Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 1.djvu/852

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780 TITLE x1.Vr.—-THE POSTAL SERVICE.—Ch. 13-14. _M<>¤¢y-<>rd¢ri¤- Sec. 4048. The Postmaster-General may pay out of the proceeds of "‘d°““’·1S· the money-order business the cost of stationery and such incidental Ibid., s. 124. expenses as are necessary for the transaction of that business. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. ACCOUNTS AND REVENUES. Sec, ’ Sec. 4049. Manner of keeping accounts. L 4056. Transfer of debts to contractors. 4050. Miscellaneous and money-order re- i 4057. Sims tto recogeps wrongful or fraudu- 1 ts. en m n . 4051. Polgaii revenue to be accounted for. 4058. Deliverlyabf stolen money to owner. 4052. Box—holdersmayprovidelock-boxes. 4059. Disposal of fines, penalties, and for- 4053. Neglect to deposit postal revenues. feitures. 4054. Revenues to be appropriated for 4060. Accounts tobepreservedtwo years. postal service. 4061. Disposal of uncalled-for printed 4055. Payments, how made; advances. matter. _ M¤¤¤€f <>fk<‘>¢P· Sec. 4049. The accounts of the postal service shall be kept in such a mg “°°°““t“· manner as to exhibit separately the amount of revenue derived from the 8 June, 1872, c. following sources respectively: 335- S- 4L V- 17» P· First. Letter-postage. 290 Second. Book, newspaper. and pamphlet postage. Third. Registered letters. Fourth. Box-rents and branch offices. Fifth. Posta e-stamps and envelopes. Sixth. Deaddetters. Seventh. Fines and penalties. Eighth. Revenue from money-order business. Ninth. Miscellaneous. And they shall exhibit separately the amount of expenditure made for each of the following objects respectively: First. Transportation of the mail. Second. Compensation of postmasters. Third. Compensation of letter-carriers. Fourth. Compensation of clerks for post-offices. Fifth. Compensation of blank-agents and assistants. Sixth. Mail depredations and special agents. Seventh. Postage-stamps and envelopes. Eighth. Ship, steamboat, and way letters. Ninth. Dead—lettcrs. Tenth. Mail-bags. Eleventh. Mail locks and keys. Twelfth. Post-marking and canceling stamps. Thirteenth. Wrapping—paper. Fourteenth. Twine. Fifteenth. Letter-balances. Sixteenth. Office-furniture. Seventeenth. Advertising. Eighteenth. Balances to foreign countries. Nineteenth. Rent, light, and fuel for post-offices. Twentieth. Stationery. Twenty-lirst. Miscellaneous. [Sec S 3668Y] Miscellaneous Sec. 4050. Unclaimed money in dead letters for which no owner can and m<>ney-Order be found; all money taken from the mail by robbery, theft, or othe1‘· ’°"“‘P**· wise, which may come into the hands of any agent or employe of the Ibid., s. 42. United States, or any other person whatever; all fines and penalties imposed for any violation of the postal laws, except such part as may bv law belong to the informer or party prosecuting for the same; and all money derived from the sale of waste paper or other public property of the Post-Office Department, shall be deposited in the Treasury, u¤d€¤'