Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-11-09
Transmission of Money BY Mail.

The postll money order system went into
operation in this place, and at other deslg-
mated points throughout the country, on
the 1st of November. 1t is attended to
promote public convenience by atfording
cheap, immediate, and safe agency for the
transmission through the mails OF small
sums of moaey for which bank drafts can
not readily be procured The mode byWhIch
safety is secured consists in leaving out OF
the order the name of the payee or party
for whom the money is intended. In this
respect money order differs from an ordI-
nary bank draft or check. When money
order is applied for, the postmaster will
furnish the applicant with printed form
of application, in which the latter will en-
ter all the particulars of amo1nt, name, ad,
dress, &C., required to be stated in the
money order and advice. From the items
contained in such application the postmas
ter will ell up the money order aud also the
CORES ponding form of advice.
The order, when completed, is handed to
the applicant, upon payment of the sum
expressed therein and of the fee chargea-
Bile thereon, a0hich fee must inudrtdbIy be
paid in money, postage stamps not Icing
receivable therefor. BY the mail immedi-
ately following the issues of money order,
the postmaster transmits the corresponding
advice to the postmaster at the Office upon
which it is drawn. The latter is thus fur
nished, before the order itself can be pre-,
sented, with all necessary information to
detect fraud, if any should be attempted.
Any Office may draw upon any other Office
in the list of money order Offices for sum,
upon one order, from one dollar to thirty
dollars. But when larger sum than the
latter is required, additional orders to make
it up must be obtained.
Rates of commission charged for money
orders:
On orders not exceeding SO 10 cts.
Over SO and not exceeding $50 Is cts.
Over $40 and up to $50 20 cts.
No money will be received for orders ex-
cept coin, United States notes, or notes OF
the National banks, and orders cannot be
paid In any other currency. A money
order is rendered invalid unless it is pre-,
sented to the postmaster on whom it is
drawn within ninety days from its date;
but the Postmaster General can issue a new
order on the application of the payee upon
the payment of second fee The same
course is to be pursued in case the order is
lost. In this case, the payee is to furnish
a statement, under oath, that the order has
been lest or destroyed, accompanied by the
certificate of the postmaster that it has not
been paid, and will not be paid if thereaf-
ter presented. The payee may transfer
his order to another person by endorsing it
upon the back. Persons therefore residing
at places other than designated in the list
of money order Offices, can avail themselves
of the advantages of this system; but an
order cannot be endorsed twice.
In commencing the operation Of the sys,
TEN, it has been deemed expedient to be-
gin with the larger post offices only. A
list of money order Offices will be found at
the post Office in this place. The total
number in the United States is one hun.
dred and thirty nine. Should circumstan-
ees warrant, the number will speedily be
increased.