The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-16
WASHINGTON,
Decision Of the Treasury In Regard 10
the Examination OF Bank theCk'.
Treasurer SpInner'S Reasons for Re-
signing Burial Of Judge AtOCha.

WASHINGTON, April 10, General A..
Bcckwith has bGcen assigned 10 duty ~
chief conmlssary.
The funeral Of Judge .\tocho, who
died In New Orleans, took place this
morning from the church Of the I'm
maculate Conception IN this city. The
remains were buried in Mount olive
cemetery.
The president and party left this
morning They viii return on We'd
nesday.
The immediate, and in fact, one of
the principal reasons for the icslgnn-
ton of the United States treasureIshlp
by General Spinner is stated TO be II
dissatisfaction Occusioned by the per-
sistent overriding of the general IN the
matter OF appointments in his hurenu.
Spinner holds that ~ II rule the men,
beers Of the cabinet ought TO be- unno-
Tested in the conduct OF the affairs OF
their several departments, they being
responsible to the president for their
acts of administration, and that in turn
the heads of bureaus and chiefs Of di-
visions should be allowed in the main
to select their own assistants or clerks,
especially ought the latter rule be OBJ
served in regard to the United States
treasure, whose assistants and em-
ployes must he selected with view to
Capablity and peculiar training. bee
cause of the fact that the treasurer Is
held personally responsible and liable
for the acts as well as for any losses
sustained or occasioned by detalcation
or other misconduct of the employees of
his bureau.
National tankers through the coun-
try will be displeased with the opinion
rendered by the solicitor of the treas
ury upon the question which arose be-
tween The comptroller of the currency
and the commissioner of internal reve-
nue., as to the right OF revenue authori-
ties to examine bank checks to ascer-
tain if the law is violated respecting
the afIiXing of stamps thereon. The
solicitor's opinion is that the revenue
authorities have the right claimed 10y
the commissioner.
Upon question raised by the quar-
termaster general of the army, as to
whether all and-grant railroads are IN
cluded in the proviso of the recent act
of congress which eXempts certain
roads from the operation of that por-
ton of the law forbiddingthe payment
for transportation of government
troops, supplies, etc, to those ROADS IN
dehted to the United States for interest
upon bonds issued to the companies,
the second comptroller OF the treasury
has rendered an opinion that the land
grant railroads enumerated are except
ed from prohibition as contained III
the acts of June IT, 20 and -, 1871; ana
chat the act of March 3, 1879, no longer
operates to prohibit payment for me
current fiscal year to those railroads
where the sole condition of transporta-
ton is that the company shall not,
charge government higher rates than
they do individuals for like
transportation, etc, etc., ana oy
the phrase 'current fiscal year." tounu
in the appropriation act OF March .;
1879. il il understood that the fiscal
year commencing July ], 1874, and
ending June 80, 1875, is meant. Inc
act of March 8, 1878, is left in full force
in respect of the Pacific railroads In
debted on account Of United States
bonds. These roads are the Atlantic
andlPacific; Central Pacific; main Inc
of the Central Pacific; western divis-
ION of the Central Branch of the Union
Pacific; the Kansas Pacific; New Or
leans. Baton Rouge and Nicksburg;
Northern Pacific; Sioux City anu Ia
eitic: 81. Joseph and Denver CITY;
Southern Pacific, of California; man
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