Until an officer or his legal representative shall have received notice that the property accounts of such officer have been examined and found correct the liability of such officer or of his estate for public property for which he is or may have been responsible or accountable shall be in no way affected by resignation, discharge, change in official position, desertion, or death.

History

Mar. 1, 1889, 25 Stat. 777, ch. 328

as added Feb. 18, 1909, 35 Stat. 633, ch. 146, § 38

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 39-510.

1981 Ed., § 39-210.