Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 1.djvu/854

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782 Trru: x1.v1.—-—THE POSTAL SERVICE.——Cr1. 14. shall cause suit to be brought to recover such wrong or fraudulent pay- ment or excess, with interest thereon. Deliverycfstclen Sec. 4058. Whenever the Postmaster-General is satisfied that money {rfjfy te ¤W¤¤¤’· or property stolen from the mail, or the proceeds thereof, has been received Ibid_, ,,_ 5L at the Department, pe may, upon satisfactory evidence as to the owner, deliver the same to im. Disposaloffines, Sec. 4059. All penalties and forfeitures imposed for any violation of P¢§¤¤l*¤i<>¤» Md f<>T· law affecting the Post—Office Department for its revenue or property @i€S' shall be recoverable, one—half to the use of the person informing and 8 June, 1872, c. prosecuting for the same, and the other half to be paid into the Treasury 335% ”· 57· 3l7» V- for the use of the Post-Oiiice Department, unless a different disposal is 17* pp 292* 325* expressly prescribed. All iines collected for violations of such laws shall be paid into the Treasury for the use of the Post-Othee Department. [SM S 968-] A<=¤0¤¤i¤ to be Sec. 4060. The Postmaster-General may dispose of any quarterly returns P;’;"""’d “"° of mails sent or received, preserving the accounts-current and all accom- Y ;.. ; panying vouchers, and use such portions of the proceeds as may be nec- U>id·»¤·5&P-292· essary to defray the cost of separating and disposing of them; but the accounts shall be preserved entire for at least two years. Disposal of nn- Sec. 4061. The Postmaster-General may provide, by regulations, for °**U°d‘f°*' Prinwd disposing of rinted and mailable matter which may remain in any post-

 office, or in the Department, not called for by the party addressed; but

Ibids ¤· 59- if the publisher of any refused or uncalled-for newspaper or other periodical shall pay the postage due thereon, such newspa r or other periodical shall be excepted from the operation of such regulaitions. [See Title lx, ** The P0|t·01le• Department," §§ 888-414.]