Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-26
WASHINGTON,
\ New Deal In United States Marshals'
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Dscision-Seoretary
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Fnent.
WASHINGTON, July 24,-Firss Comptroller

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Firsb Comptrollel
Lawrence has issued the following
CIRCULAR TO UNITED STATES AiARsHAIs.
By the appropriation act of june 80, 1879
the expenses of transporting conviots from
one judicial district to another and the ex
penses of salaried officers of the government
attending courts as witnesses on behalf Of
the United States were classed among mis-
cellaneous expenses of courts. This caused
q change in the established modes of account
ing for said expenses. In the act of june
1G, 1880, providing for the expenses of courts
during the current fiscal year, the items OF
miscellaneous expenses are not specified.
This seems to indicate on the part of Con-
gress an intention to leave the classification
OF items to the officers of the executive de-
partments, and the accounting officers have
concluded to resume the former method of
adjustment. After June 80, 1880, marshals
will charge in their accounts for the fees of
witnesses and expenses of government salaried
officers who attend courts as witnesses on be-
half OF the United States, and will render
with the accounts vouchers for the payments
made, stated in items and sworn to ss
the law requires. Fees and expenses incurred
after said date in the transportation of all
prisoners are to be charged in the accounts
for fees and expenses of marshals. Marshals
who are required to remove convicts from
their own districts to prisons in other dis
tricts should obtain the approval of the at
torney general to their bills of expenses be-
fore including them in their accounts. This
Office has been informed that in some in
stances guards have been used where there
was no necessity for them, and that In other
instances guard hire has been charged when
guards were not, in fact, employed. No con-
striction of law will justify such charges.
Guard hire is not a gratuity, but is only
ehargeable when guards are necessary and
when they are actually employed.
TOBACCO REVENUE DECISION.
The internal revenue department has
made the following decisions:
The special tax of $5 to be paid by deal
ers in leaf tobacco, authorized by the act ap-
proved Juno 16, 1850, is to be reokoned like
all other special taxes in the manner provid
ed in section 3,237, United States revised
statutes. If the dealer begins business after
the commencement of the special tax year
that tax is to be reckoned proportionally
from the first day of the month in which the
liability commenced to the first day of May
following.
A dealer to whom the special tax stamp
has been issued under the provision
of said act, even though it be only for sin
gle month-the last month of the special
tax year-will be authorized to purchase
or receive and to sell or consign the full
amount of $4,000 pounds during that
month.
PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION.
A statement prepared at the treasury de-
partment shows the total decrease of the
animal interest charge on the public debt
from August 31st, 1865, to July 1st, 1877,
was So, 817, O34, and to July LIST, 1880, ST.
34S,7 ZIG. The public debt, less cash in the
treasury, on the 31st of August, 1865, was
81, 756, 431, $40. Since that time the decrease
has been as follows: For the ten months
ending June 80, 1866, 1920, 1896, 407. Year
ending June 80, 1867, $127,884,952. Year
ending June 80, 1868, 1927 1881, 1893. Year
ending June 80, 1869, $48,OS1, $40. Year
ending June 80, 1870, $1O1, 601.916. Year
ending June 80, 1871, $S4,175,8S7. Ye
ending June so, 1872, $97, 213, 538. Year
ending June 80, 1873, $44,3l8,469. Year
ending June 80, 1874, $1,312,907. Year
ending June so, 1873, 14,1o7,7sa. Year
ending June 80, 1876, 1929. To-
tai decrease from August 31st
1865, to July 1st, 1876, $685., SOC, 23O. From
June 80, 1868, to March LIST, 1869,
there was an increase of $1O,546,-
491, and from March LIST, 1869 to July LIST,
1869, there was decrease of $5,862,S03,
making the actual decrease for the year $49,
OBJ, $40. The decrease from July 1st, 1876,
to January LIST, 1873, was $52,4OO,1s2. From
January 1st, 1878, to January 1st, 1879,
SI4,718, 1885, from January 1st 1879 to jan
nary 1st, 1880, $6,699,767. From January
LIST, 1880, to July LIST, 1880, $67,779,oo3,
making total reduction of the debt from
August S1st, 1865, to July LIST, 1880, $751;
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