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 Trru: xm.-THE POSTAL srznvron.-on. 13. 779 Sec. 4042. All yments and transfers to and from money-order offices T r 8 n S f e r of shall be under the direction of the Postmaster-General. He may transfer m°“°Y °"d°’f““d* money-order funds from one postmaster to another, and from the postal Ibid., .117,118, revenue to the money-order funds; and he may transfer money-order 1*-299- funds to creditors of the Department, to be replaced by equivalent transfers from the rpostal revenues. Sec. 4043. `he Postmasterlieneral may transfer to the postmaster at Transfer by warany money-order office, by warrant on the Treasury,countersigned by the "M *0 m°“*’Y‘ Sixth Auditor, and yable out of the postal revenues, such sum as may *ii*l*?!t‘B$‘;;, be required over anyaboyie the current revenues at his office to pay the Ibid-, S· 118- money-orders drawn upon him. Src. 4044. The Postmaster-General shall require each postmaster at £,°P‘}'*°§‘“°“°>" a money-order office to render to the Post-Otlice Department weekly, semi-weekly. or daily accounts of all money~orders issued and paid; of 1bid·, S- 119- all fees received for issuing them: of all transfers and payments made from money-order funds; and of all money received to be used for the pay- ment of money·orders or on account of money-order business. Src. 4045. All money received for the sale of money-orders, including 1Vh¤tf<> l>€m<>¤· all fees thereon, all money transferred from the stal revenues to the ‘f°fd“Y f““d”g money-order funds, all money transferred or paid fifbm the money-order Ibid, s. 121. funds to the service of the Post—Office Department, and all money-order funds transferred from one stmaster to another, shall he deemed and taken to be money-order funds) and moneyin the Treasury of the United States. And it shall be the duty of the assistant treasurer of the United States to open, at the request of the Postmaster-General, an account of "money-order funds " deposited by postmasters to the credit of the Postmaster-General, and of drafts against the amount so deposited, drawn by him and countersigned by the Sixth Auditor. Sec. 4046. Every postmaster, assistant, clerk,or otherperson employed K1¤l><·>ZZ1<*>¤¤€¤¢ in or connected with the business or operations of any money-order office ;’fl;‘“d‘;Y°?"°n;‘}t€f who converts to his own use, in any way whatever, or loans, or deposits Gxpmgtiogé " in any bank, except as authorized b this Title, or exchanges for other ————-5- funds, any portion of the money-order funds, shall be deemed guilt of 332 ‘;“{‘;é ig? °‘ embezzlement; and any such person, as well as every other person adyvis- mf’’P' ` ing or participating therein, shall, for every such offense, be imfprisoned 3 Mar., 1873, c. for not less than six months nor more than ten years, and be ned in a 272 V- 171 P- 604- sum equal to the amount emhezzled; and any failure to pay over or produce any money-order funds intrusted to such person shall be taken to be prima-facie evidence of embezzlement; an upon the trial of any indictment against an person for such embezzlement, it shall be primafacie evidence of a balance against him to produce a transcript from the money-order account-books of the Sixth Auditor. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any postmaster depositing, under the direction of the Postmaster-General, in a national bank designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, to his own credit as postmaster, any money-order or other funds in his charge, nor prevent is negotiating drafts or other evidences of debt through such bank, or through United States disbursing officers, or otherwise, when instructed or required to do so by the Postmaster-General, for the purpose of remitting surplus money-order funds from one post—office to another, to be used in pa ment of money—orders. Disbursing officers of the United States shallvissue, under re lations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, duplicates ofgllost checks drawn by them in favor of any postmaster on account of money-order or other public funds received by them from some other postmaster. Sec. 4047. Postmasters at money-order offices may be allowed, as com- Pay for i uing pensation for issuing and paying money—orders, not exceeding one—third of and paying money- the whole amount of fees collected on orders issued, and one-fourth of one °"d"”· per centum on the gross amount of orders paid at their respective offices, 8 June, 1572, c. provided such compensation, together with the postmaster s salary, shall  ¤· 123»V·17»P- not exceed four thousand dollars per annum, except in the case of the 300 postmaster at New York City.