. A bird's eye view of our federal government . MILTON J. DURHAM,First Compteoller of the Treasury. [Milton J. Durham was born in Kentucky in 1824, became a lawyer andin 1861-62 was a circuit judge in liis section of the state. In 1874 he waselected to congress and continued a member of the house of represent-atives for six years. In 1885 he was appointed first comptroller of thetreasury.] all bond deposits held, and all bills of broken banks re-deemed in lawful money. Besides these duties, the comp-troller has the direction of the bank examiners who «re sentout, at irregular intervals, to exa
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . MILTON J. DURHAM,First Compteoller of the Treasury. [Milton J. Durham was born in Kentucky in 1824, became a lawyer andin 1861-62 was a circuit judge in liis section of the state. In 1874 he waselected to congress and continued a member of the house of represent-atives for six years. In 1885 he was appointed first comptroller of thetreasury.] all bond deposits held, and all bills of broken banks re-deemed in lawful money. Besides these duties, the comp-troller has the direction of the bank examiners who «re sentout, at irregular intervals, to examine the books and accountsof the different banks and see whether Iheir published state-ments of financial standing are true. OUB FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 33 39, The Commissioner of Customs, The commissioner of customs might very well be calledthe comptroller of customs, since his duty is the verificationof the accounts of the customs officers with the treasury, andnot the administration of revenue laws. The office dates from. WILLIAM LEE TKENHOLM, COMPTEOLLER OF THE CURREXCY. [William L. Trenliolm was born in South Carolina In 1836. He servedin the confederate army during the war. In 1865 he resumed businessin Charleston ; in 1885 he was appointed one of the commissioners of thecivil service of the United States. Previous to this he had held no publicoffice, except that of city alderman for two terms. In 1886 he was trans-ferred to his present office. Like his father (who was secretary of thetreasury in the southern confederacy), jNIr. Trenholm has shown a tastelor questions of finance, and was, pievious to his appointment, wellknown through his writings and public addresses,] 1849, and previous to that its duties were discharged by thefirst comptroller. 34 OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 40. The Auditors of the Treasury. Before the accounts of any bureau, office or division go tothe comptrollers to be verified, they first pass through thebands of the proper auditor, who examines each acc
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