12 USC § 8 - Clerks

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title: "12 USC § 8 - Clerks"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "8"
section_name: "Clerks"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 328.)"
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# § 8. Clerks

The Comptroller of the Currency shall employ, from time to time, the necessary clerks, to be appointed and classified by the Secretary of the Treasury, to discharge such duties as the comptroller shall direct.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 328.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 328 derived from , , which was the National Bank Act. See .

## Executive Documents

### Exception as to Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by any provision of law in Comptroller of the Currency, referred to in this section, not included in transfer of functions to Secretary of the Treasury, see note set out under .