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 1154 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 321. 1909. hundred and e` hty-seven to fifty-five hundred and ten, both inclu- ,,,}§“g,,;f;‘f’~5,,5,.f,}°·§_,,",§{’; sive; sections fifty-five hundred and sixteen, fifty-five hundred and swf ’ eighteen, fiftiy-five hundred and nineteen; sections fifty-five hundred and twenty- our to fifty-five hundred and l7l]IIlG&};£VB, both mclusive; sections fifty-five hundred and fiftly-one to y-five hundred and sixrfy-seven, both inclusive, of the evised Statutes: _ Revised Statutes which reads as follows: "And every person who, without authority from the Postmaster-General, sets up or professes to kee any omce or lace of business bearing the sign, name, or title of)post-office shall, for every such offense, be ha le to a penaltryhof not more than five hundred dollars;" R·“··•°°·°°°"·1*'”"- at part of section thiurtg-eight hundred and sixty-seven of the Revised Statutes which re as follows: "And any person not connected with the letter-carrier branch of the postal service who shall wear the uniform which may be prescribe shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dol- . lars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both ;" ¤-¤··¤¤¤·4°*6·P·"°- That part o section four thousand and forty-six of the Revised Statutes which reads as foHows: “Every postmaster, assistant, clerk, or other person employed in or connected with the business or operations of any money-order office who converts to his own use, in any way whatever, or loans, or deposits in any bank, except as authorized by this title, or exchayles for other funds, any portion of the public money-order funds, all be deemed guilty of embezzlement; and any such person, as well as every other person advising or participatmgl therein, shall, for every such offense, be im risoned for not ess t an six months nor more than ten years, and be fined in a sum equal to the amount embezzled; and any failure to pay over or produce any moneyorder funds intrusted to such person shall be taken to be prima acie evidence of embezzlement; and upon the trial of any indictment against any person for such embezzlement, it shall be prima facie evidence of a balance against him to produce a transcript from the money-order account books of the Sixth Auditor. But nothirp herein contained shall be construed to rohibit ang postmaster epositing, under the direction of the kostmaster eneral, in a national bank designated by the Secretary of the Treasugy for that purpose, to his own credit as postmaster, any money o er or other funds in his charge nor revent his negotiating drafts or other evidences of debt throu h 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 payment of money orders." ` v¤1.1s,p.2so. "An Act to protect lines of telegraph constructed or used by the United States from malicious injury and obstruction," approved ‘ June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; v<>l.1¤.p.¤61. "An Act to protect persons of foreign birth against forcible constraint or involuntary servitude," approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; _ V¤r18.1>-2¤¤· That art of "An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Ogce Department for the scal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other pu oses, " approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventyjfdur, which reads as follows: "That any postmaster who shall affix his signature to the a proval of any bon of a bidder or to the certificate of sufficiency ofsureties in any contract before the said bond or contract is signed by the bidder or contractor and his sureties, or shall knoly, or without the exercise of due diliggice approve any bond of a idder with ins·ufricient sureties, or s ll knowingly make any false or fraudulent certificate, shall be forthwith dismissed from office and
 * ·¤··'°°-””·P·"’°· at part of section thirty-eight hundred and twenty-nme of the