Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-01

Goes into operation today, Tuesday,
November !. II Is intended 10 promote
public convenience, and to insure safety
in The tfaeslsr Of money through The
maiss The mode BY which safety is
secured consists in leaving ont Of the
order tie name Of the payee or party for
whom tie money is intended In this
respect a money order differs from an
ordinary bank draft or check. An adj
vice or notification II he order drawn
IS transmitted II tie Issuing postmaster
TO the postmaster at the Office Of pay
ment The latter IL thus furnished with
All necessary information, and will
therefore be informed Of the names Of
the remitier Asd paysa before the order
itself ean BE- presented, aud be enabled
70 dAtaet fraul 4 any should be at
stempled
Persaua wishing = send money 70
other portions 81 The coaatrY can Day
40 order from the Postmaster here 10
the Postmaster 81 q Aer OF the fos.o#-
ing post Offices, witch viii be csshed "a
presentation, With the proper iden.i.
iication.
4 list Of mouey-efaer offices is pub
hshed wssh fhis. II vii b noticed that
the number "a limitel 70 H. Ii Is the
| design tQ afaatsy enlaFge NE iisi, event
ually. bas' tifls viii not ha done to any
great exienE anti the system Is per
iectsd. Il j. AoW an experiment, aud
H. il thought eest % have only limited
nnaber u Offices o begin with. By the
| lei Oh Janusrg next he Department viii
probably Be sala to materially enlarge
the number Of Money order Offices
InEbuying .an order, select the post
Office ia this AsG 1haf is most convenient
to the place you wish 20 send the moueY
to. and buy ga order - the post master
at said Office, and mail il to The person
TO whom it is payabls,
Any maueg-vraeF osilce may draw
! upon any ether moaey.order Office for 3
sum, upon one or1er, from one doliar IL
| thirty dollars When larger sum than
the latter il required, additional orders
to make il up must Do obtained.
/ The fees for money orders will be q
follows
1 Tor an order u 81 or more bat not
! exceeding $40, tea cents
From Sl0 10 so, bfteen cents
4 From $50 % $50, twentY cents
/ Printed forms furnished by the Pos
Office Department ars used for money.
orders, and mons othsr are valid.
Any person applying for q maney.or.
der will be required 70 state the particu.
lars upon . form OF application TO be
furnished BIZ the Postmaster.
If the purchaser Of money order de-
| sires 10 have The said or1er changed on
account OF error or ether cause, the Post
master win issue another on the pay.
i ment Of an extra Zee and return Of the
original order.
| The person to whom money-order il
] payable can direct, BY written endorse.
ment, payment 10 be made 70 any other
/ person, and payment will be made TO the
person thus designated when the paving
postmaster is satisfied that the endorse
in good faith. More than one endorse
ment IS prohibited By law, and sill rem.
der an order Invalid and not payable.
Any money order Office may repay an
order Issued b iiself if repayment i
applied for on the day Of such issue, bal
| then only to the person who obtained 1t,
except Ia special cases. The fee, after
sleh repayment, shall not be refunded
prepayment Of an order is desired later
than one day after its issue, the post.
master must refer the application 10 the
Money Order Office Of the Post-Ofice
Department
/ When money-order has been last BIZ
either reuitter or payee, a duplicate
thereof will be issued b. the Post Office
Department 70 the party losing the orig
iral, provided be snail furnish state
ment, under OATH or affirmation, setting
forth the loss CT dess rscJion thereof. and
a certificate from the Postmaster BY
whom it vas parable that the said order
had not been paid, and woaId not these
! after be paid # presented 4 second
fee vii Sc charged for the issue sof da-
piicafe- orders.
PossnaEters are persisted from pay-
/ ing 3 money-ozaer drawn by another Of
Zee before. tho advice oF notification
thereof has been reserved
The issue Of monsy orders On credit s
stietIy prohibited under the sevsrest
penalties; ard no uoaeys ssall be re-
ceived in payment for Eaoney-crders,
other than coin, e. 5. Treasury Notes
Or note Of national banks; nor can or
Gers be legally PAID in any ether than
this c1rrencT.
When an order IS not presented for
payment within ninety days after its
date, it's invalid and act payable In
the Gaze Of iaraA5d order, provision is
made for the issaIng Of duplicates By
I the P. Q. Department Wien the naces-
gzry testimony Is presented to the
Money Order Office, Postmasfers. n