Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-26
OFFICIAL.
Law OF TEE UNIFIED STATES
paessd a the 6ssofsd Session Of tAs Fprtv-sseond
Congress.
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| ta I9EiiERAL RkFURB-NO. 11ali
| AN ACT 10 revise, consolidate. and amend the
| statutes relating 10 the Post once Department.
BE enacted bg the Senate and hotes Of RepressfQ
tiVes Of tAe U ted States Of Aetos IN Congress a.
ssglbisd That there shall be established, at the
| OF government OF the United States OF America. {
Department 70 be known as the Post Once Depart
$50. %. That the Postmaster General may sstab
lish in places where letter-caTTfers are employed
and also In other places where in his Judgment the
public convenience require5 e. receiving Boxes fol
the deposit OF mall matter, and shall eanse the mat
ter deposited therein to be collected a. public oon.
/ venenee may require.
sRC 90. That aay person who shall willfuily and
box, pillar box. or other receptacle established b
the P0stma ster General for the safe deposit OF mat
ter for the mall or for delivery, or who shall Will
fully and mahciously assault any letter carrier
when in uniform. while engaged on his route IN the
discharge of his duty a. letter-carrier, and any
person who shall wfllfully aid and assist therein
shall, on conviction there if, every such oense
forfeit and pay not less than one hundred nor more
than one thousand dosrs, S Or Be imprisoned not
i 70 the circumstances and aggravatl0n OF the Of
| iense. .EW
SEQ s7 That each letter carrier shall give bonds,
with sureties, TO be approved by the Postmaster
General for the safe custody and delivery OF all mail
matter, and the faithful account and payment Of all
SIC ss THAT the Postmaster General when the
public convenience requires iLmay establi n within
for the receipt and delivery Of mail matter and the
sala OF stamps and enValOp1h; and he shall pre-
government
thereof But no letter shall be sent for delivery TO
any branch-0ce contrary to the request OF the par
" TO whom 1t is addressed.
SEQ. 90 That the rate OF postage on newspapers,
excepting weekies, periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight and circulars when the same are
deposited in letter carrier ONCE for delivery by
the ONCE or It's carriers shall be uniform at one
one cent each but periodicals weighing more than
two ounces shall be subject 70 postage OF two
cents each, and these Rates shall be prepaid by
stamps.
$50. 100. That no extra postage carriers fees
shall be charged or collected upon any mall-matter
ssc. 1O1. That all expenses OF leater carriers,
branch offioes and receiving boxes, or Incident
thereto, shall be kept and reported In separate ac
count, aud shall be shown in comparison with the
proceeds from postage on local mai-natter Of each
Ofice and the Postmaster General shall be guided
In the expenditures for this Drancn the service by
the income derived therefrom.
SEO 102. hat TO promote public convenience, and
10 insure greater security In the transfer OF money
through the mail, the Postmaster 9eceral may ee-
aDlish under such rules and regulations as he may
deem expeaient, uniform money order system, at
all suitable post-oices, which shall be designated
as 'money.order Offices"
SEC. t'S That the ostmaster General may con.
clude arrangementa with the post departments Of
foreign governments, with which postal conventions
have been or may be concluded, for tine exchange,
Oy means OF postal ORDERS Of small sums of money,
not exceeding nfty dollars in amount, ut such
OF exchange, and compensation TO postmasters, and
under such rules and regulations as ne may deem
expedient; and the expenses OF establishing and
conducting such system OF exchange may be paid
out OF the proceeds Of the money order business.
oflee shall issue, in such manner and form as the
Postmaster General may prescribe, an order for q
specified sum o. money payable 6y y ne postmaster pos
applying therefor may select; bnt no money-order
shall be delivered until the amount thereof and the
postmaster issuing 1t: Provided, That the postmas-
Ger OF every city where branch postofflces or sta
lions are established and 10 operation subject zee M 70
rection Of the Postmaster enera TO Issue, or cause
10 be issued, by any OF his assistants or clerks in
charge OF branch post Oficee or stations, postal
money orders payable at his own or at any other
money-order ONCE, or at any branch pnst-ofice or
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the pOstmaster and his sureties shall In every case
be held accountable upon his onicial bond for all
moneys received byihmsorlhis designated assistants
or clerks In charge OF stations, from the issue OF
money-orders under the provisions Of this act aud
for all mOAeys which may come into his or their
handsor be placed In his their custody by reason
OF the tansacton by them of money order business.
And all the provisions OF law now In force respect.
ing the issue and the payment OF moneyorders, and
the disposal of money funds in the custody OF
p0stmasters shall apply tO all money orders Issued
moneys recsyeS ifo ssn the ssue thsrso anu S
5kO. lee. That any postmaster who shall issue
money-ord r without having previously received the
money therefor shall be deemed guilty OF misde-
meanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined
lars
SEC. lO6 That in case of the sickness or unavoid-
able absence from his office of the postmaster OF
any money-order post-otfice, he may, with the ap-
prova of the Postmaster General, authorize tn +,
chief clerk, or some other clerk employed therein,to
act in his place. and to discharge all the duties re-
Official bond given by the principal of the oice
shall held to cover and amply TO the acts Of the
person appointed TO act in his place in such cases:
and Proetded htrter That such acting oicer shall,
for the L,nle being be subject TO all the liabilities
and penalties prescribed by law for ne ociai is-
conduct in like cases OF the postmaster for whom
he shall act.
SIC. lOT. That no money order shall be issued for
more than nifty dollars and the fees therefor shall
Of0era
exceeding ten and not exceeding twenty dollars ten
cents; exceeding twenty and not exceeding thirty
dollars, fifteen cents; exceeding thirty and not ex
ceeding forty dollars twenty cents exceeding torty
dollars, twenty-five cents
SEC. 1885, rhat thelPUstmaster General shall supply
money-order 0fces with blank forms Of application
tOr money orders which each applicant shall 1ll up
with his name, the name and address OF the party
to whom the ord n IL to be paid the amount and
the date OF application; and all such applications
shall be preserved by the postmaster receiving them
70 such time as the Postmaster General may pre-
sac 100. That the Postmaster General :shall fur
nish money order offices with printed or engraved
unless it be drawn upon such form.
5sC. l1O. Thai the postmaster issuing money
order shall send notice thereof by mall without
delay, to the postmaster on whom It is drawn
SEC. Ill, That no money order shall be valid and
wSo@ u drawn wStnn one M @ year alter It's date
but the Postmaster General on the application OF
the remttter or payee OF any such order may cause
| new order TO be Issued In lieu thereof.
| SEC 112. That the payee of a money order may,
by his written Endorsement thereon, direct It to be
| paid to any Otner person, and the postmaster on
whom IL Ii drawn shall pa, the same to the person
thus designatedi provided he shall furnish snch
proof as the Postmaster General may prescribe that
the endorsement is genuine and hat he is the per
Il son empowered to receive payment; but more than
enc endorsement shall render an order invalid and
not payable, and the holder, 10 obtain payment,
shall be required to apply in writing To the Post.
master General for order in lieu thereof re-
turning the original order, and making such proof
OF the genuineness of the endorsements as the Post
| master General may require.
| SIC 49, That after money order has been lssu
ed, II the purchaser desires TO have 1t m dined ol
changed the postmaster who issued the order shall
take it back and issue ano her In lieu Of IT, for which
| new fee shall be exacted.,
| SEC. ia That the postmaster issuing money
order shall repay the amount OF IL upon the applica
tlOn OF the pc son who obtained IT, and the return
of the order, but the fee paid for t shall not be re
| turned
$50. 116. That whenever money-order has beer
lost, the Postmaster General, upon the applcatioI
OF the remtter or payee OF such order, may cause
duplicate thereof to be issued without charge pro
yiding the patty losing the original shall furnish
certificate frum the postmaster bylwhom tt was pay
able that 1t had not been and would not Thereafter
be, paid, and a similar rtifcate from the post
master by whom 1t was issued that 1t had not been
| and would not thereafter be, repaid.
eEc. 116 That any person who shall, with inten
to defraud, falsely make, forge, counterfeit, en-
grave. or print. or cause aor procure 70 pc Ialse
made, forged counte rfeited, engraved, orprtnted
or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging
c)unterfeittng, engraving, or printing, any order
imitation Of or purporting to be mOney-order issu
ed by the Pest once Department. or any OF III
postmasters or agents, or any material signature
| endOt taement thereon any person who sinai
| falsely alter, or cause or procure to be alter