List of reports to be made to Congress by public officers-Continued. Cutter Service, their rank and pay; also A statement of buildings rented in the Dis- Stats. L., v. 27. p. A statement of the expenditure of the ap- A report of what reduction can be made in the number and salaries of the employés of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. BY THE COMPTROLLER. A report of the accounts allowed of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by the accounting officers of the Treasury after readjustment from July, 1878, to March 6, 1883, the amounts so allowed, on what account, and to whom. BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. The Comptroller of the Currency, in addition to the powers conferred upon him by law for the examination of national banks, is further authorized, whenever he may deem it useful, to cause exami nation to be made into the condition of any bank in the District of Columbia organized under act of Congress. The Comptroller, at his discretion, may report to Congress the results of such examination. The expense necessarily incurred in any such examination shall be paid out of any appropriation made by Congress for special bank examinations. A summary of the state and condition of every association from which reports have been received the preceding year, at the several dates to which such reports refer, with an abstract of the whole amount of banking capital returned by them, of the whole amount of their debts and liabilities, the amount of circulating notes outstanding, and the total amount of means and resources, specifying the amount of lawful money held by them at the times of their several returns, and such other information in relation to such associtaions as, in his judgment, may be useful. A statement of the associations whose business has been closed during the year, with the amount of their circulation redeemed and the amount outstanding. Any amendment to the laws relative to banking by which the system may be improved, and the security of the holders of its notes and other creditors may be increased. Sess. Laws, p. be made. Stats. L., v. 27. p. Stats. L., v. 26. p. 1063 Annually. Rev. Statutes. sec. 332 At his discretion. Rev. Statutes. sec. 333 Annually at the Rev. Statutes. commence ment of the session. sec. 333 Annually at the commencement of the session. Rev. Statutes. sec, 333 Annually at the commencement of the session. List of reports. to be made to Congress by public officers-Continued. A statement exhibiting under appropriate Rev. Statutes. sec. 333 A report of his proceedings under the act " BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVE- The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall estimate in detail, by collection districts, the expense of assessing and the expense of the collection of internal revenue, and submit the same to Congress. A detailed statement as to how he has expended the appropriation for detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internalrevenue laws, also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the division of internal revenue for which appropriation is made in this act. BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY. The Coast Survey report shall be submitted to Congress each year, and shall be accompanied by a general chart of the whole coast of the United States on as large a scale as convenient and practicable, showing, as near as practicable, the configuration of the coasts, and showing, by lines, the probable limits of the Gulf Stream, and showing, by lines, the probable limit to which the soundings off the coast will extend, and showing. by the use of colors and explanations, the exact portions of our coasts of which complete charts have been published by the Coast Survey; also showing such other parts of the coasts of which the triangulation, the topography, and the soundings have been completed, but not published, and also such parts of the coasts of which the triangulation and topography, or the triangulation only, have been completed. Rev. Statutes. sec. 233 Stats. L., v. 21. p. Annually at the commencement of the session. Annually at the commencement of the session. 327 By the tenth day of each annual session. List of reports to be made to Congress by public officers--Continued. A report of the effect of the customs laws and the state of the currency in the United States on the agricultural industry, especially as to its effect on mortgage indebtedness of farmers; and what articles are controlled by trusts or other combinations of capital, business operations, or labor, and what effect said trusts, etc., have on production and prices. A system of reports on the general condition, so far as production is concerned, of the leading industries of the country. A report of his investigations of the causes of, and the facts relating to, all controversies and disputes between employers and employés as they may occur, and which may tend to interfere with the welfare of the people of the different States. Stats. L., v. 20. p. 481 At the next session. Stats. L., v. 24. At the beginning of each session. A report to the President and Congress Stats. L., v. 25. p. of the information collected and collated 183 Annually. by him and containing such recommen dations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Department. Special reports on particular subjects Stats. L., v. 25. p. whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress, or when he shall think the subject in his charge requires it. 183 A report in detail of all money expended | Stats. L., v. 25. p. under his direction during the preced-, ing fiscal year. 183 List of reports to be made to Congress by public officers-Continued. Officer, and nature of the report. BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-cont'd. expenses of the United States courts in each judicial district; also, the statis. tics of crime under the laws of the United States, and a statement of the number of causes, civil and criminal, pending during the preceding year in each of the several courts of the United States. A report of the names of all persons employed or retained as attorneys or coun selors at law to assist any district attorneys in the performance of their du ties, stating where and upon what business each was employed, and the compensation paid to each. A register of the statutes of the United States and reports of the Supreme Court shall be kept, under the authority of the head of the Department of Justice, show. ing the quantity of each kind received by him from the Secretary of the Interior; and it shall be his duty to cause to be entered in such register, and at the proper time, when, where, and to whom the same, or any part of them, have been distributed and delivered, and to report the same to Congress. A report by the Attorney-General, in detail, of the items, accounts, and causes of expenditure of the contingent expenses of his Department. A statement of all payments or expendi tures during any fiscal year out of any appropriation fund subject to requisi tions by the Attorney-General. A report of the suits under the act pro. Stats. L., v. 24. p. viding for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States, approved March 3, 1887, in which a final decree or judgment has been rendered, giving the date of each, and a statement of the costs taxed in each case; also report in proceedings in reference to claims referred under the Bowman Act. A list of all final judgments rendered un der act to provide for adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations in favor of claimants and not paid. All judgments of the Court of Claims on claims arising from Indian depredations concerning which, in his opinion, after investigation and examination, there is no evidence, cumulative or otherwise, that any fraud, wrong, or injustice has been done to the United States. Hereafter to certify to Congress for appro priation only such judgments of the Court of Claims as are not to be ap pealed, or such appealed cases as shall have been decided by the Supreme Court to be due and payable. Immediately after beginning of Congress. Stats. L., v. 26. p. 854 each session of Stats. L., v. 28. p. Sess. Laws, p. 537 By the Attorney-General and Secretary of Stats. L., v. 28. p. War, a full report of all the facts in the claims, if any, of the State of Maryland, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, and any other owner of land and water List of reports to be made to Congress by public officers—Continued. Officer, and nature of the report. BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-cont'd. rights, or either, at the Great Falls, and COURT OF CLAIMS. A report, for final action, of the facts Stats. L., v. 23. BY THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS. A full and complete statement of all the judgments rendered by the court during the previous year, stating the amounts thereof and the parties in whose favor they were rendered, together with a brief synopsis of the nature of the claims upon which they were rendered, and at the end of every term of the court he shall transmit a copy of its decisions to the heads of the Departments; to the Solicitor, the Comptrollers, and the Auditors of the Treasury; to the Commissioners of the General Land Office and of Indian Affairs; to the chiefs of bureaus, and to other officers charged with the adjustment of claims against the United States. BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. A report of all contracts for carrying the mail made within the preceding year, giv ing in each case the name of the contractor; the date and duration of the contract; the routes embraced therein, with the length of each; the time of arrival and departure at the ends of each route; the mode of transportation; and the price to be paid, together with a copy of the recorded abstracts of all proposals for carrying the mails, as provided by section three thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, title "The postal service." A report of all land and water mails estab lished or ordered within the preceding year, other than those let to contract at the annual letting, giving in each case the route or water course on which the mail is established, the name of the person employed to transport it, the mode of transportation, the price to be paid, and the duration of the order of contract. A detailed statement of the various sums of money refunded under the provisions of the "customs administration act," or any other act of Congress, relating to the revenue, together with copies of the rulings under which payments were made. A report of all allowances made to contractors within the preceding year above the sums originally stipulated in their respective contracts, and the reasons for the same, and of all orders made whereby additional expense is incurred on any Rev. Statutes. sec. 413 Annually. Sess. Laws, pp.140, 141 In his annual re- Rev. Statutes. sec. 418 Annually. |