Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-02
LAWS OF TIE uNITEn STATES.
Passed At tAs FTa Ssssioa Of n, Thirty-eighL,
Congress.
IPunLIo-No III

rsSeRtdftc6s ~ hs bHttd MdteS o dmerted ~
Congress assembled,
T6at to promote public convenience, ard 10
insure security in the transfer Of money through
the u tied States mails the Postma Uer Garer-
al is hereby au no Eed 10 esttb 81, under such
rul, ana regulations as he my d EXPO dent
ami heees, airy, q UnlfJrm money odd, system at
all pos offices; hich he may deem suitable there
Tor, and VII CHI shall he design ted and knO Fu So
"Monsy OIdir flcos;" and It shall q he dsty
Of the deputy postmaster Gt every monty or
der Office TO issue, 10 such manner and form as
the Postmaster General may p'esoibe, order
for sum Of none ptyatle ythe deputy os'-
master OF any other money order I'll which the
person app mig therefor may elect; an the dep
uty postmaster who issues such orr thaI be re-
Quired o send through he mails W thout delay 20
the deputy postmaster on whom It Is drawn, cue
notice thevt o. and he han not deliver such or
der TO the applicant therefor until the letter shall
q St h I've depO ited with him the amount of mon.
! ev f1r which ~, n order is drawn, together with
the proper charge or fee theret T, as hereinafter
| provided. and 1t shall not be Lawful for any dep
| uty postmaster 70 issue money order on any
| o her deputy postmaster without having previ-
| ously received money tnereiori and any person
! who shall violate this provision shall be deemed
guilty of misdemesn or, and on ,onViotion there
| 0fshan be iiued In any sum not less than fifty
nor more than FIVE hundred dollars.
| sEo 2. And Be u further eSGcted, That q
| money order sha not be valid or pRyab'e unless
| II be drawn on printed or engraved form,
| shall be fu nished to the money order offices by
| She Postmaster General; audt shall be the duty
Of the latter 10 supply such offices ALEC with the
bank forms of application for money ORDERS, one
| of which the deputy postmaster shall hand t.
| each arpliCa for money order, who shall
| be required 10 enter, or eause TO be en-
| tered, therein his own name and address Of the
party to whom the order Is 10 pe pa q, together
with the am unit thereof and the dste Of applica-
| ton. And all such applications, when allied up
and delivered . the d. uty Postmaster, shall be
preserved on file az his office for sueh length OF
| time as the Postmaster General may prescribe.
| SEO. ,. AID be IL further enacted, That no
money orders shall be issned for any sum less
than one or more than thirty dollars; and
all persons who receive money or ers shall be re-
CURED to pay therefor the following charges or
tet yis: For an OF der for dollar, or for any
| larger SUN, but not exec edipg ten dollars, fee
| Of ten cents shall be charged and exacted by
| the postmaster giving su order; Tor an order OF
| more than ten and Tot exceeding twenty dollars,
the charge shall be fifteen cents and for every or
| Ger sxcvru,-, -. =
Size l. Aad b. il farther t'sdeted' Thai /, sne
| the purchaser Of money order, no'1 l." ~
| ing u ale an error in etatlhg shS nut ~
the office OF payment, or eas epS be desi.
| rous thot the said money order h. 49, ,ost.
changed, it shall be The duty of the de, b,rk
| master from whom he received it to tab, ~ ar
at his request, the first order, and issue anos. "
in lieu thereof fer which ne fee shalfbe eharg-
ed and exaeted; I'd is shRll also be the duty of
deputy postm ~, eT lOTeiay the amount Of any
money order to the person who obtainsnd it, Il
the latter apply for such repay ment and return
the none order bat the charge or fee paid there
| for shall in any ciss be refunded,
$40 Aad BE- De Ii further eF2dctsd, That IL
any money order be not presented to the deputy
postmaster by whom II le drawn within ninety
daYs afEer its date il shall not be valid or
payable; but the Postmaster y neral shall be and
he ie ttreby, Authorized, oa application OF the
payee OF such money order, TO cause q new order,
IN lieu thereof TO issue in his favor, ioE which
| second fee shall be exacted, And the Postmaster
General II further auth ri2e1, whenever money
order sban have been lost, to cAqsea duplicate
thereof 70 be issued, fer which second fee shall
BE- paid on application Of the reDiitter or Of the
paYee, Of such order provided the party losing the
original shall furnish astatsment, and saith or
Affirmation, setting forth the loss on destruction
thereof. and certificate from the pc ,tIDaster by
whom is payable that 10 hs not been pal qnd
that il woul no thereafter be paid.
Sec. Assd BE- IL further enGatsd, That the
payeo of money order may, by his written
dorsement thereon direct it TO be paid 10 any 9th
Their person, and il shalt be the dnty Of the depu-
ty Postmaster on whom il - ordered to pay the
provided the person 10 whom the money
order Is endorsed shall furnish sueh proof Is the
Postmaster General may regulre that the written
endorse m mt is genuine, and that he is the per-
son thereby empOWert q to receive payment of
thu order; but such second peraoH ehall not be at
liberty to endorse the same order to third party,
an II. ore than one enao sement shall render any
order invalid o. net payable, and the holder
der, shall DO required to apply In writing TO the
Postmaster General for new order in lieu there.
OF, for which new order second fee shall be
Charged; Provided, hoioeUer Tint in al cases IN
der this section the riclnal sh u DO returned,
and such proof shall be made Of the genuinenees
OF the enforcement thereon as the Postmaster
General may require.
SIC. I. And be IL further enacted, That deprty
i stInas;ers at money order offices may be allow
ed by POstms SER General as a Concentration for
the issuing and pairing Of money orders, not ex-
ceedlng One-third of the whole amonnt Of fees
On money orders issned, and, at the option Of the
pOstmlste, Gen eral, eneeight of one per centnm
on the gros amount of orders paidiat their ofieee
PFootded, That all emoumepts arising from
such rates Of comp ensatiOn be subject to the pro.
Vsionsof the forty first section of the act OF third
OF March, eighteen hunded and twenty. five en-
titled IAN &C. TO reduce into one the several
acts estab ishlng the Post ONCE Department"
Sec 3. Ind be IL further enacted, That II |
shall be the duty OF the Postma ster General to |
require all postmasters who may be authorized |
to issue and pay money Orders, to execute rev
official bonds conditioned for the faithful per-
formanee OF all duties and obligations imp sed
by this act i'll addition to those required of them
yexlstng laws as postmastsrsisaDd 1t shall be,the
duty Of the Postmaster General to direes all pay
ments or transtarSt1 or ON money order Offices.
lie may direct transfers OF money order funds |
from one postmaster 10 another, and be nav re.
qu1re and drec. TRANSFERS or 5ayments to be made
from Inc fuads rec wed for money orders to cred
itors Of the Post Ones Department. 20 be replsc
cd BY equivalent tran sieis from the funds OF SAID
department arising from pos.ages; and he NAV
acquire land diTect transfers OF payments TO be
made from the fuuds Of the Post Office Depart |
men IN the hands OF asy postmaster arising from
postase5 10 tha money order Offices. And e shal
be the further duty of the Postmaster General to
require esoh postmaster so re 1der 10 the Auditor
Of the Treasury for the Post 0f8ce Department |
weekly, sem-veekly, or daily accounts of all /
money orders issued and paid and o. all fe % re-
eeiyed for issaing them, Of all transfrs, pay
ments mode from funds received for money orders |
ard Of all moneys received to be applied to tbs /
payments CT money orders or On account Of |
money order Offices.
SEC 9. ARd be IL further enacted, That out OF |
the moneys paid into tbs treasury for the SER
vice Of the Post Office Departmentths Pos.msst. /
er General sh il have power to trans er the de-
putty postmaster II any money order Office such /
sum "a may be required, over and shove the our
rent revenue thereof 10 pay money orders drawn
on the latter; and such Transfers shall be made
by warrant on the tIsasury By the Postmaster
General, and coCntersigped and eyistered by the
Auditor Of the Treasury fer the Post 0ifiee De.
rsrtnent
sKc. 10. Ind bei further enacted, That il shall
be the duty o. the Aud tor Of the reasury for
the Post Office Department TO receive AT &C.
counts arisiEg in the money order Offices, or re
la.ive thereto, and 20 audit aud settle the same
and 10 certify there balances 20 the PossmasteT !