Our country and its resources; . nr ^HE Secre- 1 tary of the Treasury is charged by law with the manage- meat of the na- tional finances. lie prepares plansfor the improve-ment of the reven-ue and for the support of the publiccredit; superintends the collection of the revenue, and directs the forms ofkeeping and rendering public ac-counts and of making returns;grants warrants for all moneysdrawn from the Treasury in pur-suance of appropriations made bylaw, and for the payment of moneysinto the Treasury; and annuallysubmits to Congress estimates of theprobable revenues and disburse-ments of the
Our country and its resources; . nr ^HE Secre- 1 tary of the Treasury is charged by law with the manage- meat of the na- tional finances. lie prepares plansfor the improve-ment of the reven-ue and for the support of the publiccredit; superintends the collection of the revenue, and directs the forms ofkeeping and rendering public ac-counts and of making returns;grants warrants for all moneysdrawn from the Treasury in pur-suance of appropriations made bylaw, and for the payment of moneysinto the Treasury; and annuallysubmits to Congress estimates of theprobable revenues and disburse-ments of the Government. He con-trols the construction and niain-. THE TREASURY BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. by Munn & Co., Inc. OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES tenance of public buildings, thecoinage and printing of money, theadministration of the Coast Guardand flic Public Health branches ofthe public service. He is ex-officiochairman of the Federal ReserveBoard created by act approved De-cember 23, 1913, known as the•Federal Reserve Act. There are three Assistant Secre-taries in charge of the bureaus anddivisions of the Treasury Depart-ment. One has charge of PublicHealth Service, Supervising Archi-tects Office, the selection of sites forpublic buildings, Coast Guard, Ap-pointment Division, General SupplyCommittee, Section of Surety Bondsand all unassigned business of theDepartment. To the Assistant Secretary incharge of fiscal bureaus is assignedgeneral supervision of all mattersrelating to the Office of the Comp- troller of the Currency, the Officeof the Treasurer of the UnitedStates, the Bureau of Internal Reve-nue, the Bureau o
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