Telegram-herald., 1889-09-27

lOns oo these accounts are hnal, unless an
appeal = taken inside Of one year 10 the
Comptroller Of the Treasury. Inasmuch as
the entire business Of this ofice dOvetsils
with the business OF the POst-Orlce De
partEent. the working force Is located not
in the Treasury building, but IN the Post
Ofice Department building. and the clerks
OF this branch OF the Treasury and the
clerks OF the Third Assistant Postmassee
General are constantly exchanging books
and papers, and examining accounts together
to straighten them out The sixth auditor
superintends the collection OF debts due ths
United States for the services OF the Post
once Department, and al penalties i'm
posed by that department. be directs suits
and legal proceedings, civil and criminal,
aud takes al legal means % enforce pay
ment OF moneys due the Government for
the postal service.
This Office has grown with the growth OF
the P0sLOnlce DeDa. tment. IL is. IN
fortunately, crowded for room, as are al
,her OF the Executive departments, yet
.he clerks a-e 4 jovial set Of fellows who
make the best OF every thing and work
~aiong with the utmost good humOr with
each other and in connection with their
feiiOw-clerks Ia the other department.
Wnen Judge Gresham was Postmaster
General be allowed the CLERKS ia his de-
partment 20 sm ke Judge Foiger was
Secretary Of the Treasury, and he forbade
smoking in his department The clerks ia
tie Third Assistant Postmaster Generals
Clice would smoke their cigars or pipes aud
PHI into the faces of the clerks OF the
scx,h auditor and laugh az then, for, al
though worSiry under the same roof, in the
same rooms oftentimcs, and handling the
.sf Of oil
Gresham could smoke, and the poor fellows
under Fo,gsr couldn't indulge. Funny,
wasn's ~
There are eleven divisions Ia the ofice OF
the sixth auditor The examining division
receives ant aedits the quarterly account.
current OF all pos--ofices in the country,
and taere ars to.0o0 Of them Sixteen
cerss 40 al tle work You may imagine
tat they are busy al of the time. The
registering division examines the work II
tls examining division and registers tbs
balances and exhibits IN the registers,
the total receipts and expenditures OF
each postodce, mp 20 the close Of
each fiscal year. en1ing June 80.
The s.ataE division has charge Of the
general accounts OF the late postmasscrs;
tla1 IA. tlose wa0 have died. resigned or
been removed. aud whose accounts are stiu
ulse-t ed. The collecting division has the
collecting - balances due aad tnal settle
meat ~ accounts n rcrrin1 postmasters.
and fuIsu.ch "a there are about twenty
fare1 thousand cl them 20 retire this year,
Under tac -0~ous work ~ General Clark
sr. The CO cc-or DIVISION has is hands
pretty flL. Toe book Scerng division
sr'rs ledger accounts az che cnfira POST
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