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More "Secretary of the treasury" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... hour at which I am to see the secretary of the Treasury, who has promised to relieve Mr. Plausible's conscience! But come and dine with me,—you will meet ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... gets double the pay of a bungler, and deserves it. Of course there will always be rich and poor, and sick and sound, and I don't see how that can be changed. But no door is shut against ability, black or white. Before the year 2400 we shall have a chrome-yellow president and a black-and-tan secretary of the treasury. But, seriously, Denyven, whoever talks about privileged classes here does it to make mischief. There are certain small politicians who reap their harvest in times of public confusion, just as pickpockets do. Nobody can play ...
— The Stillwater Tragedy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
... committee appointed from the Bureau of Mines and the United States Geological Survey by the Secretary of the Interior to study the gold situation: Bull. 144, U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1919. See also Report of Special Gold Committee to Secretary of the Treasury, February ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith
... the money," exclaimed the President. "If ever I am President again you shall be Secretary of the Treasury. But don't you make that ...
— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson
... Copyrights shall receive all fees deposited under this section and, after deducting the reasonable costs incurred by the Copyright Office under this section, shall deposit the balance in the Treasury of the United States, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury directs. All funds held by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be invested in interest-bearing United States securities for later distribution with interest by the Librarian of Congress in the event no controversy over distribution ...
— Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.
... XXIV said petulantly to his Secretary of the Treasury: "Blow me to hell, Bannister, if I understood a single word of that. Why can't I buy the Nicolaides Collection? And don't start with the rediscount and the Series W business again. ...
— The Adventurer • Cyril M. Kornbluth
... Clavering at the head of the government. In the Court of Directors parties were very nearly balanced. Eleven voted against Hastings; ten for him. The Court of Proprietors was then convened. The great saleroom presented a singular appearance. Letters had been sent by the Secretary of the Treasury, exhorting all the supporters of government who held India stock to be in attendance. Lord Sandwich marshalled the friends of the administration with his usual dexterity and alertness. Fifty peers ...
— Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... who succeeded Mr. Chase as Secretary of the Treasury, was my beau ideal of an administrator. In his personal make-up, he was as completely the opposite of General Sherman as a man well could be. Deliberate, impassive, heavy of build, slow in physical movement, he would ...
— The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb
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