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to which such proceeds are by law authorized to be made, there may 

 be paid the expenses of such sales, as approved by the accounting offi- 

 cers of tlie Treasury, so as to require only the net proceeds of such 

 sales to be deposited into the Treasury, either as miscellaneous receipts 

 or to the credit of such appropriations, as the case may be. 



Act June 8, 1896. c. 373. 29 Stnt. 268. 



This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 3896. cited nbove. 



A detaiied statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, etc., 

 is reqniretl to be included in the appendix to the Book of Estimates, by 

 Rev. St. sec. 3672, set forth on p. 314, ante, under " Estimates and Re- 

 iwrts." 



BEV. ST. SEC. 3619. 



Penalty for withholding money. 



Sec. 3019. Every officer or agent who neglects or refuses to com- 

 ply with the provisions of section thirty-six hundred and seventeen 

 shall be subject to be removed from office, and to forfeit to the United 

 States any share or part of the moneys withheld, to which he might 

 otherwise be entitled. 



KEV. ST. SEC. 3620. 

 Duty of disbursing officers. 



Sec. 3620. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer having 

 any public money intrusted to him for disbursement, to deposit the 

 same with the Treasurer or some one of the assistant treasurers of 

 the United States, and to draw for the same only as it may be re- 

 quired for payments to be made by him in pursuance of law and 

 draw for the same only in favor of the persons to whom payment is 

 made; and all transfers from the Treasurer of the United States 

 to a disbursing officer shall be by draft or warrant on the Treasury 

 or an assistant treasurer of the United States. In places, however, 

 where there is no treasurer or assistant treasurer, the Secretary of 

 the Treasury may, when he deems it essential to the public interest, 

 specially authorize in writing the deposit of such public money in 

 any other public depository, or, in writing, authorize the same to be 

 kept in any other manner, and under such rules and regulations as 

 he may deem most safe and effectual to facilitate the payments to 

 public creditors. 



EEV. ST. SEC. 3621. 



Sec. 3621. Every person who shall have moneys of the United 

 States in his hands or possession, and disbursing officers having 

 moneys in their possession not required for current expenditure, shall 

 pay the same to the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, or some public 

 depositary of the United States, without delay, and in all cases with- 

 in thirty days of their receipt. And the Treasurer, the Assistant 

 Treasurer, or the public depositary shall issue duplicate receipts for 

 the moneys so paid, transmitting forthwith the original to the 

 Secretary of the Treasury, and delivering the duplicate to the 

 depositor: * * * 



Rev. St. sec. 3621, as ameude<l by act May 28, 1896, c. 252, s. 5, 29 

 Stat. 179. 



