VOL. 47
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[OFFICIAL.]
LA IV S
J. A. NASH,
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT TIIE
FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 118.]
AN ACT to revise, consolidate, and amend
the statutes relating to the Post-Office De-
partmeoL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That there shall be es
tablisued, at the seat of government of the
United States of America, a department to be
known as the Post Office Department.
Sec. 2. That the principal officers of the
Post-Office Department shall be one Postmas
ter General and three Assistant Postmasters
General, who shall be appointed by the Presi
dent, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and who may be removed in the
same manner; and the term of office of the
Postmaster General shall be for and during
the term of the President by whom he is ap
pointed, and for one month thereafter unless
sooner removed.
SEC. 3. That the Postmaster General may
appoint the following employees in the Post-
Office Department : One chief clerk for the
Postmaster General and one for each of the
Assistant Postmasters General, one superin
tendent of Post-Office building and disbursing.
clerk, one superintendent and one chief clerk
of the money-order system, one superintend
cut and one chief clerk of foreign mails, one
topographer for Post-Office Department, one
assistant attorney-general for the Post-Office
Department, one chief of division for the office
of mail depredations, one chief of division of
dead-letters, one superintendent of the blank
agency, one assistant superintendent and four
assistants, fourteen clerks of class four, sixty
one clerks of class three, fifty clerks of class
two, seventy-one clerks of class oae, fifty
seven f...male clerks, one messenger for the
Postmaster General and one for each of the
Assistant Postmasters General, four assistant
messengers, ten watchmen, twenty five labor
ers, one engineer, one assistant engineer, one
carpenter, one assistant carpenter, one fireman
and blacksmith, two firemen, three female
laborers, and such a number of temporary
clerks, female clerks, folders, watchmen, and
laborers as may be required.
sot 100
SEC. 4. Thai the animal salaries of the offi
cers, clerks and others employed in the Post-
Office Department shall be as follows:
Of the Postmaster General, eight thousand
dollars.
Of the Assistant Postmasters General, three
thousand five hundred dollars each.
Of the superintendent of the money-order
system, three thousand dollars.
Of the superintendent of foreign mails, three
thousand, dollars.
Of the topographer of the Post-Office De
partment, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Of the assistant attorney-general of the
Post Office Department,four thousand dollars.
Of the chief of division for the office of mail
depredations, twenty-five hundred dollars.
. . .
Of the chief of diclsion of dead-letters, two
thousand five hundred dollars.
Of the superintendent of Post-Office build
ing and disbursing officer, two thousand three
hundred dollars.
Of the chief clerk to the Postmaster Gen
eral, two thousand two hundred dollars.
Of the chief clerks to the Assistant Postmas
ters General, the chief clerk of the superin
tendent of the money-order office, and the
chief clerk of the superintendent of foreign
mails, two thousand dollars each.
Of the superintendent of the blank-agency,
one thousand eight hundre3 dollars; of the
assistant superintendent, one thousand six
hundred dollars ; of the four assistants, one
thousand two hundred dollars each.
Of the clerks of class four, one thousand
eight hundred dollars each.
Of the clerks of class three, one thousand
six hundred dollars each. _
-.-
Of the clerks of class two, one thousand
four hundred dollars each.
Of the clerks of class one, one thousand two
hundred dollars each. _ _
Of the female clerks, nine hundred dollars
each.. _ _
Of the messenger to the Postmaster General,
nine hundred dollars. _
_.
Of the messengers to the Assistant Post
masters General, eight hundred and forty dol
lars each. . .
Of the assistant messengers, watchmen, and
laborers, eight hundred dollars each.
Of the engineer, one thousand six hundred
dollars. _ _
Of the assistant engineer, one thousand dol
lars.
Of the carpenter, one thousand two hundred
and fifty-two dollars.
Of the assistant carpenter, one thousand
dollars.
the fireman and blacksmith, nine hun
dred dollars. _
Of the firemen, seven hundred and twenty
dollars each. _
Of the female laborers, four hundred and
eighty dollars each.
Sac. 5. That the Postmaster. General shall
procure and cause to be kept a seal for his
Department, which shall be affixed to all com
missions of postmasters and others, and used
to authenticate all transcripts and copies
which may be required from this Department.
SEC. 6. That the Postmaster General shall
establish and discontinue post-offices ; instruct
all persons in the postal service with reference
to their duties ; decide on the forms of all
official papers ; prescribe the manner of keep
ing and stating accounts ; enforce the prompt
rendition of returns relative to said accounts;
control, according to law, and subject to the
settlement of the Auditor, all expenses inci
dent to the service of the Department; super
intend the disposition of the moneys of the
Department; direct the manner in which bal
ances shall be paid over: issue warrants to
cover money into the treasury, and to pay out
the same : and generally superintend the bus
iness of the Department, and execute all laws
relative to the postal service.
SEC. 7. That in case of the death, resigna
tion, or absence of the Postmaster General,
all his powers and duties shall devolve, for
the time being, on the First Assistant Post,
master General.
SEC. 8. That the Postmaster General shall
make the following reports to Congress at
each annual session
A report of all contracts for carrying the
mail within the preceding year, giving in each
case the name of the contractor; the date and
duration of the contract ; the routes embraced
therein, with the length of each; the time of
arrival and departure at the ends of each
route; the mode of transportation ; and the
trice to be paid, together with a copy of the
recorded abstracts of all proposals for carry
ing the mail, as provided by section two hun
dred and forty eight.
A report of all land and water mails estab
lished or ordered within the preceding year,
other than those let to contract at the annual
letting, giving in each case the route or water
course on which the mail is established; the
name of the person employed to transport it;
the mode of transportation; the price to be
paid; and the duration of the order or con
tract.
A report of all allowances made to contrac
tors within the preceding year above the sums
originally stipulated in their respective con
tracts, and the reasons for the same, andof ail
orders made whereby additional expense is
incurred on any route beyond the original
contract price, giving in each case the route ;
the name of the contractor; the original ser
vice provided for by the contract; the original
price; the additional service required; and
the additional allowance therefor.
A report of all curtailments of expenses
effected within the preceding year, giving in
each case the same particulars as in the pre
ceding report.
A report of the finances of the Department
for the preceding year, showing the amount of
balance due the Department at the beginning
of the year; the amount of postage which ac
crued within the year; the amount of engage
ment and liabilities ; and the amount actually
paid during the year for carrying the mail,
showing how much of said amount was for
carrying the mail in preceding years.
A report of the fines imposed on, and the
deductions from the pay of, contractors, made
during the preceding year, stating the name
of the contractor; the nature of the delin
quency ; the route on which it occurred ;
when the fine was imposed; and whether the
fine or deduction has been remitted; and for
what reason.
A copy of each contract for carrying the
mail between the United States and foreign
countries, with a statement of the amount of
postage derived under the same, so far as the
returns of the Department will enable it to ba
done.
A report showing all contracts which have
been made by the Department, other than for
carrying the snail, giving the name of the con
tractor; the article or thing contracted for;
the place where the article was to be delivered
or the thing performed; the amount paid
therefor; and the date and duration of the
contract.
A report of the clerks and other persons em
ployed in the Department during the year, or
any part thereof; giving the names of the per
sons;
the time they were actually employed,
and the sum paid each; whether they have
been usefully employed; whether the services
of any can be dispez.sed with without detri
ment to the public service; and whether the
removal of any, and the appointment of others
in their stead, is required for the better des
patch of business.
A report on thepostal business and agencies
in foreign countries.
And the Postmaster General shall cause all
of such reports to be printed at the Public
Printing Office, either together or seperately,
and in such numbers as may be required by
the exigencies of the service or by the law.
See. 0. That the Postmaster General shall
submit to Congress at each annual session a
statement of the amount expended during the
preceding fiscal year, and an estimate of the
amount that will be required for the ensuing
fiscal year, eider each of the following heads :
'Transportation of the mails ;'"'compensation
of postmasters;" "compensation of clerks is
post-offices;" "compensation of letter-car
riers ;" "compensation of blank agents and
assistants;" "mail depredations and special
agents ;" "postage stamps furl envelopes;"
"ship, steamboat, and way letters ;" "dead
Mters ;" "mail bags ;" "mail locks, keys, and
stamps;" "wrapping paper ;" "office furni
ture;""advertising;" "balances to foreign
countries;" "rent, light, and fuel for post
offices ;" "stationery ; and "miscellaneous,"
showing the sums paid under each head, and
the names of the persons to whom payments
are made out of the miscellaneous fund; but
the names of persona employed in detecting
depredations on the mail, and of other confi
dential agents, need not be disclosed.
Sec. 10. That the Postmaster General shall
lay before Congress, during the first week in
each annual session, detailed statements of
the expenditures made from the contingent
fund of his department. He shall also make
out and keep, in proper books, full and com •
plete inventories and accounts of all the prop
erty belonging to the United States in the
buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied
by him and under his charge, and to add
thereto from time to time an account of such
property as may be procured subsequently to
the taking of the same, and also an account of
the sale or disposal any such property, and
to report the same to Congress as aforesaid :
Provided, That this section shall not apply to
the supplies of stationery and fuel which shall
be accounted for as now provided by law.
SEc. 11. That all persons employed iu any
branch of the postal service shall be exempt
from militia duty, and from serving on juries,
or from any penalty for neglect thereof.
Sec. 12. That no person employed in the
post-office department shall become interested
in any contract for carrying the mail, or act
as agent, with or without compensation, fur
any contractor or person offering to become a
contractor, in any business before the Depa:t
ment; and any person so offending shall be
immediately dismissed from office, and shall
be liable to pay so much money as would have
been realized from said contract, to be recov
ered in an action of debt, for the use of the
post-office department.
Sec. 13. That all bonds taken and contracts
entered into by the post-office department
shall be made to and with the United States
of America. . .
Sec. 14. That no person employed in the
postal service shall receive any fees or per
quisites on account of the duties to be per
formed by virtue of his appointment.
Sec. 15. That before entering upon the du
ties, and before they shall receive any salary,
the Postmaster General and all persons em
ployed in the postal service, shall respectively
take and subscribe, before some magistrate or
other competent officer, the following oath or
affirmation "I, A. 8., do solemnly swear
(or affirm,as the case may be) that I will faith
fully perform all duties required of me, and
abstain from everything forbidden by the laws
in relation to the establishment of post offices
and post-roads within the United States; and
that I will honestly and truly account for and
pay over any money belonging to the said
United States which may come into my pos
session or control: So help me, God." Add
this oath or affirmation may be taken before
any officer, civil or military, holding a com
mission under the United States, and such
officer is hereby authorized to administer and
certify such oath or affirmation.
Sec. 16. That every person employed in the
postal service shall be subject to all the pains,
penalties, and forfeitures Ibr violation of the
laws relating to such service, whether he has
taken the oath or affirmation prescribed in the
preceding section or not.
SEC. 17. That telegrams between the several
Departments of the government and their offi
cers and agents, in their transmission over the
lines of any company to which has been given
the right of way, timber, or station lands from
public domain, shall have priority over all
other business, at such rates as the Postmaster
General shall annually fix.
Sec. 18. That every order, entry, or mem
orandum whatever, on which any action is to
be based, allowance made, or money paid, and
every contract, paper, or obligation made by
or with the Post Office Department, shall have
i.s true date affixed to it; and every paper re
lating to contracts or allowances filed in the
Department shall have the date when it was
filed indorsed upon it.
SEC. 19. That the Postmaster General shall
furnish a copy of his annual estimates to the
Secretary of the Treasury prior to the first of
November in each year, which shall be report
ed to Congress by the latter in his regular
printed estimates.
Sec. 20. That the Postmaster General shall
transmit a copy of each postal convention con
cluded with foreign governments to the Sec
retary of State, who shall furnish a copy of
the same to the Congressional Printer, for
publication; and the printed proof sheets of
all such conventions shall be revised at the
Post Office Department.
Sec. 21. That there shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, an Auditor of the Trea
sury for the Post Office Department.
SEC. 22. That the said Auditor shall receive
all accounts arising in the Postoffice Depart
went, or relative thereto, with the vouchers
necessary to a correct adjustment thereof, and
shall audit and settle the same, and certify the
balances thereon to the Postmaster General.
He shall keep and preserve all accounts and
vouchers after settlement. He shall close the
accounts of the Department quarterly, and
transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury
quarterly statements of its receipts and expen
ditures. He shall report to the Postmaster
General, when required to do so, the manner
and form of keeping and stating the accounts
of the Department, and the official forms of
paper to be used in connection with its receipts
and expenditures. He shall report to the
Postmaster General all delinquencies of post
masters in rendering their accounts and re
turns, or in paying over money order funds
and other receipts at their offices. He shall
register, charge, and countersign all warrants
upon the treasury for receipts and payments
issued by the Postmaster General, when war
ranted by law. And he shall perform such
other duties in relation to the financial con
cerns of the Department as may be assigned
to him by the Secretary of the Treasury, and
make to said Secretary, or to the Postmaster
General, such reports respecting the same as
either of them may require.
SEC. 23. That the slid Auditor shall super
intend the collection of all debts due the De
partment, and all penalties and forfeitures im
posed for any violation of the postal laws, and
take all such other measures as may be au
thorized by law to enforce the payment of
such debts and the recovery of such penalties
and forfeitures. He shall also superintend
the collection of all penalties and forfeitures
arising under other statutes, where such
HUNTINGDON, PA., OCTOBER 16, 1872
penalties and forfeitures are the consequence
of unlawful acts affecting the revenues or
property of the post office department.
_ .
- Sec. 24. That thesaid Auditor, or the may
or of any city, any justice of the peace, or the
judge of any court of record, may administer
oaths or affirmations in relation to the exam
ination and settlement of the accounts corn
mitted to the charge of said Auditor; and if
any person shall knowingly swear or affirm
falsely touzhing any expenditure on account
of, or claim in fitvor of or against, said De
partment, he sling, on conviction thereof, for
every such offense, forfeit and pay not exceed
ing two thousand dollars, and be imprisoned
at bard labor not exceeding five years, accord
ing to the aggravation of the offense.
SEC. 25. That if either the postmaster gen
eral or the person whose accounts have been
settled shall be dissatisfied with the settle
ment of said Auditor, he may, within twelve
months, appeal to the First Comptroller of the
Treasury, whose decision shall be final and
conclusive.
SEC. 26. That the Secretary of the Treasury
may appoint in the office of the Auditor for
the post office department one chief clerk, nine
clerks of class four, forty four clerks of class
three, sixty-four-clerks of class two, thirty
seven clerks of class one, one messenger, one
assistant messenger, and eleven laborers.
Sac. 27. That rhe'annual salaries of the In
ditor for the Post Office Department, and the
clerks, messengers, and laborers in his office,
shall be as follows:
Of the Auditor, three thousand dollars.
Of the chief clerk, two thousand dollars.
Of the clerks of class four, one thousand
eight hundred dollars each; and two hundred
dollars additional to one of said clerks as dis
bursing clerk.
Of the clerks of class three, one thousand
six hundred dollars each
I f the clerks of class two, one thousand four
hundred dollars each.
Of the clerks of class one, one thousand two
hundred dollars each.
Of the messenger, eight hundred and forty
dollars.
Of the assistant messenger, seven hundred
dollars.
Of the laborers, six hundred dollars each.
Sec. 28. That whenever the office of a post
muter shall become vacant by reason of
death, resignation, suspension, or by the ex
piration of the commission of a postmaster or
his rejection by the Senate, or by the neglect
or refusal of any person to take charge of the
post office to which he is appointed, it shall
be the duty of the Postmaster General or the
President (as the case may be) to supply such
vacancy without delay, and it shall be the duty
of the postmaster general promptly to notify
the Auditor of the change; and every post
master and his sureties shall be responsible
under their bond for the safe keeping of the
public property of the post office, and the due
performance of the duties thereof, until the
expiration of the commission, or until a sue
cessor shall have been duly appointed and
qualified, and shall have taken possession of
the office : Provided, nevertheless, That in cases
where there shall be a delay of sixty days in
supplying such vacancy, the sureties may ter
minate their responsibility by giving notice in
writing, to the postmaster general, such ter
mination to take effect ten days after sufficient
time shall have elapsed to receive a reply from
the postmaster general : And provided also,
That the postmaster general may, when the
exigencies of the service require, place such
office in charge of a special agent until the
vacancy can be regularly filled; and when such
special agent shall have taken charge of such
post office, tie liability of the sureties of the
postmaster shall cease.
SEc. 29. That all orders and regulations of
the postmaster general which may originate a
claim, or in any manner affect the accounts of
the postal service, shall be certified to the Au
ditor for the post office department.
Sec. 30. That the postmaster general may
establish a blank agency for the post office
department, to be located at Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia.
SEC. 31. That the Postmaster General may
employ two special agents for the Pacific
coast, and such number of other special
agents as the good of the service and the safe
ty of the mail may require.
SEC. 32 That the salary of the special agents
of the Post-Office Department shall be at the
rate cf not more than one thousand six hun
dred dollars per annum; and they shall be
allowed for traveling and incidental expenses,
while actually employed in the service, a sum
not exceeding five dollars a day.
See. 33. That whenever a special agent is
required to collect or disburse any public
money, he shall, before entering upon any
such duty, give bond in such sum or form, and
with such security, as the Postmaster General
may approve.
Sec. 34. That the Postmaster General may
employ, when the service requires it, the As
sistant Postmasters General and superintend
ents in his Department as special agents; and
he may allow them therefor not exceeding the
amount expended by them as necessary travel
ing expneses while so employed.
SEC. 35. That the Postmaster General may
appoint two agents to superintend the railway
postal service, who shall be paid out of the
appropriation for the transportation of the
mail, at the rate of two thousand five hundred
dollars per annum salary, with an allowance
for traveling and incidental expenses, while
actively employed in the service, of not more
than five dollars a day; and the Auditor of
the Treasury for the Post• Office Department
shall charge to the appropriation for mail
transportation the salary and per diem of the
assistant superintendents of the postal rail
way service; and to the appropriation for the
free delivery system, the salary and per diem
of the special agent detailed for that service ;
and the salary and per diem of the special
agents employed in the money order service
shall be paid out of the proceeds of that
service. _ _
SEC. 36. That the Postmaster General may
establish resident mail agencies at the ports
of Panama and Aspinwall, (New Granada,)
Havana, (Cuba,) and Saint Thomas, and suck
other foreign ports at which United States
mail steamers touch to land and receive mails,
as may in his judgment promote the efficien
cietwy,of the foreign mail service ; and may pay
the agents employed by - him at such ports out
of the appropriation for transportation of the
mail a- reasonable compensation for their
services and the necessary expenses for office
rent, clerk hire, office furniture, and other in
cidentals, to be' allowed him at each of such
agencies.
SEC. 37. That the postmaster General may
appoint an agent in charge of the mail on
board of each of the mail steamers on the
routes between San Francisco, Japan, and
China, between San Francisco and Honolulu,
(Hawaiian Islands,) and New York to Rio Jan
erio, .who shall be allowed, out of the appro
priation for transportation of the mail, an
annual salary of two thousand dollars each.
Sxc. 38. That the postmaster General may
establish, in connection with the mail steam
ship service to Japan and China, a general
postal agency at Shanghai, China, or at
Yokohama, Japan, with such branch agencies
at any other ports in China and Japan as he
shall deem necessary for the prompt and effi
cient management of the postal service in
those countries, and he may pay the postal
agents employed thereat a reasonable compen
sation for their services, in addition to the
necessary expenses for rent, furniture, clerk
hire, and incidental expenses.
Sec. 39. That the postmaster General may
employ as many routeagents as may be nee
essary for the prompt and safe transportation
of the mail, who shall be paid out of the ap
propriation for transportation of the mail, at
the rate of not less than nine hundred nor
more than one thousand two hundred collars
per annum.
Sec. 40. That the postmaster General may
appoint clerks for the purpose of assorting
and distributig the mail in railway post-offices,
who shall be paid out of the appropriation
for transportation of the mail, at the rate of
not more than one thousand four hundred_
dollars per annum to the head clerks, nor
more than one thousand two hundred ollars
per annum to the other clerks.
SEC. 41. That the accounts of the postal
service shall be kept in such a manner as to
exhibit the amount of revenues derived re
spectively from "letter-postage ; " "book,
newspaper, and pamphlet postage ;" "Tees
tared letters ;" "box-rents and branch offices ;"
postage stamps and envelops ;" "dead letters ;"
"fines and penalties ;" "revenue from money
order business;" and "miscellaneous ;" and
the amount of expenditures for each of the
following objects, namely ; "Transportation of
the mail ;" "compensation of postmasters ;"
"compensation of letter carriers ;" "compen
sation of clerks for post offices ;" " compen
sation of blank agents and assistants ;" "mail
depredations and special agents ; " "postage
stamps and envelopes ;" "ship, steamboat, and
way letters ;" "dead letters ;„ "mail bags ;'•
"mail locks and keys ;" and "postmarking
and canceling stamps :" "wrapping paper ;"
"twine ;" "letter balances ;" "office furniture ;'
"advertising;" "balances to foreign coun
tries ;" "rent, light, and fuel for post offices ;"
and "stationary," and "miscellaneous."
SEC. 42. That unclaimed money in dead
letters for which no owner can be found ; all
money taken from the mail by robbery, theft,
or otherwise, which may come into the hands
of any agent or employee of the United States,
or any other person whatever; all fines and
penalties imposed for any violation of the
postal laws, except such part as may by law
belong to the informer or party prosecuting
for the same; and all money derived from the
sale of waste paper or other public property
of the Post office Department, shall be depos
ited in the treasury, under the direction of
the Postmaster General, as part of the postal
revenue. And the postmaster General is
hereby directed to cause to be placed to the
credit of the Treasurer of the United States
for the service of the postoffice department,
the net proceeds of the money order business;
and the receipts of the post office Department
derived from this source during each quarter
shall be entered by the Auditor and Treasury
for the post office Department, in the accounts
of said Department, under the head of "rev
enue from money-order business."
SEc. 43. That all postages, box rents, and
other receipts at post-offices shall be account
ed for as a part of the postal revenues ; and
any part thereof which the postmaster has
neglected to collect he shall be charged with
and held accountable for the same as if he
had collected it.
SEC. 44. That postmasters may allow .box
holders who desire to do so to provide lock
boxes or drawers for their own use, at their
own expense, which lock-boxes or drawers,
upon their erection in any post office, shall
become the property of the United States, and
be subject to the direction and control of the
postoffice department, and shall pay a rental
at least equal to that of other boxes in the
same office, or, if there be no other boxes in
such office, of boxes of other offices of the
same class, which rental shall be accounted
for as other box rents.
Szo. 4a. Than any officer, agent, postmast.
er, clerk, or other person employed in any
branch of the postal service having temporary
custody of any money taken from dead letters ;
any money derived from the sale of waste
paper or other public property of the post
office department; or any money derived from
any other source which by law is part of the
postal revenues, who shall wilfully neglect to
deposit the same in the treasury of the United
States, or in some other depositary authorized
to receive the same, shall be deemed guilty of
embezzlement, and be subject to a fine not
exceeding double the sum so retained, or to
imprisonment not exceeding three years, or
both, at the discretion of the court. And any
person intrusted by law with the sale of post
age stamps or stamped envelopes, who shall
refuse or neglect to account for the same, or
who shall pledge or hypothecate or unlawfully
dispose of them, for any purpose whatever,
shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and
shall be subject to the same penalty and pun
ishment as are provided in this section for the
embezzlement of money.
Sec. 46. That the money required for the
postal service in each year shall be appropri
ated by law out of the revenues of the service.
SEC. 47. That payments of money out of the
treasury on account of the postal service shall
be in pursuance of appropriations made by
law, by warrants of the postmaster general,
registered and countersigned by the Auditor
for the post office department, and expressing
on their face the appropriation to which they
should be charged.
Sac: 48. That all payments on account of
the postal service shall be made to persons to
whom the same shall be certified to be due by
the Auditor; but advances of necessary sums
to defray expenses may be made by the post
master general to agents employed to investi
gate mail depredations, examine post routes
and offices, and on other like services, to be
charged to them by the Auditor, and to be ac
counted for in the settlement of their accounts.
Sec. 40. That the postmaster general may
transfer debts due to the Department from
postmasters and others to such contractors as
have given bonds, with security, to refund any
money that may come into their hands over
and above the amount found due them on the
settlement of their accounts; but such Looms
fern shall only be in satisfaction of legal de
mands for which appropriations have been
made.
See. 50. That in all cases where mosey has
been paid out of the funds of the post office
department under the pretense that service
has been performed therefor, when, in fact,
such service has not been performed, or as ad
ditional allowance for increased service actu
ally rendered, when the additional allowance
exceeds the sum which, according to law,
might rightfully have been allowed therefor,
and in all other cases where money of the De
partment has-been paid to any person in con
sequence of fraudulent representations, or by
the mistake, collusion, or misconduct of any
officer or other employee in the postal service,
the pastmaster general shall cause suit to be
brought to recover such wrong or fraudulent
payment of excess, with interest thereon.
SEC. 51. That when the postmaster general
is satisfied that money or property stolen from
the mail, or the proceeds thereof, has been re
ceived at the Department, he may, upon satis
factory evidence as to the owner, deliver the
same to him.
SEC. 52. That the Auditor for the post of
fice department shall state and certify quar
terly to the postmaster general on account of
the money paid by postmasters out of the re
ceipts of their offices, and pursuant to appro
priations, on account of the expenses of the
postal service, designating the heads under
'which such payments were made.
Sec. 53. That upon the certified quarterly
statement by the Auditor for the post office
department of the payments by postmasters
on account of the postal service, the postmas
ter general shall issue his warrant to the tress.
urer to carry the amount to the credit of the
postal revenues and to the debit of the proper
appropriations upon the books of the Auditor.
Sec. 54. That the postal revenues, and all
debts due the post office department, shall,
when collected, be paid into the treasury of
the United States, under the direction of the
postmaster general; and tie treasurer, assist
ant treasurer, or designated depositary reeeiv
ing such payment shall give the depositor du
plicate receipts therefor.
Sze. 55. That all deposits on account of the
postal service shall be brought into the trees-
Lry by warrants of the postmaster general,
countersigned by the Auditor; and no credit
shall be allowed for any deposit until such
warrant has been issued.
Sze. 56. That the postmaster general may
transfer money belonging to the postal service
between the Treasurer, assistant treasurer,
and designated depositaries, at his discretion,
and as the safety of the public money and the
convenience of the service may require.
Sze. 57. That all fines and penalties imposed
for any violation of any law relating to the
post office department, or of any other law
where such violation affects the revenue or
property of the post office department, shall,
when collected or recovered, be paid into the
treasury, to the credit of the United States,
for the use of the post office department, ex.
cepting, however, such part thereof as may,
by law, belong to the party informing or pro
secuting for the same.
Sze. 58. That the postmaster general may
dispose of any quarterly returns of mails sent
or received, preserving the accounts-current
and all accompanying vouchers, and use such
portions of the proceeds as may be necessary
to defray the cost of separating and disposing
of them ; but the accounts shall be preserved
entire for at least two years.
Sac. 59. That the Postmaster General may
'provide, by regulations, for the disposition of
printed and mailable matter which may re
main in any post-office, or in the department,
not called for by the party addressed' . ' but if
the publisher of any refused or uncalled-for
newspaper or other periodical shall pay the
postage doe thereon, such newspaper or other
periodical shall be excepted from the operation
of this section. . .
SEC. 60. That when any postmaster shall be
required to execute a new bond, all payments
made by him after the execution of such new
bond may, if the Postmaster General or the
auditor shall deem it just, be applied first to
discharge any balance which may be due from
said postmaster under his old bond.
SEC. 61. That the Postmaster General shall
establish post-offices at all such places on
post-roads established by law as he may deem
expedient, and he shall promptly certify such
establishment to the auditor for the post-office
department.
Sec. 62. That any person who shall, with
out authority from the postmaster General,
set up or profess to keep any office or place
of business bearing the sign, name or title of
post-office, shall forfeit and pay, for every
such offense, not more than five hundred dol
lars.
Sec. 63. That postmasters of the fourth and
fifth class shall be appointed and may be re
moved by the postmaster General, and all
others shall be appointed•and may be removed
by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and shall hold their
offices for four years unlesss sooner removed
or suspended according to law, and all appoint
ments and removals shall be notified to the
Auditor for the Post-office Department.
Sec. 64. That every postmaster shall reside
within the delivery of the office to which he is ap
pointed.
Sac. G. That every postmaster, before entering
upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with
good and approved security, and in such penalty
as the Postmaster General shall deem sufficient,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of all duties
and trusts imposed on him either by law or the
rules and regulations of the Department ; and
where an office shall be designated as a money
order office, the bond of the postmaster shall con
tain an additional condition for the faithful per
formance of all duties and obligations in connec
tion with the money order business. On the death,
resignation, or removal of a postmaster, his bond
shall be delivered to the Auditor for the Post-Office
Department. The bond of any married woman
who may be appointed postmaster shall be binding
upon her and her sureties, and shall be liable for
misdonduct in office as if she were sole.
Sec. 66. That when any of the sureties of a
postmaster shall notify the Postmaster General of
their desire to be released from their suretyship,
or when the Postmaster General deems a new bond
necessary, he shall require the postmaster to exe
cute such new bond, with security, which, when
accepted by the Postmaster General, shall be as
valid as the bond given upon the original appoint
ment of such postmaster, and the sureties in the
prior bond shall be released from responsibility
for all acts or defaults of such postmaster which
may be done or committed subsequent to the last
day of the quarter in which such new bond shall
be executed and accepted.
SEC. 67. That if on the settlement of the account
of any postmaster it shall appear that ho is indebt
ed to the United States, and suit:therefor shall not
be instituted within three years after the close of
such account, the sureties on his bond shall not be
liable for such indebtedness. _
Sec. GS. That every postmaster shall keep an
office in which one or more persons shall be on
duty during such hours comets day as the Post
master General may direct, for the purpose of re
ceiving, delivering, making up, and forwarding all
mail matter received thereat.
Sec. O. That all letters brought to any post
office half an hour before the time forth° departure
of the mail shall be forwarded therein ; but at
offices where, in the opinion of the Postmaster
General, more time for making up the mail is re
quired, he may prescribe accordingly, not exceed
ing one hour.
SEC. 70. That the Postmaster General shall fur
nish to the postmasters at the termination of each
route a schedule of the time of arrival and depar
ture of the mail at their officer, respectively, to be
posted in a conspicuous place in the office ; and
the•Posimaster General shall also give the post
master notice of any change in the arrival and de
parture that may ordered • and he shall cause to
be kept and returned to the Department, at short
and regular intervals, registers, showing the exact
times of the arrivals and departures of the mail.
SEC. 71. That every postmaster shall keep a
record, in such form as the Postmaster General
shall direct, of all postage stamps and envelopes
and of all postal books, blanks, and property re
ceived from his predecessor, or from the Depart
ment or any of its agents ; and also of all receipts
in money for postages and box rents, and of all
other receipts ou account of the postal service, and
of any other transactions which may required by
the Postmaster General ; and theso reeerds shalrbe
preserved and delivered to his successor, and shall
be at all times subject to examination by any
special agent of the Department.
Sec. 72. That each postmaster shall render to
the Postmaster General, under oath, and in stick
form as the latter shall prescribe, a quarterly ac
count of all money received or charged by him or
at his office, for postage, rent of boxes or other re
ceptacles for mail matter, or by reason of keeping
a branch office, or fur thedelivery of mail matter in
any manner whatever.
Sec. 73. That the Postmaster General may 're
quire a sworn statement to accompany each quar
terly account of a postmaster, to the effect that
such account contains a true statement of the en
tire amount of postage, box rents, charges, and
moneys collected or received at his office during
the quarter ; that he has not knowingly delivered,
or permitted to be delivered, any mail matter on
which the postage was not at the time paid ; that
such account exhibits truly and faithfully the en
tire receipts collected at his office, and which, by
due diligence, could have been collected ; and that
the credits he claims are just and right. Asd any
false swearing therein shall render him liable to
the pains and penalties of perjury.
Sec. 74. That if any postmaster shall neglect to
render his accounts, for ono month after the time,
and in the form and manner prescribed by law and
the regulations of the Postmaster General, such
postmaster and his sureties shall forfeit and pay
double the amount of the gross receipts at said of
fice duringany previousor subsequent equal period
of time ; and if, at the time of trial, no account
shall have been rendered, they shall forfeit and
pay such sum as the court and jury shall estimate
to be equivalent thereto, to be recovered in an ac
tion of debt on the bond. . .
Sze. 7a. That t ostmasters shall keep safely,
without loaning, using, depositing in an unauthor
ized bank, or exchanging for other funds, all the
public money collected by them, or which may
some into their possession, until it is ordered by
the Postmaster General to be transferred or paid
out.
Sec. 76. That the postmaster at Washington and
postmasters at cities where there is an assistant
treasurer shall deposit the postal revenues and all
money accruing at their office with such assistant
treasurer as often as once a week at least, and as
much oftener as the Postmaster General may di
rect.
SEC. 77. That postmasters shall promptly re
port to the Postmaster
_General every delinquency,
nezlect, or malpractice of the contractors, their
agents, or carriers, which may come to their
knowledge.
Sze. 78. That no postmaster, assistant postmas
ter, or clerk employed in any post office shall be
a contractor or concerned in any contract for car
rying the mail.
Sec. 79. That no postmaster shall act as agent
for any lottery office, or under any color or pur
chase, or otherwise, vend lottery tickets ; nor
shall he receive or send any lottery scheme, circu
lar or ti:ket free of postage ; and for any viola
tion of the provisions of this section the person
offending shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars.
Sec. 80. That the compensation of postmasters
shall be a fixed annual salary, to be divided into
five classes, exclusive of the postmaster at Now
York city, whose salary shall ho six thousand
dollars per annum. The salary of the first class
shall not be more than four thousand dollars nor
less than three thousand dollars ; of the second
class, less than three thousand dollars, but not less
than two thousand dollars; of the third class,
less than two thousand dollars, but not less than
one thousand dollars ; of the fourth class, less
than one thousand dollars, but nut less than two
hundred dollars ; of the fifth class, less than two
hundred dollars ; and the salaries of the first,
second, and third classes shall be in even hundreds
of dollars ; of the fourth class, in even tens of
dollars ; and of the fifth class, in even dollars.
Sec. 81. That at all newly established offices,
the Postmaster General may temporarily frx the
salary until the returns of such office shall enable
him to properly adjust the same, but the compen
sation shall in no case he thus temporarily fixed
at more than the salary of an office of the fifth
class.
Sze. 82. That the salaries of postmasters shall
be re-adjusted by the Postmaster General once in
two years, and in special cases as much oftener as
he may deem expedient; and when the quarterly
returns of any postmaster of the third, fourth, or
fifth class show that the salary allowed is twenty
per centu • less than it would be on the basis of
commission, the Postmaster General shall readjust
the same.
SEC. 83. That in readjusting the salary of a
postmaster, the amount thereof shall be ascertain
ed by adding, to the whole amount of box rents,
commissions on the other postal revenues of the
office at the following rates : On the first one hun
dred dollars or less, sixty per centum; on all over
one hundred dollars, and not over four hundred
dollars, fifty per centum; on all over four hundred
dollars and not over two thousand dollars four
hundred dollars ' forty per centum; on all over two
thousand four hundred dollars, fifteen per centum.
And in order to ascertain the amount of postal re
ceipts of each office. the Postmaster General shall
require postmasters to state, under oath, at such
times and for such periods as he may deem neces
sary in each ease, the amount of stamps canceled,
the amount of box rents received, the amount of
unpaid postages eollected, and the amount of pos
tage on printed and other mailable matter: Pro
vided, however, That whenever, by reason of the
extension of free delivery of letters, the box rents
of any postoffiee are decreased, the Postmaster
General may allow, out of the receipts of such
office, a sum sufficient to maintain tile salary there
of at the amount at which it had been fixed before
the decrease in box rents.
SEC. 84. That tho Postmaster General shall
make all orders assigning or changing the salaries
of postmasters in writing, and record them in his
journal, and notify the change to the Auditor; and
any change made in such salaries shall not take
effect until the first day of the quarter next follow
ing such order: Provided, That in cases of an ex
traordinary increase or decrease in the business of
any postoffice, the Postmaster General may adjust
the salary of the postmaster at such postoffice, to
take effect from the first day of the quarter or
period the returns for which form the basis of re
adjustment.
SEC. 65. That no postmaster shall, under any
pretense whatever, have, tcceive, or retain for
himself, in the aggregate, more than the amount
of his salary and his' commission on the money
order business as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 56. That the Postmaster General may des
ignate offices at the intersection of mail routes as
distributing or separating offices; and where any
such office is of the third, fourth, or fifth class, he
may make a reasonable allowance to the postmas
ter for the necessary cost of clerical services arising
from such duties.
SEC. 87. That the Postmaster General may al
low to the postmaster at New York city, and to
the postmasters at offices of the first and second
classes, out of the surplus revenues of. their res
pective offices, that is to say, the excess of box
rents and commissions over and above the salary
assigned to the office, a reasonable sum for the
necessary cost of rent, fuel, lights, furniture, sta
tionery, printing, clerks, and necessary incidentals
to be adjusted on a satisfactory exhibit of the
facts, and no such allowance shall be made except
upon the order of the Postmaster General.
Sec. 88. That the salary of a postmaster, and
such other expenses of the postal service author.
ized by law as may be incurred by him, and for
which appropriations bare been made, may ba de
ducted out of the receipts of his office, under the
direction of the Postmaster General.
Sec. 80. That vouchers for all deductions made
by a postmaster out of the receipts of his office, on
account of the expenses of the postal service. shall
be submitted for examination and settlement to
the Auditor for the Postoffice Department, and no
such deduction shall be valid aisles, found to be in
conformity with law.
SEC. SO. That whenever, by reason of the pres
ence of a military or naval torte near any post
office, or front any other cause, unusual business
accrues thereat, the Postmaster General shall
make a trpeoial order allowing reasonable compen
sation for clerical service, and a proportionate in
crease of salary to the postmaster during the time
of such extraordinary business.
Sec. 91. That the - Postmaster General may dis
continue any postoffice where the safety and secur
ity of the postal service and revenues are endan
gered from any cause whatever, or where the effi
cieney of the service shall require such discontin
uance to the Auditor for the Poetoffice Depart
ment.
Sec. 92. That letter carriers shall he employed
for the free delivery of mail matter, as frequently
as the public convenience may require, at every
place containing a population of fifty thousand
within the delivery of its postoffice, and at such
other places as the Postmaster General may direct.
Sec. 93. That the salary of letter carriers shall
be fixed by the Postmaster General, and shall not
exceed eight hundred dollars per annum ; but on
satisfactory evidence of diligence, fidelity, and ex
perience, he may increase their salary to any sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum
and in San Francisco, California, he may pay such
additional salaries to carriers as will secure the
services of competent persons.
Sec. 94. That the Postmaster General may pre
scribe a uniform dress to he worn by letter carri
ers, and any person not connected with the letter
carrier branch of the postal service wh. shall wear
the uniform may be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, for every
such offense shall be fined not more than ono hun
dred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six
months, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sze. 95. That the Postmaster General may es
tablish, in places where letter carriers are employ
ed, and also in other places where, in his judg
ment, the public convenience requires it, receiving
boxes, for the deposit of mail matter, and shall
cause the matter deposited therein to be collected
as often as public convenience may require.
Sec. 96. That any person who shall willfully
and maliciously injure, tear down or destroy, any
letter box ' pillar box, or other receptacle establish
ed by the Postmaster General for the safe deposit
of matter for the mail or for delivery, or who shall
willfully and maliciously assault any letter carrier,
when in uniform, while engaged on his route in
the discharge of his duty as a letter carrier, and
any person who shall willfully aid or assist there
in, shall, on conviction thereof, for every such
offense, forfeit and pay not less than one hundred
nor more than ono thousand dollars, or be impris
oned notices than one or more the three years, ac
cording to the circumstances and aggravation of
toe offense.
Svc. 97. That each letter carrier shall give
bonds, with sureties, to be approved by the Post
master General, for the safe custody and delivery
of all mail matter, and the faithful account and
payment of all money received by him.
Sec. 98. That the Postmaster General, when
the public convenience requires it, may establish
within any post office delivery one or more branch
offices, for the receipt and delivery of mail matter
and the sale of stamps and envelopes ; and be
shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the
government thereof. But no letter shall be sent
for delivery to any branch office contrary to the
request of the party to whom it is addressed.
Sec. 99. That the rate of postage on newspa
pers, excepting weeklies, periodicals not exceeding
two ounces in weight, and circulars when tht
same aredeposited in a letter carrier office for de
livery by the office or its carriers, shall be uniform
at one cent each ; but periodicals weighing more
than two ounces shall be subject to a postage of
two cents each, and these rates shall be prepaid
by stamps.
Sec. lOU. That no extra postage or carriers fees
shall be charged or collected upon any mail mat
ter collected or delivered by carriers.
Sec. 101. That all expenses of letter carriers,
branch offices, and receiving boxes, or incident
thereto, shall he kept and reported in a seprate ac
count, and shall be shown in comparison with the
proceeds from postage on local mail matter at
each office, and the Postmaster General shall be
guided in the expenditures for this branch of the
service by the income derived therefrom.
Sec. 102. That to promote publie convenience.
and to insure greater security in the transfer 01
money through the mail, the Postmaster General
may establish, under such rules and regulations as
he may deem expedient, a uniform money order
system, at all suitable post offices, which shall he
designated as "money order offices."
Sec. 103. That the Postmaster General may
conclude arrangements with the post departments
of foreign governments, with which postal conven
tions have been or may be concluded, for the ex
change, by means of postal orders, of small sum:
of money, not exceeding fifty dollars in amount,
at such rates of exchange, and compensation to
postmasters, and under such rules and regulation:
as ho may deem expedient ; and the expenses 01
establishing and conducting such system of ex
change may be paid out uf the proceeds of the
money order basin( se.
Sec. 104. That the postmasters at a money or
der office shall issue, in such manner and form as
the Postmaster General may prescibe, en order Tot
a specified sum of money, payable by the post
master at any other money order office which the
person applying therefor may select ; but no mo
ney order shall be delivered until the amoun
thereof and the proper fee therefor, have been de
posited with the postmaster issuing it: Provided.
That the postmaster of every city where branch
post offices or stations are established and in oper
ation, subject to his supervision. is hereby author
ized, under the direction of the Postmaster Gener
al, to issue, or to cause to be issued, by any of his
assistants or clerks in charge of branch post office ,
orstations, postal money orders payable at hi:
own or at any other money order office, or at any
branch post office or station of his own, or of any
other money order office, as the remitters thereof
may direct ; and that the postmaster and his sure
tics shall in every case be held accountable upon
his official bond for all moneys received by him at
his designated assistants or clerks in charge of
stations from the issue of money orders under the
provisions-of this act, and fur all moneys which
way come into his or their hands, or be placed in
his or their custody by reason of the transaction
by them of money order business. And all the
provisions of law now in force respecting the issue
and the payment of money orders, and the dispo
sal of money order funds in the custody of post
masters, shall apply to all money orders isssuen
under the authority given by this act, and to al,
moneys received from the issue thereof.
See. 105. That any postmaster who shall issue a
money order without having previously received
the money theref r shall he deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be find
not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dol
lars.
Sec. 106. That in case of the sickness or una
voidable absence from his office of the postmastei
of any money order post office, he may, with the ap
proval of the Postmaster General, authorize the
chief clerk, or some other clerk employed therein
to act in his place, ar.d to discharge all the dutiet
required by law of such postmaster : Provided.
That the official bond given by the princinal of the
office shall be held cover and apply to the acts oi
the person appointed to act in his place in such
cases: And provided further, That such actin&
officer shall, for the time being, be subject to al.
the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for
the official misconduct in like cases of the postmas
ter for whom be shall act.
Sec. 107. That no money ordershall be issued - for
more than fifty dollars, and the foes therefor shalt
be, for orders not exceeding ten dollars, five cents
exceeding ten and not twenty dollars, ten cents ;
exceeding twenty and not exceeding thirty dol-
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larf, fifteen cents; exceeding thirty and not ex
ceeding forty dollars, twenty cents ; exceeding
forty dollars, twenty fire cents.
Sec. 108. That the Postmaster General shall
supply money order offices with blank forms of ap
plication for money orders, which each applicant
shall fill up with his name, the name and address
of the party to whom the order is to be paid, the
amount, and the date of application; and all
such applications shall be preserved by the post
master receiving them for such time as the Post
master General may prescribe.
Sec. 109. That the Postmaster shall furnish
money order offices with printed or engraved
forms for money orders, and noordershall be valid
unless it be drawn upon such form.
Sec. 110. That the postmaster issuing a money
order shall scud a notice thereof by mail, without
delay, to the postmaster on whom it is drawn.
Sec. 111. That no money order shall be valid
and payable unless presented to the postmaster on
whom it is drawn within ono year after its date;
but the Postmaster General, on the applithition of
the remitter or payee of any such order, may
cause a new order to be issued in lieu thereof.
Sec. 112. That the payee of a money order may
by his written indorsement thereon, direct it to be
paid to any other person, and the postmaster on
whom it is drawn shall pay the .me to the person
thus designated, provided he shall furnish such
proof as the Postmaster General may prescribe that
the endorsement is genuine, and that the he is the
rerson empowered to receive payment; but more
than one indorsement shall render an order invalid
and not payable, and the holder, to obtain pay
ment, shall be required to apply in writing to the
Postmaster General for a new order in lieu thereof,
returning the original order, and making such
proof of the genuiness of the endorsements as the
Postmaster General may require.
Sec. 113. That taller a 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 lien of it,
for which a new fee shall be exacted.
See. 114. That the pc stmaster issuing; a money
order shall repay the amount of it upon the appli
cation of the person who obtained it, and the re
turn of the order, but the fee paid for it shall not
be returned.
See. lb. That whenever a money order has
been lost, the Postmaster General, upon the appli
cation of the remitter or payee of such order, may
cause a 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 bad not been, and
would not thereafter be, paid, and a similar cer
tificate from the postmaster by whom it was issued
that it had not been, and would not thereafter be,
repaid.
oee. 116. That any person who shall, with in
tent to defraud, falsely make, forge, counterfeit,
or engrave, or print, or cause, or procure to be
falsely made, forged, counterfeited, engraved, or
printed, or willingly aid or assist in falsely mak
ing, forging, counterfeiting, engraving, or print
ing, any order in limitation of or purporting to be
a money order issued by the Postoffice Depart
ment, or any of its postmasters or agents, or any
material signature or indorsement thereon; any
person who shall falsely alter, or cause or procure
to be altered, or willingiy aid or assist in falsely
altering any such money order; any person who
shall, with intent to defraud, pass, utter, or pub
lish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, as true,
any such false, forged, counterfeit, or altered
money order, knowing the same, or any signature
or indorsement thereon, to be false, forged, coun
terfeited, or altered, every person shall be deemed
guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall
be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than two
nor more than five years, and be fined not exceed
ing five thousand dollars.
See. 117. That all payments and transfers to
and from money order • fees shall be under the
direction of the Postmaster General. Ile may
transfer money order funds from one postmaster
to another, and from the postal revenue to the
money orderfunds; and ho may transfer money
order funds to creditors of the Department, to be
replaced by equivalent transfers from the postal
revenues.
See. 118. That the Postmaster General may
transfer to the postmaster at any money order of
fice, by warrant on the treasury, countersigned by
the Auditor for the Postoffice Department, and
payable out of the revenues, such sum as may be
required over and above the current revenues at
his office to pay the money orders drawn upon
him.
1-Tee. 119. That the Postmaster General shall re
quire each postmaster at a money order office to
render to the Postoffice Department weekly, semi
weekly, or daily accounts of all money orders is
sued and paid; of all fees received for issuing
them; of all transfers and payments made
from money orders on account of money order
business.
Wc:l2o. That the Auditor for the Postoffice
Department shall keep the accounts of money or
der business separately, and in such manner as to
show the number and amount of money orders is
sued at each office, tho number and amount paid,
the amount of fees received, and all the expenses
of the money order business. _ .
Sec. 121. That all money received for the sale
of money orders, including all fees thereon, all
money transferred from the postal revenues to
the money order funds, all money transferred or
paid from the money order funds to the service of
the Postoffice Department, and all money order
funds transferred from one postmaster to another,
shall be deemed and taken to be money order funds
and money in the treasury of the United Stater,
and it shall he the duty of the assistant treasurer
of the United States to open at the request of the
Postmaster General, an account of "money order
i'unds" deposited by postmasters to the credit of
the Postmaster General, and of drafts against the
amount so deposited, drawn by him and counter
signed by the Auditor.
See. 122. That any postmaster, assistant, clerk,
or other person employed in or connected with the
business or operatioi sof any money order office
who shall convert to his own use, in any way what
ever or loaner deposite in any bank, or exchange
fur Other , funds, any portion of the money order
funds, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement ;
and any such person advising or participating
therein, shall on conviction thereof, for any sat h
offense, be imprisoned for not less than six months
nor more than ten years, and be fined in it sum
equal to the amount embezzled; and any failure to
pay over or produce any money order funds in
trusted to person shall be taken to the prima-facie
evidence of embezzlement; and upon the trial of
indictment against any person for such embezzle
ment, it shall be prima facie evidence of a balance
against im to produce a transcript from the money
order account books of the Auditor for the Postoffice
Department. But nothing herein contained shall
'ac construed to prohibit any postmaster depositing
ander the direction of the Postmaster General, in a
rational bank designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury for that purpose, to his own credit as
costmaster, any money order or other funds in his
charge, nor prevent his negociating drafts or other
evidences of debt through sack bank, or through
United States disbursing officers orotherwiee, when
*nstructed or required to do so by the Postmaster
General, for the purpose of remitting surplus money
order funds from one postoffice to another,' to be
used in payment of money orders. That disbursing
Jfficers of the Uni ed States shall be required to
issue, under regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, duplicates of lost checks
brawn by them in favor of any postmaster on ac
count of money order or other public funds received
•,y them from 601.110 other postmaster.
Sec. tm. That postmasters at money offices may be al
lowed, as compensation for issuing and paying money or
ders, not exceeding oue-third of the whole amount of
eel collected on orders issued. and one-fourth of one per
centum on the gross amount of orders paid at their res
pective offices, provided such compensation together with
:he postwaster'e salary, shall not exceed fear thousand
]fare per annum, except in the case of the postmaster
at New York city, as bereinbefore provided.
Sec. 121. That the Postmaster General may pay out of
the proceeds of the money order Japanese the coin of sta
tionery and each incidental expenses as are necessary fur
the tmnsaction of that business.
Sec. 125. That the Postmaster General may employ such
as additional number of clerks at money order offices a,
may be necessary for conducting the operations of the
money order system, who eball be paid cut of the pro
ceeds of the money order business.
Sec, 126. That for the greater security of valuable mail
matter, the Postmaster General may establish a uniform
system of regietmtion.
Sec. 127. 'I hat mail matter shall be registered only on
the application of the party posting the same. and tho
fee therefor shall not exceed twenty cents in addition to
the regular postage, to be, in all eases, prepaid and all
such fees shall be accounted fur in such manner as the.
Postmaster General shall direct : Provided, That letters
spots the official business of the Postoffice Department
which require registering shall he registered free of charge,
and pass through the wells free of charge.
Sec. 115. That a receipt shall be taken epem the delivery
of any registered mail warier. showing to whom and when
the same was delivered, which shall be returned to the
sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie evi
dence of such delivery.
Sec. 129. That the Postoffice Department, or ire revenue,
shall not be liable ffir the lasso, auygregietered mail matter
roc. 130. That mailable matter shall be divided into
three class: first, letters; second, regularprinted matter;
third, niiscellaneutte matter.
Sec. 131. That mailable matter of the first class shall
embrace all correspondence, wholly or partially in wri
ting, except book maanecripts and corrected proof sheets
passing, between authors and publishers.
See. 132 That mailable matter of the second cities shall
embrace all matter exchusive.y is print, and regularly
issued at stated periods from a known °Motor publication
without addition by writing, mark. or sign.
Sec. 133. That mailable matter of the third class shall
embrace all pamphlets, occasional publications, transient
newspapers, magazines, hand-bille, postern untested cir
culars, protpectines, books, book-mautiscripts,preot-cheats,
corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blinks,
flexible patterns, samples of merchandise not exceeding
twelve ounces in weight, sample aids, plain end orna
mental paper, photographic representations of different
types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, mime. and all other ar
ticles not above the weight prescribed by law otherwise
injure the contents of the mail bag or the person of say
one engaged in the postal service. All lignide. poisons.
glass, explosive meterlale, and obscene books shall be ex
cluded from the tnails. All matter of the third class, ex
cepting books and other printed matter, book-manueeripta,
picot-sheete, and corrected proof-sheets, shall not exceed
twelve ounces in weight, and all matter of the third clue
'bail 4chitgazulnation and to rates of postage
ps he jrcraild d. Samples of metals. orse and min
°retest s aataii net exceed twelve caeca
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