receiver general

a public official in charge of the government's treasury.

Origin of receiver general

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

He did not seem unaccustomed to the luxury of the Receiver-General's ostentatious mansion.

The Ball at Sceaux |Honore de Balzac
Chief opponent was Richard Corbin, wealthy, receiver-general of royal revenues and later Tory.

The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 |Virginia State Dept. of Education
Next morning, M. Hyrvoix was appointed (p. 318) Receiver-General for one of the departments—that is, exiled to the provinces.

An Englishman in Paris |Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
Well, all that is very nice, and besides that you make calls on the wife of the prefect, the receiver-general and the bishop.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 |Various

The receiver-general in St. Louis will not know of his official death until ten days after he shall have been killed here.

Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) |Thomas Hart Benton