| 单词 | subtreasury |
| 释义 | ˈsubˌtreasury
[sub- 7 d.]
A subordinate or branch treasury; U.S. the organization by which the separate safe-keeping of the public funds is entrusted to specially appointed officers; any of the branches of the Treasury established in certain cities of the States for the receipt and safe-keeping of public monies.
1837J. C. Calhoun Wks. III. 81 This proposed reorganization has been called a sub-treasury. 1837–42Hawthorne Twice-told T. (1851) II. viii. 118 With their interminable brawls about Banks and the Sub-Treasury, Abolition [etc.]. 1858Homans Cycl. Comm. 1765/2 The failures of many of these [banking institutions] during the years 1837–1842 led to the establishment, on the 6th August, 1846, of the Independent Treasury, or Sub-treasury... The sub-treasuries for the reception of the public funds are at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and other cities. 1896Daily News 24 July 8/5 A telegram from Washington says that the Treasury Department has been advised that over 23 million dollars in gold will be turned into the sub-treasuries by the banks. 1901T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xxvii. 313 There was a sub-treasury at the port of Sulima; the sub-accountant forwarded down..revenue to the amount of {pstlg}1,000.
attrib.1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 766/2 Van Buren..after a four years' struggle,..succeeded in making the ‘sub⁓treasury scheme’ law (1840). |
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