Trru: rx.-POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. 65 T I T L E I X. THE P()ST-OFFICE DFIPARTBIENT. Sec. { Sec. 388. Establishment of the Post·0f|i¢·e De- 404. Cosies of contracts for can ing mail. purtment. 405. Or ers and regulations af¥ectinguc· 389. Assistant Postmasters-General. munts. 390. Assistant Attorney-General for Post- 406. Warramt of Postmaster-General, on Office Department. quarterly statement of Auditor. 391. Oath of office. 407. Postal revenues and collections to be 392. Oath, before whom taken. paid into the Treasury. 393. Clerks and emploiyés. 408. Deposits, how brought into the Treas- 394. Superintendent 0 free delivery. ury. 395. Seal: 409. Investigating and remitting lines, 396. Duties of Postmaster-General. penalties, and forfeitures. 397. Property in charge of the Depart- 410. Discharge of judgment debtors from ment. imprisonment. 398. Postal arrangements with foreign 411. Subsequent execution on same judgcountries. ment. 399. Publication of postal conventions. 412. Restriction upon employes being in- 400. Blank-ugenci at Washington. terested in contracts. 401. Foreign dead-letters. 413. Reports of Postmaster-General. 402. Date oi orders, entries, contracts, &e·., 414. Copy of estimates to be fnrnishexl to to be indorsed. Secretary of Treasury. 403. Form of bonds and contracts. Sec. 388. There shall be at the seat of Government an Executive Eswblishmentof Department to be known as the Post—()iHce Department, and an Postmaster- “;‘fn‘;“:;Pm°‘° D°‘ General. who shall be the head thereof, and who shall be appointed by B- _. E ‘ -. e - the President, by and with the advice and consent of the benate, and 8 Mj¤y.179*$.9;23. who may be removed in the same manner: and the term of the Post- 8* gjkng };8?§'·c nmster—Generul shall be for and during the term of the President by 335,S8_],’2_v_1"j’p; whom he appointed. and for one month thereafter. unless sooner 283. removed. Sec. 389. There shall be in the Post-Ollice Department three Assistant Assistant Postr Postma.sters—Ge¤eral, who shall he appointed by the President, by and '}*¤¤*°*¤·¤¢¤€¤l· with the advice and consent of the Senate. und who may he removed in g ,1,,,,.,, ]872, c_ the same manner, and who shall be entitled to :1. salary of four thousand 33§,s.2,v.17,;r;.>84. dollars 2. year each. NM lF7·l 22; 3 Mar., 1877, c. 103, ss. 3, 4, v. 19, p. 335. Sec. 390. There shall be emgloyed in the Post-Ofhce Department one Assistant Attor- Assistant Attorney-Geneml, w o shall he appointed by the Postmaster- 'I{gL%°f;°’*g fotr General, and shall he entitled to a salary of four thousand dollars u. year. mem °° °p°" ' 8 June, 1872, c. 835, s. 3, v. 17, p. 23I SBC. 391. Before entering upon the duties of his office. and before he oath of orhte. shall receive any salary, the Postmaster-General and each of the persons ]juha·~1é,2»c_ employed in the postal service Shall respectively take and subscribe, 335’B_ 15; v_1y; p_ before some ma istrate or other competent officer. the following oath: 287. "1, A. B., do eoimnly swear (cr afHrm) that I will faithfully perform all 465 Mg- lgt ¢· the dutiee re uired of me. and abstain f1·0m everything- forbidden hv · "‘ J" ‘ the laws in rdlation to the establishment of post-ofiicee and post-roads within the United States; and that 1 will honestlyjmd truly account for and pay over any money belonging]; to the said United States which may come into my possession or contro : S0 help nie, God." Sm:. 392. Any officer, civil 01* militigry, holdlng 2z_ commission under the Oath, be tore United States, is authorized toadmimster and certify the oath prescribed whom takenby the preceding section. 8June,1872,c.335, s. 15, v. 17, p. 287. 5 Mar., 1874, t-. 46, 1:. 18, p. 19. Szc. 393. There shall be in the Post-Office Department: Clgke and em- One chief clerk, ata salary of two thousand tyvo hundred dollursa year. P ... One Superintendent of the Post-OiHce building and dnsbursing clerk, 3.,5 s:'?;, VJ.; gi at sa salary of two thousand three hundred dollars u year. 28,* ’ ’ ’
