making the same, with his official title, the place from which sent, the date, and a brief analysis of its contents. If more than one paper is sent, the analysis should contain the substance of all such papers, or the subject of them, and the number of papers enclosed should be stated. On the outside wrapper should be endorsed the name of the office from which the communication is sent, when transmitted by any officer of the Government. by collector in submitting nomina tions for appoint ment. 576. In nominating, for the approbation of the Secreta- Facts to be stated ry of the Treasury, inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers and clerks, collectors are required to state: 1st. The name and age of the nominee: 2d. His present pursuit and occupation: 3d. The knowledge or opinion of the collector as to his character for sobriety, industry, business habits, and activity: 4th. The office for which he is nominated, and the compensation proposed to be given: 5th. In whose place he is proposed to be appointed: 6th. How the vacancy occurred, whether by death, resignation, or removal; and if the latter, the reasons therefor. candidate, ported of how and re 577. The collector should direct, in each case, a Examination thorough examination of the applicant by experts in the made department, or branch of business, in which he is proposed to be employed, (of whom one shall be the head of the department or branch of business,) who will certify, in writing, the result of such examination, and the collector will forward such certificate to the Department with the nomination. In no case will it be permitted to an officer of the customs to appoint, as one of his subordinates, a surety on his official bond. SECTION II. OF DEPOSITS BY COLLECTORS OF THE CUSTOMS. veyors acting as posit their daily same day with assistant treasurer 578. Collectors, and surveyors acting as collectors, at Collectors, and surports where an office of assistant treasurer is established collectors, to deby law, must deposit their daily gross receipts to the gross receipts on credit of the Treasurer of the United States on the same if any at the port day, with the assistant treasurer, from whom they will take certificates of each deposit in triplicate, one of To make returns to Commissioner of end of each week which must be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury by the next mail. 579. At the end of each week, and also at the end of the Customs at the each month, they must make a return to the Commisand month of re- sioner of the Customs, stating in detail their receipts and deposits during the week, or fractional part of a week to the end of the month. ceipts and de posits. Certain weekly returns. heretofore discontinued. 580. The weekly returns of receipts and deposits hererequired, to be tofore required to be sent by these collectors to the Secretary of the Treasury may be discontinued. The weekly returns of receipts and deposits to the Treasurer of the United States required from these collectors previous to 1846, which in some instances have been continued, are no longer necessary. But such returns must be punctually transmitted to the Commissioner of the Customs, to whose duties they are indispensable. Collectors,and surveyors acting as collectors where 581. Collectors, or surveyors acting as collectors, at depositaries have ports where depositaries have been designated under the been designated 15th section of the act of 6th August, 1846, to receive will deposit their heir money for the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, under the law, daily gross re ceipts with depositaries. cer such must deposit their daily gross receipts to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, on the same day, with the When collector is depositary. himself a desig nated depositary, 582. Where the collector is himself the designated de how to keep his accounts and positary, he will, at the close of the business of each day, credit the gross amount received during the day for duties, &c., in his account as collector, and charge the amount to himself as depositary to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. The transcripts of his account with the Treasurer, required to be sent at the end of each week, and at the close of each quarter, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to the Treasurer of the United States, will contain the sums so credited, and supersede the necessity for certificates of such deposits. But at the end of each week, and also at the end of each month, he must send to the Commissioner of the Customs a return stating in detail the receipts and deposits during the week, or fracCertificates of de- tional part of the week, to the end of the month. by depositing off- 583. At those ports where another officer has been deto Secretary of the signated as depositary, the collector, or surveyor acting as collector, will take a certificate in triplicate of each posits to be taken cer and forwarded Treasury. deposit, and at the end of the business on Saturday, and at the end of each month, will enclose one of the certificates received on each day of the current week, or fractional part of the week, to the Secretary of the Treasury. He must, also, at the end of each week, and at the end of Must make returns each month, send to the Commissioner of the Customs Customs, weekly a return, stating in detail the receipts and deposits during receipts and dethe week, or fractional part of a week, to the end of the month. to Commissioner of and monthly, of posits. veyors acting as depositaries at the port, to hold re drafts of the Treas States and orders or 584. Collectors, and surveyors acting as collectors, at Collectors, and surports where there are neither assistant treasurers estab- collectors, when no lished by law, nor depositaries designated by the Secretary ceipts subject to of the Treasury, must hold the gross amount of duties, urer of the United &c., received by them, subject only to drafts upon them of Secretary by the Treasurer of the United States, and to instructions deposit. given by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Commissioner of the Customs, directing the deposit of the whole, or a part of such amount, to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. Commissioner to and payments on 585. These collectors, and surveyors acting as such, How to make remust, at the close of each month, make a return in tripli- drafts or deposites. cate, showing the balance stated in the previous return, and the gross receipts during the month on the one side, with the payments made on the drafts of the Treasurer, and the sums deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, on the other side-balancing the same by showing the amount in hand at the date of such return. One of these monthly returns must be sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, another to the Commissioner of the Customs, and the remaining one to the Treasurer of the United States, with the drafts charged therein as paid, in order that the collector may receive the proper credit for such payment. other items than Act March 3, 1849. 586. This monthly return in triplicate must contain no Must contain na other items than those above specified. The expenses of above expressed collecting the revenue, charges for drawbacks, allowances, bounties, repayments of excess of unascertained duties deposited, &c., cannot be lawfully paid out of the gross receipts of collectors. They must be paid by them as disbursing agents, money being furnished by the Treasurer's drafts for such specific objects upon requisitions sent to the Returns to be endorsed with name embraced. Commissioner of the Customs, and are to be accounted for as such. 587. Previous to the enclosure of any of the returns of port, and period mentioned in this section for the mail, each must be distinctly endorsed with the name of the port, and the period for which it is made, in compliance with the long established regulations. Collecting officers 588. It is proper to caution collectors, and surveyors directly or indi acting as such, that under no circumstances can they de cannot deposit, rectly, in any bank without exposing posit public money in any bank, either directly or indi them to penalties of the law. Act August 6, 1846. rectly, without exposing themselves to the penalties of the act of 6th August, 1846, which this Department is bound to enforce in all cases. Fees to be paid to cashier. Accounts of each class of fees to be kept. How collector will make disbursements. Pay-roll. SECTION III. PAYMENT OF FEES AND DISBURSEMENTS. ART. 589. No fees of any kind, not specifically authorized by law, will be charged by collectors or other officers of the customs in any case; and all fees, so authorized to be collected by such officer, will hereafter be received and accounted for by the cashier of the custom-house at ports where there may be such an officer, and at other ports by the officer charged with the performance of his duties. 590. Separate accounts of each class of fees will be kept by the cashier or other officer, as well with a view to the verification of the accounts rendered, as the proper distribution of the fees received. 391. All disbursements by collectors will be made in a similar manner, and, for this purpose, the several weighers, gaugers, and measurers will keep faithful and exact accounts of the labor employed by them in the performance of their official duties, in form similar to those already prescribed to be kept by officers in charge of public bonded warehouses. FORM No. 202. Time and pay-roll of persons employed by weigher, (gauger, or measurer, as the case may be,) within and for the district of, in the performance of my official duties for the quarter ending 185 . This roll shall be made up weekly or monthly, according to the custom of the port, and signed by the several persons against the amounts carried out against their respective names; and a duplicate will be delivered to the collector as a guide in the payments to be made. At the same time that the rolls are signed by the persons employed, the officer employing them will furnish to each a certificate or pay-ticket according to the annexed form: me in the performance of my official duties days dollars per day, and that the sum of dollars is due to said for the at 100 100 ending rolls. for which he has signed duplicate pay Weigher. To the COLLECTOR. Certificates or pay-tickets, in like form, will be issued. by the gaugers and measurers to the persons employed by them. These tickets will be presented to the collector or auditor of accounts for comparison with the pay-rolls, and, being approved by him, will be paid by the cashier directly to the person named therein. 592. At the close of the month, the rolls will be returned to the collector, by whom they will be carefully |