206 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IL Ch. 174. 1894. the power, under the direction of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to countersign all warrants and sign all other papers. _ _ CW! ·=*¤*¥'• °¤**••· The chief clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and shall have the power, in the name of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to counters1g1x all warrants except accountable warrants. .
- "“'°” °° '°°°'°' The Auditors, under the direction of the Comptroller of the Treasury,
dBm` shall superintend the recovery of all debts iinally certified by them, respectively, to be due to the United States. _ §_‘g‘*'°_j’;_Y;,,*g’5"“F,jg_ Section thirty-six hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes memiéa. `P` is amended by substituting the words “ proper Auditor " for the words “ First Comptroller of the Treasury (or the Commissioner of Customs, _ _ as the case may be)." ,,,I,}"°“"“',“*—i “°"°"· Section thirty-six hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes llqllbll . _ _ _ , n.s.,m.acaa,p.1m, is amended by substituting the words *• proper Aud1tor" for the words “"°”"*"*· “First or Second Comptroller of the Treasury." $§,,°§,°§X’§,,, t,, p,,,, Sec. 5. The Comptroller of the Treasury shall, under the direction mm f¤¤¤¤·¤*¤· of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribe the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts, except those relating to the postal revenues and expenditures therefrom. . §“°§“‘§;{ {gg_,,,,., The returns of fees mentioned in section seventeen hundred ·and ¤m¤¤<Y•><i·' twenty-tive of the Revised Statutes shall be made as prescribed by the Comptroller of the Treasury. · Sec. 6. Section two hundred and seventycne of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows: · ,,f,f,§F‘,“;“c§§,§¤§; P"` “Smo. 271. The Comptroller of the Treasury, in any case where, in K S-. we 271, p- 45. his opinion, the interests of the Government require it, shall direct any '"“°“d°‘L of the Auditors forthwith to audit and settle any particular account _ which such Auditor is authorized to audit and settle! - §;°jf*§§}‘§°§‘Q.“§, Sue. 7. Accounts shall be examined by the Auditors as follows: '!r••;•¤ry 1>•r•~r¤— First. The Auditor for the Treasury Department shall receive and n"examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office ` of the Secretary of the Treasury and all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the customs service, public debt, internal revenue, Treasurer and assistant treasnrers, mints and assay offices, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Revenue-Cutter Service, Life- Saving Service, Light— House Board, Marine—Hospital Service, public buildings, Steamboatlnspection Service, immigration, navigation, Secret Service, Alaskan fur·seal tisheries, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants. Dfp{;‘*u¤j*n*{f'°* “'•= Second. The Auditor for the War Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the oince of the Secretary of War and all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the military establishment, armories and arsenals, national cemeteries, fortifications, public buildings and grounds under the Chief of Engineers, rivers and harbors, the Military Academy, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of War, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the B Mmm { I Secretary of War, tml,', ¤,,,,,,,,,,,,‘,Z,§_ "‘ Third. The Auditor for the Interior Department shall receive and ~ examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and of all bureaus and offices under his direction, and all accounts relating to Army and Navy pensions, Geological Survey, public lands, Indians, Architect of the Capitol, patents, census, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Vifarrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certilicate tc the Secretary of the Interior.
