The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-08
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

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The Treasury Department consists Secretary
the Treasury comptroors commissioner the CUSTOMS
dor treasurer register solicitor house board and coast
Tho following the duties of these
Oes and OF the force employed therein, respectively:
Secredyls Oon Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury
architect three raughmen temporarily employed and twenty
three Secretary the Treasury charged with the
supervision the fiscal transactions the government and Of the
execution of tho laws concerning the commerce and the
United States He supennds the survey Of tho coast the light house
establishment the hospitals Of the United States and the
sruon of certain public buildings for and other pur
poses.
FFra COrastrols oosBen William sedl, Comptroller, and
clerks lie the mode Of keeping and rendering &C
civil diplomatic service well as the public lands
and revses and cert0es the balances arising thereon
Second Copptrols QnoeJ NJ Cuts, ESQ., Comptroller and
Ing the accounts Of the army navy departments
public service and cernes the balances arising thereon
ONCE of Commissioner Of Samuel ngham, esq
Cmisipe and eleven clerks pescrbes keeping
rendering of the us'oms and dburc
and for the building and repairing custom houses &c. and re-
vlses and cerulcs the balances arising thereon
Audas oGceThOm l. smith, esq, First Auditor, and
He receives and adjusts the accounts OF the customs
revenue and appropriations expenditures
the civil list and under private acts Of Congress and reports
tho balances to the Commissioner Of the Customs and the First Comp
troIler, respectively for their decision thereon
Second Aadaors ocThomas d Fuller, Second Auditor and
twenty clerks He receives and adjusts all accounts relating TO
the pay clothing recruiting the army, well armories
Rrsena and ordnance and all accounts relating the Indian
reports the balances the Second Comptroller for his dec
sion thereon.
Taiyd Audrs ooRObcTtJ Atkinson, esq., Third Auditor and
receives and adjusts all accounts for sub
OF the army orihcaons Military Academy, military roads
PENSIONS claims
arising military services previous to 1916 and for horses and
property lost in the military service under various acts OF Con
Rres reports balances the Second Comptroller for his do
eison thereon.
Fourth Audors o. Dayton esq., Fourth Auditor and
adjusts for the service OF
the Navy Department reports the balances the Second Comp
trolcr his decision thereon.
Fyfh AUDITORS OGoe-Murrny Mcconnell ESQ., Fifth Auditor and
receives adjusts all accounts for diplomatic and
similar services performed direction Of the State Depart
reports the balances the First Comptroller for his decision
thereon
Sih Audaos o6o-Dr Thomas Tate auditor Of tho Treas
ury Department. hundred and fourteen
clerks adjusts all arising from the
vice OF Department decisions final unless
appeal months the First Comptroller He
collection all debts due the Post Oee Department aud
tractors failing their he directs suits and legal proceed
ng criminal and takes all such be au
oed by enforce the prompt payment due 70 h
nruotng United mnrshas and clerk
in relating thereto and receives returns from each tern
United OF the condition and progress such suit
and legal proceedings has charge Of all lands and other property
assigned United States payment Of debts due the Pc 81 ono
Department power cell and dispose Of the same for tn
| benefit the United States
Trsrss Oos-samuel Casey, ESQ., Treasurer, and thrtee
clerks the the United states 10 IN
that Of the repositories created by tho act OF the ON
secretary Treasury by the First Comptroller
by the Postmaster General and oountersno
by the sixth Auditor by the Register He also hold
public moneys dsbursng officers and
| out the same upon their checks
Rssy Ogoe-Fnley Bigger, esq, Register, and twentynin
the OF public receipts aud expenditures
receives the returns the oa Of oommero
ana navigation States; and receives from the E
Customs all accounts aud voucher
deed by hon. charged bylaw with their safokeenF