, 1868-11-20

Sec la. And Be IL further enacted, That section
nine of an act Of Congress, approved July one
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, authorizing the
sales of hostage stamps and stamped envelopes
at discount, be 90 modified that the quantities
of each sold at any one time to the same party
shall not exceed one hundred dollars 10 value
and that such sales shall be restricted to certain
designated agents who will agree to sell again
without discount under rules to be fixed by the
Postmaster General.
SEC. l3. And Be Il further enacted, That it
shall not be lawful to deposit in a post Office, to
be sent by mail, any letters or circulars concern
ing lotteries, so called gift concerts, or other
similar enterprises offering prizes Of any kind on
any pretext whatever.
SIC IA. And Be h further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and be Is hereby, author
lied and empowered TO establish blank agency
for the Post Office De pa rtment, to be located in
the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and
to appoint one superintendent at annual salary
of eighteen hundred dollars, one assistant super
intendent at an annual salary of sixteen hundred
dollars, and three other assistants at an annual
SALARY of one thousand dollars each, and two
laborers at an annual salary of seven hundred
and twenty dollars each and all other blank
agencies are hereby abolished.
SEC. l5. And be IL further enaeied, That the
Postmaster General be, and be is hereby, author.
lied to conclude arrangements with the post de-
partments of foreign countries, with which inter-
national postal conventions have been or shall
be concluded, for the 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, at such rates of
exchange and under such rules and regulations
as be may deem expedient; and that the expense
incurred in establishing and conducting such
system of exchange may be paid out of the pros
ceeds of the money-order business.
SEC l6. And Be ii further enacted, That the
proviso in section three of the act approved March
three, eighteen hundred and twenty. five, entitled
"An act to reduce into one the several acts e.
tablishing aud regulating the Post Office Depart,
ment," be, and the same, is hereby, repealed /;
| Prorided, That nothing herein contained shall
repeal any of the provisions of the act approved
July eleven, eighteen hundred and sixty two,
entitled I" An act in relation to the Post Office
| Department"
! SEC. l7.-And Be It further enacted, That if on
| the final settlement of the account of any post-
master it shall appear that such postmaster is
indebted to the United States, and suit shall not
be instituted within three years after the close oil
such account, then and in that case, the sureties
on the bond of such postmaster shall not be lia'
BILE to the United States.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted, That
copies of the quarterly returns of postmasters,
and of any papers pertaining to the accounts in
the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the
Post Office Department, certified BY him under
his seal of office, shall be admitted as evidence
in the courts of the United States in criminal
prosecutions, in the same manner as the came
are now admitted iu civil cases, as provided in
section fifteen of act entitled 60 An act 10
change the organization of the Post Office De-
partment, and to provide more effectually for the
| settlement of the accounts thereof" approved
July second, eighteen hundred and thirty. six.
SEC. 10. And be 1t further enacted, That
in all suits for the recovery of balances due from
postmasters, 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
| Postmaster General or the said Auditor for thai
purpose, that be has mailed letter to such de
lnquent postmaster at the post Office where the
Indebtedness accrued, or at his last and usua
place of abode and that sufficient time ha:
elapsed in the ordinary course of mail to have
reached its destination, and has not received
payment of such balance within the time desg
mated in his instructions, shall be received a!
sufficient evidence in the courts of the United
States or other courts that demand has beer
made on such delinquent postmaster Provided
nsUsrthslsSS, That when the account Of a lat,
postmaster has been once adjusted and settled
and demand made for the balance appearing L
be due, and afterwards allowances shall be mad,
or credits entered the account, it shall not bt
necessary to make further demand for the new
balance found to be due.
SEC. 20. And be 1t further enacted, Tha
the Postmaster General is hereby authorized tC
prescribe a uniform dress to be worn by the let
ter carriers at the several free delivery offices
and that any person not connected with thii
branch of the service who shall wear the uniform
that may be prescribed in accordance herewith
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeauor, anC
being convicted thereof, shall, for every sucf
offence, be 6ned not more than one hundred dol
lara, or imprisoned not more than six months
I or both, 10 the discretion of the court befort
which such conviction shall be had.
Approved, July 27, 1868.