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 Trim: xr.v1.—THE POSTAL SERVlCE.——Ch. 1. 751 the faithful dischartge of all duties and trusts imposed on him either by 3 -Ver-. 1877, ¢· law or the rules an regulations of the Department; and where an office $53- *· 2· "· 19·P· is designated as a money-order office, the bond of the postmaster shall ` contain an additional condition for the faithful performance of all duties and obligations in connection with the money—order business. On the death, resignation, or removal of a postmaster, his bond shall be delivered to the Sixth Auditor. The bond of any married woman who may be appointed postmaster shall be binding upon herand her sureties, and she shall be liable for misconduct in office as if she were sole. Sec. 3835. Whenever any stmaster is required to execute a new Application of bond, all payments made by him after the execution of such new bond P¤Fm¢9€¤ made may, if the Postmaster-General or the Sixth Auditor deem it just, be gif, gwing “°“' applied lirst to discharge any balance which may be due from such post-__ master under his old bond. 8 June, 1872, c. 335, s. 60, v. 17, p. 292. Sec. 3836. Whenever the office of any tmaster becomes vacant, Limit of time of the Postmaster—General or the President shallognpply such vacancy with· S“’°“°$’ l‘“l"l‘*Y· out delay, and the Postmaster-General shall promptly notifv the Sixth Ibid.,s.2S,p.289. Auditor of the change; and every postmaster and his sureties shall be (T‘; responsible under their bond for the safe-keepin of the public property eng Rice G;§,_` of the post·office, and the due performance of die duties thereof, until 554; Postmaster; the expiration of the commission. or until a successor has been duly ap— G¤¤¤¤*-l F- F€¤- pointe and qualified, and has taken possession of the office; except g;‘ll·U1q MQ,I";":}é that in cases where there is a delay of sixty days in supplyinga vacancy, Su;ém.QQlt§·,_i'l_ O the sureties may terminate their responsibility by giving notice, in writ- C., 358. ing, to the Postmaster-General, suc termination to take effect ten days after sufficient time shall have elapsed to receive a re ly from the Postmaster·General; and the l’ost.master-General may, when the exigencies of the service require, place such office in charge of a special agent until the vacancy can be regularly filled; and when such s ecial agent shall have taken charge of such post-office, the liability of the sureties of the postmaster shall cease. Sec. 3837. Whenever any of the sureties of a stmaster notify the Rcnewingbond. Postmaster-General of their desire to be released filoni their suretyshi , or when the Postmaster—General deems a new bond necessary, he shzill i i require the postmaster tc• execute such new bond, with security. When accepted by the Postmaster-General, the new bond shall be as valid as the bond given upon the ori inal a pointment of such postmaster, and the sureties in the prior bong shall lbe released from responsibility for all acts or defaults of the postmaster which may be done or committed subsequent to the last da * of the quarter in which such new bond shall be executed and acce tedl Sec. 3838. If on tffe settlement of the account of any postmaster it summon nom; shall appear that he is indebted to the United States, and suit therefor l10W r€l€¤S¢d· shall not be instituted within three years after the close of such account, Ibid_,,_6;,1,_29;;_ thmé sureties org his bond shall nothba liable for such indibtgdness. Ec. 3839. ver · stmaster s a kee an office in w ic one or more, , persons shall be oh diity during such hburs of each day as the Post- kqiiilsg-glotiiiiestlbe master-General may direct, for the purpose of receiving, delivering, making up, and forwarding all mail—matter received thereat. "’P`` Sec. 3840. All letters brought to any post-office half an hour before M,ki,,g up the the time for the departure of the mail shall be forwarded therein; but mail. at offices where, in the opinion of the Postmaster-General, more time § for making up the mail is required, he may prescribe- accordingly, not ’ ’ exceeding one hour. Sec. 3841. The Postmaster-General shall furnish to the postmasters An-val and 46. at the termination of each route a schedule of the time of arrival and pamueoirnemail. departure of the mail at their offices, respectively, to be posted in a con- —5IgQj’éT'Hp_293_ spgcuous place in the office; and he shal also give them notice of anv 0 nge in the arrival and departure that may be ordered; and he shall cause to be kept and returned to the Department, at short and regular intervals, registers, showing the exact times of the arrivals and departures of the mail.