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sation, shall be the daily rate of pay. For the purpose of computinjr 

 such compensation and for computing time for services rendered 

 during a fractional part of a month in connection with annual or 

 monthly compensation, each and every month shall be held to consist 

 of thirty days, without regard to the actual number of days in any 

 calendar month, thus excluding the thirty-first of any calendar 

 month from the computation and treating Februarj^ as if it actually 

 had thirty days. Any person entering the service of the United 

 States during a thirty-one day month and serving until the end 

 thereof shall be entitled to pay for that month from the date of 

 entry to the thirtieth day of said month, both days inclusive; and 

 anj' person entering said service during the month of February and 

 serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to one month's pay, 

 less as many thirtietlis thereof as there were days elapsed prior to 

 date of entry: Provided, That for one day's unauthorized absence on 

 the thirt3^-first day of any calendar month one day's pay shall be 

 forfeited. 



Act Jime 30. 1906, c. 3914. s. 6, 34 Stat. 763. 



Tins sectiou is a part of the sundry civil appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1907, cited above. 



A previous similar but less specific provision contained in the similar 

 appropriation act for the fiscal year 1904 may be regarded as superseded 

 by this section. 



ACT AUGUST 8, 1888, c. 787. An act requiring notice of deficiency in accounts 

 of principals to he given to sureties uix)n bonds of United States officials 

 and fixing a limitation of time within which suits shall be brought against 

 said sureties upon said bonds. (25 Stat. 387.) 



Notice to sureties on official bonds of delinquency of principal. 



That hereafter, whenever any deficiency shall be discovered in the 

 accounts of any official of the United States, or of any officer dis- 

 bursing or chargeable with public money, it shall be the duty of the 

 accounting officers making such discovery to at once notify the head 

 of the Department having control over the affairs of said officer of 

 the nature and amount of said deficiency, and it shall be the imme- 

 diate duty of said head of Department to at once notify all obligors 

 upon the bond or bonds of such official of the nature of such defi- 

 ciency and the amount thereof. Said notification shall be deemed 

 sufficient if mailed at the post-office in the city of Washington, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, addressed to said sureties respectively, and directed 

 to the respective post-offices where said obligors may reside, if known: 

 but a failure to give or mail such notice shall not discharge the surety 

 or sureties upon such bond. 



Act August 8. 1888, c. 787, s. 1, 25 Stat. 387. 

 limitation of actions on official bonds. 



Sec. 2. That if, upon the statement of the account of any official 

 of the United States, or of any officer disbursing or chargeable with 

 public money, by the accounting officers of the Treasury, it shall 

 thereby ap])ear that he is indebted to the United States, and suit 

 therefor shall not be instituted within five years after such statement 

 of said account, the sureties on his bond shall not be liable for such 

 indebtedness. 



Act August 8. ISSS, c. 787. s. 2. 25 Stat. 387. 



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