Congressional Edition Volume 6050 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...Veit, John McAdams, Michael Rudden, M. Harry Isaacs, Harry Gerstman, Henry Quinn, Frederick H. Schiele, Patrick C Driscoll, Frank Scharf. This order is issued on the recommendation of the collector of customs at New York and the Secretary of the Treasury, with the concurrence of the United States Civil Service Commission, for the reason that these men are assigned to the different vessels entering the port of New York, and tally all foreign cargo on which duty is collected by count and weight, especially cargo on which duty is collected by test weight, or where the weighing is performed at another place than the place of discharge; and for the further reason that at the time the organization of the customs watchmen's force took place, the tallying of the cargoes above referred to was performed by customs watchmen, but the limited number of customs watchmen and the continued increase of cargoes where such assignments were necessary made it impossible to continue to cover these details with the force of customs watchmen available. October 25, 1910. Mr. W. E. S. Griswold, of New York, may be appointed to the position of Secretary of the commission to investigate questions pertaining to the issuance of stocks and bonds by railroad corporations authorized under section 16 of the act to create a commerce court, approved on June 18, 1910. This order is issued with the concurrence of the Civil Service Commission, as the secretary is to be the administrative head of such commission whose force is now being initially organized. November 4, 1910. Mr. William J. Meyers may be permanently appointed as a statistician, at $5,000 per annum, in the Interstate Commerce Commission, without examination under the civil-service rules. It appears that the...