Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

Total. .s11a s373O1 O5 1924, 326, 475 81
The cost OF collecting the internal revenue
was reduced during this year from "a the cost
for the year 1887. to less than SO The report
recommends the passage OF a law to provide
for remuneration to officers for losses incurred
in the suppression OF Illicit dstillation, and re-
internal revenue and Gust systems, there.
by reducing the number of officers and tho ex-
pense Of collecting tho entire revenues Refer
ence is made to the suggestions OF the Com
report
NON-PARTISAN CIVIL. SERVICE.
Almost all Of the subordinate service OF this
department is now appointed under the civil
service system OF rules. But also Ave impor.
tant branches OF the Treasury Department are
in large measure removed from political in.
nuences, and yet areinOt under what is techni.
cally known as the Civil Service syst m. They
are the costs and geodetc survey life saving
service, the revenue marine, the marine hos
pital ce. and the lighthouse serv &C.
Much has been gained in thus regard in all OF
these branches, particularly the latter, during
the past three years and # their admin's,ra:
ton continues to be conducted in the present
spirit it will be of benefit to the couatrv.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
During the year work was commenced on
nineteen new buildings and upon three build
1ngs where extensive repairs we're specially
appropriated for. or the new buildings com.
menced, seven were provided for by legislation
but for the fact that many of the apprupria-
tons have only lately become available, a
greater number OF buildings would have been
under way.
Work has been SO actively prosecuted and
such satisfactory terms secured, that OF the
seventy-tive buildings under construction dur
ing the past year. nineteen have been conn
pleted, with every indication that, before the
close Of the calendar year, this number will be
increased to twenty three, and. under the terms
of existing contracts, fourteen moro will he
completed before the close OF the current fiscal
year, making in all thlrty-seven bu idngs that
will be completed before June 80, 1889.
The most active compel ton IN bidding has
been secured by q greater publicity given to
the advertisements, and in enlistng the
operation of the building exchanges through
out the country. The work on all the build.
lngs now under construction has been adapted
and unless some incident, now unforeseen,
arises, no request will be made for deficiency
appropriations for the prosecution Of work.
ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.
The work turned oLt by the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing during the last fiscal year
exceeded the production of any previous year
in its history. There were printed and dellV-
cred to the various offices by which they are
used 33O40, 984 sheets OF securities. an increase
of 1885,, 1T over the production Of 1887, and eX.
4,7l0, 238 sheets. A COMPARISON Of the results
for the three years ending June 30. 1883, with
those for the three preceding fiscal years,
shows an increase in production of 5,59l.336
OF $40, 8O2.1S. OF the appropriations made for
the support Of the bureau for the last four
years. balances amounting to s21O, S4O.64 have
been returned to the Treasury unused.
There were printed during the LAST year s, 147,'
900 sheets of silver certificates of the series Of
1885, OF this amount $14, 900 consisted Of 81
certificates, and $40 $50 OOJ OF - certificates To
October 81, 1888, there had been delivered to the
Treasurer OF the United States 5 O,G52,UO0 in Il
certiacatea> aud sala01-0n0 in & eartidcateR