Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-10-10
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Es The following Proclama
ton, issued by Post Master Gene.
raj Reagan, is of interest to Post
Masters and Mail Contractors
A PROCLAMATION. M
Whereas, By the provisions Of
the Sd section of an act of Con.
gress, approved August 30th, 1861.
entitled "An Act to Collect, for
distribution, the moneys re-
manning in the several Post Off
ces of the Confederate States at
the time the postal service was
taken in charge by said Govern
ment, it is ''niade The duty yiof the
Postmaster General to make proc
lamation that all persons who are
citizens of the Confederate States
of America, and who may have
rendered postal service in any of
the States of this Confederacy,
under contracts or appointments
made by the United States Gov
ernment before the Confederate
States took charge of such service,
shalt present their. claims to this
department., verified and estab-
iished according to such rules as he
shall prescribe, by q time therein to
be set forth not less than six months
and requiring the claimants to
state under oath, how much has
been paid and the date of such
payments, ON account of the con-
tract or appointment under which
the said claim occurred, or what
fund or provision has been set
apart or made for further payment
Of the whole or any portion of the
balance of such claim, by the
Government of the United States,
or any of the States; and they
shall also state on oath, whether
they performed fully the service
according to their contract or APP
pointments during the time for
which they claim pay, aud if not,
what partial service they did per
form, and what deduction has been
made from their pay, as far as they
know, ON account of any failure,
or partial failure, to perform such
service" Wi
/. Now therefore, ], JosiN II. REA-
GAN, Post Master General of the
Confederate States Of 'Amer.ce, do
issue this my proclamation, re-
quiring all persons having claim
for postal service; under the
foregoing provisions Of the Sd sec
ton Of the above named act, to
present said claims to the Aud
itor of TIE Treasury for the Post
Office Department for exainina-
ton, on or before the 18th day Of
March, 1862, in order that | may
make q report to Congress of the
amount thereof, as required by
law. '. '. ~ h'- 3 ''@' =
Blank forms for presenting and
verifying the claims will be, fur
nished en- application to the Aud
aitor Of the Treasury, for the Post
Office Department.. '9i q Ji'j :"
And / hereby require all per.
sons who have heretofore collected
moneys as post1nasters in the
States now composing the Confed-
crate, States, which they had not
paid over at the time the Confed-
crate States took charge of the
postal service, to make out under
oath, and send to the Auditor Of
the Treasury, for the Post Office
Department, on or before the 18th
day of October next, general on
ledger account with the United
States, for the service of the Post
Office Department, up to the time
the control of the postal service
was assumed by the Confederate
States, IN accordance with The
general regulations of the Post
Office Department, issued, May
18th, 1859, page 1876, exhibiting
the balances IN the possession o1
such ,postmasters. ''hs,a '@Sl oe2n. .,
1.-The Banks Of South Carolina
have a circulation Of s5Sla299.
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