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.- IqEsERAL, ,NATuBH-No 11al
AN ACT 70 revise, consoidats. and amend tho
atatufss relntinz % the Post Once Department
b sasstsd ~ tAs Senate and aouss Of Rspresstta-
ssnbIsd That there shall be Established at tho %
Of goysrHment o. the United States Of Amsfies. =
gspsftmsnt p p knoSn 4 tne Post once Depart
SEC 1856. Tnss an Insii mater 70 saa fsom HsEy
Linooln. .widowof the late President AefAham LIN
$50. fss That aif mail matter not heretnbsfoEe
specially made free must 1e prepaid BY postass
$40. ISL. Tnat II any person, having ths risht to
receive lettess frea, shall rseeise tnclnssd 90 min,
any letter or packet Addressed 70 person not hAy
letter or packet TO the post once, marking thereon
the place from wnsncs II Oame. that Il msy be
SEC. iss Tsss me POSTMASTER General may direct
the publication OF the list OF n0n-devgred letters at
an, post onics 6y wFittel list posted n some
lie interest, he may direat the publication OF such
iat IN the daily or wee y newspaper regularly pub
largest crcuaten within such delivery; and where
no daily paper Ii Published within the post once de-
livery such List may be published IN the daily news
circulation within the deveFy0f tho post once pub
ishinF the list and in case Of dispute to the cir
shall Pecsive sScsnee and dsoids upon tse fact.
SUCH list shall be published As frequently a. the
Postmaster esnerslmay deem pEopefbus not often
sHo. 1ss Thst the Inst Of non delivered letters "a
dressed to persons foreignJborn may be pubshed in
them witch shall be selectedia the manner pre-
acribed IN the proceeding section.
See. 100 That under such regulations a. the
Postmaster General may prescribe, oil postmasters
are hereby authorized 10 register, IN the manner
prescribed By lsw but without payment OF any reg
iHtrat0n fee, all lettefH containing fractional or
other currency Of the United States which shall be
By them sent By mail 70 the Treasurer efthe United
States for redemp.i9n: and y shal, 6e the dnt! o.
Dirtrict OF Columbia, 70 register. in Ike manner,
without charge, ell letters containing new currency
ceiyed Dy him from the said TTea urer, in sealed
packages marked with the WORD register over she
oficsi st signature o. me ssld Tssssarsr rs. -
conspicuous pses IN his once, copyuf each list
Of non-deliyered lstters Immediately after iis pus-
: sroNIsa That the compensation fer Publishing
the list OF non-delivered letters shall in no
eeeo one cent ior @ each letter 20 published
cred shall bo charged with one cent in addition TO
the regular postage, 70 be accounted fore a. part Of
SEC. isl. That the Postmaster General may reRu-
late the period: during which undelivered lettars
shall remain in any post once and when they shall
make regulations for their return from the dead let
Ter once 10 the writer's, where they cannosbe deliv
SO. I1s5 fhaE ali domestic letters, deposited in
any post ONCE for mailing, on which the postage is
unpaid OF paa less than Sne full rae as Iequred By
letters o. soldiers sailors, and marines fn the ser
voe Of the United states snail be sent BY the post
Provided That In large cities and adjacent districts
OF denee population having two or more post ices
within distance Of three mile. Of sses other any
locality within the delivery OF another Of such ON
oes which nhall have been Inadvertently prepaid ct
forwarded 70 its destination through the proper Of
zoe. charged with the amount Of the deficient post
ags 70 iSs be oSsssea bss 90 asSs
Enclosures nhal be registered In the dead-lst er
oficeI and when they cannet be delivered 70 the
OF shall be disposed Of and careful secount shall
be kept OF the amount realised In each Case which
shall % subject 70 redempton 6y either me party
registry thereof and all other let efn Of value or of
Importance 70 the party addressed or 70 the Witer
disposed OF a. the Postmaster General may direct
SKc 1877. That the action of the Post Once De-
partment reapecting foreign deea-etters shall be
tive foreign adminiatra. lens
SEQ 1a6. That v hen the writer OF any letter on
which the postage prepaid shall endorse upon the
outside thereof his name and address, such letter
shall not be Advertised, but after remaining uncal-
ed fer at the ONCE 70 which it e directed thirty
days, or the time the writer may direct shall be
turned 20 him vi h0ut additional charge for post
age, and IL not then delivered shall be treated a.
sEc. lSS. THAT prepaid and free lstters shall be
forwarded from one post once 70 another, at the
ques ef the party Addressed, without additional
SIC, 80, That Z the waters Of the United States
shal be posE-roada during the time the mail Ia
ried thereon Is provided in section two hundred
$50. 81. That ell railways and parts Of railways
tion are hereby declared to be pSst-rosds
BnC. goa. That all canals during the tune the mail
"a carried thereon are hereby declared 70 be post
SEC sOs That all plank roads during the time the |
mail IL carried thereon are hereby declared TO be
SIC. 2OL That the road on which the mall Is car
ried 70 supply any court house which may be with.
sixteen, and the road on which the mall il carried
under section two hundred and twenty-one, provi
ding tor extending the line Of postA shall during
the time such mail ie carried thereon, be postroads
SEC 200. That all letter carrier routes established
IN any city or town. for the collection aud delivery
Of ~ matter by carriers are, hereby declared 70
SIC 200. ThAt when there is more than Ione road |
between places designs'ed oy Law for poetroad. |
considered the pOst-rOad u #t .4s.f ~ l..t
SEC 9O7. That the Postmaster General may
with or interesting railways when the service can
be thereby improved ....
SEC 2os. That whenever. in the opini n Of the |
safely continued the revenues collected, or the laws
maintained on any post-road, ne may discontinue
tae service on such road or any part therecf until
$50. 200. That the Postmaster General may, when
ae deems t advisable, contract Lior the tTsnspot.e
Where auch service II performed over route not
estabshed by law II shall be his duty to report the
said service shall at the end of the next ses
sion OF Congress. unless said reute 10 established
poat-route by Congress
SEC. 210 That the Postmaster General shall ar
range the railway routes which the mail 10 car
RED including those In which tho service s partly
by railway and partly by steamboat, into threo
classes, according to the size Of the malls, the
npeed at which they ere carried, and the frequency
and Importance OF the rvice, that each railway
company shall receiVe, - far as practicable pro
portionate and just rate OF compensation according
to the service performed .tll 10
SEC. 211 That the pay for carrying the mail on
any railway OF the nrst cl SO shall not exceed three
hundred dollars per mlie per annum; on any rail-
way OF tbs second class shall not exceed one nun
dred doars per mile per annum; and on any rail-
way Of the third clsAlt shall not exceed nifty 9larn
per mile per Rnnnm but II One-half tine service on
any railway ia required TO be performed In the
night time, the Postmaster General may pay twenty
rates .t4r GA 4...... E.. us
SEC, 2t2 Thst II the Postmaster General Ia unable
10 c0ntr ct for carryitg the mail on any railway
route at compensation not exceeding the maxi
mum rates herein provided, or for what he may
don rsau anta ia ~ ha m