Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-07-21


der invalid, and not payable, and the
holder thereof, in order to obtain the
amount of the order shall be required
to apply in writing 10 the Postmaster
General for a new order in lieu there.
of, for which new order second fee
shall be charged: Procided, hoarerer,
That in oil cases, under this section,
the original order shall be returned,
and such proof shall be made of the
genuiueness Of the endorsement there
on as the Postmaster General may re-
quire. ............
Sec. I. 1ad be a. further enacted,
That deputy postmasters, at money
order Offices, may be allowed by the
Postmaster General, as compensa.
ton for the issuing and paying of
money orders, not exceeding one-third
of the whole amount of fees on mon.
ey orders issued, and, at the option of
the Postmaster General, one-eighth OF
one per centum on the gross amount
of orders paid at their Offices: Pro.
r,del, That all emolumerts arising
from such rates Of compensation shall
be subject to the provisions of the
rorty-frst section Of the act of third
of March, eighteen hundred and TWEEN
ty.five, entitled "An act to reduce into
one the several acts establishing the
Post.O(lice Department"
Sec. 8. dnd be IL further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of the Post
master General to require all post.
masters who may be authorized to is.
sue and pay money orders, to execute
new official bonds conditioned for the
faithful performance of all duties and
obligations imposed by this act, in
addition to those required of them by
existing laws as postmasters and 1t
shall be the duty Of the Postmaster
General to direct all payments or trans
fers to or from money order Offices.
He may direct transfers of money or
der funds from one postmaster TO
another, and he may require and di-
rect transfers or payments to be made
from the funds received for money or
dcrs to creditors Of the Post Office
Department, to be replaced by equiva-
lent transfers from the funds of said
department arising from hostages !;
and he may require and direct trans
fers of payments to be made from the
funds of the Post Office Department
in the hands of any postmaster arising
from hostages to the money order OH
ces. And it shall be the further duty
Of the Postmaster General to require
each postmaster to render to the Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Post Office
Department weekly. semi.weekly, oil
daily accounts of all money orders is
sued and paid, and of all fees received
for issuing them, of oil transfers, o.
payments made from funds received
for money orders, and of all money,
received to be applied to the paymen
Of money orders, or on account Q
money order Offices.
Sec. 0. Ind be IL further enacted
That out of the moneys paid into thu
Treasury for the service of the Pos
Office Department. the Postmaster Gen
eral shall have power to transfer t.
the deputy postmaster OF any money
order Office such sum as may be re-
quired, over and above the curren,
revenue thereof 10 pay money orders
drawn on tho latter and such trans
fers shall be made by warrant on the
Treasury by the Postmaster General,
and countersigned and registered by
the Auditor Of the Treasury for the
Post Office Department.
Soc. 10. Aad Be IL further enacted
That it shall be the duty of Tie Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Post ohict
Department to receive all accounts
arising in the money order Offices, OF
relative thereto, and to audit and set,
tie the same, aud to certify their bal
auccs TO the Postmaster General as
often as he may require. lie shall
keep and preserve all accounts arising
in said ctdces, anu shall report to the
Postmaster General all delinquencies
of postmasicrs in rendering their mon
ey order accounts, or in paying over
money order funds. He shall keep the
accounts of the money order offices
separately from the accounts for pos
tagcs, and in such manner as TO show
the number and amount OF money Or
ders issued by each postmaster, and
the number aud amopnt OF money Or
ders paid, the amount Of fees received,
and all the expenses Of the establish
ment. And it shall be the further du-
" Of the auditor to superintend the
collection Of all debts due to the Uni
ted States, or to the Post Office De-
partment, by present or late postmas.
ters, or other persons who are, or may
have been, employed in the money or
der offices. He shall direct suits and
legal proceedings, and take all such
measures as may be authorized by
law TO enforce the payment of such
debts, or for the recovery of any pen
altics arising under the provisions Of
this act.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted,
That all moneys received for the sale
Of money orders, including all fees re-
ceived for selling the same, all mon
eys transferred Eom the funds of the
Post Office Department to the money
order offices, all funds transferred or
paid from the money order Offices to
the use and service Of the Post Office
Department, and all transfers of funds
from one postmaster to another for the
use of the money order Offices. shall
be deemed and taken to be the moneys
in the Treasury of the United States.
And if any postmaster, assistant,
clerk, or other person employed 10 or
connected with the business or opera
iions of the money order Offices, shall
convert to his own use, in any way
whatever, or shall use by way of in
ycstment in any kind of property or
merchandise, or shall loan, with or
without interest, or shall deposit in
any bank, or shall exchange for other
funds. any portion Of such moneys,
every such act shall be deemed aud
adjpdged to be an embezzlement Of so
much of said moneys as shall be thus
taken, converted, used. loaned, depos-
tied, or exchanged, which is hereby
declared to be felony and any fail