Subject.

Vol.

No. Part.

War, Secretary of:

Letters from, relative to--

Fort McKinney, Wyoming Territory, completion of the post

at..

Fort Selden, New Mexico, construction of a post at..
Fort Thornburgh, Utah, construction of the post at.

Fox and Wisconsin Rivers Improvement at Menasha, Wis.,
dam on the...

Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania, construction of an em-
bankment wall at...

Jefferson Barracks, Mo., plans for buildings at.

construction of certain buildings at.

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, relief of the..

Laidley, Col. T. T. S., report of, on trial of two cast-iron

guns made by.

Lieutenants in the Army, promotions of.
Ludington, Mich., harbor of refuge at.

Maps and charts for the House Committee on Commerce..
Military establishment, contingent expenses of the..

Mining débris, injury to navigable waters of California from.
Mississippi River, destitution from overflow of .....

navigation through bridge over the Upper.
relief afforded sufferers from overtow of..

New Buffalo, Mich., condition of the harbor at....
Petersburg, Va., improvement of the river and harbor at...
Potomac River at Georgetown, D. C., bridge across the..
Quartermaster's Department, agents employed by, in the
investigation of claims..

Rio Grande frontier, acquiring sites for posts for protection
of the

Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, improvement of the water-
power at............

163

Sabine Pass, Tex., survey of the entrance to.

147

Saint Joseph River, Michigan, bridge across....

113

Saint Mary's Falls Canal...

15

Saint Mary's River and Saint Mary's Falls Canal, improve-
ment of the......

54

Signal Service, error in report of expenditures of..

197

expenditures for...

128

Soldiers, certain debts of, to be made a lien against their pay.
Susquehanna River, near Havre de Grace, Md., improve-

115

ment of the...

53

12

112

168

11

134

Tests of metals made at Watertown Arsenal.

Vineyard Haven Harbor, Mass., condition of..

War Department building, contingent expenses of the.

contingent fund of the..

increase of clerical force in the...

Washington, D. C., rent of branch post-office in..

Waste paper, sale of..

Water-power at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, improvement of the.
Weber, Charles, and Shields, Thomas, arrest and imprisonment of,
in Mexico....

Western Miami Indians at Quapaw Agency..

Wheaton, Brevet Brigadier-General, annual report of (vol. 1)

Willcox, Col. O. B., annual report of (vol. 1)...

Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, dam on the.....

Workingmen of the District of Columbia, list of claims of certain.
Wrapping-paper, appropriation for...

Wyoming, annual report of the governor of (vol. 2)..

Territory, completion of the post at Fort McKinney, in

Yards and Docks, report of the Bureau of...

Yellowstone National Park, annual report of the superintendent

1st Session.

No. 219.

DECISIONS

OF THE

FIRST COMPTROLLER

IN THE

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES.

By WILLIAM LAWRENCE,

FIRST COMPTROLLER.

VOL. II. SECOND EDITION.

1881.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1882.

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DECISIONS OF THE FIRST COMPTROLLER OF THE

TREASURY.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

TRANSMITTING THE

Decisions of the First Comptroller for the years 1881 and 1882.

JUNE 23, 1882.-Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Office of the Secretary,

Washington, D. C., June 22, 1882.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith copies of decisions of the First Comptroller of this Department, for the year 1881 and for the year 1882, this day presented to me by that officer, with his letter of the 21st instant, also herewith transmitted.

SIR: On the 10th of February, 1881, I had the honor to transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury a limited portion of the decisions I made during the year 1880, which I supposed might be of some general utility, and on the same day he transmitted them to the Speaker of the