Non-partisan (nationalist) President Washington signs the Department of the Treasury Act, transforming the three-member Board of Treasury into the Department of the Treasury under the Constitution for the united States, headed by a single Secretary of the Treasury, supervising an Auditor, a Comptroller, a Registrar, a Treasurer, and an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
[added 2/6/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 7 [Clause 9]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Department of the Treasury Act, 1 Public Statutes at Large 65 (1789).
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 44.
U.S. Treasury – Fact Sheet on the Act of Congress Establishing the Treasury Department
www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/history/act-congress.shtml
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/history/brochure/brochure.pdf
www.ustreas.gov/education/history/brochure/brochure.pdf
U.S. Banking Timeline
libertyforlife.com/banking/currency-us-timeline.html
United States Department of the Treasury
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury#History
Current U.s. National Debt:
