The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-20
CHAP. CXIV.
An Act to amend the Postal Laws.

An ACT 10 ainenu the fOSlal LaWS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
personalities of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That, from and after the
first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-sX
prepaid and free letters shall be forwarded, at he
request of the party addressed, from one post of
fte to another without additional postage charge
and returned dead letters shall be restored to the
writers thereof free of postage
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
tenth section of the act entitled " An act to estab
lsh salaries for postmasters and for other purpo-
ses,'' approved July one, eighteen hundred and
sixty-tour; and so much of the twenty -eighth
section of the act entitled AN act to amend the
laws relating to the Post Office Department" APP
proved March three, eighteen hundred and sivty-
three, as requires postage to be charged at the
prepaid rate, to be collected the return deliv-
cry of letters, Endorsed with q request for their
return to the writers, be, and the same are here
by, repealed and all tiers bearing such indorse-
ment shall hereafter be returned to the writers
thereof without additional postage charge
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
third section of the act entitled Gan act TO estab
lish postal money order SYSTEM approved May
seventeen, eighteen hundred and slXty-four, be-
and the same is hereby amended so as to author
lze the issuing OF a mOney-order for any sum not
to exceed fifty dollars and that the charge or fee
for an order for a sum not exceeding twenty dol
lars shall be ten cents; for an order exceeding
twenty dollars shall be twenty five cents.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That mon
ey order shall be valid and payable when present
ed to the deputy post master on whom IL is drawn
within one year after its date but for no longer
period; and in of the loss of Il money order
duplicate theI eof shall be issued without Charge
on the application OF the remitter payee, who
shall make the required proofs and postmastcr5
at all money order offices are hereby authorized
and required to administer to the applicant ap-
Plicants in such cases the required oath affirma
ton free of charge.
Sec. B. And he it further enacted, That all rail-
road companies carrying the mails of the United
States shall convey without extra charge, by any
train which they may over their roads all
such printed matter as the Postmaster General
shall, from time to time, direct DC transported
thereon with the persons in charge of the mails
hp tod hNTf bn prcfH na,a-
purpose.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any
person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously
1nJure deface, or destroy any mailabe matter de-
posted N any letter-boX, other receiving boxes
established by authority of the Postmaster-Ge en-
eral of the United States for the safe deposit of
matter for the mails or for delivery or shall will
fully aid and assist in injurng such mailable mat
ter so deposited as aforesaid, every such offender
being thereof duly convicted shall, for every such
offence, be fined not more than five hundred dol
lars, or be imprisoned not more than three years.
at the discretion of the court.
SEC. z. And be it further enacted That when |
eyerIt shall become expedient, in the opinion of |
the Postmaster General, to substitute different
kind OF postage stamp for those in USE he |
snail be, and is hereby, authorized to modify the
existing contract for the manufacture of postage |
stamps so as to allow to the contractors a sum |
sufhc1ent to cover the increased expenses, if any,
OF manufacturing the stamps substituted.
SEC: 8. And be it further enacted, That section
two OF the act entitled " An act to establish sala
r1es for postmasters, and for other PURPOSES" ap-
proved July one, eighteen hundred and sixty-four
be amended by adding the following: Provided
That when the quarterly returns of any postmas-
ter OF the third fourth fifth class show that the
salary allowed ten per ccntum less than it would
be on the basis of commissions under the act of
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, fixing compen-
'ation then the General shall review
and readust under the provisions of said section
SEC o. And be it further enacted, That when
,ver the Postmaster-General shall require special
agents of the Post Office Department to collect
'r disburse the public moneys accruing from pos
ages, such special agent or agents, when so en-
'loyed, shall, prior to entering upon such duty,
i've bond in such sum, in such FORM and with
UGH security, as the Postmaster G eneral may {
pprove. !
Approved, June II, 1885,