Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

any department of the government,
upon the treasurer or any assistant
treasurer, or designated depository of
the United States or upon any national
bank designated as depository of the
United States and which shall be rep
resented on the books of either of such
ofhces as standing to the credit of any
dlsburslng officer, and which were is
sued 10 facilitate the payment of war
rants, ca for any other purpose in liqui.
datloI of debt due from the United
States, and which has for three years
or more remained outstanding. unsat-
lsshed, and unpaid, shall be deposited
by the treasurer, to be covered into
the treasury by warrant, and to be
| carried to the credit of the parties in
whose favor such certificates, drafts.
or checks were respectively issued, or
/ to the persons who are entitled to re-
| ceive pay therefor, and into an appro-
| priation account to be denominated
outstanding liabilities
| Section 30S. The payee or the
bona flde holder of any draft or check,
| the amount of which has been deposit
ed and covered into the treasury pur-
suant TO the preceding sections, shall,
on presenting the same to the proper
officer of the treasury, be entitled to
have it paid by the settlement of an
account and the issuing of warrant
in his favor, according to the practice
in other cases of authorized and liqui-
dated claims against the United States.
| Section 300. The amounts, except
such as are provided for in section
three hundred and six, of the accounts
of every kind of disbursing officer,
which shall have remained unchanged,
or which shall not have been increas.
ed by any new deposit thereto. nor
decreased by drafts drawn thereon.
for The space of three years. shall in
| like manner be covered into the treas
ury. TO the proper appropriation to
which they belong; ana the amounts
thereof shall, ON the certificate of the
treasurer that such amount has been
| deposited in the treasury, be credited
to tho proper accounting officer of the
department of the treasury on the
books of the department, to the Off
Ger in whose name it had stood on the
books of any agency of the treasury
lif it appears that he is entitled to such
credit.
Section So The treasurer, each
assistant treasurer, and each designat-
ed depository of the United States, and
the cashier of each of the national
banks designated as such repositories
shall, at the close of business on every
thirteenth day of June. report to the
secretary of the treasury the condition
of every account standing, as in the
preceding section specified. on the
| of As
| ing the name of each depositor, with
his official designation, the total
amount remaining on deposit to mis-
credit, and the dates, respectively, of
the last credit and the last debit made
/ to each account. And each disbursing
officer shall make a like return OF all
checks issued by him. and which may
then have been unpaid for three years
and more, stating fully in such report
the name of the payee, for what pur-
| poes the check was given, and the Of
flee on which drawn, the number OF
j the voucher received therefor, the
date, number and amount for which ii
was drawn. and, when known, the resi-.
dence of the payee."
/ Regulations.
1. Any treasury draft, or any check
| drawn by a public disbursing officer
still in service, which shall be pre-
| scented for payment within three full
! fiscal years from it's date will be
paid in the usual manner by the of
fee or bank on which it is drawn,
from funds to the credit of the drawer
Thus any such draft or check issued
on or after July 1, 1900 will be paid
as stated above until July 80, 1904, and
the same rule will apply for subse.
i qnent years.
Any such draft or check which has
been issued for longer period than
three full fiscal years will be paid only
by the settlement Of an account in this
i department as provided in section 3OS
revised statutes, above published: and
for this purpose the draft or check will
be transmitted to the secretary Of the
treasury for the necessary action or
if lost, proof of ownership and loss
and bond of indemnity must be fur
nished
g. At the close of business on every
4 30th day of June, the treasurer, the
several assistant treasurers. and ma
i tional bank repositories, will render
to the secretary of the treasury, as re
CURED by section 80, also above pub
4 lished. list of all disbursing officers
accounts still Enclosed which have re
NAMED three fiscal years or more UNI
changed on the books of their respec
j tive offices or banks, either by debit OF
j credit, giving in each case the name
and official designation of the officer
the date when the account was opened
the date of last debit and last credit
and the balance remaining to his
credit.
i 8. Every disbursing officer will, up
on receipt of the statement of his dis
bursting account for the month oil
i June of each year, from the Office OF
bank in which his funds are kept, i'm
medIately make return to the secre
tary of the treasury of all checks
drawn by him which shall have beer
outstanding and unpaid for three full
fiscal years ON the 30th of June of tha
year, as also required by section 80
4 stating the number of each check. its
date, amount; in whose favor, on wha
Office or bank, and for what purpose
drawn; the number of voucher in pay