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 78 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 87. 186L money-order office such sum as may be required, over and above the current revenue thereof to pay money-orders drawn on the latter; and such transfers shall be made by warrant on the treasuryiby the Postmaster- General, and countersigned and registered by the auditor of the treasury for the Post-Oiiice Department. duditorto Sec. 10. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 3£fHj;d0“f'·*;:t_ auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Department to receive all ae. masters. P counts arising in the money-order offices, or relative thereto, and to audit and settle the same, and to certify their balances to the Postmaster-Gem eral as often as he may require. He shall keep and preserve all accounts arising in said offices, and shall report to the Postmaster-General all de- Iinquencies of postmasters in rendering their money-order accounts, or in Accounts of paying over money-order funds. He shall keep the accounts lof the Téggglgrggrkspt money-order offices separately from the accounts for postages,  m such separate. manner as to show the number and amount of money-orders issued by each postmaster, and the number and amount of money-orders pa1d, the amount of fees received, and all the expenses of the establishment. And PWS g° *1** it shall be the further duty of the auditor to superintend the collection d H,ng:S%,;g_°° t° all debts due to the United States, or to the Post-Office Department, by present or late postmasters, or other persons who are, or may have been, employed in the money—order offices. He shall direct suits and legal proceedings, and take all such measures as may be authorized by law to enforce the payment of such debts, or for the recovery of any penalties arising under the provisions of this act. Moneys re- Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all moneys received for the sggggdmmzzoys sale of money—orders, including all fees received for selling the same, all of the Unitgd moneys transferred from the funds of the Post-Oiiire Department to the Sims- money-order offices, all funds transferred or paid from the money-order offices to the use and service of the Post-Oilice Department, and all transfers of funds from one postmaster to another for the use of the money- order offices, shall be deemed and taken to be the moneys in the treasury of the United States. And if any postmaster, assistant, clerk, or other person employed'in or connected with the business or operations of the What shall be money-order offices, shall convert to his own use, in any way whatever, dl<`fm°<?§¤*>°;,_ or shall use by way of investment in any kind of property or merchanzuxg, tk3i2fog_ disc, or shall loan, with or without interest, or shall deposit in any bank, or shall exchange for other funds, any portion of such moneys, every such act shall be deemed and adjudged to be an embezzlement of so much of said moneys as shall be thus taken, converted, used, loaned, deposited, or exchanged, which is hereby declared to be a felony; and any failure to pay over or to produce the moneys intrusted to such person for the use Evidence of of the money-order offices shall be held and taken to be prima facie evi- °'“b°"l°“‘°“** dence of such embezzlement. And any postmaster, assistant, clerk, or other person em loyed in or connected with the business of the money- order offices, and) all other persons advising or participating in such act, on being convicted thereof before any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than _ six months nor more than ten years, and to a Hue equal to the amount of Bcgsfgzi  the money embezzled. And upon the trial of any indictment against any d,,,,,,,, of receipt person for embezzling public money under the provisions of this act, it 0f' m<>¤¤Y· shall be prima facie evidence for the purpose of showing a balance against such person to produce a transcript from the money-order account books of the auditor of the treasury for the Post-Oiiice Department; and such transcript, when certified by said auditor under his seal of office, shall be admitted as evidence in the courts of the United States. fO;€§;l*§z‘;‘T" Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall falsely ,,,,,,,,ey.l,,d,,,!,,_ make, forge, counterfeit, engrave, or print, or cause or procure to b6 falsely made, forged, counterfeited, engraved, or printed, or willingly aid, or assist in falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, engraving, or printing