The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
The New Postal Bill.

The following are the provisions of the
postal bill passed 3re .sG1E-sE9
Section l enacts that from and after the
lst day of April, 1866, prepaid letters shall
be forwarded at the request of the party
addressed, from one postoflice to another
without additional postage charge, and re-
turned dead letters shall be restored to the
writer's thereof free Of postage. - NJ
Sec. 2 That the tenth section of the act
entitled the Act to, establish the Salaries
Of Postmasters and for other purposes" ap-
proved July l. 1861 and SO much of the
28th section Of the act, entitled, An Act to
amend the Laws relating to the Postofice
Department approved March 3, 1868, as
requires postage to be charged at the pre-
paid rate to be collected on the return de-
livery of letters indorsed with the request
for their return to writer's, be, and the same
is hereby repealed, and all letters bearing
such Endorsement shall hereafter be return
ed to the writer's without additional charge
Sec, 3. That the third section of the act
entitled, An Act to establish a postal
money order system,3r approved May II,
1864 be, and the same is hereby amended
so as to authorize the issuing of money or
ders for any sum not to exceed so, and that
the charge or fee for an order not exceeding
$50 shall be ten cents, and for an order ex-
Sec 4. That money order shall be valid
and payable when presented t. a deputy
postmaster on whom. it is drawn within one
year of its date but no longer period, and
the loss of a money order or duplicate there
of shall be issued without charge. On du-
plication of the order, the payer or remitter
shall give proof
POstmasters at all money order Offices are
hereby authorized to administer to the ap-
plicant or applicants, in such cases, the re-
euiFed oath or affirmation, free of charge.
Sec. D. That all railroad companies, car
rying the mails of the United States shall
convey, without extra charge, by any train
which they may run over their road, all such
printed matter as the Postmaster General
shall from time to time direct to be trans
mitted thereon.
/ Sec. 6. That If any persons shall willful
/ ly and maliciOusly injure, deface, or destroy
any mailable matter deposited in a letter OF
other receiving boxes established by author
/ ity of the Postmaster General for the safe
1 deposit Of matter for the mails, or for the
/ delivery, or shall wilfully aid or assist in in
/ iuring such mailable matter deposited as
/ aforesaid, either by pouring into such boxes
/ oil, water or other fluids, or by any other
means, every such offender being thereof
duly convicted, SHALL for every such offense
be fined not less than 800 nor more thar
/ 81 600 or be imprisoned not less than one
year nor more than three years, at the dis
cretion of the Court
Sec T. That, whenever it shall become
expedient, in the opinion of the Postmaster
General, to substitute a different kind o
postage stamps for those now in use, h
shall be, and is hereby, authorized to modify
the existing contract for manufacturing the
stamps so substituted.
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the act approved July /, 1864. be amended
by adding the following Provided, tina
when the quarterly returns of any post
master of the Sd, 4th or 5th class show
that the salary allowed Is 10 per cent. les
than it would be on the basis of commission
under the act of 1854, fixing compensation
then the Postmaster General shall review
and read under justice the provisions 0
said section