SECTION  653 . Treasurer's Responsibility for Indorsements. — The Insular Treasurer shall, during two years from the date of payment by him, be responsible for the indorsements on all warrants, and for this period shall retain them in his custody, after whic h they shall be filed with the Auditor. [1792-14.] SECTION  654 . Payment of Lost Warrants.  — When any check or warrant is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the issuing officer may issue a duplicate check or warrant, which shall be paid under such regulations in regard to issuance and payment and upon the executio n of a bond to indemnify the Government in such amount and with such security, if any, as the Auditor and Treasurer shall jointly require. [1792-40.] SECTION  655 . Retention of Salary for Satisfaction of Indebtedness to Government.  — When any person is indebted to the Government of the Philippine Islands or Government of the United States, the Insular Auditor may direct the proper officer to withhold the  payment of any money due him or his estate, the same to be applied in satisfaction of such indebtedness. CHIScD [911-1, 2; 1792-51, 52.] SECTION  656 . Appointment of Depositaries by Governor-General or Secretary of War.  — The Governor-General may appoint any bank or banking institution in the Philippine Islands, and the Secretary of War any similar institution in the United States, as a depo sitary of the Government of the Philippine Islands, after such institution has filed sufficient evidence of its sound financial condition and has deposited, as security, either in the Insular Treasury or in the Bureau of Insular Affairs, at Washington, bon ds of the United States or of the Government of the Philippine Islands or other bonds or securities satisfactory to and approved by the officer making the appointment and in such amount as shall be required by him. ARTICLE  VIII Depositaries and Depositary Accounts [1792-38.] SECTION  657 . Reports of Depositaries to Insular Auditor — Payment of Stale or Stopped Checks.  — Depositaries shall report to the Auditor at the close of each quarter, or oftener if he shall so require, and in such form as he may direct, 205 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011