New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-01

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Sec. 4l. That the accounts of the postal
service shall be kept in such manner as to
exhibit the amount of revenues derived re-
speetively from "letter postage;" 'book,
newspaper, and pamphlet postage;" 'regis-
tered letters" "box.rents and branch of
fees "postagestamps and envelopes;
| 'dead-letters;" Zines and penalties rev
enue from money-order business" and mis-
eellaneous and the amount of expenditures
for each of the following objects, namely:
Transportation Of the mail" compensation
| Of postmasters:" compensation of let
ter carriers" compensation of clerks for
| postoffces;" compensation of blank agents
and ASSISTANTS" mail depredations and
special agents. postage stamps and en-
yelopes;" ''ship. steamboat and way let
ters;'' dead letters" ''mail bags mail
canceling stamps" wrapping paper"
''twine;" ''letter balances; ''otfice furni-
ture;" ''advertising;" balances to foreign
countries" trent, light and fuel for post
Offices and STATIONERY" and "miscella
heous.'
SEC. AZ. That unclaimed money in dead
letter for which no owner can be
found; all money taken from the mail by
! robbery, theft, or otherwise, which may
come into the hands of any agent or EN-
| ploye' of the United States, or any other
| person whatever; all fines and penalties
| imposed for any violation Of the postal laws!
! except such part as may by law belong to
! the inf0lmer or party prosecuting for Che
| same; and all money derived from the Sale
of waste paper or other public property OF
| the POstotice Department, shall be Gepos-
| tied III the treasury, under the direction of
! the Postmaster General, as part of the
| postal revenue. And the Postmaster Gen
eral is hereby directed to Cause to
| be placed. to the credit of the Treas
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service of the POst0fice Department, the
net proceeds of the money Order business;
and the receipts of The PostGffice Depart
ment derived from this source during each
quarter shall be entered blythe Auditor of
the Treasury for the PGstotfice Depart
nent, in the accounts Of said department,
under the head of ''reVeLue from money
order business"
Sec 43. That all post@ges, box-rents and
other receipts at post0tfices shall be &C
counted for as part of the postal revenues;
and any part thereof which the postmaster
has neglected to collect, he shall be charged
with and held account table for the same as
if he had collected ito
SEC. a. That pOsstmasters may allow
box-h0lders who desire to do SO to provide
lock boxes or drawers for their own use,
at their own expense, which lock boxes or
drawers, upon their erection i'll any post.
Office, shall become the property of ttls
United States and be subject to the direc-
ton and control of the POstOffice Depart
ment, and shall pay a rental at least equal
to that of other boxes il THE same office, or,
if there be no other boxes in such office, of
boxes in other offices of the Same class,
which rental shall be accounted for as other
box rents.
SEC. As. That any officer, agent, postmas-
ter, clerk or other person employed in any
branch oathe postal service having tenn
pOrary custody OF any money taken from
dead letters; any money derived from the
sale OF waste paper or other public prop
erty of the PostOfice Department; or any
money derived from any other source which
by law is part of the postal revenues, who
shall willfully neglect to deposit the same
in the treasury of the United States, or in
some other depository authorized to receive
the same, shall be deemed guilty Of en-
bezzlement, and he subject to fine not ex-
Ceeding double the sum so retained, or to
Imprisonment not exceeding three years, or
both, at the discretion of the court. And
any person entrusted by law with the sale
OF postage stamps or stamped envelopes,
who shall refuse or neglect to account for
the same, or who shall pledge or by p0thecate
or uniawfully dispose of them, for any
purpose whatever, shall be deemed guilty
of embezzlement, and shall be subject to
the same penalty and punishment as are
provided in this section for the embezzle,
ment of money.
SEC. 46. That the money required for the
postal service in each year shall be appro-
priated by Jaw out of the revenues of the
service.
SEC. A. That payments of money out of
the treasury on account of the postal ser
vice shall be in pursuance of appropria-
lions made by lave by warrants of the Post !
master General. registered and eonter-
signed by the Auditor for the POstotfice De: |
partment, and expressing on their face the
appropriation to which they should be
charged
SEC. 48. That ali payments on account of |
the postal service shall be made to persons |
to- whom the same shall be certified to be !
due by the Auditor; but advances Of neCes- |
cary sums to defray expenses may be made |
by the Postmaster General 10 agents en- |
ployed TO investigate mail depredationsp |
examine post routes and offices, and ON |
other like services, TO be charged to them I
by the Auditor, and TO be accounted fog in |
the settlement Of their accounts.
Sec 49, That the Postmaster General |
may transfer debts due to the Department
from pOstmasters and others to such con-
tractors as have given bonds, with security, |
fO refund any money that may come into
their hands over and above the amount |
found due them on the settlement of their
accounts; but such transfers shall only be
in satisfaction of legal demands for which
appropriations have been made.o
Sec so. That in all cases where money
mas been paid out of the funds Of the Post !
Office Department under the preteuse that
service has been performed therefor, when,
in faCts such service has not been per
formed, or as additional allowance for in
creased service actually rendered, when the
additional allowance exceeds the sum which,
according to law, might rightfully have been
allowed therefor, and in all other cases where
money of the Department has been paid to
any person in consequence OF fraudulent
approximations, or by the mistake, collu-
empIoye in the postal SERVICE the Post
master General shall cause suit to be
brought to recover such wrong or fraud
ulent payment or excess with interest
thereon.
SEC. 81. That when the Postmaster Gena
eral is satisfied that money or property
stolen from the mail, or the proceeds there
of, has been received at the Department,
he may, upon satisfactory evidence as to
the owner, deliver the same to him.
SEC. 81. That the Auditor for the Post
office Department shall state and certify
quarterly to the Postmaster General on ac-
count of the money paid by postmasters
out of the receipts of their offices, and pur-
suant to appropriations, on account of the
expenses of the-pOstal service, designating
the heads under which such payments We're
made.
SEC. 50. That upon the certified quarterly
by the Auditor for the PostOffice
Department Of the payment by postmasters
1n account Of the postal service, the Post
master General shall issue his warrant to
he Treasurer to carry the amount to the
credit Of the postal revenues and to the