22 HASKINS & SELLS March
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Mr. Haskins and Mr. Sells as Associates
WHAT may be regarded as the back-ground
of the firm of Haskins & Sells
was the association of Mr. Haskins and
Mr. Sells as professional accountants under
an engagement from the Joint Commission
of the Fifty-third Congress.
This Commission was appointed under
an act approved March 3, 1893, to "Inquire
into and examine the status of the
laws organizing the Executive Departments,
Bureaus, Divisions and other government
establishments at the National
