[59 STAT. the sum of $100 and the payee or owner is, at the date of the appli- cation, an officer or employee in the service of the Post Office Depart- ment, whether by contract, designation, or appointment, the Post- master General may, in lieu of an indemnity bond, authorize the issuance of a substitute check or warrant upon such an affidavit as he may prescribe, to be made before any postmaster by the payee or owner of an original check. Payment of substi- "(f) Substitutes issued under this section, drawn on the Treasurer tutechecks. of the United States, except those for checks issued on account of public-debt obligations and transactions regarding the administration of banking and currency laws, shall be deemed to be original checks and shall be payable under the conditions set forth in section 21 of 48Stat. 123 . the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (U. S . C., title 31, sec. 725t). Substitutes for checks issued on account of public-debt obligations and transactions regarding the administration of banking and currency laws shall be payable without limitation of time. " o riginalcheck. " "(g) The term 'original check' wherever used in this section means any check, warrant, or other order for the payment of money, payable upon demand and not bearing interest, drawn by a duly authorized officer or agent of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the District Unemployment Compensation Board, on their behalf against an account or funds of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the District Unemployment Compensation Board, including instru- ments issued by any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by the United States, the funds of which are deposited and covered into the Treasury of the United States or deposited with the Treas- urer of the United States, but does not include money, coins, or cur- rency of the United States; as used in subsection (e) of this section it means such an instrument drawn by a duly authorized officer or employee of the Post Office Department. Delegation of an- "(h) Any power, authority, or discretion conferred upon the Sec- thoity. retary of the Treasury by this section may be delegated by him, in whole or in part, subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to such individuals as he may designate within the Treas- ury Department or to the head of any other department or agency of the Government or of any Federal Reserve bank, and the head of such department or agency or Federal Reserve bank may, when such action is not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the delega- tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, redelegate any power, author- ity, or discretion conferred upon him pursuant to this subsection to any officer or employee within such department, agency, or Federal Reserve bank." Repeal. SEC. 2 . Sections 300 and 3647 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 119), are hereby repealed. SEC. 3 . This Act shall become effective on December 1, 1945. Approved December 3, 1945. tCHAPTER 516] AN ACT December 3. 1945 [H. R. 44111 To adjust the pay and allowances of members of the Navy Nurse Corps, and for [Public Law 244] other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Navy Narse Corps. United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the ayanowances. effective period as defined in section 4 hereof, (a) each member of the Navy Nurse Corps shall receive the same pay, money allowances for subsistence and for rental of quarters, mileage and other travel allow- PUBLIC LAWS--CHS. 515, 516 -DEC. 3 , 1945 594
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