material changes fl che eu'i
OF the country the from The sources Tor
the fiscal year 1864, will not be less than 5OOO0c0o
Before proceeding estmlte the expense, Of assessing aud
collecting the revenue desire express the opinion that an
in the psy Assessors Ia important not sbso
ely necessary In many Of the cities and popn'ous Districts
services Of competent have been secured and
tsined only by the tina, such Recommendation
Sould DO made to Congress.
His Of importance 10 the Government that the Assessor
should bs of intelligent business capacity and unfase
log integrity The compensation provided by law 10 not ade
Quaie who these qualifications
In many the penses Of procuring suitable office for
the transaction Of public business and the proper furnishing
of the same has consumed the entire compensation which
a..
allowance by the day by the year. preferable to cOmpsn
s.on by commissions fprovisiOn made to
bic for Office rent allowance Of e5 day for the
time employed without iSd to The nature Of the ssfv
performed might be adequate compensation for a"
10 much the larger portion Of the country.
II should however think, be necessary ch.,boold be
the seDer. rule tina, the Secretary Of the b.
authorized allow additional eompe .on to assessor.
portions Of the country where expense, Of living are
lsrge-which compensate sh o not in any amount to
than $500 PVf 1t may be deemed e1peden
to provide that the salary o. in Districts which
yield revenue of 100000 Of less shall be fixed pc,
snDum and st in districts where the annual receipts exceed
the Of the shall be entitled TO receive
onenh Of one per cent the 100000 In add
lion his fixed salary provided that in shall such
commissions aud salary exceed the Of $500 per
In this connections may DO proper to suggest also. that the
Government should furnish to each collector and to each
moneys belonging TO the Government.
Assuming that additional compensation Twill be al.
lowed to asssors have made the following estimate Of the
annual Of collecting the revenue, viz For
Of assessing the aIes the sun OF ten thousand dollars in each
collection district, total Of 100000 for the collection
Of the take, in each dsc, the OF eight thousand dollars
464 900 IN all for stationery, seventy thousand dosrs
for advertising by and collectors, thirty thou
sand dollars for salaries of the commissioner and clerks In
az uts dred hndt
sand dollars for blank books and Advertising ten thousand
dolsS for printing STAMPS, eighty thousand dolsr for
Stamp Agency at Philadelphia thousand and FIVE hun
bred dollars. Total three millions sI hundred and sixteen
thousad five hndred dollars The only remsting item OF
expenditure is that OF printing Ofts make estimate
These estimates Of receipts and expenditures show thai,
the coc assessing and collecting the under the present
system viii be2 fl1o centom and have the strong
confidence that in the States acknowledging the authority
Of the Constitution the expenses per
cent.
When the authority of the Government is rs5stab,ed In
tie rebeoUs StSes the expenses will be iucres ed without
o pTopor,ionste increase ia receipts.
The returns received show that the expenses Of collecting
s1es 10 the territories altogether dispoporonate the
ncomei indeed the income i'll barely the coat Of col
lection.
II may be deemed wise economy to limit the operation Of
tie law to tie States. This relic would o.csnsage
em grafton and ultimately increase tie revenue, O. The
country.
When entered upon the duties OF the Office The suec.
which inst engaged ny attention the preparation
uue stamps. By the provisions Of the law, ncoc.oay
that each stamp should indicate upon It's face the
the paper instrument to which was to be applied This
iequi.on involved the peparson Of large number Of
cravings and dies which should be dissiusr IN dosin
in appearance. As the time was limited for great an
undertaking aud in attempt should be made 10 pro-
cure stamps Of various designs the risk of failure in some
Instances a. least would be great thought advisable