The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-13
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r AVIS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED
IL AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURR-No. ISL
AN ACT to revise, consolidate, and amend the
statutes reltting to the PostOffice Depart
ment .Ia I'LL
Continued
sSEC. IS. That every postlnast ter before entering
upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with
good and approved security, and in such penalty
as the Postmaster General shall deem sufficient
conditioned for the faithful discharge of all cut ties
| and trusts imposed on him either by law or the
rulos and regulations of the Department
and where an office shall be designated as
| Il money-order office, The bond of the post
master shall contain an additional condition for
the faithful performance of all duties and obl-
cations in connection with the money order
business On the death, resignation removal
| of a postmaster, his bond shall be delivered to
| the Auditor for the POST Office Depai tment The
bond of any married woman who may be APP
pointed postmaster shall be binding upon her
and her sureties, and she shall be liable for mis-
conduct in Office as if she were sole t
SEC. &C. That when any of the sureties of
postmaster shall notify.the Postmaster General
of their desire to be released from their surety
ship, or when the Postmaster General deems a
| new bond necessary, he shall require the post
master to execute such new bond, with security
which, when accepted by the Postmaster Gen
| eral shall be as valid as the bond given upon
the original appointment of such postmas ter and
the sureties in the prior bond shall be released
| from responsibility for all acts defaults of
| such postmaster which may be done or commit
ted subsequent TO the last day of the quarter in
which such new bond shall be executed and &C
cepted. iit 'nhs r..f# ~fs..
| SEC. 81. That if on the settlement of the &C
count of any postmaster it shall appear that he
is indebted TO the United States and suit there
for shall be instituted wthinlthree after
| the close of such account, the sureties on his
| bond shall not be liable for such Indebtedness.
SEC. 6S. That every postmaster shall keep an
| office in which one or more persons shall be on
| duty during such hours of each day AS the Post
| master General may direct, for the purpose of
| receiving, delivering, making up, and forwarding
| all mail matter received thereat.g -.I ssrI.t
SEC. 60. That all letters brought to any post
Office half an hour before the time for the depar
ture of the mail shall be forwarded therein; but
at offices where in the opinion of the Postmaster
General, more time tor making up the mail is re-
| CURED, he may prescribe accordingly, not ex-
| SEC. 70. That the Postmaster General shall fur
| nish to the postmasters at the termination of
each route a schedule of the time of arrival and
departure of the mail at their offices, respect
lively, to be posted in q conspicuous place in the
office; and the Postmaster General shall also
give the postmaster 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, reg
listers, showing the exact times of the arrivals
and departures of the mail. u=as BIZ. a..
SEc.7l. That every postmaster shall keep
record, in such form rs the Postmaster General
shall direct, of all postage stamps and envelopes
and OF all postal books, blanks, and property re-
| ceved from his predecessor, or from the Depart
meni any of It's 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 other transactions which may be
quired by the Postmaster General and these rec
ords shall be preserved and delivered to his sue
ssor and snail be atall times subject to exarni-
nation by any special agent of the Depa rtment
SIC. r. That each postmaster shah render to
the Pos tmaster General under oath, and in such
| form as the latter shall prescrib-, quarterly
account of all moneys received or charged by
him at his office, for postage, rent of boxes OF
other receptacles for maii-matter or by reason
of keeping branch-office, or for the delivery of
Matchmaker in any manner whatever.
SEC. rs. That the Postmaster General may re-
quire sworn statement TO accompany each
quarterly account of a postmaster, TO the effect
That such account contains q true statement of
the entire amount ofpostage, box:r'ens, charges,
and Moneys collected or received at his Office
during the quarter; that he has not knowingly
delivered 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 collected at his
office, and which, by due diligence could have
| been collected; and that the credits he claims
are Just and right. And any false swearing
| thereto shall render him liable to the pains and
penalties of purjury. ssI,, ~
| to render his accounts, for, one month after the
time, and in the form and manner prescribed by
law and the regulations of the Postmaster Gen
eral, suchgposimastera and his sureties shall for
| felt and pay double the amount of the gross re-
cepts said office during any previous or suisse
quent 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 to
| be recovered in an action of debt on the bond
| SEC. 70. That postmasters shall Ike ep safely
| without lOallng. using. 0eDOsiinp in m mn NJ
thorized bank, or exchanging for other funds, all
| the public money collected by them, or which
may come into their possess isn until ii is ordered
by the Postmaster General to be transferred or
paid out e- ..s-.tEt =. .A
| SIRE. rs That the postmaster at Washington
| and postmasters at cities where there ls an as
sistant treasurer shall deposit the postal revenues
and all money accruing at their Office with such
| assistant treasurer as often once a week ut
| least, aud as much oftener IT'S the Postmaster
General may direct. as-5tss.s'E
! SIC. ~ That postmasters shall promptly re-
port to the Postmaster General every delp-
| quency, neglect, or malpractice of the contract
ors, their agents, or carriers, which may come to
| their knowledge. l4 ~
| SEC rs That no postmaster, assistant post
master or clerk employed in any post-oifice shall
be contractor or concerned in any contract for
| carrying the mall q
SEC. TO- That no pos tmas Ter shall act as agent
for any lottery office, or under any color of pur-
| chase or otherwise, yend lottery-tiekets: nor
shall he receive or send any lottery scheme cir
GUAR or ticket free of POSTAGE and for any yio-
lation of the provisions of this section the person
| offending shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars
| SEC. 50, That the compensation of postmas tiers
shall be fixed animal salary, TO be divided into
| five classes, exclusive of the postmaster at New
| York city, whose salary shall be six Thousand
dollars per annum. The salary of the first class
shall not be more than four thousand dollars nor
| less than three thousand dollars of the second
| class, less than three thousand dollars but not
less than two thousand dollars of the third class
| less than two thousand dollars but not less than
j one thousand dollars; of the fourth class less
than one thousand dollars, but not less than Two
hundred dollars; of the fifth class less than two
hundren dollars and the salaries of the first sec.
ond and third classes shall be in even hundreds
OF dollars of the fourth class in even tens of dol
lars; and Of the fifth class in even dollars.
| SEC. 81. That at all newly established offices.
| the Postmaster General may temporarily fix the
salary until the returns of such Office shall ena.
BILE him to properly adjust the same but the com
| pensaton shall in no case be thus temporarily
| fixed ut more than the salary of an Office of the
| fifth class.
SEC So That the salaries of postmasters shall be
| re-adiusted by the Postmaster General once in
| two years, and in special cases as much oftener
| as he may deem expedient; and when the quar-
| terly returns of any postmaster of the third
| fourth, or fifth class show that The salary al.
| lowed IS twenty per centum less than it would
| be on the basis of commission the Postmaster
General shall readjust the same
| Sec. SO. That III re adjusting the salary of q
postmaster the amount thereof shall be ascer-
tanned by adding, to the whole amount of box
| rents, commissions on the other postal revenues
OF the office at the following rates On the frs