The Accounting System of the United States from 1789 to 1910 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Accounting System of the United States from 1789 to 1910 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Dept Of the Tr Auditing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Accounting System of the United States From 1789 to 1910 The arrangement of the accounting branch of the Treasury Depart ment, in 1837, may be summarized thus: The First Comptroller was not only an accounting officer, examining the settlements of the First and Fifth Auditors and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but he superintended the customs. The Second Comptroller was engaged upon duties appertaining to an accounting officer, examining settlements made by the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors. The Commissioner of the Land Office managed the public lands and adjusted the accounts of the receivers of public moneys who sold the lands. The Fifth Auditor, besides adjusting the accounts mentioned, superintended the Light-house Establishment. The Fourth and Sixth Auditors were exclusively confined to the naval and postal departments. The Second and Third Auditors adjusted the accounts of the War Department. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.