Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-11
The Collectors, Assessors, oibrr
Internal Revenue 0iIlcers ana
oil whom II May Concern In
the state or Texas.
u, T. IsIgnsAL RrvrSur Orficr,
Special Revenue AL State oafeIa''
Galveston, jan, lsi, 1908,

Galveston, JAn. LIST, lSGs.
In Wow of tho immense territorial
area of the State of Texas, ! iind
myself compelled to adopt this mode
Of announcing tho iact, previous to
my tour of visitation aud inspection,
that / have entered upon the dis
charge of til, duties Of tho office Of
Special Revenue Agent for this
State.
In obedience to tho requirements
Of my commission, Of existing laws,
of the regulations and instructions
made in pursuance of tho laws, !
would announce that the duties of
the office may be said to consist, in
n word, in general supervision
and directive control Of Internal
Revenue affairs and officers in tho
State. Especially to prevent frauds
on the Internal Revenue laws, reg.
ulations and instructions, and to aid
in the enforcement Of the law and
regulations.
/ desire to say, at the outset, to
all Internal Revenue officers, and TO
all others whom it may concern,
that / approached the performance
of the duties of the Office with the
delicacy becoming Federal officer,
assigned to a field of duty, in Il
State not as yet practically restored
into the sisterhood of the Onion,
and, above all, whose people arc still
terrobly suffering from the effects
of the late war, superinduccd, il is
true, by their own folly, but, never
thcless, people deserving the fns-
tcring care Of all who acccpt'thc sit
nation AZ determined by the arbilra
ment of the sword, and who now
desire the enforcement Of the consti'
tuition and the laws of tho land
equally upon all citizens, irrcspcc-
tive of past differences, condition,
circumstances, race or color. When
these happy results shall have been
reached, ay the acknowledged TO-
construction of tho republic, then,
and not till then, will this people
enter upon career nf r"as pn'.,,iS ),
anil power, heretofore uneXainp!cd
in the history of nations.
In view of this general policy,
thus announced, l beg to add, that
in the performance Of the duties Of
the office, l shall emulate tho spirit
exhibited by the patriotic General
Commanding this military district,
which has so justly met the appro-
baton of the constitutional execu-
tive of the nation. Therefore trust
that my relations, personal and of
fetal, may be pleasant, alike to the
citizens and to tho officers of tho
government, and that my presence
in their m:!st may prove also ad-
vaasagcous to the interest Of the
government and of the people. /
hereby request all Collectors, Asses
sors and other Internal Revenue
Officers, on permanent or assigned
duty in this State, to place them
selves in mail communication with
me as soon as is practicable, and
further, to state by letter, the date
of their appointment, the character
of their office, and the duties thereto
belonging, and such general re
marks as to its workings and re-
quircmcnts as their judgment di-
reefs.
From the citizens of the State !
shall be equally pleased to learn at
all times of all frauds, extortion,
bribcries, expressions, and kindred
violation Of the Internal Revenue
laws. For L hold, that all public
officers, in free government like
ours, are tho servants of the people,
and not thoir rnlors by right, except
by the consent Of the sovercigns-
the people. Therefore shall ever
be pleased, within the scope of my
Office, to remedy evils or expressions
on the people, as | will be to stand
by and uphold all the Internal Rev
enue officers, in the just and righte-
GUS performance of the functions of
their respective offices. Trusting
that by uniform courtesy, and by a
personal purity of. character, to win
the respect of my fellow citizens, as
well as their cooperation, in con-
cert with the officers of the Revenue.
oenable me to meet the just require
sacpts of the law made incumbent
upon me, am,
Very respectfully,
A. B. SLoANAKRR,
Special Agent.