Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-18

THE POSTAL LAws.-Mr. Ramsey intrcdpced
in the Senate to-day a bill to amend the poetsl
laws and increase the efficiency Of TIE pos ti
seryiec, which was referred to the Committee
on Post Ofacee and Post Roads Ii provide.
that nothing contained in the act entitled +" An
act to establish postal money order system
approved May IL, 1864, shall be so construed
as to prevent the postmaster At any
money order office from issuing orders
IaysbIe by himself; and that the term deputy
postmaster, as used in said 4, shall BE- held to
mean the postmaster of every money order
oflier. The fees for iss uing postal money orders
are so modified that the charge for an order
not exceeding Sl0 sfail be 10 cents; over 10 and
not exceeding $D shall lie Is cents; and for An
order exceeding 800 fee Of Is cents shall b.
charged; and that the compensation OF deputy
orders be increased from -eight to one fourth
OF one per cent. on the gross amount OF orders
paid al their respective Offices. The Postmas-
ter General is authorized to appoint on The
mail steamers plying between San Francisco
china, and Honolulu. Government agent in
charge Of the United States mails, at q salary
OF $2,oOO each; also, to appoint in his Depart
ment Superintendent of foreign mail AT
salary of $4,000, and also three additional clerks
for that branch Of the service. The act author
izing the sales of postage stamps and stamped
envelopes at a discount Is so modified that the
quantities of each sold at any one time 70 the
came party shall not ex ceed 800 in value, and
such orders shall be so restricted
to certain designated agents who will
to be fxed by the Postmaster General. Ii shall
not bs lawful to deposit in a post office, to b.
sent by mail any letters or circulars concern
ing lotteries, so-callsd gift concerts. or other
similar enterprises offering prizes Of any kind
on any pretext whatever; and that postmastars
receiving what they have reason to believe to
be such letters or circulars, shall send them 10
the dead letter office.
DEPosITs OF PUBLIC MoNEYs.-Mr Catlett
from the Committee on Finance, TO whom had
been referred House bill providing for the reg
ulation of deposits of the public moneys, pas sed
January D, 1865, submitted To the Senate to-day
an adverse report thereon.
The City CHARrER.-The President OF the
Senate submitted to-day the resolutions adopt
ed by the Common Council Of the City of
Washington, (which have been published in
the STAR, in favor OF granting an extension of
the city charter, with such amendments as may
be deemed advisable. The resolutions were re-
ferred 10 the Committee on the District of Co.
lumbia.
AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL BANK ACr.-
Gen. Butler introduced IN the House, to-day, a
bill (Which was referred 10 the Committee on
Bankng) TO amend the several acts establish
ing the National Banks. II provides that every
stockholder may vote according to the number
OF shares he holds, in the following proportion:
For one share, one vote; and for every two ad-
ditional shares, one vote more; but no stock
nOlupf sndll nave more tndu twenty votes. Ab-
sent stockholders may vote by proxy, but no
salaried officer OF the bank shall vote as proxy
No officer shall, as proxy, cast more than ten
votes, and no person shall, proxy, cast
more than fifty votes. Each bank shall al
least once III every six months prepare list OF
its stockholders w ith the amount of stock held
by zach, and shall provide a book, in which
all proxies filed under the following sect ION
shall be- forthwith entered. with the date of
execution. acknowledgment and filing of III.
same, and the names OF the stockholders and
proxy or attorney named therein and such list
books and proxies filed shall AT all times be
open 10 the inspection of every stockholder. A
bank failing to comply with the provisions of
this section shall for each offence forfeit q sum
not exceeding Ave hundred dollars.
PETITION PROM DISTRICT LANPLIGHrERs
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont, presented 10 the Sen
ate to-day the petition OF w. ii. Baily and
others, praying that the superintendent OF me-
ters and lamplighters employed by the Com
missioner OF Public Buildings may have twen-
ty per cent added TO their compensation. Th..
petitioners say that they are employed in all
kinds OF weather, night or day, in lighting and
extinguishing and cleaning the lamps, and in
addition have to keep the sidewalk around th.
Capitol grounds clean, and only receiy. thu
small salary of 500 per month for their ser
vices, which they consider insufficient To live
upon in this city. Referred to Finance Com
mtiee.