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-38CHAPTER 69—NOTARIES PUBLIC Sec.

1071. Appointment and regulation by Governor.

§ 1071. Appointment and regulation by Governor The Governor shall: (1) appoint all notaries public; and (2) prescribe their powers and duties, their official seal, and i, > the fees to be charged and collected by them. CHAPTER 71—OATHS AND WITNESSES Sec 1101. Powers of certain officers and boards with respect to oaths, witnesses, etc. 1102. Compelling attendance of witnesses and production of papers.

§ 1101. Powers of certain officers and boards with respect to oaths, witnesses, etc. Members of the board of local inspectors, customs officers, quarantine officers, admeasurers, the coroner and deputy coroners, officers designated by the Governor or his designee to conduct hearings in reference to the exclusion and deportation of persons from the Canal Zone, and all administrative boards or officers authorized to take testimony, may, in connection with any investigation, hearing or inquest held by them, or with any other performance of their official duties: (1) summon witnesses to testify in matters within their respective jurisdictions; (2) administer oaths; and (3) require the production of books and papers necessary thereto. § 1102. Compelling attendance of witnesses and production of papers The district court may: (1) issue process at the request of the officers or boards designated by section 1101 of this title to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; and (2) punish for contempt of court a person who refuses to obey the process, or who refuses to be sworn or to answer a material or proper question after being duly sworn. CHAPTER 73—POSTAL SERVICE iea 1131. 1132. 1133. 1134. 11'ifi. 1136. 1137. 1138. 1139. 1140. 1141. il42. 1143.

Application of Federal laws, rules, etc.; additional regulations. Maintenance and operation of postal service. Acceptance of postal-savings deposits. Rate of interest on postal-savings certificates. Faith of United States pledged to payment of deposits. Control of money-order and postal-savings fees. Deposit of money-order and postal-savings funds in the United States Treasury. Deposit of money-order and postal-savings funds in banks; security. Investment of money-order and postal-savings funds in securities of United States. Interest and profits on money-order and postal-savings funds. Application of chapter to prior deposit money orders. Money orders unpaid after twenty years. Payment of revenues into Treasury.

§ 1131. Application of Federal laws, rules, etc.; additional regulations (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Code, the postal service of the Canal Zone is governed by: (1) the laws, rules, regulations, and conventions of the postal service of the United States which by their terms apply in the Canal Zone; and