Year: 1867

The CLERICAL FORCE or THE TREAsuRY.-
Secretary McCulloch yesterday promulgated
the following circular, which Is Of interest to
many persons;


SrR: The Secretary Of the Treasury directs
that, from and after this date, the Office hours
Of the several Bureaus Of this Department
shall be from nine o'clock q. m. to four p.
m, all the employees to report punctually at
the morning hour and remain diligently en-
ployed till the afternoon hour.
Arriving after nine and leaving before
four, absence from the Office or inattention
to duty during Office hours, will be consid-
cred sufficient grounds for dismissal, and no
employee SO removed will be reinstated in
any Office Of this Department.


No person designated TO clerkship in this
Department will be allowed TO enter upon
the discharge Of the duties Of the Office until
he shall have been examined, appointed, and
taken the oath Of Office and allegiance pre-
scribed by the act Of July 2, 1862
Heads OF Bureaus are requested to report
Immediately to the Secretary oil vacancies,
from any cause, occurring in their Offices.


The Secretary has been much annoyed by
applications for appointment founded on
statements made by clerks and others that
there were vacancies to be filed, and desig-
mating those vacancies. He therefore gives
notice that II is not part Of the duty Of
clerks or others in the Department to give
either information or advice on such points
All vacancies are reported to the Assistant
Secretary, and will be filed by the Secretary
as he may determine. He will regard any
further interference Of this sort as sufficient
cause for dismissal.


Requests for promotion Of clerks in the
Department from gentlemen outside Of 1t,
who cannot be informed as to the relative
duties and merits and other circumstances
which should control action in such matters,
may If annoyingly pressed upon the Depart
ment, injure instead OF bene6ting those who
obtain them; and the Secretary will not be
likely to be influenced by requests Of the
kind.


Leave Of absence will not be given except
in case OF absolute necessity; and such leave,
for period greater than one month in any
fiscal year, will be granted, il at oil, without
pay.


When absence is caused by sickness, q
certificate. of the attending physician must
be furnished, showing the nature Of the dis
ease the daily attendance, and the amount
and extent Of the debility or disability caused
by such sickness, with the date when first
called in and that when the attendance
ceased


Every application for leave Of absence
should state the number Of days the appli'
cant has been absent from duty during the
year previous; also the date Of appointment
in the Department.


Heads Of Bureaus will hereafter submit to
the Secretary, on the lst of each month, q
statement containing the names and Official
titles Of such employees Of their Offices rs
have been absent from their duties during
the previous month, together with reasons
for such absence.


The heads Of bureaus are charged with the
faithful execution Of these orders. All de
linquences in attending at the morning hour
and continuing diligently employed till the
afternoon hour, will be reported daily to the
head of the proper bureau, who will make
report Of the same to the Secretary, unless
satisfied that such absence was absolutely
necessary; and any failure by the persons
charged with the duty to make such report
will be considered sufficient cause for reduc
tion or removal


The heads Of the respective bureaus viii
take measures to make this order known tc
oil their subordinates. III. McCULLoCH,
Secretary Of the Treasury.