Daily clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-07-06
THE DAILY CLARION And STANDARD
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session of the
Thirty ninth Congress.
foFFICIALl
CPUBLIc-No. g.
Az ACT to amend the postal laws.

Az ACT 10 amend the postal laws.
Be Il enacted By he Senate aud House of Rep
YsseHfdtires Of The United States of ABaeyioa In
Congress assembled, That, from and after the
first day Of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six. prepaid and free letters shall be
forwarded al the request of the party adj
dressed, from one post Office to another with
ont additional postal charge and returned
dead letters shall be restored to the writer's
thereof free Of postage
SIC. , Ind be II further enacted, That the
tenth section of the act entitled IAN act to
establish salaries for pOstmasters, and for
other purposes, approved July one, eighteen
hundred and siXty-tOuT; and so much of the
fweuty-eighth section of an act entitled IAN.
art 20 amend the laws relating to the Post
Odice Department" approved March three,
eighteen hundred and sixty-thTee, as requires
postage 70 be charged at the prepaid rate, to
be collected on the return delivery of letters,
mdorsed with a request for their return to the
writer's, be. and the same are hereby re-
peaIedi aud al letters bearing such indorse-
Weut shall hereafter be returned to the wri-
tors thereof without additional postal charge.
SIC 3 lad be = further enacted, That the
third section Of the act entitled An act
20 establish q postal mOuey-ordcT SYSTEM
approved May seventeen, eighteen hundred
and 7iZty-fOur, be, and the same ia hereby
amended so as TO authorize the issuina of \
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dollars, and that the charge or fee for an or
der for sum not exceeding twenty dollars
sinai. bee ten cents; for an nr3or exceeding
twenty dollars shall be twenty-five cents
NEC. 4. ind be II further enacted That
.mJuey-Ordcr shall be valid and payable when
presented to the deputy postmaster on whom
I'D IS drawn within one year after its date,
but for no lDnger period and in case Of the
8lo-s of money-OrGer a duplicate thereof
sball be issued without charge on the appli-
scatI0u of the remltter or payee, who shall
.mak- the required proofs and pOstmasters
81 all mouey-0rder offices are hereby author
ized and required 20 administer to the appli-
cant or applicants in such cases the required
path OF affirmation free of charge
4 SEC. .. ind be- e further cHacted, That all
Tajroad companies carrying the mails of the
Iuited States shall convey without extra
charge, by any train which they may run ]
oyrr their roads all such printed matter as
Oh Postmaster General shall, from time to
time. direct to be transported thereon with
Oh persons in charge of the mails designated
by the Post Office Department for that pur-
posc
Il SEC q. Ind be Il further enacted, That if
any pers0u~Dr persons shall wilfully and ma
hciously iniure, detace, OF destroy any mail
abe matter deposited In any letter-box, pill
lar box, or other receiving boxes established
by authority of the Postmaster General of
o. United States for thesafe deposit of mat
teT for the mails or for delivery, or shall
wlfully aid and assist in iniuring such mail
abls matter so deposited as aforesaid every
snCh offender being duly convicted thereof
shal, for every such offence be fined not
more than five hundred dollars, or be impris-
oned not more than three years, at the dis
efetIOu of the court.
SEC. Z. Ind be II further enacted That
Whenever it shall become expedient, in the
opinion Of the Postmaster General to substi-
mt a different kind of postage stamps for
mos now in use, he shall be, and is hereby
anthOrzed to modify the existing contract
fol the manufacture of postage stamps, so as
20 allow 10 the contractors a sum sufficient
10 cover the increased expenses, if any, of
manufacturing the stamps so substituted.
Sc. 3 Ind be il further enacted That sec
tiou two OF the act entitled "An act to estab-
iish salaries for pOstmasters. and for other
pnposes,' approved July one, eighteen hun
dred and siXty-four, be amended by adding
the following Pr0rided, That when the quar-
terry returns of any postmaster of the third,
foDrth, OF fifth class show that the salary al
loRed is ten per ceutum less than it would
be ON the basis of commissions under the act
If eighteen hundred and fifty-four, fixing
0anpeusaton, then the Postmaster General
shal review aud readjust under. the provis-
i0ns of said section.
~ kEC. o. Ind be H further euacted That
Whenever the Postmaster General shall re-
Gnre special agents of the Post Office De
paftueut TO collect or disburse the public
menevs accruing from postages, such special
agent or agents when so employed shall
prior to entering upon such duty, give bond
! slnsuch sum. IN such form, and with such Sc
cur ty. as the Postmaster General NAV ap-
pro-
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