The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-02

be accepted Treasury draft payable to the order
the United States. Such draft should be endorsed
by the executor or administrator OF the payee and
be accompanied When presented for payment. ~
proper evidence OF eXecutOrSnip or administrators
snip. as the case may be-
the paragraph healed deposits IN the blank re-
turns OF semi annual duty furnished BY the Ireasu-
rer's ONCE defines all items subject to duty In max
ing up the average deposits Tor each term OF
make an average Of ali deposits inclnd-
ing the average collections made for other
on the day they are deposited from that days
average. The law contemplates payment on all
classes OF bona roe deposits and nothing beyond
that. In ali cases where money belonging to the
POST ONCE Department. Is deposited 10y postmasters
or by parties who have been postmasters, the
'for service or the Post ONCE Department of the
officer and bank with which the deposit was made"
together with the names OF the pOstmasters and
OF the office, and the county ana State wherein the
Office Is situated.
Endorsements OF assistant cashiers for the banks
OF which they are officers are recognized Us valid by
the Department.
Tue Treasurer's ONCE has no Information concern
ing or control over discussing officers checks paid
ut other Ofices.
No numerical register Of the redemption of legal
tender notes mas been kept 1t is, therefore not
possible to say whether legal tender notes Of any
gwen numbers have been paid Express remit
Treasurers ONCE OF no use or OF value TO the
ONCE. simple letter Of advice describing the re-
mittances ana stating how returns shall be made,
''whet her by check, new currency or credit on ac
count" is ali that the Office requires 10 accompany
such remlttances.
Deductions are made "rrom the full value OF ml.
tated currency, on redemption thereof at the Trea
sury for only the aggregate proportion missing. anu
the printed diagram furnished BY the Department Is
divided into spaces merely for convenience III es-
mating the loss. NO matter how many parts Of
snaces may be missing, no deduction Will be made
OF the original proportion OF the note Thus, there
might he one.tenth Of each OF the nine
w"na no put ens Ss nos
no reduction would be made for loss OF
more than onctwentieth nor more than one-tenth
or the original PROPORTIONS OF . note; but one
twentieth OF the face value will be deducted for
more than onetenih. bat not more than three.
tenths; but one-tenih Will be deducted and so on
until the loss reaches half q note In which case
half win be deducted"
In returning to the Treasurers Office the deposits
OF national bank for payment thereon OF the SEMI
annual duty the aggregate OF balances Oh It's books
standing to the credit Of banks and bankers should
be Included as deposits without regard to banks and
bankers. The latter cannot be deducted from the
former 10 find the dutlable deposits. The clearing
house list OF deposits Is not intended to be embraced
In the last clause OF the paragraph defining deposits
'permtlBg certain exclusions to be made from
Checks an cv hanEs a % were eSose1 on MAT law
for collection with the understanding that the
money was not To be drawn from the bank until the
next day. After having computed the average
amount OF deposits OF individuals aud credits OF
banks and bankers. no deduction thererom can be
properly made for either the debit balance OF banks
and bankers or any other form OF exemption that
might suggest Itself to officers of national banks.
Favoriiisnr IN tue "ayment "f DIsin,s-D ii!er-
"nce Betwcrn 81 Radical and a Democratic
STATE.
The claim Of he state OF Kentucky fur armiug and
equipping volunteers during the ate rebellion,
amounting 20 $525,N0, rs stated in these dispatches
yesterday, has been suspended Notwithstanding IL
had been passed upon hy MI the accounting officers
OF the Treasury. The clam OF the State OF Connect
cut with the very names OF accounting officers
upon il was passed yesterday without Il moments
hesitation Connecticut Is "a Northern state with
prOspcc: OF casting its electoral for the rcpnb
lean nominee 1T the next Presidential election
while X ,ntucky Is hopelessiy democratic. The
Comptroller who passed upon the account Of the
State OF Kentucky loosely remarked to-day, when
appealed TO for his decision 10 the rights oi demo-
cratic States to he paid for furnishing war equip
ments-"Even rascsls have rights which he law is
bound to respect" The Enforcement OF General
sherman, upon whose opinion the calm was al
lowed Is TO the effect that without the assistance OF
the class of troops which this claim pr poses to re-
imburse the state of Kentucky Tor armng there Is
no telling what expenditures the government might
not have been subjected to in crushing out the re-
beliion IN that section OF the country. He
also said that "these services were rendered at q
time when he appealed for an increased force from
the United States and was accounted deranged for
stating that volunteers should have been called for
by hundreds instead OF tens OF thousands" At this
late day 1t is considered very strange that such pre-
JUDGES should be allowed interfere with the egiti-
mate discharge OF the duties assigned saaried
clerks. In other words IL the reGuisiton OF the
State OF Kentucky for the amount claimed, and
which expired by limitation Of the act OF Congress
yesterday Is not strictly correct the Secretary OF
War, Second Comptroller. First Comptroller and
Third Auditor are guilty OF connving to deraud the
government. II, on the other hand, the claim Is
ius nd have ham prou anti ised no
head OF the Treasury Department is responsible for
allowing his subordinates in his absence to prevent
the payment OF claim for which congress had
already made an appropriation.
Payment Of Pensions to Guardians.
TO Obvlate the trouble and expense OF procuring
certificate for each quarterly payment OF pension,
the Second Comptroller has decided that when
guardian or committee OF person and property has
been appointed after the issue OF pension certificate
In which no guardian has been named, or in any
case where the person claiming payment as guardian
Is some person other than the party named In the
certificate such, certificate OF the proper court
will be required to be furnished once to be filed with
the vouchers for the first payment made thereafter,
and the agent will make copy OF said certificate to be
retained the agency. Afterwards a brie! endorse
ment by the pension agent on vouchers at each Pc
Rod OF payment that he has on file ofcial evidence
OF the guardianship VIII be accepted as sufficient.
A Holiday for DistilIers.
Heretofore II has been customary for the Revenue
Department to consider every day except Sunday a
worKing day among distiers as long as the distll-
lery was In operation. To-day the Commissioner
gave instructions that distiers who actually stop
work during the 4th day OF July shall not he rs.
sessed for that day, II being national holiday.
Manufacturing Cigars Without Pm yiua Taxes.
request has been presented to the Internal Rev.
enue authorities from the National Asylum for Disa-
bled Soldiers at Hampton. Va, asking 10 be allowed
10 manufacture cigars without mourning the taxes
and assessments met by individuals IN the transac-
ton Of similar manufacturing pursuits. No acton
has been taken by the Department, but 1t Is under
stood that, under toe existing laws this privilege
cannot be extended.
Reports 81 Internal Revenue Onncers Conn
pieied.
The chiefs Of the different divisions Of the Inter-
nal Revenue once sent their reports of work for the