Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30
THE VERMONT CoLLECroHsuIp.
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The force can be reduced IN numbers in
proportion as the necessary work is neg
lected.
The acting collector has found by ex-
perleuCe that the business of the district
cannot he transacted with the number Of
officers recommended by the employe, and
has already been obliged to increase the
force at several outposts
! lnclOSe a statement of y. w. Bingham,
who was special agent Of the treasury for
nearly 20 years, and who has thorough
knowledge of the workings of the Gus
toms of the frontier districts as well as Ht
the large seaboard ana inland ports.
| would also respectfully call atten-
ton to his annual reports Of this customs
district, which are on file in the treasury
department
Fully understanding the requirements
of the service In the district and reioic-
ing in the knowledge of the purity, econ
omy, and efficiency that marked its admin
istration in every branch during my Off.
cal term, should be only too happy that
it should be thoroughly scrutinized by
one clothed with honesty, and armed with
experience and intelligence but to the
methods pursued, and the kind of agency
employed III the work of investigation in
this Instance, if did not demur | should
fail in self-respect.
WILLIAM WELLS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
% day OF June, 1856.
Clerk OF Chttenden County Court,
LETTER OF n. W. BINGHAM.
BosToN, May &c, 1856
Dear Sir In reply to your letter asking
Tor an expression of my opinion in relation
to the administration OF the customs af-
fairs in the district of Vermont during the
time that you were collector of that dis
trlct, permit Inc to say that esteem it a
privilege to be permitted to bear witness
to Its Uniform taithfulness, efficiency and
economy.
Upon this matter can speak with CON
1ldence and with the authority that comes
from thorough and intimate acquan-
lance with the subject
| was employed as a deputy collector of
customs at Island Pond, Vt, from June.
1861, until July |, 1866, at which time 1
was appointed special agent of the treas
ury department, and since which time un-
I'll November 30, 1855, 1t was my duty dur
ing most of the years to examine the af-
fairs OF the district at least once year.
You can refer to my reports of the an
nual examinations now on file in the treas
ury department if you desire.
From 1869 until the date of my retire
ment from Office, November 80 last, | had
to certain extent, the supervision of Gus
toms affairs i'm \ev ENGLAND with tho ev.
ceptiou of those i'm three small dist rirts in
Connecticut and from tinn tn tima / have
been called to ev.mina tha v,orLc If dthar
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