The times., 1899-11-29
ter, President OF the Civil Service Com
mission. daLed June ID. 1896.

2 tEAr j 4tSl4tAt Di the AtAil -ti WIG AbiiI-
/ mission, dated June j., 1896:
| The collector Of internal revenue az Newark n.
j., has reported 10 the Commission the rCsiEna-
! ticn Cf Michael J. ODouuoi from the heretofore
/ GnsIa--lted position of dgputy collector, on May
/ IL, loSo and the appointment May T., without
examination, OF Cornelius liealy his sgrccssor.
! bN the revision or the civil service rults on May
ihe position Of deputy collector III the internal
revenue service became classified and subject TO
t-.Illn1tlou on that date, and the appointment
: Of Mr. Healy, without examination, was therefore
/ not IN conformity with the rules
The alleged classification Of deputy col
lectoTs, referred 10 in the COmmission's 5
report as signed by the Acting Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue was q tabu-
I lated statement. called for by the honor
able Secretary of the Treasury in Septem-
I Der. 1886, and prepared during the autumn
ofs that year, showing the distribution Of
4 deputy collectors by salaries and by dis
tricts.
There is much more open to criticism
j IN the seyenty-three pages of their report
which the Commission have seen fit to de-
vote TO CenSuring, at the expense of the
United States, the course Of their fellow
officers of the present Administration in
/ this branch of the service. The burden Of
their complaint is the fact that collectors
Of internal revenue have not been dis
ciplined, by deduction of pay or otherwise,
for noncompliance with the rules of the
Commission, believed by them TO be in con-
hict with their prerogatives under the stat
utes
The revenue agents division for the
detection of frauds employed during the
year "A agents at an expense of $13S, 1881
ne work accomplished in this division
was the reporting of 90 registered distil-
ieries for seizure the discovery of 2,542
Illicit distilleries, and the reporting of
/ 3lS,5S9,H gallons of spirits for seizure.
In this connection the report says:
Illicit distilling is rather on the increase
than decrease in certain sections of the
country, though during the year there were
fewer stills destroyed. Cooperation and
harmony between the internal revenue Off
GERS and the officers of the courts prevail
as a general thing, and it is not difficult
to secure the arrest Of offenders.
The suppression OF frauds Of this char
acter is very difficult Stills are illicitly
( operated in many parts of the country,
but they are particularly numerous in the
more remote localities and in the noun
tain regions of several Of the Southern
States. and on this account extraordinary
measures must be taken TO discover and
seize them. Collectors allege that the
means at their hands are entirely made
quate for this purpose, and hence the ap
preparation for the discovery of violations
of internal revenue laws must be de-
pended upon for this work"
The expenditure during the year for the
bringing 10 trial and punishment of persons
guilty of violating the Internal revenue
laws amounted to so, ,673.C3.
The report of the stamp division shows
that 3213, ,349, ,351 revenue stamps of all
classes were issued during the year, the
value of which was S3lS ,97S, ,13154 Over
500. .0C0,000 worth Of these stamps were on
hand al the close Of the fiscal year.
Several amendments looking TO the better
enforcement of the internal revenue laws
are recommended, and an elaborate record
of all court proceedings growing out Of the
workings Of the bureau is made