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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer shall renderhis accounts of the moneys received and paid by him on account ofthe Post Office Department, quarterly to the Auditor for the Post OfficeDepartment, hereinafter provided for, and shall transmit copies of thesame, when adjusted by him, to the two Houses of Congress .
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed bythe President, with the consent of the Senate , an Auditor of the Trea-sury for the Post Office Department, whose duty it shall be to receiveall accounts arising in the said Departments, or relative thereto, toaudit and settle the same, and certify their balances to the PostmasterGeneral: Provided, That if either the Postmaster General, or anyperson whose account shall be settled, be dissatisfied therewith, hemay, within twelve months, appeal to the First Comptroller of theTreasury, whose decision shall be final and conclusive. The saidauditor shall report to the Postmaster General, when required, theofficial forms of papers to be used by postmasters, and other officers oragents of the Department concerned in its receipts and payments, andthe manner and form of keeping and stating its accounts. He shallkeep and preserve all accounts, with the vouchers, after settlement.He shall promptly report to the Postmaster General all delinquencies ofpostmasters in paying over the proceeds of their offices. He shall closethe accounts of the Department quarterly, and transmit to the Secretaryof the Treasury quarterly statements of its receipts and expenditures.He shall register, charge and countersign, all warrants upon the Trea-sury for receipts and payments issued by the Postmaster General, whenwarranted by law. He shall perform such other duties, in relation tothe financial concerns of the Department, as shall be assigned to himby the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall make to them respectively,such reports as either of them may require respecting the same. Thesaid auditor may frank, and receive, free of postage, letters and packetsunder the regulations provided by law for other officers of the Govern-ment. And all letters and packets to and from the Chief Engineerwhich may relate to the business of his office shall be free of postage.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thePostmaster General to decide on the official forms of all papers to beused by postmasters, and other officers or agents of the Post OfficeDepartment, concerned in its receipts and payments, and the mannerand form of keeping and stating its accounts; to enforce the promptrendition of the returns of postmasters, and of all certificates, acknow-ledgments, receipts, and other papers, by postmasters and contractors,relative to the accounts of the Department; to control, according tolaw, and subject to the settlement of the auditor, the allowances topostmasters, the expenses of post offices, and all other expenses incidentto the service of the Department; to regulate and direct the paymentof the said allowances and expenses for which appropriations have beenmade; to superintend the disposition of the proceeds of post officesand other moneys of the Department; to prescribe the manner in whichpostmasters shall pay over their balances; to grant warrants for moneyto be paid into the Treasury, and out of the same, in pursuance of appro-priations by law, to persons to whom the same shall be certified to bedue by the said auditor : Provided, That advances of necessary sumsto defray expenses may be made by the Postmaster General to agentsof the Department employed to investigate mail depredations, examinepost routes, and post offices, and perform other like services, to becharged by the auditor for the Post Office Department, and be accountedfor in the settlement of their accounts.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the auditor for the PostOffice Department shall state and certify, quarterly, to the PostmasterGeneral, accounts of the moneys paid pursuant to appropriations, in
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