New-York tribune., 1871-04-07


II may be said that as the moiey Of nnes, foreitures
and penalties which the Government has heretofore
given away, would TO itself under this ILL, the
proposed Encouragement Of salaries ia merely taking
from the Collector, Naval officer, aud Surveyor part of
OF their dspropOrtionate shares and dividing the same
among their subordnates. and between the Appraiser
an off,et to the Increased outlayi Tie amount
recovered during the last two years, Wss
through the nsrunenaty of ono special agrnt N the
Treasury Department, on duty at the Cussom-uouse,
SiS50pO; and that through another branch Of the
service, embracing five agents siI,0O0-making total.
In round numbers, of s5OOOOO THIS exclusive Of pend
ing suits f"- iUrieiures am0untiugto over 0)OOO from
which, however, it IS expected that hardly than
$4,000 will be realized for the Government the proven
hal reluctance OF ures 10 give Judgment against the
defendants such cases, the putting away %; Witnesses
brought and other causes all tending 70 Grct t Gov.
ernment even In clear cases OF fraud Ie lhe sSooW
already paid over, there Is, then, u De h"dtd
isO)OoJ to from pen ling suits, making the total
which, asserted Is much more hun Las ever before
been recovered in any one year or Is likely To- he soon
again. Under the noety system, the noNer".nI re- E
tans Onehalf of this amount, ani awards ohe,Hah As
rocompense. The increased expenditure, under tbe
Senators hill would he some SsOOOi 10 'lse, MhI,h lc
Government would have 500 600 ~ molccs Wilch u now
crease saries necessary upon every account ANA
especially because ia the more Responsible accounting
dpartments competent mCn receive less IMAM l. Usllay
paid I'm business houses and that tie corresponding
b"mcat resnIting unou the serNice generally rom in
Of salaries VIII largely overbahee Tue additional
rne moietv svsten "a warmly defcnde though It is
admitted that it should he modified. It, worrdnG Is
shown from the figures the of forfeiture Of the
ue invoices OF during tho present year
TIE aggregate value OF the invoices was Sl-OsI Co. By
coilusiun with certain clerks, false weights and entries
were employed to defrud the Goyernmehto oi dut's
amounting to less than 5000 in gold Tue penalty III
CURED was forfeiture Of the whole Tue i.p"ItlnS htn
confessed Judgment without trial, ana Iald over the
amount named-doing with suspicious rrOnipitle
that was shortly alter fully accounted Tor ~ te us
covery that clerical azncss had prevented the evidence
OF further frauos from coming to ight fon ths sum
of Sl2Osl7 co. there just deducted according 10 the
usual division per cent for legal costs, VI wch two
thirds was paid to the District Attorney Onc-naE tue
remainder was awardad for division between the l-
forne. and the three principal officers o the pOr 81 that
the distribution IL follows:
Amount Of fiture s2O87 g. Naval Ofcsr....... 50 ~
Cont 36ii al sarreyor S' %
Tre8snry.........,.... $3.50 al
Inh,rn ........ 2g21I o. Tota.........S loBH "
Auplyng the rule OF distribution with reference
% the $50 200 OF foreitures, &c, pd in the last twO
wears viii that nfOrmcrs have received Sl2i
0O the Collector. Naval Officer and SURVEYOR, eaci,
S4lOOO; the DistTiCt-AttOrney, $4,000; The Courts,
s. 0DO: aud the Treasury, S25O,UO, hsid6
from the duty accruug on fricIlct goods.
The amounts given in round numbers, aS II ~ NOT
prctioaJe to piyc the exact figures III earu case Col
iecOr Murphys official income, for example, may bc
summed up the past year follows Saiar s7,hO;
perGusites cash received, sO00j; peruis es accrhg
from cases pcGdng In court, and 10 he received wlln
less than year, 10000 pcrqMsltes from OLef sources
(1nGer the law, about <l,5O-;Oiai SO.9U Tao Naval
Oce aud suryeyorsp YIELD each. about 900 ieSs than
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