Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-03
THE POSTAL LAWS:
Omihtng the portions superseded, or repealed
or enacted for q temporary pu'pOse.
CONTINUED
CHAPTER XVIII.
SUITS

Sec. 1S3. And Be 1t FURTHER enactsd, That
If any postmaster, or other person authorized
| to receive the postage of letters and packets,
shall neglect or refuse to render has accounts:
and pay over to the Postmaster General the
balance by him due, at the end of every three
| months, it shall be the duty Of the Postmaster
| General 20 cause suit 20 be commenced
| against the person or persons 80 negiecting or
| refusing. SEC. 81, act Of 1926.
Sec. Isl. Be At further enacted, That certi-
| fled statements, under the st al of the General
Post Office, Of the accounts of the several post
masters and contractors, after the same shall
have been examined ard adjusted at that Of
fee, shall be admitted as evidence in all suits
brought by the Postmaster General for the re-
cove-y OF balances or debts due from pcstnas.
ters or contractors; and also certified copies Of
! the quarterly accounts of postmastcrs. Sec.
| 81, Gct Of 1925.
= See also sec. 2a3
See. io5. ARd be it fi1ther enacteA, That,
| Ii any postmaster shall neglect to render his
accounts for one month after tho time. and in
the form and manner prescribed by law, and
By the Postma> ter General S instructions con-
tormable herewith, be shall forfeit double the
value OF tie rDstages which shall have arisen
ct The same Office in any equal portion Of time
previous or subsequent thereto or, in case 10
| 0ccount shall have boen rendered at the tine
of trial Of such case, then such sum as the
court and jury shall estimate equivalent
thereto, to be recovered by the Postmaster
General, IN ar action Of debt, on the bond
against the postmaster and his securities. and
| for which the securities shall be liable Sec
30, act Of 3A Marcs, 1925.
See. 106. Assd be IL further e1acsed, That
!! the bonds and contracts of postmasters. mail
contractors and other agents of the Pest Otice
Department, shall hereafter be made to and
with Lhc United States Of America; and all
suits to be commercedfO for the recovery Of debts
or balances due by postmasters and others, or
upon bonds or contracts mado to or with the
present any former Postmaster General, or
for any fines. penalties, or forfeitures, imposed
6y the laws respecting the Post Office Depart
ment, or by the Postmaster General, pursuant
thereto, shall be instituted in the name Of the
United States Of America; and the demands
In such suits shall have all the privileges and
priOIitics in adjudication and payments Sc
cured TO other claims of the Unitei States by
the existing Laws: PrOrided, That actions
and suits which may have been instituted in
the name of the Postmaster General, previous
20 the passage Of this act shall not be affected
by tne provisions OF this section. Sec Is, net
Of 1886.
4 See No. i9i for prior stalu! on the subject
Sce lS7. AnH he IL fuytker eRacted, That
copies OF the quarterly returns of postmasters,
in the Office Of the Auditor for the Post Office
Department, certified by him, under his seal
Of Office, shall he admitted as evidence IN the
courts of the United States; and in every case
OF delinquency Of any postmaster or contrac-
tor, in which suit may be brought, the said
Auditor shall forward to the Attorney of the
United States certified copies of all papers in
his Cfiice tending to sustain the claim and in
every such case n statement OF the account,
certified as aforesaid, shall be admitted as evil
dence, and the court trying the cause shall be
thercupon authorized to give judgment and
award execution, subject to the provisions of
the thirty-oighth section of the act to reduce
into cne the several acts establishing and reg
uiatInS the Post Office Department, approved
March third, eighteen hun Ired and twenty
1--WE. No claim for a credit shall be allowed
upon the trial but such as shall have been
presented to the said Auditor, and by him
diSallowcd in whole or in part unless it shall
be proved to the satisfaction of the court that
the defendant Is at the time of the trial in
possession Of vouchers not before in his power
to procure and that he was prevented from
exhibiting to the said Auditor a claim for such
credit, by some unavoidable accident. In
suits tor balances due from postmasters, inter
est at the rate of SIX per centum per annuIh
shall be recovered, from the time Of the de-
fault until payment Sec. 10, act Of 1886.
Sec. lS0. AnG be at further enacted, That
the Attorneys Of the United States, in the
prosecution Of suits for moneys due on account
of tho Post Office Department, shall obey the
directions which may, from time to time, be
given to thom by the Auditor for the Post Of
fee Department; and it shall be the duty Of
each Of the said attorneys, Immediately after
the end OF every term of any court in which
any of the suits aforesaid shall have been
pending, to forward to the said Auditor a
statement of all the judgments, orders, and
steps which have been made or taken in the
same during the said term, accompanied by
certificate Of the clerk showing the parties to,
and amount of, each judgment, with such
other information as may be required by the
said Auditor. The said attorneys shall direct
speedy and effectual process of execution upon
the said judgments; and it shall be the duty
OF the marshals of the United States to whom
the same shall be directed, to make to the
snil Auditor 4 snch times as hn NAV niro.t