, 1864-08-08

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by the deputy postmaster of any other money
order Office which the person applying. therefor
may select; and the deputy postmaster who issues
such order shall be required to send through the
mails, without delay, TO the deputy postmaster
on whom il is drawn due notice thereof, and be
shall not deliver such order TO the applicant
therefor until the latter shall first have deposited
with him the amount Of money for which such
order is drawn, together with the proper charge
or fee therefor, az hereinafter provided. And il
shall not be lawful for any deputy postmaster IL
issue money order on any other deputy post
master without having previously received the
money therefor; and any person who shall violate
this provision shall be deemed guilty Of misde-
meanOr, and Oh conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum hot less than fifty yDOr more than five
hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That o
money order shall not be valid or payable unless
1t be drawn on printed or engraved form, which
shall be furnished 10 the money order Offices by
the Postmaster General and it shall be the duty
Of the latter to supply such Offices also with the
blank forms of application for money orders, one
OF which the deputy postmaster shall hand ia
eacn applicant for money order, who shall be
required 10 enter or cause to be entered therein
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party to whom the order is TO be paid, together
with the amount thereof and the date Of applt
cation. And all such applications. when filed
up and delivered TO the deputy postmaster, shall
be preserved on file at bis Office for such length
Of time as the Postmaster General may pre-
scribe.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted, That nc
money order shall be issued for any sum less than
al Ill III.
who receive money orders shall be required Ia
pay therefor the following charges or fees, viz
For an order for one dollar or for any larger
sum, but not exceeding ten dollars, q fee Of Ten
cents shall be charged and exacted by the post
master giving such order; for an order Of more
than ten and not exceeding twenty dollars, the
charge shall be fifteen cents and for every Ordei
exceeding twenty dollars, a fec Of twenty cents
shall be charged.
Sec. 4. And 30 IL further enacted, That il
the purchaser Of money order, FROM having
made an error in stating the name Of the Office
Of payment, or the name Of the payee, or foI
other reasons. be dCsirOus that the said money
order be modified or changed. it shall be the duty
Of the deputy postmaster from whom he received
it to take back. at his request, the lrst order
aud issue another in lieu thereof, for which q
new fee shall be charged and exacted; and il
shall also be the duty Of deputy postmaster IA
repay the amount OF any money order 10 the
person who obtained it, if the latter apply for
such repayment and return the money order; b1i
the charge or fec paid therefor shall not in any
case be refunded.
Sec. 8. Ald Be Il further enacted. That il any
money order be not presented to thedeputy post
master ON whom il is drawn within ninety days
after its date, it shall not be valid or payable
but the Postmaster General shall be- and he is
hereby, authorized, on application Of the payee
Of such money order, 10 cause a new order in
lieu thereof TO be issued in his favor, for which
u second fee shall he exacted. And the Post
master General is further authorized, whenever
money order shall have been lost TO cause q
duplicate thereof to be issued for which q second
fec shall be paid on application Of the remitier
or OF the payee Of such order, provided the party
losing the original shall furnish a statement
under oath or affirmation, setting forth the loss
or destruction thereof, and certificate from the
postmaster by whom il was payable that it bad
not been paid, and that it would not thereafter
be paid.
Sec. o. And be t further enacted, That the
payee Of a money order may, by his written eli
dorsement thereon, direct it to be paid 10 any
other person. and II shall be the duty Of the
deputy postmaster on whom it is ordered to pay
the amount thereon TO the person thus desigDat-
ed provided the person to whom the money Or
der is endorsed shall furnish such proof as the
Postmaster General may require that the written
endorsement is genuine, and that he is the person
thereby empowered TO receive payment Of the
order; but such second person shall not be at
liberty TO endorse the same order to third party
and more than one endorsement shall render any
order invalid, and not payable, and the holder
thereof, in order 10 obtain the amount OF the
order, shall be required to apply in writing to
the Postmaster General for a new order in lieu
thereof. for which new order second fec shall be
charged PTorided, hCrever, That in all cases,
under this section. the original order shall be
returned, and such proof shall be made Of the
gennineness Of the endorsement thereon as the
Postmaster General may require.
Sec. z. AHd Be Il further enacted, That de-
putty postmasters at money order Offices may be
allowed by the Postmaster General. as CON-
pcnsation for the issuing and paying Of money
orders, not exceeding one-third Of the whole
amount Of fees on money orders issued, and, at
the option Of the Postmaster General, oneeighih
Of one per centnm on the gross amount Of orders
paid at their Offices PTorided, That all Cmolu-
ments arising from such rates Of compensation
shall be subject to the provisions Of tie iOrtyrst
section Of the act Of third Of March, eighteen
hundred and twenty-five, entitled An act to re-
duce into one the several acts establishing the
Post Office Department"
Sec. g. And Be it further enacted, That il
shall be the duty Of the Postmaster General to
require all postmasters who may be authorized
TO issue and pay money orders, TO execute new
official bonds conditioned for the faithful perform
ance Of all duties and obligations imposed by
this act, in addition TO those required Of them
by existing laws as postmas,ers; and it shall be
the duty of the Postmaster General TO direct all
payments or transfers TO or from money order
Offices. lie may direct transfers Of money order
funds from one postmaster 10 another. and he
may require and direct transfers or payments
TO be made from the funds received for money
orders 10 creditors OF the Post Office Department,
to be replaced by equivalent transfers from the
funds Of said department arising from OStagcS
and be may require and direct transfers Of pay
mcnls to be made from the funds Of the Post
Office Department in the hands Of any pOstmas-
ter arising from postagcs to the money order
Offices. Aud il shall be the further duty Of the
Postmaster General TO require each postmaster
to render TO the Auditor Of the Treasury for the
Post Office Department weekly, semi-weekly, or
daily accounts Of oil money orders issued and
paid, and Of oil fees received lor issuing them, Oi
all transfers, or payments made from funds rec iv-
ed for money orders, and Of all moneys received
to be applied to the payment Of money orders, or
on account Of money order Offices.