
Congress at its last session abolished one of the third class clerkships in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and upon my requesting the Solicitor to designate which of the three he could best dispense with, you were named. It is, therefore, my duty to inform you that your services will not be required from and after the first proximo.
I regret to have to send you this notice, but under the law limiting the force in the
office
the proposed
reduction is necessary, and I do not feel at liberty to overrule the wishes of the
Solicitor of the Treasury.


