Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code: Title 39 : Section 204


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 204. General Counsel; Judicial Officer; Chief Postal Inspector

      There shall be within the Postal Service a General Counsel, such
    number of Assistant Postmasters General as the Board shall consider
    appropriate, a Judicial Officer, and a Chief Postal Inspector. The
    General Counsel, the Assistant Postmasters General, the Judicial
    Officer, and the Chief Postal Inspector shall be appointed by, and
    serve at the pleasure of, the Postmaster General. The Judicial
    Officer shall perform such quasi-judicial duties, not inconsistent
    with chapter 36 of this title, as the Postmaster General may
    designate. The Judicial Officer shall be the agency for the
    purposes of the requirements of chapter 5 of title 5, to the extent
    that functions are delegated to him by the Postmaster General. The
    Chief Postal Inspector shall report to, and be under the general
    supervision of, the Postmaster General. The Postmaster General
    shall promptly notify the Governors and both Houses of Congress in
    writing if he or she removes the Chief Postal Inspector or
    transfers the Chief Postal Inspector to another position or
    location within the Postal Service, and shall include in any such
    notification the reasons for the removal or transfer.



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