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)f distress issued n<rainst him or them, and a record thereof made in 

 he offire of the c\ovk of tlie district court of the proper district, until 

 .he same is discharged accord ini; to h>\v. 



lEV. ST. SEC. 3630. 

 ale of lands regulated. 



Skc. SCioO. For want of o;oods and chattels of a delincpient officer, or 

 lis sureties, sufficient to satisfy any warrant of distress i.ssued pui-- 

 uant to the foregoing- i)rovisions. the hinds, tenements, and heredita- 

 iicnts of such officer and his sureties, or so much thereof as maj' be 

 ucessary for that ])urpose, after being advertised for at least three 

 vccks in not less than three pul)lic places in the county or district 

 k here such real estate is situate, before the time of sale, shall be sold 

 >y the marshal of such district or his deputy. 



.EV. ST. SEC. 3631. 

 onveyance of lands. 



Sec- 3031. For all lands, tenements, or hereditaments sold in pur- 

 iUance of the preceding section, the conveyance of the marshal or liis 

 eputy, executed in due form of law, shall give a valid title against 

 11 persons claiming under such delinquent officer or his sureties. 



EV. ST. SEC. 3632. 

 isposal of surplus. 



Sec. 3632. All moneys which may remain of the proceeds of sales, 

 Iter satisfying the warrant of distress, and paying the reasonable 

 is and charges of the sale, shall be returned to such delinquent 

 i,.cer or surety, as the case may be. 



EV. ST. SEC. 3633. 



si lure of disbursing officer to account or pay over; penalty. 



. Sec. 3633. "Whenever any officer employed in the civil, military, or 

 .aval service of the Government, to disburse the public money ap- 

 ropriated for those branches of the public service, respectively, fails 

 ;) render his accounts, or to pay over, in the manner and in the times 

 |?quired by law. or by the regidations of the Department to which 

 e is accountable, any sum of money remaining in his hands, it shall 

 [e the duty of the proper Auditor, as the case may be, who shall be 

 ■larged with the revi.=;ion of the accounts of such officer, to cause to 

 <i stated and certified the account of such delinquent officer to the 

 lolicitor of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized and required im- 

 liediately to proceed against such delinquent officer, in the manner 

 jirected in the six preceding sections. 



■ Rev. Sr. soc. 3633. as amended by a.-t .Tiily 31, 1894. c. 17-i. s. 4. 28 



Stat. 206. 



EV. ST. SEC. 3634. 



ctent of application of provision for distress warrants. 



Sec. 3634. All the provisions relating to the issuing of a warrant 

 j! distress against a delinquent officer shall extend to every officer 



• the Government charged with the disbursement of the public 

 joney, and to their sureties, in the same manner and to the same 

 Icten't as if thev were herein described and enumerated. 



