the State of New York June 28, 1836; was engaged in banking business in Chicago, resigning presidency of First National Bank of that city to accept portfolio of Treasury Department; appointed March 5, 1897.
The Secretary of the Treasury is charged with the management of the national finances, and prepares plans for the improvement of the revenue and the support of public credit. He controls the construction of public buildings; the coinage and printing of money; the collection of commercial statistics; the administration of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Life-Saving, Light-House, Revenue-Cutter, Steamboat-Inspection, and Marine Hospital branches of public service, and annually submits to Congress estimates of probable revenues and disbursements of the Government.
Assistant Secretaries. — O. L. Spaulding, Horace A. Taylor, and Frank A. Vanderlip. They are assigned such duties as the Secretary may determine, dividing the supervision of the different bureaus among them.
Chief Clerk. — Theodore F. Swayze. Supervises duties of clerks and employees connected with Department; superintendence of all buildings occupied by Department in Washington; supervision of all official correspondence of Secretary's office; the enforcement of general regulations of Department, and has charge of all business of Secretary's office not assigned.
Disbursing Clerks. — George A. Bartlett and Thomas J. Hobbs. Pay salaries of clerks and employees and settle accounts against the Department.
Comptroller of the Treasury. — Robert J. Tracewell. Designates forms of keeping and rendering public accounts, and has charge of preservation, with their vouchers and certificates, of accounts finally adjusted. He must pass upon the rulings of auditors in their adjustment of the accounts of the different Departments. Disbursing officers may appeal from the decisions of auditors to the Comptroller, his decision being final and conclusive upon the executive branch of the Government.
In immediate connection with the Secretary's office there are the Divisions of Appointments; Bookkeeping and Warrants; Customs; Revenue-Cutter Service; Stationery, Printing, and Blanks; Loans and Currency; Mail and Files; Special Agents; Miscellaneous.
There are also six Auditors in the Treasury Department, whose duty it is to audit and pass upon the accounts of each Department. They are known as Auditor for the Treasury Department, W. E. Andrews; Auditor for the War Department, William Wallace Brown; Auditor for the Interior Department, William Youngblood; Auditor for the Navy Department, Frank H. Morris; Auditor for the State and other Departments, Ernest G. Timme; Auditor for the Post-Office Department, Henry A. Castle.
Treasurer of the United States. — Ellis H. Roberts. Is charged with the receipt and disbursement of all public moneys that may be deposited in the Treasury, either at Washington or at the sub-treasuries at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, and San Francisco, and in the national banks of the United States which may be designated as depositories. In the Treasurer's office there are various divisions, known as Cash Division, Division of Accounts, Division of National Banks, Division of Loans, Division of Redemption, Division of Issues, the National Bank Redemption Agency, and the Sinking Fund Office, District of Columbia.
