§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that clerks to surveyors of taxes are not in the 997 service of the Board of Inland Revenue he can say why the inspectors of such Board give these clerks orders when of inspection; and whether he will state if these clerks are supposed to take orders from servants of the Board, in view of the fact that they are personal clerks of the surveyors.
§ (Answered by Mr. McKenna.) There may be cases in which an inspector finds that the work in a surveyor's office is not being properly done, and it is then his duty to draw attention thereto. The fact that a clerk in the office is not directly in the service of the Board does not preclude the inspector from giving instructions as to the proper methods of conducting business.