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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On Wednesday, the 28th ult., Congress passed a resolution vesting the Board of Treasury with authority to superintend and examine the conduct of treasury officers and commissioners settling public accounts, with duties to report absences or inconsistencies.
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That the Board of Treasury be, and hereby are declared to be vested with full authority to superintend and examine the conduct of all officers employed in the department of the treasury, and of the several Commissioners appointed, or that hereafter may be appointed for the settlement of the publick accounts, as well those of the five great departments, as those authorised to adjust the accounts between the United States and individual states.
And in case any of the said officers, or Commissioners, shall unnecessarily absent themselves from their respective offices, or shall engage in any business inconsistent with, or that may hinder a constant discharge of the duties of their several appointments, it shall be the duty of the Board of Treasury to make immediate report thereof to Congress, that such measures may be adopted thereon, as justice and the publick interest may require.
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On Wednesday The 28th Ult.
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Congress resolved that the Board of Treasury is vested with full authority to superintend and examine the conduct of all officers employed in the department of the treasury, and of the several Commissioners appointed, or that hereafter may be appointed for the settlement of the publick accounts, as well those of the five great departments, as those authorised to adjust the accounts between the United States and individual states. In case any of the said officers or Commissioners shall unnecessarily absent themselves from their respective offices, or shall engage in any business inconsistent with, or that may hinder a constant discharge of the duties of their several appointments, it shall be the duty of the Board of Treasury to make immediate report thereof to Congress, that such measures may be adopted thereon, as justice and the publick interest may require.