title 31, united states code

title 31, united states code Sec. 231. (a) The first sentence of section 176 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 492–1), relating to the bonds of disbursing clerks of executive departments, is amended by striking out “; and shall each give a bond to the United States for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law in such amount as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and with sureties to the satisfaction of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury; and shall from time to time renew, strengthen, and increase his official bond, as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct”. (b) Section 302 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C, 142), relating to the bond of the Treasurer of the United States, is repealed. (c) Section 304 of the Revised Statutes (49 Stat. 1238, 68 Stat. 496; 31 U.S.C. 144), is amended by striking out “: Provided, however, That no appointments shall be made under the provisions of this section until the official bond given by the Treasurer shall be made in terms to cover and apply to the acts and defaults of every person appointed hereunder”. (d) Section 375 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 1012), relating to false reports of collectors with respect to bonds delivered for suit, is repealed. (e) Section 378 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 1013), relating to the report of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury to the officer from whom a bond was received, is repealed. 86 Stat. 210 (f) Section 3501 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 270)relating to the bonds of certain officers, assistants, and clerks in the Bureau of (he Mint. Department of the Treasury, is repealed. (g) Section 3555 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 281), relating to officers of the New York assay office, Bureau of the Mint, is amended by striking out “the oaths to be taken, and the bonds and sureties to be given by them,” and inserting in lieu thereof “and the oaths to be taken,”. (h) Section 3600 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 475), relating to the bonds of officers in mints or assay offices authorized by law to act as depositaries, is repealed. (i) Section 3613 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 480), relating to certain deputies in the Department of the Treasury, is amended by striking out the second sentence thereof which reads as follows: “The official bond given by the principal of the office shall be held to cover and apply to the acts of the person appointed to act in his place in such cases.”, (j) Section 3614 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 481), relating to the bonds of special agents employed by departments, is repealed. (k) Section 3625 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 506), relating to distress warrants against sureties of certain officials who receive public moneys and fail to render proper account and payment, is amended— (1) by striking out “and his sureties” wherever such words occur in the first sentence thereof; (2) by striking out, in such first sentence, the word “reside” and inserting in hen thereof the word “resides”; (3) by amending the second sentence thereof to read as follows: “Where the officer resides in a district other than that in which his estate may be, which it is intended to take and sell, then such warrant shall be directed to the marshals of such districts, respectively.”. (l) Section 3628 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 509), relating to the execution of a distress warrant against the sureties of a delinquent finance officer, is repealed. (m) Section 3629 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 510), relating to liens on lands of delinquent officers and their sureties, is amended by striking out “and his sureties” and “or them”. (n) Section 3630 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 511), relating to the sale of lands of delinquent officers and their sureties, is amended by striking out “or his sureties,” and “and his sureties”. (o) Section 3631 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 512), relating to the validity of the conveyance by a United States marshal of lands of a delinquent officer and his sureties, is amended by striking out “or his sureties”. (p) Section 3632 of the Revised Statutes 31 U.S.C. 513, relating to the return to a delinquent, officer or his surety of moneys in excess of amounts needed to satisfy distress warrants, is amended by striking out “or surety, as the case may be”. (q) Section 3634 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 516), applying the distress warrant provisions of the Revised Statutes to all Government officers charged with disbursement of public money and to their sureties, is amended— (1) by striking out “and to their sureties,”; and (2) by striking out “they” and inserting in lien thereof “he”. (r) Section 3639 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 521), relating to the duties of officers who are custodians of the public money, is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof which reads as follows: “The President is authorized, if in his opinion the interest of the United States requires the same, to regulate and increase the sums For which bonds are. or may be required by law. of all United States 86 Stat. 211attorneys, collectors of customs, comptrollers of customs, and surveyors of customs, Navy agents, Quartermaster General, registers of public lands, paymasters in the Army, and by all other officers employed in the disbursement of the public moneys, under the direction of the Department of the Army or the Navy Department.”. (s) (1) Section 3646(a) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 528 (a)), relating to issuance by the Secretary of the Treasury of duplicate cheeks for lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced original checks, is amended by striking out “or his sureties” wherever such words occur in the proviso contained therein. (2) The last sentence of section 3646(c) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 528(c)) is amended by striking out “or his sureties” wherever such words occur in such sentence. (t) The second proviso under the heading “United States Courts” contained in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for prior years, and for other purposes”, approved February 26, 1896 (29 Stat. 25; 31 U.S.C. 110), which reads “: Provided further, That hereafter all fees for United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts and special counsel necessarily employed in prosecuting civil suits instituted by the Auditor for the Post Office Department through the Solicitor of the Treasury against the sureties on the official bonds of late postmasters, as provided for by section two hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes of the United States, shall be paid from the appropriations for expenses of the United States Courts”, is repealed. (u) The second proviso under the heading “Miscellaneous” and with the side heading “Silk Investigations” contained in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three”, approved June 3, 1902 (32 Stat. 303; 31 U.S.C. 533), which leads “ And provided further, That advances of public money from the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture shall be made by the Secretary of Agriculture only to such chiefs of field parties, agricultural explorers, special agents, mid others as shall have given bonds in such sums as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct”, is repealed. (v) That part of the Act entitled “An Act making appreciations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine”, approved May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 259; 31 U.S.C. 534), relating to bonds required of chiefs of field parties who are advanced public moneys for fighting forest files, which is under the heading “Forest Service” and with the side caption “General Expenses, Forest Service”, and which reads “and hereafter advances of money under any appropriation for the Forest Service may be made to the Forest Service and by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties for lighting forest fires in emergency cases, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, and detailed accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered through and by the Department of Agriculture to the General Accounting Office;” is amended by striking out “, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct,”. (w) Section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes”, approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1027; 31 U.S.C. 494), relating to the 86 Stat. 212bond of an acting disbursing officer in case of sickness or absence of disbursing clerk or disbursing agent, is amended— (1) by striking out the second sentence thereof which reads as follows: “The official bond given by the principal of the office shall be held to cover and apply to the acts of the person appointed to act in his place in such cases.”; and (2) by striking out in the third sentence thereof the following: “, and such acting officer shall be required by the head of the department, independent bureau, or office, to give bond to and in such sum as the disbursing clerk or disbursing agent may require”. (x) The paragraph under the heading “Treasury Department” and the sideheading “Offices of disbursing clerks” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes”, approved June 17, 1910 (36 Stat. 487; 31 U.S.C. 1015), relating to the bond of the deputy disbursing clerk of the Treasury Department, is amended— (1) by striking out “he shall give bond to the disbursing clerk in such sum as the said disbursing clerk may require,”; and (2) by striking out “, and the official bond of the disbursing clerk executed hereunder shall be made to cover and apply to the acts of the deputy disbursing clerk”. (y) The first paragraph immediately above the center heading “Life Saving Service” and with the sideheading “Compensation for disbursements restricted to bonded appointees” contained in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes”, approved March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1387; 31 U.S.C. 546), is amended by striking out “and who have qualified by giving bonds”. (z) The first proviso under the heading “Department of Commerce” and under the subheading “Coast and Geodetic Survey” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. 688; 31 U.S.C. 550), relating to the bond required of chiefs of parties under the Coast and Geodetic Survey who are advanced public moneys, is amended by striking out “, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Commerce may direct,”. (aa) The Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen”, approved April 15, 1918 (40 Stat. 523; 31 U.S.C. 535), and the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922”, approved March 2, 1921 (41 Stat. 1210; 31 U.S.C. 535), relating to the bond required of the commissioner on the part of the United States who is advanced public moneys in connection with activities regarding the United States-Canada boundary, which is under the heading “Boundary Line, Alaska and Canada, and The United States and Canada”, are each amended by striking out in the first proviso thereto the following: “, who shall give bond under such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of State may direct,”. (bb) The, Act entitled “An Act to authorize disbursing officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to designate deputies”, approved July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 888; 31 U.S.C. 103a), is amended— 86 Stat. 213 (1) by striking out “and the consent of their surety or sureties, if any”;and (2) by striking out “: Provided, That every deputy so designated for a disbursing officer who is bonded shall, if not already under bond, give bond as required by the head of the department concerned”, (cc) Section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to fix the responsibilities of disbursing and certifying officers, and for other purposes”, approved December 29, 1941 (55 Stat. 875; 31 U.S.C. 82c), is amended by striking out “(2) be required to give bond to the United States, with good and sufficient surety approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such amount as may be determined by the head of the department, agency, or establishment concerned, pursuant to standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “and (2)”. (dd) The Act entitled “An Act to provide for the orderly transaction of the public business in the event of the death or of the resignation or separation from office of the Chief Disbursing Officer”, approved December 24, 1942 (61 Stat. 717; 31 U.S.C. 1014), is amended— (1) by striking out in the third sentence “his estate, or the surety on his official bond” and inserting in lieu thereof “or his estate”; (2) by striking out in such third sentence “. and his surety,” and “under his bond”; and (3) by striking out the last two sentences which read as follows: “The bond of the Acting Chief Disbursing Officer or acting regional disbursing officer shall be an amount at least equal to the minimum amount of the bond required of the Chief Disbursing Officer or the regional disbursing officer, respectively. The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, require the Assistant Chief Disbursing Officer, or the assistant regional disbursing officer, to renew and increase his bond to the United States.”. (ee) The first proviso in the Act entitled “An Act to limit the time within which the General Accounting Office shall make final settlement of the monthly or quarterly accounts of fiscal officers, and for other purposes”, approved May 19, 1947 (61 Stat. 101; 31 U.S.C. 82i), is amended by striking out “or his surety”. (ff) The Act entitled “An Act to provide for the orderly transaction of the public business in the event of the death, incapacity, or separation from office of a disbursing officer of the military department”, approved July 31, 1953 (67 Stat 296; 31 U.S.C. 103b), is amended— (1) by striking out in the third sentence “, his estate, or the surety on his official bond.” and inserting in lieu thereof “or his estate”; (2) by striking out in such third sentence “and his surety,” and “under his bond”; and (3) by striking out the last two sentences thereof which read as follows: “The bond of the deputy disbursing officer shall be an amount at least equal to the minimum amount of the bond required of the disbursing officer. The Secretary of the military department concerned may from time to time, require the deputy disbursing officer to renew and increase his bond to the United States.”. (gg) The proviso contained in the first section of the Act entitled “An Act to provide, for sundry administrative matters affecting the Federal Government, particularly the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 86 Stat. 214State Department, and for other purposes”, approved June 4, 1954 (68 Stat. 176; 31 U.S.C. 95b), is amended by striking out “disbursing officer, agent, or surety of the United States” and inserting in lieu thereof “disbursing officer or agent of the United States”.