Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-25

| eguipazent. No azlouaace carbe made 10
postmasters for the depreciation q money
receiced for postages, nor losses by fire,
robbery, or theft"
The legal duties of the Department and
its officers are, if possible, rendered more
Imperative BY the following section in an
act passed April IA, 1896, viz: aos
',Section 2. That hereafter no bank
Eotes Of less denomination than ten del
lars. and that from and after the third day
Of March, ammo Domini eighteen hundred
and thirty-scven, no bank notes of a less
denomination than twenty dollars shall be
offered in any clse whatever in which
money is to be paid by the United States
Or the Post Office Department; nor shall
any bank notc Of any denomination be SO
offered, unless the same shall be payable
and paid on demand in gold or silver coin
at the place where issued, and which
shall not be equivalent to specie at the
place where offered, and convertible into
gold and silver upon the spot, at the will
ofthe holder, and without delay or loss
to him: Provided, nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to make any
thing but gold and silver legal tender
by any individual, or by the United
States"
Accordingly, one Of the articles Of a.
greement required from the banks by The
act passed June 23d, 1886, "to regulate
the deposites of public money!" is in the
following words, viz:
"Sccondly. To credit as specie all
sums deposited therein to the credit of the
Treasurer Of the United States, and to
pay all checks, warrants, or drafts drawn
on dcposites, in specie, if required by the
holder thereof"
Section 9th Of the same act enacts, that
8 no bank shall be selected or continued
as place Of deposite Of the public money,
which shall not rdeen its notes and bills,
On demand, in SPECIE"
And the 9Th section of the same act
provides, that elf, at any time, any one
Of said banks shall fail to perform any of
said duties, as prescribed by this act, and
stipulated to be performed by its contract;
or if any of said banks shall, at any time,
refuse to pay its oaon notes in specie, II
demanded" &c. sit shall be the duty OF
the Secretary ofthe Treasury to discon-
tinue any such bank as depository"
&c.
The funds Of the Post Office Depart
ment are part of the revenue Of the D.
nited States, ard are in terms embraced
in the material provisions of these laws. In
respect to this department, it is the indis-
pensible duty of the undersigned, tothe
performance of which he has bound him
self by solemn oath, to carry these pro-
visions faithfully into effect.
No man would more cheerfully con-
firm himself in his private transactions to
the circumstances which may surround him
than the Undersigned; but in reference to
public duties clearly cnjoined by law, he
has no discretion, however difficult and
painful may be their performance. Be
assured, sir, and assure the people OF
Baltimore, that his exerlions will be unre-
mitting to relieve them from the incon-
veniences which they endure, by attcmpt-
ing to induce ethe deposite banks to resume
payment and fulfil their contracts with
the Government--by cndeavoring to de-
wise means to facilitate the procurement
Of specie fiinds--and by the adoption of
any cxpedient calculated to afford relief,
which may not be in contrayention of the
Constitution and laws of the land. a
The department will, without hesita-
ton, receive from you its own warrants
payable at banks, or drafts drawn or you,
for tho purpose Of paying its debts, if
any relief can be made 10 grow out OF the
operation.
On all these matters, the undersi gned
invites suggestions from you, ana the
frank Communication Of such MS may be
made to you by you suffering fellow-citi-
gems. stl s.FEs
Very respectfully,
Your obi sesv't,
AMOS KENDALL.
]. s. SKINNER, Esq,
r. M. Baltimore, Md.