The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-22
Cordially Received by Retiring Collector Who
Turned Over Books.
DEPUTY GARDINER RE-AppOlNTED.
One of the New Collectors First Official Acts Was
to Sign RequlsItlon For Funds With Which
10 Pay Salaries For October.

Hon. Elery II. Wilson this morning
assumed charge of the Providence GUS
tom house and was sworn into office,
and Col. +. l.. OReilly retired to pri-
vate life, after having held the office
for about two months over and above
his full term. Col. OReilly's commits
sion expired on August last, and on
September "a, Mr.. Wilson was appoint
ed to the office, and in a very few days
he qualified and his bond was approved.
His commission was then forwarded to
Col. O'Reilly, with instructions to hand
il TO Mr.. Wilson and TO turn over all
the government property to him, as
soon as ne was sworn in.
At o'clock this morning Mr.. Wilson
arrived at the custom house and was
cordially met by Collector OReilly,
and, inasmuch as both the judges of the
United States Court were busy, the
oath OF office was administered to Mr..
Wilson by Deputy Collector George w.
Gardiner, Jr., as a notary public Inc
entire office force was then called IN
and introduced TO Collector Wilson, who
made a very felicitous speech in rela-
with the force would be, and he paid
a very we'll deserved tribute to Mr.. Gar
diner and Mr.. Lowell, the two deputy
collectors of the Office.
Collector Wilson then and there
signed the commission appointing MIR.
George w. Gardiner as special deputy
collector and special disbursing agent
during his term OF office. Mr.. Gardi-
ner IS the only officer Of the custom
house who is not under the classified
service. and the appointment OF the
special deputy collector devolves upon
the collector
Collector Wilson also thanked Col.
O'Reilly for the many courtesles SHOWN
him since the time of his appointment,
and said that he hoped that when he
should turn the office over TO MS sue
cessor the relations would be no less
pleasant
Col. O'Reilly responded in hitting
terms, and then presented Collector
Wilson with his commission, ana the
new collector at once signed a requlsl-
ton on the United States treasury for
sufficient funds 10 pay salaries for the
month of October.
Col O'Reilly then turned over TO COL
lector Wilson all the records, books, ac-
counts and other documents or the de-
partment, for which he took receipts
No money was turned over, as Col
O'Reilly sent all that was on hand &c
the sub treasury in Boston last night
and the new collector starts out WITH
a fresh cash account.
There is still one more receipt foI
Collector Wilson to give, and that Is
as custodian of all government prop
erty i'm the Federal building and in the
internal revenue building on Soutf
Main street. This includes furniture
books, and all articles i'm every govern
ment department in this city. The
letter OF appointment Of custodian has
not vet reached the city, but is expected
| at any moment. and when II arrives
| Col. O'Reilly will officially turn over al
| property to Collector Wilson.
During the four years that eX-Coi
| tor O'Reilly held the office there e-haN'
passed through this port entries o
merchandise numbering 1921. showins
a value OF imported goods amounting
TO s3.S25.s6 There has been collected
as duties and accounted for 10 the sec
retary of the treasury, S932.2l746. Dur
! ing Col. O'Reilly's term OF Office he ma
| disbursed for salaries and contingen
expenses, SS3, 1897. All Of these ac
| counts have been accredited complete vi
to within a month or two.