DIVISION OF STATIONERY, PRINTING, | amination of the reports of Collectors of AND BLANKS. The purchase and supply of stationery for the Department, Sub-Treasuries, Depositories, United States Mints, CustomHouses, Revenue Vessels, Steamboat-Inspection Service, Life-Saving Stations, Marine Hospitals, Light-Houses, and Internal Revenue Offices; and blanks and blank-books for the same, except Internal Revenue Offices. Customs at ports of shipment and of arrival; and the investigation of cases arising from alleged irregularities in connection with such transportation. The examination and approval of bonds for customs warehouses and bonded routes. The enforcement of the laws and regulations governing the trade with Mexico and Canada, so far as relates to the establishment of bonded routes and mode of transportation. The following Special Agents of the Treasury are employed : Supervision over the forms of books and blanks used by customs officers, with a view of securing uniformity in their methods of transacting business, and of the printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving for the Department, except United States bonds and notes, United States currency, National bank 20, each, per diem....... notes, and Internal Revenue stamps. The arrangement for publication and the indexing of the several reports and tables comprising the Finance Report. The superintendence of the advertising of the Department; the examination and reference to the proper officers of the accounts for such advertising; and the subscription for newspapers and periodicals. The preparation and delivery to disbursing officers of the Government of all disbursing checks used by them, excep pension-checks; the charge and distribution of official postage-stamps for the Department; the custody and distribution of cigar-stamps to officers of the customs; the examination of the accounts of those officers to see that such stamps are properly accounted for; and, generally, all business connected with the foregoing. DIVISION OF SPECIAL AGENTS. The assignment and detail of Special Agents, and the examination of their accounts for compensation and travelling expenses, and the examination and refer ence of their reports. The supervision and enforcement of measures for the prevention of smuggling, and frauds on the customs revenue. Supervision over the customs districts, the acts of customs officers, and the examination of their books, papers, and accounts, with a view of enforcing the customs laws and regulations, correcting and preventing irregularities, and promoting uniformity of methods and securing efficiency in the transaction of customs business. 8, 66 CUSTOMS. .....$8 6 AGENTS FOR THE SEAL ISLANDS IN ALASKA. 1, per annum. 2, 66 66 each............ 1, SPECIAL INSPECTORS. ..$3650 Isthmus of Panama, each, per an um........... 2920 2190 .$2500 DUTIES OF SPECIAL AGENTS OF CUSTOMS. of the books, papers, and accounts of These consist in making examinations Collectors and other officers of the customs, and they are employed generally under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury in the prevention and detection of frauds on the customs revenue. They also make examinations and reports upon the number of persons employed, and the compensation received by them in the custom-houses, and upon their recommendations decrease or increase thereof is made by the Secretary, when not fixed by law, and the Secretary exercises his supervisory authority over the customs officers through the Special Agents. They also examine and report upon failures of customs officers in the performance of their duties, either from incompetency or by collusion with importers or smugglers. DISBURSING CLERKS. Supervision of the transportation of There are two Disbursing Clerks for merchandise in bond, including the ex- the Treasury Department at large, who make payments on the following accounts, respectively: The one-Payment of salaries and compensation of the officers and employés in the following-named offices: Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Office of the Second Auditor. Office of the Supervising Architect. Office of the Supervising Surgeon-General of Marine Hospitals. Office of the Supervising InspectorGeneral of Steam-vessels. Division of Loans in the office of the First Auditor. Office of the Fourth Auditor. Office of the Comptroller of the Cur rency. Office of the Commissioner of Customs. Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Office of the Light-House Board. The disbursement, upon the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, of such moneys as may be placed in his hands from the following appropriations, to The payment of the salaries and compensation of temporary clerks in the De-gether with the keeping and rendering of the necessary accounts connected therewith: partment. Salaries and compensation of Special Agents. Salaries and compensation of Custodians and Janitors of all public buildings | under the control of the Treasury Department. Salaries and compensation of all Inspectors of Steamboats. The disbursement, upon the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, of such moneys as may be placed in his hands from the following appropriations, together with the keeping and rendering of the necessary accounts connected therewith: Expenses of Collecting the Revenue from Customs. Expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service. Life-Saving Service, contingent ex expenses, Independent Contingent expenses, Treasury Department (eleven appropriations). Various appropriations for the erection and repairs of public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, throughout the country. Refunding the National Debt. Services and expenses of the Southern Claims Commission. Treasury Building, Washington, D. C. Propagation of Food-Fishes. Inquiry respecting Food-Fishes. Illustrations of Report respecting FoodFishes. Repairs and Preservation of Public Buildings. Furniture and Repairs of same, for Public Buildings. Fuel, Lights, and Water for Public Buildings. Heating and Hoisting Apparatus for Public Buildings. Assessing and Collecting Internal Revenue. Punishment for Violation of Internal Revenue Laws. Salaries and expenses of Subordinate Officers of Internal Revenue. Stamps, Paper, and Dies. Salaries, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Labor and expenses of Engraving and Printing. Transportation of United States Secur ities. Incidental expenses, National Currency-Office of the Treasurer of the United States. Also all other moneys from other apAlso all other moneys from other appropriations that may be from time to propriations that may be from time to time placed in his charge by the Secretime placed in his charge by the Secretary. tary. The other-Payment of the salaries and compensation of the officers and employés in the following-named offices: Office of the First Comptroller. Office of the Second Comptroller. Office of the First Auditor. Office of the Third Auditor. THE SECRET SERVICE DIVISION. The Secret Service Division sprung from an annual appropriation made for the prevention and punishment of counterfeiting. By the act of June 23, 1860, making | appropriations for the civil list, the sum of $10,000 was appropriated for the detection and bringing to trial of persons engaged in counterfeiting the coin of the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and by the act of June 11, 1862, authority was given for applying any part of said appropriation for the same purpose in connection with the counterfeiting of Treasury notes, bonds, or other securities of the United States, as well as the coin thereof. In December, 1863, the Secretary of the Treasury placed all measures for the suppression of offences respecting the coin and securities of the Government, and the punishment of those counterfeit ing them, under the supervision and direction of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and directed that all detectives and other persons employed in the prosecution of those measures should report to the Solicitor and receive their instructions from him. The disbursement of the fund for the ordinary purposes of suppressing counterfeiting and illegal coinage is made by the Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury, who is under bond for the faithful discharge of this duty, but receives no additional compensation therefor, and he makes payments upon vouchers certified by the Chief, and approved by the Solicitor of the Treasury; but disbursements for any other purposes are made upon special instructions of the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury. The Chief of the service advises with and is directed by the Solicitor of the Treasury in the conduct of his investigations. Through the agency of this service the counterfeiting of paper money and bonds has been almost entirely suppressed, and there is no doubt that the presence of agents of the Secret Service has a strong preventive influence, and should they be discontinued counterfeiting would soon thrive anew. FORCE EMPLOYED. There is a Chief of the Secret Service for effective and valuable results. In an appropriation act approved July 2, 1864, the sum of $100,000 was appropriated for the purpose of meeting any Division, whose compensation is $3500 expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged per annum ; a half-dozen clerks, with the usual compensation, and a force of some in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, or other securities of the United States, thirty or forty secret-service operatives and the coinage. Similar appropriations or agents, who are compensated accordhave been made annually since withouting to their special fitness and efficiency change, except that the purposes have been extended to include other frauds upon the Government, and a reduction or increase of the annual sum appropriated, which was reduced from $100,000 to $60,000 for the year ending June 30, 1880, the same to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. DIVISION OF CAPTURED AND ABAN- The duties now required of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to captured and abandoned property and lands, and other property of the United States, are: There exists no general statute or other authority for the organization of the To preserve the captured and abanSecret Service Division, the whole ser-doned property records and files, and vice resting upon the appropriation acts Confederate archives, and to furnish inmerely. formation therefrom, generally, or in The appointments of all commissioned special cases, in response to resolutions operatives and clerks are made by the of Congress and calls of the several comSecretary of the Treasury, upon the rec-mittees thereof. ommendation of the Chief of the service, To answer rules of the Court of Claims approved by the Assistant Secretary of for information and papers, if, in his the Treasury charged generally with opinion, it will not be injurious to the the subject of appointments. This is a public interest. change from the former practice, and it went into effect January 1, 1879. The assistants and agents of a lower class are appointed by the Chief, subject to the control of the Solicitor of the Treasury, as to their compensation. To furnish to the Attorney-General all facts, information, and proofs which are or may be within the knowledge or in the possession of the Department, in all cases brought against the United States in the Court of Claims. To examine and refer for payment | rules governing employés and fixing rejudgments of the Court of Claims, and sponsibility are enforced, and the Bureau to determine questions of set-off against is as well managed, everybody knowing such judgments. his place and duty, as any great bee-hive of industry in the land. To examine and decide claims for the proceeds of cotton seized after the 30th of June, 1865. To furnish to the Commissioners of Claims information from the books, records, and documents relating to transactions of or with the late Confederate Government. The preservation, collection, or sale of wrecked, abandoned, or derelict property, etc. The custody, care, and protection of lands and other property belonging to the United States. To answer inquiries of individuals desiring information in regard to captured and abandoned property, and, generally, all matters pertaining to the foregoing. This Division is also charged with the duty of furnishing to the Department of Justice and the Court of Claims information from the records of the Department relating to all cases arising under the general jurisdiction of the court, and to private individuals authenticated copies of papers and records under Treasury order of October 20, 1830. FORCE IN THE DIVISION. Chief of Division............ 1 clerk..... Per Annum. In addition to the above-named force, which is denominated the permanent office force, there are employed in this Bureau upwards of 900 persons, male. and female, skilled and unskilled, with .$2500 1800 compensation ranging from $1 to $6 per 1600 day; and to one person, namely, the ................................................................................ 1400 Chief Engraver, $12 per day is paid. To 1200 two other engravers $8.75, and to the Superintendent of the Printing Division $8.50 per day is paid. The employés of this Bureau are divided into three grades, with four classes in grade one, five classes in grade two, and two classes in grade three. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND 900 The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the largest and most complete establishment of its kind in the world. The work performed in it consists chiefly in the production of notes, bonds, securities, and tax-stamps, all representing values. This work requires special qualifications in most of the departments, making it necessary to employ the best skilled engravers in steel, whose business it is to work the designs on all United States and national bank-notes, on United States bonds, other securities, and certificates, upon steel plates, from which, by nice and intricate processes, they are transferred to paper. Many checks and safeguards are made use of to insure against loss by abstraction; the strictest Grade one, Class one, embraces females without skill or experience, who are employed with a view of training them for special work, and they enter service at $1 per day. Their duties at first are those of messengers, box-tenders, tissue-paper hands, and substitutes as plate-printer's assistants. Class two, watchmen, messengers, laborers, and cleaners. These are paid 75 cents, $1, $1.50, and $2.25 per day. Class three, apprentices to engraving, to binding, surface-printing, machinery, and plate-printing. Apprentices are admitted at $1 and $1.25 per day, and these rates are increased a small amount each year until the fourth year of service, |