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Title: F. U. Stitt to N. L. Jeffries, 12 November 1867
Date: November 12, 1867
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00292
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November 12, 1867.
Hon. N. L. Jeffries,
Register of the Treasury.
Sir:
By direction of the Attorney General, I transmit the estimate of appropriations required for the service of this Office, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869.
Very respectfully, &c. &c.
F. U. Stitt,
Acting Chief Clerk.
Estimates of Appropriations required for the Office of the Attorney General, for the Fiscal year ending June 30, 1869:
| Names, and Acts of Congress, etc. | Estimates for 1868-69 | Estimates for 1867-68 |
| For Attorney General, per act of March 3, 1859 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| For Assistant Attorney General per act of March 2, 1865 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| For Law Clerk, per Act of July 23, 1866 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| For Chief Clerk, per Act of March 3, 1865 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| For two clerks of Class 4, per act of March 3, 1865 | 3,600 | 3,600 |
| For two clerks of Class 3, per act of March 3, 1865 | 3,200 | 3,200 |
| For one clerk of Class 1, per act of March 3, 1865. | 1200 | 1200 |
| For two additional Temporary Clerks of Class 1, per Act of July 23, 1866. | 2,400 | 2,400 |
| One Messenger per act of July 25, 1864. | 1000 | 1000 |
| For Contingent expenses, viz: Fuel, Labor, Furniture, Stationary and Miscellaneous Items | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| For Law and other necessary Books | 1,000 | 1,000 |