31-U.S.C.-3305

§3305 – Audits of Depositaries

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Title 31 > Subtitle III > Chapter 33 > Subchapter I > Section 3305

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• Reference: Section 3305
• Legend: §3305 – Audits of Depositaries
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Secretary of the Treasury, or an officer, employee, or agent designated by the Secretary, may audit a depositary of public money. For uniformity and accuracy in accounts and safety of public money, an individual conducting an audit shall audit a depositarys—

(1) books;

(2) accounts;

(3) returns; and

(4) public money on hand and the way the money is kept.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 949.)

In the section, before clause (1), the words or an officer, employee, or agent designated by the Secretary are substituted for and for that purpose to appoint special agents, as occasion may require for clarity and consistency. The words may audit a depositary of public money are substituted for is authorized to cause examinations to be made of the books, accounts and money on hand, of the several depositaries to eliminate unnecessary words and for consistency. The words with such compensation, not exceeding $6 per day and traveling expenses, as he may think reasonable, to be fixed and declared at the time of each appointment are omitted as superseded by 5:3109 and ch. 57. The words be instructed to and as well are omitted as surplus.

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