The Evansville journal., 1868-08-31


each; and all other bank agencies ar,
hereby abolished.
SEC 10. And be it further enacted
That the Postmaster General be, and
! he is hereby, authorized to conclude
arrangements with the post depart
ments of foreign countries, with which
international postal conventions have
been or shall be concluded, for tht
I exchange Of small sums of money by
means of postal orders, the maximum
amount of which shall not exceed
/ that fixed by law for domestic money
orders, ut such rates of exchange and
under such rules and regulations as
he may deem expedient; and that the
expense incurred In establishing and
conducting such system OF exchange
may be paid out of the proceeds oil
the money order business.
SEC. Is And be it further enacted
That, the proviso in section three
of tGa act approved March three,
eighteen hundred and twenty FIVE,
entitled AN act to reduce into one
the several acts esta blishing and reg
ulatiug the Post Office Department. =
be, and the same is hereby, repealed:
Provided that nothing herein con
tanned shall repeal any of the pro-
visions of the act approved July eleV-
en-, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
entitled " An act in relation to the
Post Office Department"
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted !,
That if on the final settlement of the
account of any postmaster it shall
appear that such postmaster Is in
debted to the United States, and suit
shall not be instituted within three
years after the close of such account,
then, and in that case. the sureties on
the bond of such postmaster shall not
be liable to the United States.
SEC. 49, And be it further enacted,
That copies of the quarterly returns of
postmasters, and of any papers per,
tanning to the accounts in the office of
the Auditor of the Treasury for the
Post Office Department, certified bv
him under his seal Of office, shall be
admitted as evidence in the courts of
the United States in criminal prose-
cutions, In the same manner as the
same are now admitted in civil cases,
as provided in section fifteen of an act
entitled An act to change the organ
ization of the Post Office Department,
and to provide more effectually for
the settlement of the accounts there
of, approved July second, eighteen
hundred and thirty-six.
SEC. 19DAnd be it further enacted,
That in all suits for the recovery of
balances due from postma sters, a copy,
duly certified under the seal of the
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department, of the statement
of any postmaster, special agent, or
other person employed by the Post
master General or the said Audi
tor for that purpose, that he
has mailed letter to such delinquent
postmaster at the post Office where
the indebtedness accrued, or at his
last and usual place of abode, and that
a sufficient time has elapsed In the
ordinary course of mail to have
reached its destination, and has not
received payment of such balance
within the time designated in his in
structions. shall be received as suffi- |
cient evidence in the courts of the /
United States or other courts that a
demand has been made on such delin- /
quent postmaster: Provided, never /
theless, That when the account of /
late postmaster has been once adjust (
ed and settled and a demand |
made for the balance appearing |
to be due, and afterwards allowances |
shall be made or credits entered on
the account, 1T shall aot be necessary /
to make a further demand for the |
new balance found to be due.
SEC 20 And be it further enacted,
That the Postmaster General is here
by authorized to prescribe a uaiform
dress to be worn by the letter carriers
at the several free delivery offices,
and that any person not connected /
with this branch of the service who
shall wear the uniform that may be
prescribed in accordance herewith, |
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and being convicted thereof,
shall, for every ofense, be fined not
more than one hundred dollars, or /
imprisoned not more than six months, !
or both, in the discretion of the court /
before which such conviction shall be
had.
Approved July 27, 1868.