U. S. Treasury dept. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING ESTIMATES OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1861, AND JUNE 30, 1862. WASHINGTON: 1861. JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the printing and distribution of the annual estimates. Resolved by the Senate aud House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the estimates of appropriations, which he is by law required to prepare and submit to Congress, to be printed, and copies of the same to be delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives in time for distribution at the commencement of each session; and that the Clerk distribute the said estimates in the manner in which documents printed by Congress are directed to be distributed. Approved January 7, 1846. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 2, 1861. SIR: Agreeably to the joint resolution of Congress, of January 7, 1846, I have the honor to transmit for the information of the House of Representatives printed estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1861, and June 30, 1862, as follows: Civil, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous.... Army, &c............. Fortifications, ordnance, &c..... To refund to the States expenses incurred on account Accompanying the estimates is a statement showingThe permanent appropriations, specific and indefinite, estimated for the service of the fiscal year ending Jnne 30, 1862, made by former acts of Congress, viz: Miscellaneous, including expenses of collecting the revenue from customs Civilization of Indians... $831,406 90 431,525 77 167, 143, 225 19 Interest on the public debt..... Accompanying the estimates there are sundry statements, furnished by the several departments, containing explanations, and showing the details in regard to them. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, The Hon. SPEAKER of the House of Representatives. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. |