The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-15


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30 4 snrctsd ~ the seuHte aud house
repfeseniatives OF iDr upu'd STATE %
Amcfot ia congress nssemh Nod; tnN '"
Inv ,.urpofe OF itc listrg sod ,NpsIitlul
corr, poud,nce tao ia I'd states nus,u
tlsgrsih j. hereby csiabfheii nnd thle
eraios shall hs received az ppst-ofnc,s ant
tran. mtited hy ,rle.lsph batwcen p'stL
telegraph oilicee, aud delivered y
The manner herein prescribed
All pest lllces in PLACES Whst'
there AZ. telegraph Offices nui t,legraphl'
service NJ the tne OF t1e pes'egs OF thi
acc thsl be pouial-ielegfepn oMclsi ah'
the postmssier.g. neral shell designate ron
time 10 lime - postal telegraph cince
pos,-otiices Ia such other pl ces a., ~ AZ
jur9ment, 'he wants OF the putAc NAV IT,
Srcrris2. That the belt'r TO carry out TIE
turulsss OF tbi I, act tue Office OF iuuith a.
Mstss. postmaster geutrsl = nsie
by crelia1; aud ench 'nlri
Bhall b. eppl.nted IN ihe Safe man
ner In which the o'her ae'isitnt post
fn1ssers.eenerai are appointed, .nd With
The sans salary. rue duties II sdch
cheer shall De, uoder The supervision OF
the podmattsr general. 80 exercise gene
etsi p1grr Of management end coht5ol
over Toe telegraphi0 sys'rm h3'ehy tstap-
lshed, and 20 m Ike an aauuN report lhert-
on 10 The po-.mas' er-ecnbra, "hioo report
shall show the receipts and cx iHutiturel oi
the Geographic service the number
OF government aud other kilograms
transmitted d0ri1K ths yeir praceo-
irg ne date 90 h1Cn fenort, ne
number of miles ~ new hues G. q
sifuued, and the ruuhcr M ue" oihcss
op-ned, together with such iul0rma ion rs
may ~ required b. the p1slmsst ar-genefal.
SEC. 3. That be charge tor the rsusnis'
a. . al g.. an
g1ysrnment kilograms, sn4ll oe prepAid oy
teiasram stamps, stamped pautr, or by
pOstsi.teegrsph cards and Tue mex
imgm rates Tor teiesrams OF twenty
words or less exclusive OF date,
shall ba as lpillws; When the
dntsncr o. Transmission j. COZ miles ar
pncsr 20 ce1t,; ilr eYsry 25) M les or irdc'
ton ihereo ia sxcess ~ 40 miles an Ad-
d!iioDal raie oi cents shnil oe chergeN:
Provided TlEt 10 rate shbl exceed 90
cents: for ielsgrruls direct 10 be traus.
NIT "a by night, urdcr 2 600 miles,
10 c4uts; iOf greater distaTCss, % cents.
All words shAl bee counted, except he dste,
aud iOr ever five additional words or less
one-hnh cdiorrl rate shall DO charged
Those rates ,hhl cover The cost OF imme-
diAte sno special delivery Uitnin mile Of
the Telegraph office, on wiihin the ltt'ei-
carrier d.llvefr, aud Ot Transmission by
IA II whru received a. or de lined Tor any
place where there is no posted telegraph
Office. For special delivery beyond the
abov- limits the charges, at raa.
sonSblo rates snail be Fixed by
TIE postmaster general. 10 be collected
from tho pddresske. All kilograms be-
twean the several Departments Of tbs gov
emmett Hur their officers, agents an en-
ployss, aud all such tsieprams au'ho nzed
or required ~ any officer or tmploye uf
the United States IN sxeou ios of any duty
devOvfd on him by law, shall, when re.
q1ircc by him have priority IA transmls.'
son. without prepay meni, and AZ rates
20 ia annually fixed by fbe post.
shsll re transmitted Ia the nr1'r
IN which ihes ere received, excepting iels-
grams directed 90 bs Transmitted at uizht
ottwesn tle nouns Of seven O'Clock in the
afternoon and seven o'Cl ok in the forenoon.
That upon he prspaymel' OF one rate ad.
ditions., to Insure accuracy 81 transmission
and deliver npY message may b. repeated
back from thu place OF ADDRESS 10 tho placs
OF its origin, ana copy thereof delivered to
the render, together with nOiics OF
the time nf delivery o. OF the csuses
for non.dellverv, as The oa.e nay be. Pre-
payment Of answer may also be made By
the sender OF any message, under such reg
nlatons IS tle osinaaier-senaral may
prsgcripc.
gicn o. q legram- % leSsDgpers sud COM
mercisl neEs associations for each 100
words or less, shall OF exceed So cen's IL
sent a. night and 10 cen . during
the day, aud ~ ihe same pro rata
rate for eacn word IN excess OF one
hundred but when pies Of tho Same tela.
gram are dropped off at one or more Offices,
the rate for each drnp shall not exceed %
cents Of nj sht ard 80 cents duriuE the day.
erd a. the same profass rate Tor each wore
10 excess. Whom such teieg ANS are deliy
cred II the same Office Tor two or more
ne wspapers, 8 cents add ,ional shall b.
charged tor etcn 100 words. fnr manifold.
ing, for each newspaper receiving The same.
; nae ss css5se' ,, provided o,,, Tor 10
such manner as the postmaster gsnetsl
Hhaii from time to time prescrlbP.
Src 3. That The poatm sste r-genersl shall
provide tplegrArp-s amps, poslhl-tclegraph
cards, and stamped papsr OF suitable de-
nominations, o. he sold rs pnsiage-stamps
are now sold. The originals OF all kilograms
shat b. kept in tie oiilno of depoit FOR
four months. and &c the end Of that
time. With an copies thereof, suaIt
be destroyed, unless any snch orig.
iaAl shall be o4ll ID Tor by
sender, when q shalt bs delivered to him
The poetm aster general shall make rules
and regulations for ieleeraphic money
orders All per ons shsll nave the right 10
CORE pond by telegraph ia the msuBer
herein prescribed. kilograms shall be
privileged oomm injections II law 70 the
extent that scale letters NOW ere. All pro-
visinns OF law relaiing TO the destruction
or defacement or % the receipt, transmits
sion, or delivery OF msiled let ers. or 10 the
custody, sale, cfncaiiug, or dracemeut OF
stamps. 20 forging or counierfeitiDg,
or TO stealing, OF tuiha uulawiul use of the
.t.a AZ a. ID
paper, p,stai-teiegraph clrds. and to tsle-
grain stamps. All telegraph lines ope-
rated under the provisions Of this act are
hereby established as pos,-roufes ANY
person w-o shall willfully obsiTurt, past
pone, OF delsy the irsnsmissiol ordeiivery,
Or unlawiuuy divulgs or permit 70 be read
Or seen by others the contents OF any tele-
gram, or part thereof or auy
copy or duplicate thereof, or who
shall williully irjure or destroy sny OF the
properly used and employed in the trans
mission OF messages under this act, or will.
July interfere with the operations, repsirs,
Or use OF auv line OF telegraph, or any part
thereof. used or employed as Aforesaid.
'nsll be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor,
md. upon conviction in the disiric. or CIR
,uil cour, of the United States for the dis
.rict where such uIsnse shall have
been com 1iiieed or wnefe snch pcrsor
Ihsli reside. s1ell b. liable 20 fno not
81 600. or 70 imprisonment FOR q
esm not exc eding two years, and plso
liable for damages to the party injured
hereby. Toe department. OF Justice shall
ell persons ofsuding against any
" the provisions OF this oct, In the name Of
be United 6iaes.
Geo That the money order system
IxiUtfng and now In operation ia the post
|f|loo dep srtmsnt shall, as soon as practical
|le, be- adapted 70 TIE postal tele
raph; and The charge for transmitting
nD0ev orders b. the postal telegraph
DffhiD tho U. tied States Wherever money
f0cf o1icos are nov or may DO hereafter
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