DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES, government. The
department of the treasury is constituted of the followingofficers, namely: the secretary of the treasury, (q.v.) the headof the department, two comptrollers, five auditors, a treasurer, aregister, and a commissioner of the land office. 2. Each of these officers is required to perform certain appropriate duties, in which they are assisted by numerous clerks. They are prohibited from carrying on the business of trade or commerce, from being the owners or part owners of any sea vessel, from buying any public lands, from disposing or purchasing any securities of any state, or of the United States, from receiving or applying to their own use any emolument or gain in transacting business in this department, other than what shall be allowed by law, under the penalty of three thousand dollars, and of being removed from office, and of being thereafter incapable of holding any office under the United States. Gord. Dig. 228 to 248
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