Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-27
No. Ies
to provide auditing Of the Pest Office



An act to provide for auditing the Of the Pest
Department.
do enact shall the y Of the First Auditor OF the
Treasury to receive all accounts arising in ihs Post office De
parment reN i've thereof audit and settle the
certify their balances to the Provided That
either The Genea or any person whose account
months ppeal the Comptroller of the Tseasry
shall be tbaI and The Sd auditor shall Trnorf 10
the Postmaster General when required the official forms
lie used by po7maSs End other officers ami agents
the Department concerned in its rece and and te
and form Of keeping and stating He shall
and preserve all accounts with the
ment he shall ompy report to the ali
denqusnces OF Postmaers in paying psOcee their
Offices He shall clssethe Of The Department quarterly,
and transmit to the Secretary OF the Tressy quarterly
meu Of its pss aud expenditures He register
charge aud counsgn all warrants upon the for
cpt and payments issued by the Po sste General when
raDted by law He shall perform such her relation to
the financial concerns Of the department shall be assigned
by Secretly Treasury the General
them respectively such reports as either OF
them require respecting the lie shall and
tfy quarterly accounts Of the Moneys
maid pursuant to the appropriations eIch year. by poSmat
out OF the proceeds Of their Offices the expenses
the department. unde- Of tbs he DIS expenses
specified in the appIOpr TONS which the
ea shall issue to the Treasurer Of the Confederate
Sites in order that the be carried the credit
debit Of the appropriation Postocs De
partments he books Of the Auditor Of Treasury
superntend the collection Of all debts due to the department.
and penalties and forstres impos posma tiers fail
ing make pay the proceeds of their Oce,
and he shall direct suits aud ea proceedings and take all such
authorized by Law enforce proper pay
ment Of moneys due to the department.
SIC Ana be further enacted Tina the said auditor shall
have charge OF all lands and other property which shall be
sgne OF conveyed to the Confederate States in payment
debts, and Of all for the Confederate
States in payment Of debts dge thm account o: tie
fOsohce department; and to sell and dispose Of lands
her property assigned set off to the ConederatS
States Of debts being ted in them by
ether security for the payment of debts due to the sad de
par unde such raes and may be prescribed
by the Postmaster General.
SIC The Secretary Of the Treasury shall appoint chief
clerk aid the First Au1or Of the Treasury in auditing the
counts Of the POsofce Depar men who shall salary
Of tHO thousand dollars and ha appoint fifteen
Ginona clerks, with salaries Of h1ncaed dollars eah
fourteen ether clerks with salaries dollars eacE
Aid the first ni0r Of the Treasury auditing the accounts
Of the Pusoce Department and be shall appoint
for the Treasury Department allowed salary
Of e 1e hundred dollars per anuum.
f. Be further enacted, Thai the said auditor Ct the
Treasury shall be allowed to ead through the mail commune
cations, relating exclusively to the postoce business
under the rules regulations and restrictions and
subject to tie penalties respect
transmission free of charge the heads Of the
Postofce Department And this act shall into ee; from
after its passage
Approved May lG, 1851 jyE laE4w
An act admit Tennessee into the Conderacy on