Comptroller of the Treasury The Comptroller of the Treasury was
an official of the United States Department of the Treasury from
1789 to 1817. According to section III of the Act of Congress
establishing the Treasury Department, it is the comptroller's
duty to - superintend the adjustment and preservation of the
public accounts; to examine all accounts settled by the Auditor,
and certify the balances arising thereon to the Register; to
countersign all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury,
which shall be warranted by law; to report to the Secretary the
official forms of all papers to be issued in the different
offices for collecting the public revenue, and the manner and
form of keeping and stating the accounts of the several persons
employed therein. He shall moreover provide for the regular and
punctual payment of all monies which may be collected, and shall
direct prosecutions for all delinquencies of officers of the
revenue, and for debts that are, or shall be due to the United
States. The first