The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-18
THE POST OFFICE MONEY
ORDER SYSTEM.
St. Paul a First Glass Office.
List OF Omcers Authorized TO Issue
Orders-InformatiO for
the People.

The money-order system was put into
operation at all designated Offices on the
First instant.
We have compiled from various sources,
such information in regard to its more i'm
portant features, as will give the public
quite correct idea of its objects and OPP
GRAFTON.
OBJECTS OF THE SYSTEM.
The Money Order System is intended to
promote public convenience, and to insure
safety in the transfer of money through
the mails.
The mode by ,chich 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, q
money order differs from an OF dinary bank
draft or check.
An advice or notification of the order
drawn, is transmitted by the issuing Post
Master to the Post Master at the Office of
payment. The latter is thus furnished
with all necessary information, and will
therefore be informed of the names of the
RENTER and payee before the order itself
can be presented, and be enabled to detect
fraud, if any should be attempted.
Post Masters are prohibited from pay
ing money order drawn by another Of
fee of which the advice has not been re-
ceived; neither are they permitted to pay
an order to second person without the
written Endorsement to such second per-
son by the payee on the back of the order.
The Post Master must be satisfied that
the signature to the Endorsement is genu-
inc, and that the person presenting the
order is the one named in the indorse-
ment
More than one Endorsement is prohibit
ed by law, and will render an order invalid
and not payable. An order which is not
presented for payment until after the ex-
piration of nine days from the date thereof
is invalid and not payable" In both Of
the foregoing cases Of inralid orders, pro-
vision is made for the issuing of duplicates,
by presenting the necessary statement
and testimony to the Money Order Office
of the Post Office Department at Wash
ington. The necessary particulars in such
cases will be furnished on application to
the Post Master at the issuing or paying
Offices
LOST ORDERS.
If the remi0er of a money order loses
it, or if the same be lost before it reaches
the payee, the former will make applica-
ton to the .Money-order Office of Post
Office Department, furnishing at the same
time statement, under oath, and setting
forth the loss or destruction thereof, and
q certificate from the Post Master by
whom it was payable that the said order
had not been paid, and would not be paid
if Thereafter presented.
Should the Department be satisfied of
the correctness of the statement of loss,
duplicate will be transmitted to the issuing
post master, to be delivered to the remit
ter, upon the payment by the latter Of an
additional fee.
When q money order is lost by the
payee, he will forward to the Department
an application for duplicate, together
with the same kind of testimony required
from the remitter in the preceding para.
graph, and the Department will, if salts
fed as aforesaid, cause duplicate to be
transmitted to the Post Master upon whom
the original was drawn, who will deliver
the same to the payee, upon payment by
him of an additional fee.
The following is complete list of the
offices authorized to issue these orders