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Title: The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910
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Publisher: Philadelphia Chicago : P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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tates. The chief officer is the Secretary of the Treasury, salary^8,000. He is a member of the Cabinet, and is appointed, likeall department officers, by the President, by and with the con-sent of the Senate. He has two Assistant Secretaries at a salaryof ;^4,500 each. The Secretary must manage the collection ofall revenue and lay plans for supporting the public credit; orderand keep all public accounts; grant warrants for moneys appro-priated by Congress; audit accounts of receipts and disburse-ments ; collect all commercial statistics ; report annually to Con-gress, or whenever called upon, his methods of management,results and recommendations. For his assistance in the discharge of these multifarious andresponsible duties he has a corps of officers, clerks and assistantswhich number over 3,000. These are all at work in the follow-ing subdepartments, bureaus or divisions : FIRST ASSISTANT.—This officer supervises all the workrelating to Appointments; Public Moneys; Revenue Marine;
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215 216 POLITICAL HISTORY OF Stationery, Printing and Blanks; Loans and Currency; Bureauof Engraving and Printing; Bureau of the Mint. SECOND ASSISTANT supervises all the work belongingto the Division of Customs; Special Agents; Navigation; In-ternal Revenue; Appropriations, Warrants and Estimates ; Super-vising Architect; Marine Hospital Supervision; Bureau ofStatistics; Inspector-General of Steam-vessels. CHIEF CLERKS OFFICE has supervision of all theTreasury buildings, their furniture, repairs, mails, horses, wagons,*v^orking property. APPOINTMENTS.—This division supervises all appoint-ments and removals in the department, the .Customs Service, In-ternal Revenue, and other branches of the Treasury Department;prepares the Treasury Register (Blue Book); and attends tomatters of estimates, pay-rolls, etc. WARRANTS.—ThQ Division of Warrants, Estimates andAppropriations issues Warrants for the payment of PublicMoneys; keeps Sinking Fund, Public Debt and Pacific R. R.accounts; accoun

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