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 716 rms xr.-rm; runmc Momars. Failure ei div- Sec.  Whenever any officer employed in the civil, military, or  priated for those branches of the public service, respectively fails to 15 MW, IBN ¢· render his accounts, or to pay over, in the manner and in the times 1°gj,*’,,jj"· sigléggj required by law, or by the regulations of the Department to which he is 153,,, 1,,% ’4, p_ 4,14: accountable, any sum of money remaining in his hands, it shall be the duty of the First or Second Comptroller of the Treasury, as the case may be, who shall be charged with the revision of the accounts of such officer, to cause to be stated and certified the account of such delinquent officer to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized and required immediately to proceed against such delinquent officer, in the manner directed in the six preceding sections. Extent ot appli- Sec. 3634. All the provisions relatin to the issuing of a warrant of ?°¤°¤dQfg>*`°V““°¤ distress against a delinquent officer sbs5I extend to every oiHcer of the rst3S_ is r°SS`W"` Government charged with the disbursement of the public money, and to @@6 U jzlheir su(j·et1es,)1ré thel same manneir and to the same extent as if they were 107; gl SVI3mi 594; erein escribe an enumerate. Postpcnementof Sec. 3635. With the approval of the Secreta * of the Treasury, the P"°°°°d“*8¤ t} ° " institution of proceedings by a warrant of distreslsj may be postponed, for sustain no injury by such postponement. 107, s. 3,v. 3, p. 594. injunction to Sec. 3636. Any erson who considers himself a rieved b any war- ¤*¤!' d¤¤*'°SS·W*“· rant of distress iSS\l)8d under the foregoing provisib§s may piiefer a bill mj;; of complaint to any district judge of the United States. setting forth 15 May, 1820, c. therein the nature and extent of the injury of which he complains; and égg·”·4¤5·"· 3#P· thereupon the judge may grant an injunction to sta proceedings on ` such warrant altogether, or for so much thereof as the nature of the case requires. But no injunction shall issue till the party appl ing for it (give? bonld, wijp sufficient Fecurijtyh in a sum to be prescribed by the `u e, or the e ormance o suc 'u ment as ma be awarded a ainst liimei nor shallpthe issuing of such injidiction in any manner impair the lien produced by the issuing of the warrant. And the same proceedings sllrjajj bb; had on such iijjunctionfasljnlqther egses, except that no answer s a necessary on theparto the nited tates; and if u ndissolvinglthe injiirnctilqn, it appears to the sajisfactjlon of the judge that the app ication or the injunction was merc * for elay the 'ud e may add to the lawful interest assessed on all suins found due againit the complajnapt such damages as, with siéch jawful interest, shall not exceed the ra o ten per centum a year. uc injunction may be granted or dissolved by the district `ud either in or out of court. _Proceedings on Sec. 3637. When tlie dgsiitrict judge refuses to grant an injunction to $$285 m °”°“**  ppoceeqjggston a djgtfess-warrant, als aforesaid, lm dissolves sung ___;_ mjunc ion a r1 is gran ,an rson w o considers imself a rieve 15 May, 1820, c. by the decision in the premisesyiiiaiy lay before the circuit justicggor cir- égg¤“·4»6·"·3»P· cuit judge of the circuit within which such district lies, a copy of the 1{,Apm’1869, c_ proceeding  biefore the dns2r1ct judge; and thereupon the cirquit his- 22, s. 2, v. 16, . 44. ice or c1rcu1 judge may gran an 1D unction or rmit an a ea, as the P case may be, if, in his opinion, the eljuity of thdmcase re uiibs it. The same proceedings, subject to the same conditions, shall bclliad upon such injunction in the circuit court as are prescribed in the district court. Rightsottinited Sec. 3638. Nothing contained in the provisions of this Title relating States reserved- to distress-warrants shall be construed to take away or impair any right 15 M,,y_ 1820, c_ or remedy which the United States might have, by law, for the recovery 107, s. 9,v. 3, p. 596. of éaxes, debts,hor demands. Duties oiofficers E0. 3639. T e Treasurer of the United States, all assistant treas- P ° °Y°‘ lectors of the customs, all surveyors of the customs, acting also as vol- `_""“"6 An 1846 lectors, all receivers of public moneys at the several land—otlioes, ull 90 1 6g; 9 pj6g: p0Stm3St€1’S, and all public officers of whatsoever character, are 1‘6C£lll`€d E; jufy, jg5g, c_  keep safely, without leaning, usin . depositing in banks, or exc ang- 54, s. 7, v. 10, p. 12. ing for other funds than as specially aTowed by law, all the public money
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 * Hg:£°un mg' a reasonable t1n1e, in cases where, in his opinion, the public interest will
 * 1 b§¤¤i:g;¤¤¤ of urers, and those performing the duties of assistant treasurer, all col-