New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07
NEW BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
ESTABLISHMENT OF POSTAL SAVINGS
BANKS PROPOSED.

ANOTHER BILL MAKES RADICAL CHANGE IN
THE POSTAL sYsTEM-oTHER MEASURES.
WASHINGTON. Dec 6.-There was a large batch
Of bills introduced In the House to-day
The establishment and regulation or postal
sayings-bank system are provided for In bill IN
troduced by Representative Lorimer OF Illinois
Under his scheme. money order offices selected by
the Postmaster-General are to be MADE oranch
postal savings banks. with an office In the Depart
ment TO be called the Central Bank. Any person
may become depositor under this act. including
married women and minors above twelve years
old Deposits are limited 10 a dollar and It's null
tiples and not exceeding $500 each. and deposits
accommodating above $1,000 will not draw interest
Postal saving stamps and cards Of the denomina-
ton OF five and ten cents are TO be sold inter
est Is to be at the rate OF per cent year TO be
added to the principal June 80 OF each year
Pass-books are to be forwarded annually for ex-
animation The Secretary OF the Treasury under
this bill is required invest In nterest-bearing
bonds, Of the United States. or whose principal Is
guaranteed by the United States. or In State bonds
and bonds of municipalities and counties under re-
strict!ons Deposits will not be liable to seizure
or detention under any legal process. All statutes
defining crimes In the postal service are to be APP
piled TO the postal savings system and the act ~
to take effect within six months OF Its passage
Radical changes In the postal system are pro-
posed in bill introduced by Mr.. Adamson. OF
Georgia. He proposes making every postohice
money -order office. keeping every railway postoce
open at all times for reception OF malls. and that
a new pos tofice shall be established at any point
on a public road outside the limit OF an incor-
porated community whenever applied for by twen
ty-fve citizens vesting discretion In the Postoice
Department II the desired Office is within two
miles Of an existing Office. For the appointment
of postmasters the bill requires recommendation
OF both Senator'S OF the State except where d.
vided when the appointment Is left 10 the Repre-
sentatives Of the district. The Department is also
m "a a
postmaster to him and allow an answer
Mr.: Evans. OF Kentucky Introduced Joint res SO
States to the payment In gold coin OF certain OF
its GU standing obgations to the maintenance OF
the par value In god Of all previously coined silver
silver dollar unless 1t shall contain sufficient stand
ard silver to make the dollar when coined In
trnsically worth par in gold
Civil Service Act by having II hereafter apply only
to Department clerks In Washington. and those In
PUBLIC Offices s the county whose snaaei
railway mail clerks.
BY Mr.. Henry Texas) bill to define trusts. 70
them and to promote free competition in the United
States.
Mr. Bingham Pennsylvania), 10 confer jurisdiction
Circuit Courts in suits at equity for the parti
ton OF lands where the United States Is tenant
In common joint tenant; Mr.. Evans Kentucky),
to relieve the President from appointment of third
class postmasters; Mr.. Adams Hennsylvania). for
equipping the League Island Navy Yard a
the pay Of letter-carr.ers: Mr. Fenton ohio,
granting service pensions to honorably discharged
officers and enlisted men IN the United states
the names of certain persons arbitrarily dropped
from the pension roll: Mr.. Evans kentucky. re-
ducng the internal revenue tax on distilled SPLITS
Bartholdt CMo). establishing a postal bank system