1% r1:m.u_ss.»-r111c the courts af thy Bmw. or Territory or of any pcssessibu ambjccf tv the jurisdicdm of the United States, when the same are proved or admitted within my other, court within ttm United States, be accepted and pursued by the. board of trustee-es` gs emclusivé of the title, right, interest, cr pcpessicm so adjmlicated, and my payment of stid fum iri_` acc0rQg;1ce with such order, judgment, or decree shall. operate as a full and complete diséharge ot the United Smtcs from the ciaimr or demaad of any pers0n or.pcrs0¤s.to.tEm2 same. (June ‘25, 1910, _c.386,§17.36Sut.819.) _ V · . · 768. Powers of Pcgtmaster General as .to designation of aica, canpgnsatim of Eiapcriétendcuts and inspectors, ·qEce hqurs, and rcghlaticns as to dejicsits and withdraw;ls.——The . Postmaster General ·shai1 select and `desigéatg the post .0fIice:s whida are to bc·p0sta1 savings depbsitory offices, land shall: k appoint and unless otligzrwise provided fby law, fix the com-· gieuudon of such superintendents, inspectors, Hand other em-N plcyw as may be necessary in condqbtiug, quperrising, and direqtiug thé _»busiue•ss of such offices, inckudingr the_ei1rpl0yc•=:s of 1 central o§ce= at Washingtqn, District 0£rC0lum1pi8,` and ` shn1l_ prwcribe the h0§I‘S'd\I1Tifig which postal savings deposq itcry 0$cés shall i‘€.lI1BiB_Oi)9!l. -He shall gisc from time). to time maké rules and regulations with resbect to the deposits in and of moneys from postal savings depositoriés imd the issue of books or such other devices as Ixgmdy adopt in evidence ot such deposits ·0r withdrawals. \_,(Aug. 24, 1912; c. %, 10, 37 Stat. 559.). · " .. . 769. of business' of Postal Savin{gs System.- The Seéretgrj of the Treasury may eihploy such number of clerksrnd émployéeg of the several classes andy at the; several 1 rates ci c0mpens:}.tic¤-r#ac0gn1v£<M>y1aw, and expend such sums ‘ {cr. coutiugenthaud miécellancims items, as maybe. pwéssary, in his judgment, to transact the busiixcsé of the.P0sta,l Sayings System 15 the 0Ecé fif the Tl€8SH1'€D· 9{tlm United States :. Prcddcd, ’1‘hat'the- mcuéy required to pay such clerks and ` employees, and contingent and miscellaneous items, Shall be advanced tb the Secretary of the Treasury at regular intervals om; clmay uvajlible appropriation for the establishment, ma·intwang and cgteusiim of postal savings qqcbositdriesi Provided Qxrther; That estimates Ahiercunder shall bc submitted li: dgtail gmmallyg (Aug. 23,`1912,_c. 350, { 1;·37_Stat. 377.) _` Qhspwr 31.-——-JACGOU-NTS' ANU REVENUES. h `A _ 781. Mairmr ct keepiug account;. 782.7 and money-order recgtpts. _ 783. Posts! revenue to be accqmrted {ur. _ · · 'IS4. I)18{3Q@,]`G!'¤0·D—f*§Q recovered for loss of registered mi; ttpr not I I resimmd is owners. ‘ r ‘_ ‘ · . 1%. Bx holder; may, prqvldc lock boxes. _ 72*.6. Rcvcmwa appmvriazed fcr,I’owtal- Service. __ · - 7R7.“ 'Pagmrnts, hog: n¤.1dc‘; ndvantezm 788. Traader at dems to contractors. . 7®. _8uits {0 recover wmugtul or fmsgdulcnt paymwgts. ` 796. Delivery of stplcxs muqzyxc cwnér. ‘ _ 791. Disposal ci Bucs, penalties, and forfeiture:. 192. Preservamn of gc¢0u¤ts.· r Q ‘ _ . Sectiog 781. Manner of `_keepi£g accounts.--·—€l‘hc a.¤;·couqts` ot gba pnnstalservicc shall bekcpt in such ~g manner `as.1;0 exhibit Scisqmiaely the ummmt of rcvcuue ideriéed . from the folipwix sources rmspcctivelyz E ·. I
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» Beck, uewsphper, and pumpme postgge. Thi1‘€1.&istcr&1ettg*rs.·_ `.· A n “ Fxmrgh. Box regu; and branch.? umm. _- l Fifth. Postage ummm and euvelqprs, " — . Sixth. Dead letters, · ` ·· Scycmh. and pébaluma _ _ . 'Ei:hth. Bgvamxc from mouercrdcr bu `Ninth. Miséellgneoun. (H., 8. § 4049i Mar- 8, 1875, c.· 1%, 1 Q. 18 &•t, 843-) · I r '
POSTAL SEK-VICE § 789 782. Miscellaneous and money-order · receipts.+—l?nt·1ainaxe1l money in dead lettere for which no owner can be found; all , mouejv taken from the mail by robbery, theft, or otherwise, which may comeiguto the hande of any agent or employee of the 'Unitéd States, or any other pe1‘:5on·_wl1nte»’er; all lines and pem1—Ities`imposed for any violation of the posstzxl laws, exceot such port as may by low belong to the infermer or-party prosecuting for the same; and all money derived from the sale of waste paper or other public property et the Post Office Department, shall be deposited in the .’1‘ree~:sm·y, under the direction of the Postmaster General. us‘ part of the _ postal revenue. ·Azjl1. the .1’ogtx1mster .Geneml shall cause to be plufied totthe credit of the Treasurer of Fthe United States,-_for·the éservice of the Post Office D(’[}i1I’l;I}}£°Bt, the net proceeds of the mo11ey—m·de1‘ buéinws;-and the receipts of the_‘P0st Otiice Department derived from this source dm·ing_ 1 `each quarter `sh:111 be eiitered by the bU1'E2}.HA of aeéomits lin the ost Otlice Department in the accounts of such departmen&unde1·_the_héad of " revenue from xmmey-order busi· T ness? (R; `S. §·4050; June 10, 1921, c. 18, 42 Stat. 23,) ‘ · · 783.· Postal reyemae to be eccouuted for.—AlI postnges, box rents, `aud. other receipts at post offices, · shell be accounted. `_ for as part of the postal revenues ;- and each postmaster shall be charged with- and held accountable for any part of the Same, ;aecrtii1§g‘ athis 'ofiiee, which he has neglected to`·e·»1lect, theeanie as if he_ had collected it. _(R; S. §i 4051.) ' _ c 784. Disposal of moneys recovered for loss of registered matter not restored to owners.-=4All moneye recovered or collected oh nccountj of loss of first-class domestic: registered? matter which in the coursetof ·a`djustment_are not restored to the original. owners, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. (May 27, c. 206, 35 Stat. 415.) _` 785. -·B0x holders may, proyiicle lock boxes.~#-Postmasters mey allow bm; holders who desire to do sotod provide luck boxes: or/_ t1m·»vmys·:pr their own nee, at their own expense, boxes orj drawers, upon their erection in any poet o , sm}; becomethe property of the United States; end be sutqeer.;0 the direction and control of the Post Office Department, and " pz1y_a_renta1 at least-equal to thin: ofother boxes in the more otiiée, or, if there ·b€ no other boxes in such otiiee, of boxes in . other offices of the samecluss, which rental shall `be` accounted for `as other boxmeuts. (R. S. § ` —
786. Revenueé nppropriatedfor Pestal`Service.—T1ze money
_req`ei_red for the Postal Service in `each yeer. shell be appropriated by jaw out of the revenues of, me service except- as` otherwise providedhy low. `(B; S. § 4054.) ; , _ ‘ 787. Payments, how, mhde;·` advah.eee.T—-All payments on account of the Postal Service shall be m`&de· to persons to vrhom_ l the sa me shall he 'eertitied to be dine by the Cexieml Accounting Otllce; hot nominees, of necexary spins: to defray expenses may he made by the Postmaster General to post—0tiie·e-ir1spe>ct¤»rs employed to investigate .mn·i1_ depredotions, examine post routes — [sind otiices, and on other like Services, to be charged `to them by the Gexierul Accounting Omoo, ;1n`d.to-be accounted for in the settlement of their aeeounts. (R.; S. § 4055,; Joue 10, 1921, c. 18, § 304, 42 Stat. 24,) X _ ·` Q , , 788. Transfer of debts to eontrqetemmrtte Pestme;<t<·r neneru_l may trmxslfer debts due to: the deperttnent from postnmsg ters mnt others to rmeh contractors ee have fgiven bonds, with _ security, to refund any money that may éome into their hmids over and above the amétmt found due them-on the .§ettl¢·mt·nt ‘ of their accounts; but such trzmsfers shell omy be in edtisfrxetion of lege) tleinands for — erhich approprietions;ha\‘e· been made.-‘ (R. 81 { 4058.) ""\> __! . . · _ I 789{ Suits to recover wrongful or, freodulent péyfrpentse-——I¤ hall money has been paid out of the_i'unds_ of the Fmt Omce Department under the__ pretense that 8€1fV'i.C0` has ‘_ been performed theretor, wma, in; feet, such service has not been performed, or las additional allowance for increased nerv-
