Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-01-11
Repsrs Of the Register OF the Treas


We have received from Hon. s. b.
Colby o copy Of his Report addressed 10
she Secretary OF the Treasury. IL Is
cmphatically Nt.ltass u par1o. We have
seldom II ever seen such an amount OF
important facts and statistics presented
IN a manner at once so clear, concise,
and perfectly ineligible. The depart
Uent over which Mr.. Colby presdes APP
pears to be in an eminently satisfactory
condition. Like that Of the Adjutant
and Inspector General in this State,
there is a place for everything and eve
rything is In its place, and can be found
when wanted without loss of time
Both OF these departments exhibit fine
illustrations of the manner in which
genuine Vermonters conduct affairs at
tended with much perplexity and In
yolving great responsibility
We should be pleased to publish the
Report entire, but our limits will not
permit. We present two or three ex-
tracts, taken at random.
"sEvES THIRTIEs,"
"Of aseyen-thirty treasury notes, act
OF July II, 1861, there have been exam
ined, assorted, counted and registered
l56, 1876 notes, amounting to 4,437, 800.
These notes, after examining the regis
ferins 81 redemption, are packed away
In iron closets In the hlCSroom for iu-
ture destruction.
The asserting, arranging, counting
and registering Of redeemed and mutt
lated coupons now employs the larger
mart of the clerical force Of the division.
The number Of redeemed coupons as
sorted. arranged and counted during
the wear is 1858, III. The number of
coupons registered during the year Is
1851 1876, all of which have to be exam
ined after they are registered.
A large amount Of miscellaneous work
has been performed, incident upon the
commencement of new division, which
cannot be estimated by figures. The
work of examining, arranging, counting
and registering redeemed coupons is
one of great magnitude, and must neCes-
sarily require large clerical force for
many Tears to come. In this connec-
ton desire to add my conviction that
avery large share Of the work in this
division is successfully accomplished by
female clerks; and it. is within my OBJ
seryation that there are very many of
these in this bureau receiving salary
of only sixty dollars per month, who
are as capable every way as male clerks
who receive 81 200 per annum. 1t is
not easy to justify this discrimination.
The lust expenses of ladies are as great
as those of single men, Their sacrifices
for the country have gone beyond all
recompense. | therefore believe 1t to
be due from Congress to authorize by
law a classification of female clerks in
to three or four classes, with salaries
graded from $500 to 1000 per year.
RRpREMBD CURRENCY COUNTED AND DE-
sTRoYBD.
OF redeemed United States legal tender
notes there have been counted and de-
stroyed In amount $4,152, 1874
Demand notes 316,434
Postal currency ASS, 5S8
Fractional currency 6,4l8,7 22
There has also been counted and de
stroyed a large amount Of surplus bonds,
notes, and fractional currency, never is
sued by the department, most of which
having been done since the 30th of June
last, will be more properly stated in my
next report"
The Report contains tabular state
ment of the number and amount Of
bonds of loans issued In the office Of the
Register of the Treasury from the year
ls41 to June 80, 1865. The whole mum.
Der of accounts open for all the different
loans during this period is 49, 925. And
the total amount including the Texan
indemnity of S5,000,000 is 81 ,546, 843,'
TIC SO. In reference to the above state
ment the Report says
This vast amount of highly respon,
sible labor, examining, counting, filling
up, signing, entering and transmitting
these masses Of bonds, representative o
money, with all its temptation to the
weak, has been accomplished | am hap
DIV to say, without the loss, in this office
to the government or to any individual
OF one dollar. For this success, grea
credit is due to the systematic order o
business which has matured under tn
veteran leading clerks In charge, 81
many years, of the division and its i'm
portant subdivisions.
This report would be incomplete with
ont q brief reference to the 'files-room
Here is kept the infallible guide book
70 oil the accounts coming from varieu
sources through the office of the Firs
Comptroller and Commissioner of Gus
toms. The perfect system OF arraugin
papers, with exact references Of recor
to each one, has proved adequate to tn
great increase of vouchers concentrate
here by the war. In an office wher
confusion would be so easy to occu
md yet SO intolerable, it is gratifying
ssa always sure OF order, accuracy an
uomptness. 1t Is superfuous to ado
what has been for years the impressio