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PUBLIC LAW 85-183-AUG. 28, 1957

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SEC. 3. (a) Section 2 of the Act of June 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 761; 31 Claims. of limitaStatute U.S.C. 122), is hereby amended to read as follows: tiona. "SEC. 2. Hereafter all claims on account of any check, checks, warrant, or warrants appearing from the records of the General Accounting Office or the Treasury Department to have been paid, shall be barred if not presented to the General Accounting Office or the Treasurer of the United States within six years after the date of issuance of the check, checks, warrant, or warrants involved. However, any claims for the proceeds of checks payable in Philippine pesos heretofore issued in payment of claims certified by the Philippine W a r Damage Commission, shall not be barred if received by the representative of the Chief Disbursing Officer, United States Treasury Department, at Manila, Republic of the Philippines, within six years after the date of issuance of such checks." (b) Section 1 of the Act of March 6, 1946 (60 Stat. 31; 31 U.S.C. 129) is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the words "General Accounting Office" the words "or the Treasurer of the United States". SEC. 4. Subsection (a) of section 3646 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (31 U.S.C. 528 (a)), is hereby 61 Stat. 309. amended to read as follows: " (a) Except as provided in this section, whenever it is clearly c hS cuk b. s t i t u t e e s proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that any original check of the United States is lost, stolen, or wholly or partly destroyed, or is so mutilated or defaced as to impair its value to its owner or holder, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue to the owner or holder thereof against funds available for the payment of the original check a substitute showing such information as may be necessary to identify the original check, upon receipt and approval by the Secretary of the Treasury of an undertaking to indemnify the United States, in such form and amount and with such surety, sureties or security, if any, as the Secretary of the Treasury may require; but no such substitute shall be payable if the original check shall first have been paid: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to relieve any certifying officer or his sureties or any disbursing officer or his sureties of any liability to the United States on account of any payment resulting from the erroneous issuance of the original check." SEC. 5. (a) Subsection (c) of section 3646 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (31 U.S.C. 528 (c)), is further 61 Stat. 310. amended by deleting the phrase "prior to the expiration of ten years from the date on which the original check was issued" and inserting in lieu thereof "prior to the close of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which the check was issued". (b) Subsection (e) of section 3646 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (31 U.S.C. 528 (e)), is further amended 61 Stat. 310. by deleting the phrase "prior to the expiration of ten years from the date on which the original check was issued". (c) Subsection (f) of section 3646 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (61 Stat. 310; 31 U.S.C. 528 (f)), is further amended to read as follows: " (f) Substitutes issued under this section drawn on the Treasurer Payment. of the United States shall be deemed to be original checks and payable under the same conditions as original checks." SEC. 6. Section 2 of the Act of July 11, 1947 (61 Stat. 309; 31 R e p e a l s. U.S.C. 133), and section 5 of the Act of July 1, 1916, as amended (61 Stat. 309; 31 U.S.C. 154), are hereby repealed. Approved August 28, 1957.

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