public library, or religious or eleemosynary institution incorporated or sustained by State or municipal authority, but will not be permitted to hold such office or position if it interferes with his duties in the Postal Service.

Sec. 41. The United States shall pay compensation as hereinafter specified for the disability or death of an employee resulting from a personal injury sustained while in the performance of his duty, but no compensation shall be paid if the injury or death is caused by the willful misconduct of the employee or by the employee's intention to bring about the injury or death of himself or of another, or if intoxication of the injured employee is the proximate cause of the injury or death.

2. Every employee injured in the performance of his duty, or some one in his behalf, shall, within forty-eight hours after the injury, give written notice thereof to the immediate superior of the employee. Such notice shall be given by delivering it personally or by depositing it properly stamped and addressed in the mail.

3. The notice shall state the name and address of the employee, the year, month, day, and hour when, and the particular locality where, the injury occurred, and the cause and nature of the injury, and shall be signed by, and contain, the address of the person giving the notice.

4. Unless notice is given within the time specified, or unless the immediate superior has actual knowledge of the injury, no compensation shall be allowed; but for any reasonable cause shown, the commission may allow compensation if the notice is filed within one year after the injury.

NOTE. Original claims for compensation for disability must be made within 60 days after the injury and those for death within one year after death, addressed to the United States Employees' Compensation Commission, at Washington, D. C., on forms furnished by the commission. The commission determines the amount of compensation to be paid in each case. In certain cases medical treatment, hospital services, and burial expenses may be provided by the commission. An employee can not assign his claim. (See Official Postal Guide.)

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Sec. 42. All employees in the classified civil service of the United States to whom this act applies who, before its effective date, shall have attained or shall thereafter attain the age of 70 years and rendered at least 15 years of service computed as prescribed in section 5 of this act, shall be eligible for retirement on an annuity * Provided, That city, rural, and village letter carriers, post office clerks, seapost clerks, laborers, and mechanics generally shall, under like conditions, be eligible for retirement at 65 years of age and that railway postal clerks * * * whose terms of service shall include 15 years or more of such service shall be eligible at 62 years of age. (Act of July 3, 1926.)

Sec. 44. No person in the classified civil service of the United States shall be removed therefrom except for such cause as will promote the efficiency of said service and for reasons given in writing, and the person whose removal is sought shall have notice of the same and of any charges preferred against him, and be furnished with a copy thereof, and also be allowed a reasonable time for personally answering the same in writing; and affidavits in support thereof; but no examination of witnesses nor any trial or hearing shall be required except in the discretion of the officer making the removal; and copies of charges, notice of hearing, answer, reasons for removal, and of the order of

removal shall be made a part of the records of the proper department or office, as shall also the reasons for reduction in rank or compensation; and copies of the same shall be furnished to the person affected upon request, and the Civil Service Commission also shall, upon request, be furnished copies of the same: Provided, however, That membership in any society, association, club, or other form of organization of postal employees not affiliated with any outside organization imposing an obliga. tion or duty upon them to engage in any strike, or proposing to assist them in any strike, against the United States, having for its objects, among other things, improvements in the condition of labor of its members, including hours of labor and compensation therefor and leave of absence, by any person or groups of persons in said postal service, or the presenting by any such person or groups of persons of any grievance or grievances to the Congress or any Member thereof shall not constitute or be a cause for reduction in rank or compensation or removal of such person or groups of persons from said service. The right of persons employed in the civil service of the United States, either individually or collectively, to petition Congress, or any Member thereof, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to any committee or member thereof, shall not be denied or interfered with.

Sec. 45. Employees in the Postal Service shall be granted fifteen days' leave of absence with pay, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, each fiscal year, and sick leave with pay at the rate of ten days a year, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, to be cumulative, but no sick leave with pay in excess of six months shall be granted during any one fiscal year. Sick leave shall be granted only upon satisfactory evidence of illness in accordance with the regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster General. (Act of May 17, 1928.)

NOTE. Under a ruling of the Comptroller General of the United States sick leave with pay accumulates from July 1, 1922.

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2. The Postmaster General shall not approve or continue any rule or regulation which terminates the employment of any employee by reason of absence on account of illness for a period of less than one year, and any postal employee who has entered the military service of the United States or who shall hereafter enter it shall, upon being honorably discharged therefrom, be permitted to resume the position in the postal department which he left to enter such military service.

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Sec. 47. All * * * postmasters and persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mail shall be exempt from militia duty.

2. Postmasters and other employees of the Postal Service are not exempt by reason of their employment from jury or road duty, or any other obligation as citizens arising under the laws of any State or municipality.

Sec. 48. 2. All officers and employees of the United States and of the District of Columbia who are members of the National Guard shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay or time, on all days of any parade or encampment ordered or authorized under the provisions of this act.

3. All officers and employees of the United States and of the District of Columbia who shall be members of the National Guard shall be en

titled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating on all days during which they shall be engaged in field or coast-defense training ordered or authorized under the provisions of this act.

4. All officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia who are members of the Naval Reserve (also Marine Corps Reserve) shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they are employed, under orders, on training duty for periods not to exceed 15 days in any one calendar year. (Act of February 28, 1925, Public, No. 512, 68th, H. R. 9634.)

Sec. 50. All officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia who shall be members of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they shall be ordered to duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, for periods not to exceed 15 days in any one calendar year. Sec. 52. No person in the executive civil service shall use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof. Persons who by the provisions of these rules are in the competitive classified service, while retaining the right to vote as they please and to express privately their opinions on all political subjects, shall take no active part in political managements or political campaigns.

2. Officers and employees of the Post Office Department and Postal Service are not precluded from exercising their political privileges, but shall not use their official positions to control elections or political movements.

Sec. 53. No Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress, or Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elect, or officer or employee of either House of Congress, and no executive, judicial, military, or naval officer of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch, or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall directly or indirectly solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States, or any department, branch, or bureau thereof, or from any person receiving any salary or compensation from moneys derived from the Treasury of the United States. (See sec. 55.) 2. No person shall, in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any officer or employee of the United States mentioned in the preceding section (sec. 163, P. L. and R.), or in any navy yard, fort, or arsenal, solicit in any manner whatever or receive any contribution of money or other thing of value for any political purpose whatever. (See sec. 55.)

3. No officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk, or person in the service of the United States, or to any Senator or Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any political object whatever. (See sec. 55.)

Sec. 54. No officer or employee of the United States mentioned in section one hundred and eighteen (sec. 53, par. 1, P. L. and R.) shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in any manner change the official

rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose. (See sec. 55.)

Sec. 55. Whoever shall violate any provision of the four preceding sections (secs. 53 and 54, P. L. and R.) shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Sec. 56. No person employed in the Postal Service shall receive any fees or perquisites on account of the duties to be performed by virtue of his appointment.

Sec. 57. Employees in the Postal Service shall not borrow money or contract debts which they have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay. They are expected to pay their just debts, but the department will not participate in the collection of debts of employees. They shall not solicit nor accept from patrons of the service, in person or through others, contributions of money; neither shall they solicit in person or through others, gifts, presents, advertisements, or benefits; issue addresses, complimentary tickets, prints, publications, or any substitute therefor intended or calculated to induce the public to make them gifts or presents; distribute, offer for sale, or collect the proceeds of the sale of tickets for theaters, concerts, balls, fairs, picnics, excursions, or places of amusement or entertainments of any kind; issue for profit souvenirs or postal handbooks to secure the patronage of the public; compile city directories for public use or assist publishers in compiling the same; nor request publishers to send free copies thereof to them, nor accept any money or gratuity arising from the publication of such directories.

NOTE. The preceding paragraph shall not be interpreted as prohibiting the solicitation of the purchase of Government securities of any character, or the collection of moneys in payment of such securities, under instructions of the department.

Sec. 58. Whenever Government property of any kind is lost or damaged through the carelessness, negligence, willfulness, or malice of a postal employee, the facts should be reported by the postmaster to the proper bureau of the Post Office Department for determination as to whether such postal employee shall be held personally responsible for the value of the property so lost, damaged, or destroyed.

Sec. 60. No officer, clerk, or employee in the United States Government employ shall at any time solicit contributions from other officers, clerks, or employees in the Government service for a gift or present to those in a superior official position; nor shall any such officials or clerical superior receive any gift or present offered or presented to them as a contribution from persons in Government employ receiving a less salary than themselves; nor shall any officer or clerk make any donation

as a gift or present to any official superior. Every person who violates this section shall be summarily discharged from the Government employ. 2. Whoever, being an officer of the United States, or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any official capacity, under or by virtue of the authority of any department or office of the Government thereof; or whoever, being an officer or person acting for or on behalf of either House of Congress, or of any committee of either House, or of both Houses thereof, shall ask, accept, or receive any money, or any contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, with intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit, influenced thereby, shall be fined not more than three times the amount of money or value of the thing so asked, accepted, or received, and imprisoned not more than three years; and shall, moreover, forfeit his office or place and thereafter be forever disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the Government of the United States.

Sec. 66. Whoever, being a person employed in the Postal Service, shall become interested in any contract for carrying the mail, or act as agent, with or without compensation, for any contractor or person offering to become a contractor in any business before the department, shall be immediately dismissed from office, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

Sec. 210. Payments of salaries and travel allowances to all officials and employees of respective divisions of the Railway Mail Service shall be made by postmasters at division headquarters of the Railway Mail Service.

11. Payments to Railway Mail Service employees by postmasters in Alaska, Porto Rico, and Hawaii shall be made in cash.

12. On the resignation, transfer, suspension, or removal of a railway postal clerk final settlement shall be deferred until all mail keys, records, and other property of the department have been turned over to the chief clerk or division superintendent.

Sec. 322. Postmasters may observe as holidays New Year's Day (January 1); Washington's Birthday (February 22); Memorial Day (May 30); Independence Day (July 4); the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day; Christmas (December 25); and such other days as the President of the United States may set apart as days of fast or thanksgiving.

4. When any of the holidays mentioned in the preceding paragraphs falls on Sunday, the following Monday may be observed, unless otherwise specially provided by proper authority.

Sec. 338. 2. No officer or employee of the Government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in