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# 12 U.S.C. § 7 - Chief of examining division

## Text

The Comptroller of the Currency may designate a national bank examiner to act as chief of the examining division in his office.

(Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 22, 42 Stat. 1096.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1924, act Jan. 3, 1923.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsSimilar provisions were contained in act Feb. 17, 1922, ch. 55, 42 Stat. 375, and in earlier appropriation acts.

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.