Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§8 Clerks
Title 12 › CHAPTER 1 — THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY › § 8
Summary
The Comptroller of the Currency must hire clerks when needed. The Secretary of the Treasury picks and places those clerks into job classes, and the clerks must do the work the Comptroller assigns.
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Title 12, §8
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 328 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 1, 13 Stat. 100, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
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 section 1 of this title.
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 8
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102