The Accounting System of the United States from 1789 to 1910 |
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... taken to the present First Comptroller of the Treasury , it shall be the duty of the Second Comp- troller and Commissioner of Customs finally to adjust the same , and in case of disagreement between the said Second Comptroller and Com ...
... taken to the present First Comptroller of the Treasury , it shall be the duty of the Second Comp- troller and Commissioner of Customs finally to adjust the same , and in case of disagreement between the said Second Comptroller and Com ...
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... taken to have occurred . SEC . 2. And be it further enacted , That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be , and they are hereby authorized in settling the ac- counts of the petty officers , seamen , and others , not officers ...
... taken to have occurred . SEC . 2. And be it further enacted , That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be , and they are hereby authorized in settling the ac- counts of the petty officers , seamen , and others , not officers ...
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... taken and considered as final and conclusive upon the execu- tive branch of the Government , and be subject to revision only by Congress or the proper courts : Provided , That the head of the proper department before signing a warrant ...
... taken and considered as final and conclusive upon the execu- tive branch of the Government , and be subject to revision only by Congress or the proper courts : Provided , That the head of the proper department before signing a warrant ...
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... taken from the mail by robbery , theft , or otherwise , which may come into the hands of any agent or employee of the United States , or any other person whatever ; all fines and pen- alties imposed for any violation of the postal laws ...
... taken from the mail by robbery , theft , or otherwise , which may come into the hands of any agent or employee of the United States , or any other person whatever ; all fines and pen- alties imposed for any violation of the postal laws ...
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... taken to be prima facie evidence of embezzlement ; and upon the trial of any indictment against any person for such embezzlement it shall be prima facie evidence of a balance against him to produce a transcript from the money - order ...
... taken to be prima facie evidence of embezzlement ; and upon the trial of any indictment against any person for such embezzlement it shall be prima facie evidence of a balance against him to produce a transcript from the money - order ...
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accounts relating Act approved February Act approved July Act approved March act making appropriations act of July act to provide adjusted amended amount appointed attorneys audit and settle authorized balances arising thereon bond certify the balances chap claims clerk Commissioner of Customs Congress copies court decision thereon delinquent direction disbursing officer District of Columbia Dockery Act duty eighteen hundred ending June thirtieth examine all accounts executive departments February 18 fiscal year ending Fourth Auditor further enacted Government hereafter hereby July 31 Land Office ment money-order Navy Department payment pensions person Post Office Department postal service Postmaster proper accounting officers public accounts public money purposes quarterly R. S. Act approved R. S. See sec receive and examine Register render repealed Revised Statutes Second Auditor Second Comptroller Secretary Secretary of War Sixth Auditor Stat Third Auditor transmit the accounts Treasury Department United vouchers and certificates War Department
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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.
Page 69 - No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either house of the general assembly, or...
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.
Page 29 - ... every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended.
Page 105 - Hereafter, in the settlement of the accounts of deceased officers or enlisted men of the Army, where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than five hundrd dollars and no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate...
Page 76 - An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1885 (USC, title 39, sec.
Page 90 - The Auditor for the State and Other Departments shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of Labor...
Page 59 - That no person appointed to any office instituted by this act, shall directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce...