Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-13

i've cents exceeding ten and not exceeding
twenty dollars. ter cents; exceeding twenty
and not exceeding thirty dollars, fifteen cents
exceeding thirty and not exceeding forty dol
lars, twenty cents; exceeding forty dollars
twenty-five cents. IT - ~ IlI
Sec. 1O8. That the Postmaster General shall
supply money order offices with blank forms OF
application for money orders, which each APP
plicant shall fill up with his name, the name
and address OF tie party to whom the order is to
be paid, the amount, and the date of applica-
ton and all such applications shall be pre-.
scribed by the postmaster receiving them for
such time as the Postmaster General may pre-
scribe, 1911 e--L
Sec. 100 That tho Postmaster General shall
furnish money order offices with printed or en-
graved forms tor money orders, and no order
shall be valid unless it is drawn upon such
form. @ -
Sec 10. That the postmaster issuing a mon
ey order shall send notice. thereof by mail,
without delay, to the postmaster on whom it is
drawn r u Dob ~ Ell1 is ~. -. ~
. Sec Ill. That no money order shall be valid
and payable unless presented to the postmaster
on whom it is drawn within one year after its
date; but the Postmaster General, on the APP
plication of the remitter or payee of any such
order, may cause new order to be issued in
lieu thereof. 1855 OBJ FL %
Sec H. That the payee of a money order
may by his written endorsement thereon, d.
rect it to be paid to any other person, and the
postmaster on whom it is drawn shall pay the
same to 2 the person thus designated
provided he shall furnish such proof as
the Postmaster General may prescribe that the
Endorsement Is genuine, and that he is the per-
son empowered to receive payment; but more
than ore Endorsement shall render an order in
valid and not payable, and the holder. to OBJ
tain payment, shall be required to apply in
writing to the Postmaster General for new
order in lieu thereof, returning the original or
don - Al
of the Endorsements as toe Postmaster Gener-
al may require. $50
Sec. 1lS. That after money order has been
issued, if the purchaser desires to have it
modified or changed. the postmaster who issued
the order shall take it back and issue another
in lieu of it, for which a new fee shall be e1-
acted. -,, .I
Sec. Ia. That the postmaster issuing money
order shall repay the amount, of it upon the
application of the person who obtained it, and
the return of the order, but the fee paid for it
shall not be returned.
Sec. lis. That whenever money order has
been lost, the Postmaster General, upon the
APP plication of the relnitter or payee of such
order, may cause duplicate thereof to be
issued, without charge providing the party
losing the original shall furnish a certificate
from the postmaster by whom it was payable
that it had not been. and would not thereafter
be, paid and similar certificate from the post
master by whom twas issued that it had BEEN
and would not thereafter be- repaid.
Sec. 1l6. That any person who shall, with
i intent to defraud, falsely make, forge, or coun-
terfeit, engrave or paint, or cause or procure to
be falseym ade, forged counterfeited, engrav-
ed, or printed or willingly aid or assist in false
ly making, forging, counterfelting, engraving,
or other printing, any order in intimation of or
to be money order issued by the
Post Office Department, or any of its postmas-
tiers or agents, or any material signature or in
dorsement thereon; any person who shall false
ly alter, or cause or procure to be altered, or
aid or assist in falsely altering, any
such money order, any person who shall, with
intent to defraud, pass, utter OF publish, or at
tempt to pass, utter or publish, as true, any
such false, forged, counterfeited, or altered
money order. knowing the same or any sigma
ture or Endorsement thereon, to be false, forged
or altered, every such person
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, ON con-
viciion thereof, shall be imprisoned at hard
labor for not less than two nor more than five
years. and be fined not exceeding five thousand
dollars. -....7.. a.. ,...-- -
Sec. III. That all payments and transfers to
and from money order offices shall be under
The direction of the Postmaster General. He
may transfer money order funds from one post
master to another, and from the postal revenue |
10 the money order funds; and he may transfer |
money order funds to creditors of the Depart |
ment to be replaced by equivalent transfers |
rom the postal revenues. ,Ff1 -
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transfer to the postmaster at any money order |
'fice by warrant or the treasury, counter |
signed by the Auditor for the Post Office De- |
and payable out of the postal reve. |
1ues such sum as may be required over and |
above the current revenues at his office to pay
The money orders drawn upon him.
Sec. 119. That the Postmaster General SHALL |
require each postmaster at a money order office |
% render to the Post Office Department weekly, |
semi weekly, or daily accounts of all money |
ii ders issued and paid of all fees received for |
made from money order funds and Of all |
money received to be used for the payment of |
money orders or on account of money order |
business I'D rr... -..'
Sec, 120. That the Auditor for the Post Office |
Department shall keep the accounts of the |
money order business separately and in such |
manner as to show the NUM- her and amount of
money orders issued at each Office the number
md amount paid. the amount of fees received,
md all the expenses of the money order bust
less
Sec. 12l. That all money received for the
ale of money ORDERS including all fees thereon,
III money transferred from the postal revenues
o the money! ,rder.funds, all money transferred
" paid from the money order funds to the SER
,ice Of the Post Office Department, and all
money order funds transferred from ono post
master to another, shall be deemed and taken to
,e money order funds and money in the treasury
# the United States. And it shall be the duty
# the assistant treasurer of the United States to
pen, at the request of the Postmaster General,
n account of money order business dppos-
ted by postmasters to the credit of the Post
master General, and of drafts against the
mount so deposited, drawn by him and coun-
ersigned by the Auditor. ss -t -a-- --