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It was the duty of the Comptroller to superintend the adjustment and preservation
of all public accounts; to examine all accounts settled ... to receive the adjusted
accounts from the Comptroller and keep accounts of receipts and disbursements.
It was the duty of the Comptroller to superintend the adjustment and preservation
of all public accounts; to examine all accounts settled ... to receive the adjusted
accounts from the Comptroller and keep accounts of receipts and disbursements.
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It was the duty of the Comptroller to superintend the adjustment and preservation
of all public accounts ; to examine all ... of the Register to receive the adjusted
accounts from the Comptroller and keep accounts of receipts and disbursements
.
It was the duty of the Comptroller to superintend the adjustment and preservation
of all public accounts ; to examine all ... of the Register to receive the adjusted
accounts from the Comptroller and keep accounts of receipts and disbursements
.
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The Fifth Auditor was established to adjust certain accounts hereinafter
mentioned . ... are interested , either as debtors or creditors , shall be adjusted in
the Department of thu Treasury , ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OF THE UNITED
STATES . 9.
The Fifth Auditor was established to adjust certain accounts hereinafter
mentioned . ... are interested , either as debtors or creditors , shall be adjusted in
the Department of thu Treasury , ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OF THE UNITED
STATES . 9.
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shall be adjusted in the Department of thu Treasury , will be found in the act of
1817 . The following is a brief description of the duties of the Comptrollers and
Auditors under the legislation of 1817 : FIRST COMPTROLLER . — To examine
all ...
shall be adjusted in the Department of thu Treasury , will be found in the act of
1817 . The following is a brief description of the duties of the Comptrollers and
Auditors under the legislation of 1817 : FIRST COMPTROLLER . — To examine
all ...
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... directed that the Postmaster - General “ shall once in three months render to
the Secretary of the Treasury a quarterly account of all receipts and expenditures
in the said department , to be adjusted and settled as other public accounts .
... directed that the Postmaster - General “ shall once in three months render to
the Secretary of the Treasury a quarterly account of all receipts and expenditures
in the said department , to be adjusted and settled as other public accounts .
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Page 70 - ... shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of the money embezzled, and shall be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than ten years.
Page 41 - ... trial, in possession of vouchers not before in his power to procure, and that he was prevented from exhibiting a claim for such credit at the Treasury by absence from the United States or by some unavoidable accident.
Page 73 - All contracts to be made, by virtue of any law, and requiring the advance of money, or in any manner connected with the settlement of public accounts, shall be deposited promptly in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, according to the nature of the contracts: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the existing laws in regard to the contingent funds of Congress.
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Page 34 - March next, all claims and demands whatever, by the United States or against them, and all accounts whatever, in which the United States are concerned, either as debtors or as creditors, shall be settled and adjusted in the treasury department.
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| Title | The Accounting System of the United States from 1789 to 1910 Issue 2603 of Document (United States. Department of the Treasury) |
| Authors | United States. Department of the Treasury. Committee on Auditing, Faber Stevenson |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 117 pages |
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