Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-09-23

meet the drafts OF this Department.
l am, respectfully,
i Your ob't. servant,
PosT OFFICE DETACHMENT.
Appoiafmcnf OTce,l
Washington, May IL, 1881
S,R:ll am instructed by the Postmaster Gem
cral to call Your particular attention TO the fact,
that the rates of postage, as established by law.
based upon the legal currency of the United
States. The following extracts from the printed
regulations and the law, will clearly show what
your duties and responsibilities IN relation TO
the kind ofcurrcncy to be received tor postage,
viz:
You will receive nothing but specie. or its C.
quiyalent, for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Pos'nias-
tiers, chapter ), section 62.
"All payments to the department, whether
upon its drafts, by Opposite in bank must be III
specie or its equivalent. No allowance can be
made to postmasters for the depreciation OF mon
cy received for postage, nor for losses by IRE,
robbery or heft--Chapter Is, see. 2i5.
Extract from act Of Congress, approved on
the 18th of April, 1885.
..SEc. ?. And be it further enacted, that here
after, no bank notes of less denomination than
ten dollars. and that from and after the Sd day OF
March. Ammo Domini 1887, no bank note OF less
icno:ninatia than $50 shall be offered in pay
ment. in any case whatsoever IN which money Is
to be paid BY the United States, or by the POST
Office Department; nor shall any bank note, OF
any denomination, BIC SO offered, unless the same
shall be PAYABLE, and paid on demand, IN gold or
silver coin at the place where issued, and winch
shall not be equivalent to specie at the place
where offered, and convertible into gold or silver
upon the spot, and at the will of the holder, and
without delay or loss to him: Provided, that
nothing herein shall be construed to make any
thing but gold or silver legal tender by any indl-
viiual. or by the United Statcs."-Postmastcrs,
who NAV be under instructions to retain the pro-
cceds of their Offices until drawn for by the depart
ment will observe the following regulations, VIZ
Those whose nett proceeds are hvc hundfcd
dollars or moro per week, will report the amount
weekly to the Department. Fractions of weeks
at the beginning and end Of quarters need not be
reported separately.
Those whose nett proceeds arc not h'e hundred
dollars per week, bat amount to that sum or more
per month. will report them monthiy.-Ihc last
arate!y. -
Hence, YOU will perceive, that whatever; you
NAV receive for postage, you are responsibility
gold or silver and that it is unlawful Tor you 10 OF
fer in payment to contractors, or othcrs, any o'o
of anv bank which docs not pay ITS notes IN spc-
Gle. As the Post Master General has no power
to release you from your responsibilities under
the laws and on the contrary, 1T is has duty TO
see them faithfully executed. he has deemed 1t cx
pedicnt to give you this notice, that you may
auard yourself against loss in the collection of
your hostages.
Very respectfully,
Your obcdient servant,
ROB'T. JOHNSON,
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
At the end of each quarter, all postnlastcrs at
draft Offices will Immediately ascertain the a
mount of nett revenue accruing at their rcspcc-
tive Offices during the quarter, and report forth
with to the Department, stating the sums, II any
which may have been reported weekly or montn-
". and dcducting them, thus exhibiting the bal
ance not reported.
All these reports must he by letter, addressed
to Post Master General, which must bc sent sepa-
ratcly. and not enclosed with the quarterly &C
counts. or tied to them, or to any other icttef or
racket on other business. Nor must 1t be delayed
INIT; tho accounts are forwarded, If il can be sent
sooner.
Postmastcrs will not be permitted to use or loan
out any of the moneys belonging to the Depart
mcnt. but will be kept by them always on hand
to meet its drafts A violation of this regulation
will be considered good cause for instant removal
and prosecution Every draft must be Paid on
.
The travelling agents of the Department VIII
he instructed TO call occasionally on the draft OF
fees without notice, for the purpose OF counting
and reporting the cash hand. and reporting also
The manner in which it was kept.
TREASURY REPORT.
We have the following abstract Of the report