New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-01


ceeds as may be necessary to defray the
cost of separating and disposing of them:
but the accounts shall be preserved entire
for at least two years.
Sec 50 That the Postmaster General may
provide, by regulations. for the disposition
of printed and malta bic matter which may
remain in any postOffice, or in the Depart
ment, not called for by the party ad.
dfesseu; but if the publisher of any re-
fused or uncalled for newspaper or other
periodical shall pay the postage duo there
on, such newspaper or other heflodlcal
shall be excepted from the operation OF
this section,
SEC. So That when any postmaster shall
be required to execute new bond, all pay
ments made by him after the execution OF
such new bond may, it the Postmaster
General or the Auditor shall deem it just,
be applied first to discharge any balance
which may be due from said postmaster
under his old bond.
SEC. 81 That the Postmaster General
shall establish postoffices at all such places
on post roads established by law as he may
deem expedient and he shall promptly GER
tify such establishment to the Auditor for
tl6 Postofice Department.
SEC. g.. That any person who shall,
without authority from the Postmaster
RGeneraI, set up or profess to keep any office
4 or place of business bearing the sign, name,
or title of postotfce, shall forfeit and pay,
for every such offense, not more than five
hundred dollars.
SEC. 60. That pOstmasters of the fourth
and fifth class shall be appointed and may
be removed by the Postmaster General,
and all others shall be appointed and may
be removed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, and
shall hold their offices for four years unless
sooner removed or suspended according to
law, and all appointments and removals
shall be notified to the Auditor for. the
Postoffice Department.
SEC GA. That every postmaster shall re-
side within the delivery. of the office to
which he is appointed.
SEC. IS. That every postmaster, before
entering upon the duties of his office, shall
give bond, with good and approved security
| and in such penalty as the Postmaster Gen
eral shall deem sufficient, conditioned for
the faithful discharge OF all duties and
trusts imposed on him either by law or the
rules and regulations of the Department;
and where an office shall be designated as a
money-order office, the bond of the post
master shall contain an additional cOndi-
ton for the faithful performance of all
duties and obligations in connection with
the mOney-order business On the death,
resignation, Or removal OF postmaster,
.khis bond shall be delivered to the Auditor
y f0r the P0stoffice Department. The bond
| of any married woman who may be ap-
| pointed postmaster shall be binding upon
| her and her sureties, and she shall be liable
| for misconduct in Office as if she were sole.
SEC. &C. That when any of the sureties of
a postmaster shall notify the Postmaster
| General of their desire to be released from
Bifsair suretyship, or when the Postmaster
General deems new bond necessary, he
shall requir6-eshe. postmaster to execute
such new bond, With security, which, when
accepted by the Postmaster General, shall
be as valid as the bond given d5aan the orig
inal appointment of such pOstmasUC-, and
the sureties in the prior bond shall be re-
leased from responsibility for all acts or de-
faults of such postmaster which may be
done or committed subsequent to the last
day of the quarter in which such new bond
shall be executed and accepted.
SEC. e.. That if on the settlement of the
account of any postmaster it shall appear
that he is indebted to the United States,
and suit therefor shall not be instituted
within three years after the close of such
account, the sureties on his bond shall not
be liable for such indebtedness.
SEC. 68. That every postmaster shall keep
San office in which one or more persons shall
be on duty during such hours of each day
as the Postmaster General may direct for
the purpose of receiving, delivering, max
ing up and forwarding all mail matter re-
ceived thereat
~ y
postOtfice half an hour before the time for
the departure of the mail shall be forward |
ed therein but at offices where, in the |
opinion of the Postmaster General, more.
time for making up the mail is required, he |
may prescribe accordingly, not exceeding |
one hour.
SEC TO- That the Postmaster General
shall furnish to the postmasters at the ter
mination of each route a schedule of the |
time of arrival and departure of the mail at |
their offices, respectively, to be posted in a
conspicuous place in the office; and the |
Postmaster General shall also give the post
master notice Of any change in the arrival |
and departure that may be ordered; and he
shall cause to be kept and returned to the
Department, at short and regular intervals,
registers, showing the exact times of the
arrivals and departures of the mail
Sec. II. That every postmaster shall keep
q record, in such form oas the Postmaster
General shall direct, of all postage stamps
and envelopes, and Of all postal books
blanks, and property received from his pre-
decess0r, or from the Department or any of
its agents; and also Of all receipts in money
for hostages and box rents, and of all other
receipts on account of the postal service
and OF any ether transactions which may
be required by the Postmaster General:
and these records shall be preserved and
delivered to his successor, and shall be at
all times subject to examination by any
special agent of the Department.
SEC, Y. That each postmaster shall rem
der to the Postmaster General, under oath,
and in such form as the latter shall pre-
scribe, a quarterly account Of all moneys
received or charged by him or at his office,
for postage, rent of boxes or other recep-
tacles for mail matter, or by reason of keep
ing branch office, or for the delivery Of
mail matter in any manner whatever.
SEC 70. That the Postmaster General
may require sworn statement to accom-
pany each quarterly account of postmas-
ter, to the effect that such account contains
a true statement OF the entire amount of
postage, box rents, charges, and moneys
collected or received at his Office during the
quarter; that he has not knowingly deIiy-
cred, or permitted to be delivered, any
mail matter on which the postage was not
at the time paid; that such account exhibits
truly and faithfully the entire receipts col
It cited at his Office, and which, by due dill
gence, could have been collected; and
that the credits he claims are just and right.
And any false swearing therein shall rem
der him liable to the pains and penalties of
perjury.
SEC. "A. That if any postmaster shall ne
elect to render his accounts, for one month
after the time, aud in the torn and manner
prescribed by law and the regulations of
the Postmaster General, such postmaster
and his sureties shall forfeit and pay
double the amount of the gross re- 4
ceipts at said Office during any pre-
vious or subsequent equal period of time,
and if. at the time of trial, no account shall
have been rendered, they shall forfeit and
pay such sum as the court and jury shall
estimate TO be equivalent thereto, tc be re-