334 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 237. 

 Commencement of the fiscal year. 



Sec. 237. The. fiscal year of the Treasury of the United States 

 in all matters of accounts, receipts, expenditures, estimates, and appro- 

 priations, * * * shall commence on the first day of July in each 

 year; and all accounts of receipts and expenditures required by law 

 to be published annually shall be prepared and published for the fiscal 

 year as thus established. * * * 



EEV. ST. SEC. 3615, 



Collectors of public moneys to pay over. 



Sec. 3G15. All collectors and receivers of public money of every de- 

 scription, within the District of Columbia, shall, as often as they 

 may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Postmaster- 

 General so to do, pay over to the Treasurer of the United States, at 

 the Treasury, all public moneys collected by them or in their 

 hands. * * * 



REV. ST. SEC. 3616. 



Other persons having public moneys may pay into Treasury. 



Sec. 3G16. All * * * other persons than those mentioned in 

 the preceding section, having public money to pay to the United 

 Stat<?s, may pay the same to any depositary constituted by or in pur- 

 suance of law, which may be designated by the Secretary of the 

 Treasurj'. 



REV. ST. SEC. 3617. 



Moneys to be deposited without deduction. 



Sec. 3617. The gross amount of all moneys received from whatever 

 source for the use of the United States, except as otherwise provided 

 in the next section, shall be paid by the officer or agent receiving 

 the same into the 'J'reasurv, at as early a day as practicable, without 

 an}' abatement or deduction on account of salary, fees, costs, charges, 

 expenses, or claim of any description whatever. * * * 



REV. ST. SEC. 3618. 

 Proceeds of sales of property. 



Sec. 3C)18. All proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, 

 supplies, or other public property of any kind, except * * * ma- 

 terials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition 

 authorized by law, shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury 

 as miscellaneous receipts, on account of " proceeds of Government 

 property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in conse- 

 quence of a subsequent appropriation made by law. 



ACT JUNE 8, 1896. 0. 373. (29 Stat. 267.) 



Payment of expenses of sales of property from proceeds. 



That from tlio proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, 

 supplies, or other public property of any kind, before being deposited 

 into the Treasury, either as miscellaneous receipts on account of '' pro- 

 ceeds of (iovernment property " or to the credit of the appropriations 



