Payment of the claim of the state of
Colorado for one-half the cost of taking
the semi-decennial census has been
withheld by the first comptroller of the
treasury, on the ground that the state
is indebted to the United States in a
larger amount on account of the direct
tax of August 5, 1861. In auditing the
claim of Dakota territory a deduction
deduction has been made on timiliar
grounds.
Thk postmaster general lately sub
mitted to the attorney general the ques
tion whether the reduction of a post
ollice from one of the presidential
classes to the fourth class called for s,
new appointment by the pestraaster
general, or whether the incumbent hav
ing been nominated by the president
and confirmed by the senate for four
years was entitled to serve out the
period for which he was commissioned.
I'he practice of the department has not
been uniform in such cases. The attor
ney general has decided that the change
in the classification of the office abolish
es the office to which the incumbent
was appointed and creates anew fourth
class office, to which it is the duty of
the postmaster general to appoint some
one.
LENDING AID.
Minister Phelps is Taking Steps
to Help tho tJenuall’s out
ot Their Troubles.
Germans in Trouble.
MINISTER PENDLETON TAKES STEPS TO
RELIEVE THEM.
