Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-05
REPORTED FAy0RABLY.
substitute for Bill 70 Authorize Fay
ment Of Postal Notes nt Any
Money.0rder once.


from the committed on posloflcen and
pnstfouds on The payment Of postal'notpH
az moncy-ordcr oflceai
The committed on tho postofcc aud
poat.rohds, TO whom was rcfcrfed the
bll IN. u. 1910 70 authorize tho pay
meut OF poHtnl.notce at any m0ney.ordcr
office, and for other purposes, peg leave
10 submit the accompanying HubAtitute
therefor and recommend ltn passage
section OF this bill amends section J
VI tho nrL OF March 8, 1888, which an.
lhorlles the Issue 81 pogtal.notce, by add.
Ing q provision that poalal-notoa shall
be payable at any muncyrOrdof Oillce an-
thoriled by tho p0HtmaHtor.Rcnorhl 70
pay suoh notes, and an additional pr0yls.
ION empowering the acknowledgements
in his discretion, 10 designate postoiliceB
for the issue Of poatal-notea only, Indie
pnndently Of m0noy.of,lera, Those pro-
visions YIN widely extend the usefnn0Hs
Of the pualal.nOtn, and in the opinion OF Tho
bOstbflgn department, after ~ experience
Of nearly two years and hall, VIII rem.
der than moro convenient and give gent
az satisfaction TO the public,
The 1fgl provision VIII 0bylate all The
diligently now encountered through The
inistnkea payment NJ one muney'ordef Of
nee OF pOatalnotG drawn npOn another
(paymonta which now occur IN coneidcr-
ahtp numbcra)i and would furthermore
save tic clerical labor now ro-
qnirel in postoflIce8 Of designating The
0flco Of payment on the face oi Tho
note, Of recording The namo thcfcoi on
The corresponding stub, and OF reporting
this same To- tho poNtoillco department IN
tho puNtmaatefia weekly statement Of
HnuluaaA ksyHHtI liifntytrD
facilitate tho payment VI postal notes, lp-
asmuch az II would no longer bo ncecA.
sary Tor tho paying officer 10 examine
carefully each n0te presented 10 sec that
II " properly drawn upon tho money.
order Office of which payment Ia demand.
cd This provision was recommended by
the superintendent ~ tho monOy-order
Hystcm IN his last annual report, aud by
tho pugtmaAtcr general In those words
Tho argument 30 tthe superintendent nd
duocE Ia support OF hln further recommendation
ihnt postal notes nhould DO made iaapnble 10
hoarNr and payable ~ any .mun0Y order 0nlco
40 Satisfactorily oniOfcea " that addition IN m
necessary II N 10 lao hoped that tho public win
not long hp forced 10 wait tho grant Of this I'm
prnypmcnt IN tholr eoryicc.
The second provision extends 10 post
Offices situated In the smaller towns aud
villages where, Tor lack of post0illcG cnpi.
tai Il general money order business can
not be- maintained, a medium OF exchange
gnatly needed, aud In mnuy localities
urgently demanded SpnfHoly settled
communities where there nrc no banks
VIII ihus be- supplied with con.
yenlont means Of r0mltLing small sums
To business oOntcrH, Tho responsibility
VI tho poBtnnstors at such Offices viii be
Increased Simply Ia the face value OF the
small number OF blank postul-notos IN.
trusted TO their charge, u responsibility
which II Is thought can DO readily pro-
yldod Tor 10y means OF small additional
hundH Tho poAtolllCp department VIII
not need TO undertake to supply such
smaller Onlcea With funds, because they
are simply TO DO granted tho privilege OF
issuing posjal.notqa, not Of pnylng thom,
the only privilege which the business ne
r0aRltlcs OF thor communities require
Section a-pl the bill re-enucta the oxlat-
ing statute (aectiOn 5iG8 Revised Stat
nleH), and extends us provisions to pos.
tal-notcs as we'll as mOncy.0rdcra Issued
~ foreign country Tor payment la tho
United States,
The necessity for thls lcglslntion lies
Ia the inGt that thoro IL nothing specific
Va the existing law that subjects person
who iorgea the signature upon money.
order lssuod in II foreign country Tor pay
nont In this country 10 trial, and " found
guilty 10 punishment A case OF this M.
tiro occurred In the latter part OF 1888,
AT BAY CITY, Mich, whore The United
states attorney decided that q
iorger OF Canadian money
order was not punishable under
United States statutes, and whcro II was
necessary 10 make complaint and prose.
cute the forgcr under state laws. A sim.
llar case lof British ORDER occurred
lator IN New York city,
Tho report was referred 90 the house
calendar aud ordered 60 be printed
CuinsnHoH 10 rim HOUSE,.
WAamNuroN, March 4 The following
Ia tito report Ia tnll OF Mir. Culborson
from tho committee ON Judiciary on ia.
dlclal districts IN Texas
The committee ON the Judiciary have
had under confederation house bills 2lab,
9iGa, AL and 67lU, and have como To tho
conclusion that house bills 9le6, glGg aud
hIlV ought not 70 pass, but recommend
he passage Of house bill isil with an
amendment inserting the word "Denl.
Hon" IN tho blanks when they ocourln said
hill No, ASH,
Tho subioot.mattcr OF tho bills reported
back 20 the housonnd tho one recommend,
od by the committee relate TO the iutladle.
ton OF tho federal courts for the WoHtprn
district Of Arkansas over the Chlckasaw
aud part OF il,n Chootaw Nations In IN,
Indian Territory, nnd tho establishments l
new division 10 the Eastern aud North
ern judicial districts OF the state OF
Texas,
All pcreons representing conflicting oI
other interests affected Us the changes
proposed tn existing law, who desired 10
do 80, have been permitted 90 submit
their ylcws 10 the committee, and, after
an earnest aud patient investigation, the
committee reached the following cunollt-
sinual
j That all OF The Chiokaeaw Nation In
The Indian Territory aud part OF the
uhoctaw Nation, hereafter described
should ho detached from thclwestofa dis.
trlct OF Arkansas aud attached 90 The
Eastern aud Northern judicial distrlota toI
the state Of Texas,
u That part 81 tho Choctaw Nation
aud all ~ the I'hiokasaw Nation In th,
Indian Territory, should be attached "a
tho Northern judicial district, aud said
Territory, together with the counties 81
fifnykuu finnl aud Mnutastta IA an.