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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 631, 632 -DEC. 21, 1944 "(a) Moneys in, or payable into, the registry of any United States court, in the discretion of the court, may be deposited in official checking accounts with the Treasurer of the United States, subject to disbursement on order approved by the court. "(b) All fees and other collections other than moneys referred to in subsection (a) hereof, received by clerks of the United States courts and United States marshals shall be deposited in official check- ing accounts with the Treasurer of the United States, subject to disbursement by such clerks and marshals. At the close of each accounting period the earned portions of such fees and collections accruing to the United States shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriate receipt accounts. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the Territory of Alaska, or in the Virgin Islands." SEC. 2 . Section 19 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (48 Stat. 1232; U. S. C., title 31, sec. 725r), approved June 26, 1934, is hereby amended by changing the parenthetical clause in the proviso therein to read as follows: "(excluding clerks and marshals of the United States district courts) ". Approved December 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 632] AM Alrl Moneys in U. 8- court registries. Deposits and dis- bursements. Fees and other court receipts. Deposits and dis- bursements. Periodic deposits. Exception. Deposit of unearned moneys, etc. December 21,1944 To provide for the payment to certain Government employees for accumulated [H. R. 4918] or accrued annual leave due upon their separation from Government service. [Public Law 261 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any civilian officer or employee of the Federal Government or the govern- ment of the District of Columbia is separated from the service or elects to be paid compensation for leave in accordance with the Act of August 1,1941, as amended by the Act of April 7, 1942, or section 4 of the Act of June 23, 1943, he shall be paid compensation in a lump sum for all accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave to which he is entitled under existing law. Such lump-sum payment shall equal the compensation that such employee would have received had he remained in the service until the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave: Provided, That if such employee is reem- ployed in the Federal service or in or under the government of the District of Columbia under the same leave system prior to the expira- tion of the period covered by such leave payment, he shall refund to the employing agency an amount equal to the compensation covering the period between the date of reemployment and the expiration of such leave period, and the amount of leave represented by such refund shall be credited to him in the employing agency. In the case of reemployment in the Federal service the sum so refunded shall be cov- ered into the Treasury as "Miscellaneous Receipts", and in case of reemployment in or under the government of the District of Columbia the sum so refunded shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the lump-sum payment herein authorized shall not be regarded, except for purposes of taxation, as salary or compensation and shall not be subject to retirement deductions. SEC. 2. Upon the death of any civilian officer or employee of the Federal Government, or the government of the District of Columbia, compensation for all of his accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave in a lump sum equal to the compensation that such employee would have received had he remained in the service until the Government, etc., employees. Lump sum payment for accrued annual leave. 55 Stat. 616; 56 Stat. 200; 57 Stat. 163, 5U. 8. upp. ,. §61a;60U.8.0., Supp. III, app. $1474. Reemployment be- fore leave expiration, refund. Disposition of sum refunded. Deceased em- ployees, benfilar