Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-22

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THE NEW POSTAL MOTIFS.
The Senate few hours before adjourn.
ment passed, without debate, the bill which
went through the House 10 the summer of
1882, reducing the fees for Post Office money
orders, and providing for The issue Of postal
notes. A great deal of credit 10 due the late
Congress for this reform, - we'll - for the
reduction of letter postage to two cents.
The average citissn comes into much closer
contact with the post Office than with any
other department of the Government, and in
these two instances popular demand has been
fairly and fully sati,fed.
The general provisions Of the new law
(which 10 to be put into operation BY the
Postmaster General within six moDths) are
as follows: The limit Of single money
orders is raised from $50 to 500, and the
following scale of fees is established: Orders
not exceeding $40, eight cents; from $40 to
SIS, 10 cents; SIS to $50, Is cents; $50 TO
$40, 20 cents; $40 to SO. Is oents; $50 TO
$50, 30 cents; $50 to $40, IS cents; $40 to
$50, 40 cente; $50 TO 500. As cents.
But for sums not exceeding S. the "postal
note," which is to cost only 8 cents, will
come into general use. Practically there
fore, the order fees are reduced two-thirds
for everything below s., Is we'll as ons.fiftb
for every thing below SO; and at the other
end of the scale concession of s cents is
granted on orders between $50 and 500.
Though the postal note will not in theory
supersade the order in the case Of email
amounir, it will do 90 in practice.
The postal notes are to be used under
these conditions: Postmasters vii issue
them payable to bearer, thus escaping the
expensive necessity now impoeed of sending
letters OF advice to the Office of payment |;
they will be payable, like order1, only at the
Office of ieeue and the Office on which they
ore drawn; after note has been paid, to 20
matter whom, the governments response
biiitv will cease, 90 that if one 10 lost or
stolen, the bearer will be the sufferer; and
the notes will become invalid at the end of
three months from the last day Of the
month in which they are Issued, after which
time the bearer must pay 3 cents moe, and
have them rent to Washington for renewal,
before he can get bis money. A noe iseued
under these regulations in March, for in
stance, will not be paid, without renewal at
the ex,rA charge.afte June 80. The object Of
this restriction is to prevent general circu
Lit on Of the noes as money.
The form of there noter, left to the dir.
erection Of the Postmaster General, is 81.
ready practically determined on. TIE shape
and six. are {, be similar to thoee Of bank
note. The regulations for issue and pay
mvnt are to be printed on the face, space be-
ing left to enter the name Of the Office oil
payment, the amount. the name of the ism.
irg postmaster, the signature of the person
to whom pigment IL made. and the
stamp, Of the office of i-sue aud pay ment.
At one end will be printed series Of
months and years, and 1t the other three
rowe Of 6garer, for doIlsr', dimes and cents.
The Postmaster issuing the note will. with
an ordinary punch, cut out tie month and
year OF issue and the amount, which viii
correspond to that written in the body Of The
paper.
It is obvious that The notes will be q.
good ~ money to anyone Who gets possession