The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-24
THE MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.

lhe postal money order system,
which went into effect on the 1st of
November, is for the transmission of
small sums, not less than one dollar
and not more than thirty dollars. For
the service to the parties interested the
following fees or commissions arc to be
paid in advance by the party who de-
poslsts the money: For orders of sums
Of ten dollars and under. ten cents; ov-
cr ten dollars and not exceeding TWEEN
ty dollars, twenty cents; over twenty
dollars and not exceeding thirty dol
lars, thirty cents. A blank tor the a.
mount required is to be fiIled7up by the
applicant, who must, in all cases, give
his own Christian name in full, and.
when the Christian name Of the payec
is known, it should be so stated. other
wise, Initials may bcuscd. The Chris
tian names of married woman must be
given, and not those Of their husbands.
For example, Mrs. " Nnry Brown ;"
must not be described as Mrs. ''U'aEam
Brown" Where the order Is to be
sent by or to firm, the usual firm
name is all that need be given. The
order is then given to the party apply
ing for it according to number, stating
10 whom it is payable or who deposited
the money. A request is at the bot
tom of the order that the Postmaster
shall pay the money to the person in.
dicatcd in the letter Of advice The let
ter Of advice is sent by the Postmaster
with whom the money is deposited to
the PoStmast sr who is to pay the or
der, and 1t contuins the names Of the
deposition. and of the person to whom
the money is to be paid. The latter is
to receive the order from the former
and most usually it will be sent in an
inclosure by mail. A party who has
possession of an order will be required.
before payment is made to him, to
state the Christian and surname Of the
party who sends it and his address,
and also his own. This regulation is
designed to prevent an unauthorized
person from obtaining the amount OF
an order, should it, by accident, fraud,
or theft, fall into improper hands.
The Post office department will use all
fair means TO prevent dishonesty, but |!
an order is once paid to the party pre-
senting it, through Misrepresentation.
the Government will not be liable to
any further claim. The public are
therefore cautioned as follows:
1st. To take all means to prevent
the loss Of money order.
I'd. Never to send the order in the
same letter with the information re-
quired on payment thereof.
Sd. To be careful, on taking ont .
money order, to state correctly the
Christian name, as well as the surname
of the person in whose favor it is to be
drawn. ...
4th. To sec that the name and adj
dress Of the person taking out the or
der are correctly made kown to the
person in whose favor il is to be
drawn. ......... r..............
Neglect of these instructions will
risk the loss of the money, besides
leading to delay and trouble In obtain
ing payment.
Under no circumstances cah pay
ment, Of an order be demanded on the
day Of its issue. ..
If the money is not called for with
in ninety days after the date Of the or
der, there will be difficulty in obtain
ing it. The regular form of the order
mrs. not BE- clipped or mutllated.-
When the payec of an order desires
the same to be paid to any other per
son, he must fill up and sign a form OF
Endorsement, and furnish such second
party with the information required to
obtain payment of his order, who, up
on receiving payment must sign his
name npon the face ofthe order
More than one Endorsement is prohib.
tied by law, an1 will fielder the order
invalid and not payable. .- .r ...
This system, entirely new to our
country, is founded upon the English
plan. In Great Britain it has been
very useful, and is exceedingly popu-
lar. Properly managed, it will be in
the United States an accommodation
which will soon b, discovered TO be in
dispcnsable in the management of bust
ness between different sections OF the
country.-[ philadelphia Inquirer.