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ALBANY REGISTER. Supplement ISo. 11. OFFICIAL. OF THE UNITED STATES. PASSED AT THE 8KC05D SESSION' or TBI rOR- - SC, I i -4BOOHD CONGRESS. POSTAL. CONVENTION. BSTTTEESt TBS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR. The undersigned, John A. J. Crcswell aSSSS ?f .J10 United StX of AJ? to J? r the power Tested in !K?&U3!iY?,S2.,,t0S10 rs rfflnister or the nsroe of Ms government, and by virtue of "a-snington, in r.i.T ii . iku lunnnuy presented to this effect, have agreed upon the following articles, to wit : ARTICLE 1. , An exchange of malls shall hereafter take place between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, bv the ordina ry n?en of communication via' the Isthmus of Panama, the Government of the United States to be at the expense or the transporta tion thereof between New York and Panama, and Snn Francisco and Panama, so Ions as direct service by United States steamers, in cluding the Isthmus transit, is maintained under existing conditions ; and the govern ment of Ecuador to be at the expense of the transportation thereof between Panama and Ecuador so long as the present or other slmi iior arrangement for the ocean mail service between Panama and Ecuador is continued. The correspondence so exchanged shall com prise: 1. Letters and manuscripts subject by the ---- - wuuu; W ieuer race oi post age. Xewsnaners and mini. rtr n i-i-ci- sheets, is pamphlets, and in books, sheets of music, engravings, llthvograpbs, photographs, drawings, maps and plans. o-aT somiorres pondence may be exchanged, whet her origina ting fo either of said countries and destined lor the other, or originating in or destined tor foreign countries to which thev mav respect ively serve as Intermediaries. " ' Article 2. New York and San Francisco snail be the offices of exchange on the side or the United States, and Gnnyqnil and Manta shall bo the the offices of exchange on the side of Ecua dor, tor all mails transmitted between the two countries tinder this arrangement ; and all mail matter trtnsmitted in either direct Ion between the respective offices of exchan ge shall be forwarded in closed bags or pouch es, under seal, addressed to the correspond ing exchange office, and the mails so dis patched lrom either country to the other shall be forwarded to the United States consul and resident mail agent at Panama, who Is here by designated as the agent of the two govern ments for receiving the bags or pouches at that port from either direction, and for dis dest?naMons.me ' thelr resPecUve ultimate The two Post Departments mav, at any time, discontinueeither of said offices of ex change or establish others. (Article 3. The standard weight for the single rate of postage and rule of progression shall be : a. x or letters, or manuscripts subject bv law to letter rate of postage, one-hail (j) ounce, (avoirdupois.) 2. For all other correspondence mention 1 in the second paragraph of the first article, that which each country shall adopt for the mails which it dispatches to the other, adapt ed to the con venlen.- and tuthtts nr ire iman. or administration: but each country shall give notice to the other of the standard weight It adopts, and of any subsequent change there of. The weight stated by the dispatching ex change office shall alwavs be accepted, ex cept In cases of manifest error. Article 4. No accounts shall be kept betwoen the Post Office Departments of the two countries on the international correspondence, written i t printed, exchanged between them; but each oonntiyatssllleTy-, collect, and retain to its own we the following postal charges, viz : 1VTlpo.aJ!w tobe Bd and collected in the United States on each totter, or manu script subject to letter postage, mailed to the Unlied Sales, and addressedto any place in " "Public of Ecnador, shall be twentv (20) cents. United States currency, per each weight of half an ounce or fraction of ounce; and the postage to be charged andcolleeted in Ec uador on each letter, or manuscript subject to letter postage, mailed in Ecuador and ad dressed to any place in the United Stales of America, shall be two eS) reals, or the fifth part of a dollar, (bard.) Ecuador currency, the uune to be in each case In full of all char ges whatever to the place of destination in either country Either couiitrv, however, la at liberty to reduce this charge, but not to In crease it without the previous assent of the other. w 2. On all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first article the Post Departments of the United States and Ecuador may respectively levy, collect, and retain to their separate and exclusive use such rates or postage adapted to their interi or administration and to the cost of seat ra as portation as they shall deem advisable. But each office shall give notice to the other of the rates it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof. Newspapers and other correspondence of the class referred to In the preceding para graph shall bo sent in narrow bands or cov ers, open at. the sides or ends, so that thev may be easily examined ; and packages of such correspondence shall be subject to the laws and regulations of each country in re gard to their llala'itv to pay customs duly. If containing dutiable goods, or to be rated with letter-postage when containing written mat ter, or for any other cause specified in said laws and regulations. Article 5. Letters, and other communications in man uscript, which, from any canse, cannot be de livered to weir auarsss, alter the expiration of a proper period to effect their delivery, shall be reciprocally returned everv month, unopened an 1 without charge, to the' Post or lice Department of tiie dispatching country ; but newspapers, and all other articles of printed matter, shall not be returned, but re mair at the disposal of the receiving office. Letterc eroneously transmuted, or wrongly ad-ire.-sed. shall be promptly returned to the dispatching office without charge, AKTICI E 6. The Post Department of the United States shall establish, in conformity with the ar rangements In force at the time, the conditions upon which the Post Department or Ecuador may exchange, in open mails the correspondence originating in Ecuador and destined for countries to which the Unit ed Scales may serve as an intermediary ; but such correspondence shall only be charged with the international postage establisheduy this conventlou, augmented by the postage rates In force between the United States and the country of destination, and any other tax for exterior service. The Post Department of the United States shall furnish the Post Department of Ecuador with a list stating the foreign countries to which the foreign postage and the amounts thereof must be absolutely pre-paid, or can be lef. unpaid, and shall modify such list from time to time, as the exigences of its foreign is s al service may require. In conformity to the reqnirments of the Ereceedtng paragraph, a table marked A Is ereunto annexed, enmtmeraiing the coun tries with which, and specifying the terms and conditions on which, Ecuador may ex change correspondence by way of the United States. Correspondence of this, class must be ac companied by a letter-bill from the dispatch ing exchange office of Ecuador, Sjiectfyiiig me amount uue inereon to tne u nueu states, and the receiving exchange office of the Unit ed Siates shall retnrn by next post to such dispatching e xohaege office a n acknoledgme n t if receipt and verification thereof, which letter-bills an l ackuoledgement of receint shall be in conformity to the models B and C, here unto annexed, and shall serve as vochers lu the settlement of the accounts. Thai w m ii n i w Ue 1l ut bat ween tfaetwo Post Departments npon this class 01 correspond ence shall be stated quarterly, transmitted and verified as speedily as practicable : and the amounts found due shall be paid prompt ly to the United States office, under such reg ulations as the respective Post Departments may from time to time prescribe. Such quarter ly statement shall h prepared bv the United dates "mice, ami snail rouow me lorm u, uexcuuio ouuexeu. Article 7, Letters originating in foreign countries and addressed to the United States or Ecuador, respectively, on which the foreign and inter national DOS' a 1 chanres r fiillv nnomlri shall, when forwarde fin the mails of either coumr v to tne otner, oe delivered in the coun try oi destination iree oi charge. ARTICLE & The official eorrsepondenoe between the two governments, tliat of each government with its legation near the other, and of each legation with Its government, shall be con veyed to its destination free of postage and with all the precautions which the two gov ernments may find necessary forinvtoiabUity and security. Article 9. When In ono of the two countries there is no legation of the other, the franking prtve lege of the vacant legation shall be transferr ed, n the terms stipulated in the proceeding article, to the respective consulate or vice consulate at New York or Guayaquil ARTICLE 10. Neither Post Department shall be required to deliver any article received in the mails the circulation of which shall be prohibited by the laws in force In the country of destina tion ; and any article subject by the laws of either country to customs, duty, or to confis cation shall. when received in the mails from other, be treated in accordance with the laws of the receiving country. Article 11. The two Post Departments may.bv mutual agreement., provide lor the transmission of registered articles in the malls exchanged be tween the two countries. The register fee for each article shall be ten (10) cents in the United States and one(l) neat in Ecuador. Article 12. The two Post Departments shall sottlo. by agreement betwoen them, all measures of detail and arrangement required to carrv this convention into execution, and mav modify the same In like manner, from tlma'to time, as the exigencies of the service mav require. Articles mar also, by mutual consent, be amended, added, or suppressed, according to h roquirmeiits of -he service, without re- eluding or otherwise a'terina or initialling any other of the articles of this convention. Akticie 13. This convention shall take effect from the date of the exchange of ratifications, and shall continue In force until annulled by mutual consent, or until one war from the date of notice given by one of ihe two departments to the other of Its desire to terminate the same. Article 14. Tills convention shall be approved and rati fied in the manner and form prescribed by the constitution and laws oi each of the high contracting parties, and the exchange of rati fications Thai! bo made at Washington six months after the last ratlQcallon, or sooner, if t,e,tlt,l Done In duplicate, at the city or Washing ton, this ninth dav of May. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and seventy-one. tl H.I tTSO. A. J. CKESWKLL, Postmaster General of the. United States. ft. SO ANTONIO FLORKS. I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and In testtmonv thereof I hare caused the teal of the United States to be affixed. lu. s. 1 U. S. Grant. II v the President : II AMI J. Ton Fish, Secretary of Slate. W A8HIXQTUN, May 0, 1S71. Translation. Having seen and examined the aforegoing postal conventlou, which bus been approved by the legislative decree of the 1st of the present month, and In exercise of the sixth attribute of the sixtieth article of the consti tution, I have ratified it, as bv the present I do ratify and declare it accepted, confirmed, and obligatory in all and each or its clauses and stimulations contained In saldeonveutlon, solemnly engaging and pledging for Its faith ful and exact observance on the part of Ecua dor the" national fiilih and honor. In faith of which I have caused the present to be prepared, signed with may hand, sealed with the seal of the republic, and counter signed by the secretary of State for foreign relations, at Quito, the thirtieth of Septem ber, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. It.. 8.1 G. GARCIA MORENO. Francisco Javier Legs. We. John A. J. Creswell, Postmaster Gen eral of the United States, and Antonla Floras, minister of Ecnador to the United States, ..nrtvfv rKnt on t.hm tlnto u-o tmi-o nin..Adnrl to perform the exchange of ratiflcatfbna of the postal convention wuicn was ccnciuueu ue tween the United States and Ecnador at Washington, on the 9th day of May, A D. 1871. Done in duplicate and tuned at Washing ton, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1871. I.. 8.) JSO. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster General of the United States. tl K.) AN TON lO FLORES. GKNERAL nature-No. 145. AN ACT to establish certain post-roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the following be, and are hereby, es- taDlisnea as post-roads: ALABAMA. From Mitchell to Oswichoe. From Jacksonville, via White plains and jviwuius me, to xvcwp cuoic. From Edwardsville. via Belt's Mills. Arba coochie. Slate Hill, and Wild Wood, to Wed- owee. From Pine Apple to Cokevillo. From Oxford to Kemp's Creek From Dadeville, via Howell's Store, to We- tumpsa, ARKANSAS. From.Taylor's Creek to Cherry Valley. From Locksburg to Mineral Springs. From Greensboro' to Powhatan. From Big Flat to Pineville. From Sycamore, via Table Rock, McClure's aui is, ana muiato uuy, to leuvuie. From Conmev to Out! man. From Dalles via Eagle Gan. to Chaeoville From Ratesville, via Block Oak and Mount Olive to Fliievitfe. From Antrim, via Okaloua, Rome, Beech urees, ana jua mi i, to camneu. From Say ettevi lie to Vinlta. CALIFORNIA. From Hydesville, via Gibson's Store, Rob inson's Store. Coutses Store, and Kickamakle, to nounu vatiev. Frsm Reno. In Nevada, to Greenville. From Independence to Deeu Snrlnirs. From Havolan, to Mineral Park in OrUo- na. From San Bneneventara. to Hueneme. From San Diego, via Soring Val lev. Cagin RnytlP,.YUe delos Vlegos, Guaiary, and Stonewall Mine to Julian Mines. From Murced. via SnelUngs and coulter- vii te. to Xoeemiie Fro;tCoultervllIe toLaGranec. From Syi Louis Rey, via Falrvlew, to Te-mecuht.- From Independence, via Toll House, Deep Spring Valley, and Shda Valley, to Gold Mountain. From Modesto, via Horr's Ranch and Coul- tervllle, to lose mite. From San Diego, via Pamii, San PasonaT Montserate, Wolf's Store, and San Jacinto, to San Bernardino. From Ballena to Oak Grove. From Santa Clara, via Lexington, Summit House, Sua Lorenzo, and Felton, to Santa Cruz. From Elk Grove, via Sheldon at d Cocum nes, to Michigan Bar. COLORADO. From Colorado Springs, via East on, to Co mer's Mills. From Pueblo, via Huerfano Junction, Bags ville, and Los Animas, to Fort Lyon. DAKOTA. From Yankton, via Green Island, Nebras ka, to Cheyenne, in Wyoming. From Yankton, via Todd's Ford, to Rock port. From Medary to Lake Benton, in Mlnne seta. From Vermillion, viaTurnersvlle, to Wick low. FLORIDA. From Orlando to Cross Prairie. From Concord to Han ell, via Calvary, In Georgia. From New Smvrna, via Spring Hill and Lake Beresford. lo Hawklnsvllle. From Co lor Keys to Sumptervlllc. From Orlando, via Lake Marion and Fort Drum, to Saent Lucia. From Key West, via Charlotte Harbor, to Tampa. From Fort Mead, to Charlotte Harbor. From Okehumkue, via Sumpterville, to Brooksvllle. From New Troy, via Cook's Hammock, to Headman's Bay. From Jacksonville, via Callahan, King's Ferry, Coleraine, and Trodor's Hill, to Cen tre Village, Georgia. GEORGIA. From Elberton, via Summervale, Cold Wa ter, ond i.'cdar Creek to Hun well. From Penile d to Woodville. From Boston, via Old Grooverville, Ama cilla Station, to Monticello. Florltla. From Danielsville, via Poole's Grove and Antioch. vlaElvenon. From Vofilosto, via Long Pond, Swilley's Store, to Jcnnlng's Post Office, Florida. From Hearing to Luther. From Washington, via Baker's Ferrv to El berton. ILLINOIS. From Milirord. via Ash Grove to Buckley. From Hull'sTtation to l?iehf!..t From Eddyvllle, via Stonefort, to Sorah vllle. From Opdyke, via Harris Grove; to Webb's Prairie. Grim Tamaroa, via Winfield, to Spring Garden. From McLeansboro, via Mc Lansboro and lniikiiua jioau, io nwing. INDIANA. From West Lebanon, via Walnut Grove, to SOVWWIi From Lafayette, via Montmorency, Pond drove. Oxiord, Bos well, and Paxton, to zMOomington. IOWA. From Man vu to Algoua. From W est Side, via 1-cvev, Boyer Val lev, and Eden, to Storm Lake. From Jacksonville, via Pond Valley to uresco. From Clullicotbe to Muntcrville. From Eklora, via State Center to Des Moines. t ran Cherokee to Slblev. From Levev to Sac Cltv. From Ccntrevlllc, via Walnut City and Ic onlum, to Tyrone. From Ottumwa, via Ormanville, to Unlon vllle. From College Springs to Ablson, in Mis souri. From Delhi to Hortwick. KANSAS. From Neodoshs. viaSternerton, Jerrett, and Longt on, to Elk 1 .ills. From Osborne Citv, via vallev of Ihe Solo mon, to west Und of the state. From Sallno, via Limlsburg aud Hutchin son, to Pomerov, From Jewell" Citv. via Rnrr Oak-, to Ttmt Cloud. From Eureka, vLi Christina, to Cottonwood Falls. From Belleplain lo Oxford. From Jewell City, vlo Aurora, to Beloit. From Concordia, vlo Aurora, to Canker City, in Mitchell county. From Hutchinson, via Sherman Pomeroy, to Camp Supply, in Indian Territory. 2 KENTUCKY. From Mayneli", via Cuba and Dukedom, to Dresden. From WhHesbura to Irestonburg. From Jamestown to Cumberland Cltv. t From Ereensbuig, via Vaughn's Store, to Edmonton; MARYLAND. From Cumberland to Bottle Run Tannery. From Wolfsville to Smilhburg. MASSACII USETTS. From Oak Blnfl's Landing to Edgartown. From Greenfield to Couwa. MAINE. From East Bradford to South La Grange. MICHIGAN. From Ionia to Easton. MINNESOTA. From Benson to Indian Agency, at Big Stone Lake. Krom Cosmos, via Birch Coolie, to Beaver Falls. From Montevedlo, via Clastes Falls to Mor- From Blooming Prairie to Watthnm. " MISSISSIPPI. From BrookvlUe to Picke lsville. From Greenville to Rolling Fork. From Cartcrsvllle, via Burnt Mills, Bur ton's and Hlckorv Plains, to Murlnttn. From Cold Water, via Taylor's 8tore, to Tunica Bluff. i From Shulmta. to Brookhnvcn. From Hernando, via Eudora, to Do Soto Front. From Iuka to Plkosvllle. From Paulding, via Etulmma and Laennla, to Taylorsvllle. From Vernon via Woodbine, to Sntartla. From Morton to Polkvl'.le. From Bolton to Rrownsville. MISSOURI. From Crocker I o Lima Creek. From Kallfornia, via Jamestown, Prnrle Houehe, Gooches Mills, and Overton, to Rochetiort. ' From Cornelia, via Bnrrnott's Station, to Wlnsdov. From Nevada to Monndvlllo. From Linn, via Mount Ariel, to Owen's Mi" Is. From Little Osage, via Mctz, Prior's Creek and Duncan, to Barnesvllle. From O'Falian to wetisourg. From Wellsburg, via Chnln-of-llocks, to OM Monroe. From New Hope to f aimoum. From GoorgUt, via Gnlesbtirg, to Miners- vll'o. From Willow Springs, via.Kicnvitie, to uui- falo City. From Columbia, via Stephens'. Store and Mlllersburg. to Fulton. From ineria in iiixod. From West P ains, via Sneers Mills, to Gainesville. From West Plains to Mountain Home. From Silcm. via Csrnoniersvll le. Sammens- vllle, Harlem's Mil Is, Cross Roads, and Layo Store, to West Plains. From Mavsville to Rochester. From Frankfort, on St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad, via Spencersburg, to Curryvllle. NEW TORK. From KelloggsviU to New Hope. From New Bremen, via Beaver Falls, to Crnghan. r rom r rangiinvine ro r.igm. Frcm Panama to North Clymer. From Hodgosvllle to Rathbunvllle. From Masonvlllc. via East Masonvillr, to Sidney Centre. From ludham Centro to jewetr. From Ellenvilleto Drown'd Lands. From Mavfiuld. via Kranberrv Creek, to Northvllle. NEW HAMPSHIRE. From Harrlsville, via Pottersvllle,to Kcene. NORTH CAROLINA. Foom Mull Store to Happy Home. From Black River Chapel to Kelly's Cove. NEVADA. From Austin toLHla. From Montezuma, via Alldn, to Gold Moun tain. NEBRASKA. From Kearucv Station, via Fort smium. Repuhcan City, to Truesdaleand Hay's City, ii iwitKie. From North Platte, via Stockvllle. to Hay's City, In Kar sas. From txeier. via tmu re. tilenmrv. anil Jersey City, to Big Sandy. NEW JERSEY. From Mcshanic via Allendale and Hock Mills, to Blawenburgh. From Dover to .Mine mil. From Walpack Centre to Branchvilie. OHIO. From Frnzersburg, via West Carlisle, lo New Guilford. From Mount Airy to New Baltimore, From Blue Hick io Young Hlckorv. From s. Clair 10 Calcutta. From Whipple to Masterton. From Salem Centre, via Danville, to Kyger, PENNSYLVANIA. From Harrtsonvllle, via Spye's Mills and Needmorc. lo Warfordsbura. From Bloonisbnrg, via Mordansville, Rohes burg, and Stillwater, to Benton. From New Brighton, via Bush Creek, to Barrlsvllle. From Jackson Corners to Plillinsburg. From Ponoco to Housev's Mills. From Staie-Llck, via McVill, to North Buf falo. From Mclntlro to Ralston. MARYLAND. From Falrvlew loCearfossCross-Koads. From Wolfsville to Sinilhburg. From Mlddletown lo Beallsville. SOUTH CAROLINA. From Union Court-House, via Burnt Facto ry, to Woodruff'. "From Spartanyburg to Gowansvllle. From Walhulla, via Colonel's Fork, Ba.;hc lor's Retreat, Orkenv, Snow Creek, and War saw, toWaltialla. TEXAS. From Cicburue to George's Creek. TENNESSEE. From Richland Station to Lafayette. From Brentwood, via Millview, lo Hartll son. From Dover to Tobacco Point. From' Waynesboro", via Coneltind. Martin's Mills, Giles'Mllls, and Lowryville, to Ham- ; onrg. From Troy, via Mlllenvlllo, to Tipton vllle. From 'Xrczevan, via McLemaresville, to Terrv. From Asheville, via West Fork of Ivy and t' iper Latrel and Indkin Creek, lo Jonesbo- From Lawrenceburg. via Newburg,, to Centenvllle. From Lavrenceburg to Wayuesljoro'. VIRGINIA. From Smsmerticld. via Spring Vallev, to Sleihens Creek. Krom Blacksburg, via Prices Fork, to Cow an's Mills. From Baptist Volley to Knob. From Independenew, via Tongs Gap, Clems Branch, and Flat Ridge, to Rye Valley. From Laurel Grove" to Cartersburg. From Buffalo Gap to Deerfield. From Mount Airy Depot to Davis's Mill. From Martin's Station to Drapers Valley. From Vlcker's Switch to Price's Fork. VERMONT. From Marshfield to Cabot. From Norrisburg lo South Danville. WISCONSIN. From Galcsville to North Bend. WYOMING. From Rawlln's Springs to Seminole City. WEST VIRGINIA. From Pcnnsborougb to Henry Fings, on Grass Run. From Winfield to Scott Depot, on Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad. Krom Manns Ferry to Union. From Kanawha C. H., via Copeuhavens Mill, to Walton. Approved, June 10, 1372. Gexeral xatcre -No. 118. AN ACT t.- reviso, consolidate, and amend Ihe statu ei relating to Ihe Post-Office Dt portment. ( it enacted by the Senate initl Ffitue oj' HcpreHetieuticcH uf tin: United States vf America in Cojlgret umewhledt That there sliall be established, as the seat of government of the United Slates of Ameri ca, a Department to be known as the Post Ofllce Department. Sec. 2. That the principal officers of the Post-Office Department shall be one Post master General ond three Assistant Postmas ters General, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with ttieadvice and consent of the Senate, aud who may be removed in the same manner; and the term of office of the Postmaster General shall he for und during the terra of the President bj- whom be is ap pointed, and tor one muulh thereafter, unless sooner removed. Sec. 3. That the Postmaster General mav appoint the following employees in the Posi 'Ollice Department : Oue chief clerk for the Postmaster General and one for each of the Assistant Postmasters General, one superin tendent of Post-Office building and disburs ing clerk, one suiieriniendont and one chief clerk of the money-order system, one superintendent and one chief clerk of loreign mails, one tojiograplier for r-ost-onice isBpartment, one assi.-toju attor-nay-general for the Posl-Office Department, one chief of division for I lie office ol mall dep reilatlons, one chief of division of dead-letters, one superintendent of the blank-agency, one assistant superentendent and four assistants, fourteen clerks of class four, sixty-one clerks of closs three, fifty clerks of class two, seventy-one clerks of class one, 1111 y-seven female clerks, one messenger lor Ihe Postmaster General and one for each of tho Assistant Postmasters General, four assistant messen gers, ten watchmen, I wouty-five lutiorers, one engineer, oue assistant engineer, ono car uenLer. one assistant iMtrnoitifr ons ttrnnmn and blacksmith, twoflremcn, three female lo borers.and such a number of temporary clerks, remote clerk, folders, watchmen, and labor ers as mav be required. Sec. 4. That ihe annual salaries of officers, clerks and others employed In the Post-Offlce Department shall lie as follows: Ot the Pos. master General, eight thousand dollars ; Ol Hie Assistant Postmasters General, three thousand five hundred dollars each; Of the suiierintendent of the moncv-ordcr system, three thoueoud dollars; Of ti.o superintendent or foreign mails, three thousand dollars; Of the topographer of the Post Office De portment, two thousand five hundred dol lars ; Of the assistant attorney general of the Post-Offico Department, four thousand dol lars ; Of the chiefol'divlslon for the office of mall depreilaiioiis! twenty-five hundred dollars; Of ihe chlei of division of dead-letters, two thousand live hundred dollars Of the superintendent of Post-Offlce build ing anil disbursing officer, two thousand three hundred dollars; Of the chief cierk to the Postmaster Gener al, two thousand two hundred dollars ; Oi Ihe chlel" clerks lo the Assistant Post masters General, ihechier clerk of t he super intendant of the money-order ofli :e, and the chief clerk to the superintendent of foreign mails, two thousand dollars each ; Of the superintendent of the blank-agency, one thousand eight hundred dollars; of the assistant superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars ; of the four assi -touts, one tbonsaud two hundred dollars each: Of the cterks ol class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars each ; of thcclerks of closs three, one thousand six hundred dollars each ; Or the clerks or closs two, one thousand four hundred dollars ra- h ; Of the clerks of class one, one thousand two hundred dollars each ; Of the female clerks, nine hundred dollars each; Or the msssengor to tho Postmaster Gener al, nine hundred dollars; Or the messengers to the Assistant Postmas ters General, eight hundred aud lorty dollars each : Oi'lho nssistont messengers, watchmen, aud labor rs, eight hundred dollars each ; Of the engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; , , , Of the assistant engineer; one tho isa nd dol- Ol Ihe carpenter, one thousand Uvoliunorod i aud til- -tw dollars ; Of ihe assistant carjientor, ono thontona , dollars; Of the fireman and blacksmith, nine won-j droit dollars ; Or the Itremon, seven nmiureu aim nrewj dollars each: Of i lie female laborers, four hundred and . eighty uoilui s each. Skc. .1. Thai Hie Poslnmstei- General shall procure und cause US lie kept u seal for hi- !' paruneiit, which shall be aill.xed in all com missions of postmasters and oiliers; and used to authenticate ail transcripts and copies which may be required lrom Ins Iiepariniont.. SEC. I. That tile Postmaster General shall establish anddlsconllnuuiiost-olllces; instruct all persons in the postal-servlcu with refer ence to their duties; decide on the forms tfl oil olficbtl papers ; prescribe Ihe maimer ol keeping unit stating accounts; enforce ihe prompt rendition ol returns relative lo said accounts; control, according lo law, and sul Jeol to the settlement of the -Auditor, all ex penses incident to ihe service cf the Leper -lirirlmoiil ; superintend t lie disposition ol ilie moneys ol the Department: iitreel the mau- ner lu which liu tiuces shall bv paid over : Issue warrants to cover iiiiiielnlo the ircot tiry, and lopay out the sanie, and generally superintend the business of Ihe Depart OMilit, und exeaute all laws relative lo Hie poslul ser vioo. Skc.7 That In case or the death, resignation, or absence oi'lhe Postmaster General, all Ills powers and tlutles sliat 1 devolve, for the time being, on ihe First Assistant Postmaster Gei. eral. set. a Tbut the Postmaster General shall make the following reports to Congress at each ailuual session : A report olull contracts lor carrying the mull made within pie .-ceding; year.giviug 111 coch case the name ol the contractor ; ihe dute ami duration oi'lhe contract I tlieroulescmbruccd therein, with the length ol' each; the time i I arrival and departure at the ends ot each route; the mode of transportation ; and ihe price to be paid, together with a copy of the recorded abstracts of a 1 proposals for carry ing the malls, as provided by section two hundred and forty-eight. A report of nil laud ond water mails es tablished or ordered wlihln the proceeding year, other than those lotto contract at Ihe annual letting, giving In each case the route or water-course on which the mail is estab lished ; the name of the person employed to transport It ; the mode of transportation ; the price to be paid ; and ihe duration of the onier or contract . A report of ull allowances made to con tractors withlu the preceding year above Ihe sums originally stipulated In their respective contracts, and tho reasons for ihe same, aud of all orders made whereby additional ex pense is incurred on any route beyond the original contract-price, giving in each cose the route; the name of the contractor; the original service provided for by the contrast ; the original price; the additional service re quired ; and the additional allowance lliore for. A report of all curtailments of expenses effected within the preceding year, giving in each cose the same particulars as in the pre ceding report. A report of the finances or the Department for Hie preceding year, showing the amount uf balance due ihe Department at the begin ning of the year; the amount ol postage which accrued within the year; the amount of engagement ond liahlliiies ; and the amount actually paid during the year for carrying the mail, showing how much of said amount was for carrying the mall lu preceding years. A report of the fines Imposed on, and the deductions from the pay of contractors, made during the preceding year, slating I be name of the contractor; the nature ol the delin quency the route on which 11 occurred ; when ilie line was Imposed ; and whether the fine or deduction hos been remitted ; oud l'or whot reason. A copy of each contract Tor carrying ihe mail lielween the United States and for eign countries, with u statement of the amount of postage derived under the same, so far as the returns of the Department will en able It to lie done. A renort showing all contracts which have been made by the Deportment, oilier than for carrying Ihe mail, giving the name of the contractor; ihe article or thing contracted for: the place where the article was to lie delivered or the tliinit performed ; t he amount paid therefor ; andj the date und duration of the contract. A reisirt of the clerks and other persons employed in the Deiiortment during the veur, or any part thereof, giving the names of the persons; the time they were actually om jtloved, aud the sum paid etch ; whether they hove been usefully employed; whether the services of any can lie dispensed with with out detriment to the public service; mid whether the removal of any, aud the appoint ment of others in. their stead, is required for the better despatch of business. A report on the postal business anl agen clesln foreign countries. And the Postmaster General shall cause all of such reports to be printed at Ihe Public Printing office, either together or separately, and in such numbers as mav be required by the exigencies of the service or by law. SEC. B. That the Postmaster General shall submit to Coiigrtsa at inch annual session a statement of the amount expended during ihe preceding fiscal year, and an estimate of ihe amount that will lie required for tho ensuing fiscal year, under each of ihe fol lowing neads : ''Transportation of the mulls;" "compensation of postmasters :" "com p. nsa t i mi of clerks In post-offices;" "compensa tion of lelter-carrlers;" "compensation or blank agents and assistants ;" "mail depreda tions and special agents:" "postage-stamps ond envelopes ;" "stiip, steamboat, and way letters ;" "dea l letters;" "mail-bogs;" mall looks, kevs, and stamps;'' "wropping-paper;" "office furniture;" "advertising;" "balances to foreign countries ;" "rent, light, and fuel for postsoflices ;" "stationery ;" anil "miscel laneous," showing the sums paid under each head, and the names of the persons to whom payments ore made out of the miscellaneous fund ; but the names of lersons employei I in detecting depredations on the mail, and or other confidential agents, need uotbe disclosed. SEC. 10. That the Postmaster General shall lay before Congress, during the first week in each annual session, detailed statements ol the expenditures made from the contingent ruud of his Department. He shall atsomake ont anil keep. In proper books, full and com plete Inventories and accounts of all the property belonging to the United States In ihe buildings, rooms offices, and grounds oc cupied by hi in and under his charge, and to add thereto from time to time an account of such property as may be procured subsequent ly to the taking of the same, and also an ac count of the s-a!e or disposal - of ony such property, and to report the same to Congress as aforesaid : Provided, That this section shall not apply to the supplies or stationery and luel which shall lie accounted for os now provided bv law. Sec. 11. That all persons employed In any branch of the postal service shall be exempt from militia duly, and from serving on juries, or from unv penalty for neglect thereof. Sec. 12. That no persons employed in the Posl-Olllce Department shall " become Interested m any contract tor car rying the mall, or act as agent, wit h or without compensation, for any con- tractDr or person oueritig to become a con tractor, in any business before tho Depart ment and -any person so offending shall lie immediately "dismissed i'rom office, and shall be liable to jmy so much money as would have been realized from said contract, to be recovered in an action of deb:, for the use of the Post-Offlce Deiiortment. SEC. la. That oil bonds token ami contracts entered into bv the Post-Office Department shall lie made to and with the United states of America. Stc. 14. That no person employed in the postul service sholl ritceive any tees or per quisites on net. oiioi in toe uiuivn io ue per formed by virtue of his appointment. Sec. 15. That before entering unon the du ties, and before they shall receive any solorv, the Post moster General and all persons em ployed In the postal service, shairrespeetlve ly take and subscribe, before some magistrate ' or other competent officer, the following oath or affirmation : "I, A. B., do solemnly- swear (or affirm, as the case may be, thai I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me, and abstain from evervthl' g lorbidncn bv the lows in relation to the establishment of jHn-t-ofllce - and post-roods within the United States : and that I will honestly- and truly ac count for and pay over any nvmey belonging io Ihe told United Stales which mnvcome lino my posessloii or control : So help me, God." And this oath or affirmation may bo taken before any officer, civil or military, holding a commission under the United States, and slieh officer is hereby aui horized to administer and certify such oath or affirmation. Sec. lo. That everv person employed in the postal service shall be subject, to all the pubis, penalties, and forfeitures for violation ol the laws relating ts such service, whether be has token the oath or affirmation prescribed in the preceding seel ion or not. Sec. 17. That telegrams between the se er al Departments of the government and their officers and agents, in tbelr transmission over the lines uf any company to which has been given the right of way, timber, or station lands lrom Ilie public domain, shall have pri ority over oil other business, at such rates as the Postmaster General shall annually fix. Sec. 18. That every order, entry, or mem orandum whatever, on which on -.-"action Is to bo based, allowance mode, or "money paid, and every contract, paper.orohligatio'n made by or with the Post-office Department, shall nave lis irue uaie am.xeu io 11 : unit every -iku- relating to contracts or allowances filed lu the Deiiortment shall hove the dote when it was filed indorsed upon it. Sec. 19 That the Postmaster General shall fnmlsh a copy or his annual estimates to the Secretary of Ihe Treasury prior to the first of November in each vear. whicli shall lw re ported to Congress by the latter In his regular printed estimates. Sec. 20. That the Postmaster General shall transmit a copy of each uostal convention concluded with foreign governments to the Secretury of State, who shall furnish a copy of the same to the Congressional Printer, lor publication ; and the printed proof-sheets of a'l such conventions shall be revised at the Post-Offlce Department. Skc. 21. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con soul of the Senate, an Auditor of the Treasu ry for tho Post-Offlce Department. Sec. 22. That the said Auditor shall r ceivo all accounts arising in ihe Post-office Department, or relaliveji.hereto, yvith the vou chers necessary io a correct adjustment there of, and shall audit ond settle the some, and certify the balances thereon lo the Postmaster General. He shall keep and preserve all ac counts and vouchers titter settlement. He shall close the accounts of the Dcistrtments quarterly, and transmit to the Secretary of the treasury quarterly statements of its res ceipts ond expenditures. He sliall report to the Postmaster General, when required lo do so, the ma nner and Torm of keeping and stat ing the accounts of the Deportment, and the official forms of paper to be used in connect ion with its receipts and expenditures. He shall report toiho Postmaster General ull de linquencies of postmasters in rendering their accounts and returns, or In paying over mon ey -orde i- funds and other receipts at Iheir of fices. He sliall register, charge, anil coun tersign all warrants upon the treo-surv lor re ceipts aud payments issued by the Postmaster General, when warranted by law. And lie shall perform such other duties in relation to the financial concerns of the Department as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of the Treasury, and make lo said Secretary! or to the Postmaster General, such reports re specting the same as cither of them may re quire. Sec. 23. That the said Auditor sliall super intend the collection of all debts dne the De jiartment, and all penalties and forfeitures impoeeil for any violation of the postal laws, and take nil such other mi osures as mav be auihorized by law lo enforce the payment of snchdebLsaiiii-t.be recovery of such penal ties and forfeitures. Ha shall also superin tend tltecnlleclioii of all penalties aud for leitures arising under other statutes, where such iieiiattlus and ibi-fcitures are the conse quence of unlawful acts afl'ecling the reve nues or property of the Post-Offlce Depart ment. Sec. 21. That the said Auditor, rr ihe mav- or of any city, any justice of tho ieac, or the judge of any court of record, may mttmn. lster oaths or alllrmaMons In relation lo Ihe exiinilnaltnn and settlement of the accounts committed to t he charge of said Auditor ; and if any person shall knowingly swear or affirm 1,-nseiv loiiening any exjieniiiiuro on ncoimni i f. or iiWh In favor of or again', said l'e-pu-tinent, he shall, conviction thereof, for every' such offense, forft it and pay not exceed ing two thousand dollars, and lie Imprisoned at html llwr not exceeding five years, ac cording lo l he nggra'Ri Ion ol the offense. SEC. 98. That IT ell her the Postmaster Gen eral or the lierson whose accounts have been sealed shall lie dissatisfied with tho seitle ment or said Auditor, be may, wlihln twelve months, appeal to the First Comptroller or the Treasury, whoso decision shall be final and conclusive. Sec. !. That the Secretary of tho Treasury may appoint in the office ol the Auditor for the Post-UJI' O Department one chief clerk, niiin ,-WVsof class four, forty-four clerks of class three, sixty-four clerks of class two, tlilriy-seven clerks of class one, one nie--eu-tror. one assistant messenger, and eleven Ill borers. Sec. 27. That thu annual sn'orlo or Ihe Au ditor 1'or thu Post-Offlce Iienarimrnt. nnd ilie clerks. messengers, ami luborcrs In his of fice, shall be as follows : Of the Auditor, three thnnsniul dollars. Of the chlel'clerk, two thousand dollars. Of the clerks of class four, one Ihoipuiul eight hundred dollars each: nnd two hundred dollars nddltlonal to one of said clerks as dis bursing clerk : Of the clocks of class three, one thousand six hundred dollars each; Of the clerks of class two, one thousand four hundred dollars each; or iheMerks of class ono, one thousand two hundred dollarsjeach; Of the messenger, eight hundred nnd forty dollars; Of the assistant messenger, seven hundred dollars. Of the labrtvers, six hundred dollars each. Sec. 28. That whenever Ihe office of any postmaster shall become vacant by reason of death, resignation, suspension, or by the ex piration of the commission of a postmaster or Ids rejection by the Senate,' or by the neglect or refusal of any person to take charge or the post-office to which he is appointed, it, shall be the duty or the Postmaster General or the President (as the case mny be) lo siip t.Jy such vacancy without delav. ond It shall bo the duly or tho Postmaster General promptly to uotiry the Auditor of the change: and every imst master and his sureties shall lie responsible under their bond for the safe keeping of tho public property of ihe viost ofllce. and the due ierformoncij or the duties thereor, until the expiration of the commiss ion, or until a successor shall hove liecn du ly appointed and qualified, and shall have taken possession oT the office: Provided nev ertheless, That In cases where there sliall be 0 delay or sixty days in supplying such va cancy, the sureties may terminate their re sponsibility by giving notice, in writing, to the Postmaster General, such termination to take effect tun days alter sufficient time shall have elapsed to receive a replv from the Post master General : And provided also. That 1 he Postmaster General may, when the cxi- Senctes of the service require, place such or cein ehnrgo of a special agent until Hie va cancy con lie regularly filled ; and when such siieclal agent shall hove taken charge of such post-office, the liability or the sureties of the postmaster shall .-.ease. Sec. 29. That all orders nnd regulations or the Postmaster General which mav originate a claim, or In any manner affect the accounts or tne jiostal service, shall lie certified to the Auditor for the Post-Offlce Department. sec. 30. That the Postmaster General mav establish n blank agency for the Posl-Office Department, to be located at Washington Dis trict of Columbia. Skc. 31. That the Postmaster General any employ 'two special agents for the Pacific coast, and such numlier or other sciul agents asttie g Kl or the service aud tho sore ly ol' the mnii may require. Sec. 32. That the salary of the special agents of the Posi-Office Department shall lie at the rale of not more than one thou-aml six Hundred dollars per annum: ond thev sholl be allowed lor traveling and incidental exjienses, while actually employed In Ihe service, a sum not exceeding flvo dollars a dav. sec. 33. That whenever a special agent ts required to collect or disburse any public money, he shall, before entering upon such duty, give Isind In such sum anil form, and with such sectirily, as tho Postmaster Gen era! may approve. Sec. 34. That tho Postmaster General mav employ, when the service requires it, the Assistant Postmasters General ond superin tendents in his Department as special agents; ond he may allow them therefor not exceed ing the amount expended bv them as neces- ! eary traveling exiienses while so employed. SBC 33. That the Postmaster General mar appoint two agents to superintend the rail-j wav ixtsial service, who shall lie paid out of ( the" -'ppropriailon for the transportation of tho malfTiit the rate of Iwo thousand live j hundred dollars ner annum salary, with tin i allowance for traveling and incidental exis'u ses. while actividy employed in ibo service, of not more than five dollars a day ; and the Auditor of the Treasury ior the Post-office Deportment sholl choree to the appropriation for mall JiiaiisK)rtalloii the salary anil jier diem Df triMfesslstant superintendents of the postal railway service; and to the appropria tion for ihe ffee-dellverv system, the solarv and per diem or the special agent detailed tor I hot service; ami tne salary ami tier mem oi the special agents employed lu the money order service shall be paid out oi' the pro ceeds of that service. S. 36. That the Postmaster General may establish resident mail agencies at the ports of Panama and Aspinwoll, Oew Gra nada.) Havana. (Ciilm.l and Saint Thomas. and such other foreign ports at which United Slates mall steamers touch to lantt aua re ceive molls, os may in his judgment promote the efficiency ot the foreign mall service; and may pay the agents employed by him ot such ports out or the appropriation for transporta tion of the mail a reasonable compensation for their services and the necessary expen ses for office-rent, clerk-hire, office-furniture, aud other Incidentals, to be allowed him. at each of such ogencles. Sec. 37. That tho Postmaster General may appoint an agent in charge of the moil on board of each of the mail steamers on the routes between Son Francisco, Japan, ami China, between San Francisco and Honolulu. (Hawaiian Islands,) und New York to Rio Janeiro, who shall be allowed out of the op propriatlon for transKrtotl m or the mail, an annual salary or two thousand dollars each. Sec. 38. That the Postmoster General may establish, In connection w Uh Ihe moil steam ship service to Japan ami China, a general postal ngency at Shanghai, China, or at Yokohama, Japan, with such branch agen cies at any other ports in China and Japan as he shall deem necessary lor the prompt and efficient management ol" the postal service In those countries, ond he may pay the posta agents employed thereat a reasonable com neusatlon for their services, lu addition to the necessary expenses for rent, furniture, clerk-hire, and Incidenlul expenses. SEC. 39. That the Posimasier General may employ as man v route-agents as may lie nec esaarv for the "prompt and sate transporta tion o'r tho mail, who sliall be paid out of the appropriation for transiiortatton of ihe mail, ot the rote of not less than nine hundred nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 40. That tho Postmaster General may opiioint clerks lor the purjiose ofossoning and distributing the moll in railway post offices, who shall l paid out of the appropria tion for transportation of Ihe mall, at the rate of not more than one thousand four hun dred dollars per annum to the head clerks, nor more than ono thousand t wo hundred dollars per annum to the other clerks. Sec. 41. That tho accounts or the postal service shall bo kept in such a manner as to exhibit the amount ol revenues derived res pectively from "letter-postage ;" "book, news paper, anil pamphlet postage;" "registered letters;" "box-rents and branch offices;" "postage-stamps anu en eiopes,- nean-ie.-ters ;" "fines and penalties ;" "revenue from nmnnvi-ilpr business:" and"m!seel!aneous:"' and thm amount of expenditures for each or the following objects, namely: "Transporta tion or the mall;" ''compensation of post masters;" "compensation of letter-carriers;" " compensation of clerks for post offi ces ; " " compensation of blank-agents and assistants ;" " mall dopredatlons and special agents;" "postage-stamps and en velopes ;""shlis steamboat, and way letters;" "i lead-letters , ' "in ul-bogs;" "mall locks and keys " aud "nostmarklng and canceling stannis ;" "wrapping-paper ;" "twine ;" "let-ter-bolanees;" "office-furniture ;" "advertis ing " "balances to foreign countries ;" "rent, light, and fuel lor post-offices ;" and "station ery," aud miscellaneous.". sti:c. 42. That unclaimed money m dead le t rs for which no owner can be found ; all ,...,,- il from the mail bv robbery, theft , or otlierwise, which may come Into the bands of nnv agent or employee of the Unite 1 States or any other person whatever; all fines and penalties imiiosed for any violation of the postal laws, except such part as may bv law belong to the Informer or party prose cuting lor the same ; and all money derived from the sole or waste paper or other public proiierty of the Post-Office Department, shall be deposited in Ihe treasury, under the dl rectlmi of the Postmaster General, os a port of the liostol revenue. Anu tue- i-osi master General Is hereby directed to cause to be placed to the credit- of the Treasurer of the United States for the service of the Post- iffice Department, the net proceeds of the liionev-order business ; and the receipts of the Post-Office Department derived i'rom this source during each quarter-shall be entered bv the Auditor of Ihe Treasury for the Post Office Department, in tho accounts of said Department, under the heod oi ''revenue from money-order business." Sec 43. that all postages, box-rents and other receipts at post-offices shall be account ed for as part ot tho postal revenues; and onv port thereof which the postmaster has neslected o collect, be slioll be charged witli and held accountable for tho same as il' he hud collecten n. Sec 44. That the postmasters may allow box holders who desire to do so to provide lock-boxes or drawers, upon their erection In anv iiost-oftlce, shall become tho property ol' the united States and be subject to the direc tion and control oi tne rost-onico Deism- t ment, and shall pay o rental at least equal to ; that of other boxes in the same office, or, if i I here be no o: her boxes in such office, of box- I os in other offices of the same class, which j rental sliall be accounted for as other box- I vents. . SEC 45. Toot iiny onicei, ugeui, post-mus-ter clerlC or other person employed in anv branch of the postal service having temiioniry cusrbdv of any money token from dead let ters ; any money derived I'rom the sole ol wasuikper or other public property of the l'os,'$fc.?eparmeiit ; or any money de rivtsi tnmsA other source winch by law is part of the SwSakreveuues, who shall" wilfully- neglect todepnsit the same in thetreasury o'l'thiTunlteu States, or In some other deposi tory authoriied to receive the same, sholl lie deeuie 1 gultlv of embezzlement.ond be subject to a line not excee-ling double the stun so re tained, or to Imprisonment not exceeding three veors,or both, at the discretion ot the court." nd any person intrusted by law with the -ale of postage tomps or stumped envel oiics wtio shall refuse or neglect io account tnr th aimit or who -hall iiledsTo or hypothe cate or unlawfully dispose of them, for any i purpose whatever, shall be deemed guilty of : embezzlemen'. anct shall be subject to the . mom. oi.nirr and punishmcnajis are provided In this section for the einbezaement of mon- Sec. 4fi. That tho money required for Ihe postal service In each year shall be appropri ated by law out ot lt'u revenues ol the ser vice. ,. Sec 47. Thai- i-ayments of money out ol the treasury on account of flu postal service slu-il I lie in pursuance of appropriation made by i.- !.,- ir.rrants ofthe Postmaster Genera!. registered and countersigned by the Auditor lor the Posl-otnce Department, and express- j lng on their fece the appropriation to which , they should be charged. Sic 4S. That all paymeutson account of the postal servii sholl be luodo to persons to whom the same sliall be certified to be duo by the! itdllor- Init advances ot necessary sums to de frav ex peases may be made by the Posiniaster s General to agents employed to tnvi-stirate i mail IVpre-iati ons, examine post routes and ' nlBces, ond on other like servlcos to lie charged lo iliem by Ihe ainlllor, and to bp sc ot Hilled Tor in the so1 1 lenient of llii lraccoiinix. Sn;. 61. That the Postmaster General mav transfer debts dne t the Department from iMistin-islevs and ollntrs lo such con: rnctors as have given Imnd. with '-ecurlty. to refund any money that may come into 'their bands ovot'Tinil above the amount found due ihem on Ihe settlement m their accounts : but such iriinsl'ers shall onlv be In sa'lsllicilon ol' legal demands for which appropriations hare heM BWtv. Src. -Ml. That lu till can's v.here money bn been jmld out ol iho funds of the Posl-Offico l.ejinmnont under the prelenso thai service las Ihci perfbrnMst therefor, when, In rict. such service has not been er forlned, or its uldltlonol allowance for Increased -e-vlcu actually rendered: When the additional allowance exceed the sum which, according lo law, might rightfully liave lieon allowi-'I tlierolor, ami lu nil otte-r CAscb where money of the Deimriiuont has been paid in any icrson In conse pien.-e of rrnudtiloiit representation, or by ihe mistake, collisttoii. or mi-conduct of ony officer or other employee in the mislal "service, the Postmaster Geneve! shall cause suit io be brought to recover such wrong or fraudulent payment or excess, with Interest tlii-renn. KaC. .11. That when the Postmaster General Is satisfied that money or property Mntea from ihe mull, or the jrroceads thereof, has been received at Die Deimrlmenl. he may, uisin satisfactory evidence as to Ihe owner, de'lver the same to him. Sic, 52. That tho Auditor for the Post Office Deportment shall stale nnd certify quarterly lo Iho Pos'niasor General on ac count ol' the money paid by postmasters out or the receipts of their offices, and pursuant to ttpiroprlattons, on account of the exstnses of the Histol service, designating Ihe heads nu de which such ynients were made. Si c. ,'i3. That ii Kti tho certified quarterly statement by the Auditor for tho Post-Offlce Department nf the parasBnfte bv poiaaasaava on account ol' the postal service, the Post master Meaetal shall Issue hi- warrant til the Treasurer lo carrv the amount to the credit of the jsjstal revenues and to Ihe debit of the proper appropriations apontke books ol' tin; Auditor. SEC. 54, That the imstnl revenues-, and all debts due Hie Post-Offico Department, shall, when collected, be paid into the treasury of thu (Tolled Stales, under the direction of the Postmaster General : and the Fteasurer, as sistant treasurer, or designated depository receiv ing such payment sliall give the depoti tor duplicate receipts therefor. SEC. S3. That oil deposits on account of the postal service sliall lie brought Into tha treas ury by warrants of tho Postmaster General, counersigiied bv the Auditor; and no credit shall be allowed for ony deposit until such warrant ha been issued. Sec. 58. -That the Postmaster General may transfer money lxdsmging to the jiostal ser vice between ihe Treasurer, assistant treas urer, and designated depositaries, at bis dis cretion, and as iho safety of the public money and the convenience ofthe service may re quire. Sj:c. ."7. That all lines nnd penalties Im posed for any viola, ion ol any law relating to the Pest-Office Dui-orlmeut, or of any o i er law where such violation affects the revenue or property ofthe PoMiftse De part ment, sbol', when collected ear rocoverisl, be paid Into the treasury, to the bredii of the United Stales, lor the nse or the Post-Office Department, excepting, however, such port thereof as may, bylaw, lathing to Ihe party lnioriuing or proaeeutins for the same. stKC. .i.s. i iiaL ilie cost master General may dispose ol' tiny quarterly returns or mulls sent or received, preserving the accounts current and all accompanying Vouchers, and use such portions of the proceeds! as may be necessary todcl'ruy the cost of sef-eraiing and disposing of them ; buttbeacconntN sluill be preserved entire for at least twoVeors. Sir. 59. That the Postmaster General may provide, by regulations, for the ntsposiiion of prihtotland mailable matter which may re- main in any p-ist-ollice, or In the Depattinent, not coiled lor by the iarly addressed : nut il the publisher of any refused Tors uncalled-for newspaper or other periodical shall pay the Mi-tage tine thereon, such newspaper or other periodical -hail l.: excepted from the opera tion of tills section- SRC. tiO, That, when any postmaster sliall lie required to execute a newborn!, nil payments made by liiin after the execution of such new bond, may, if the Poitinaster General or the Auditor shall deism It osi, !.' applied first to discharge any balance hloh may lie due from said postmaster antler his old bond. SEC. t.i. That the Postmaster General shall establish post-offices at all such places on post-roods established ,V law as he mtydeem expedient, an 1 he sbHlfpromptly certify such establishment to the Auoimr for Ihe Post-Offi.-c Department. Src. i::j. That any person who sliall, with out authority from' the Posiniaster General, set up or prnfcsKio keepany office or place ol' ousiuess oeanng tne sign, name, or uue oi li ist-otllce. shall lorl'eti .md utiv- lor everv such offense, not more than five hundred dol lars. Sec. ti:i. Thai postmasters of the fonrtband fift h elass snail be a ppolnted and may be re moved Ivy the Postmaster General, and alt others shall be antioiiited and may be re moved by the President, by and witli the ad vice and consent ol' the Senate, ond sliall hold their offices for four years unless soouer re moved or suspended" acoopling to low, aud nil aiqioiiitments anil removals shall tie noil to the Auditor for the Post-Offlce Deiiort ment. skc. 04. That every postmaster sbol I reside within the delivery' of the office to which he Is appointed. . Sec. 05. That every jiostmoster, before en tering upon the duties ol' his office, shall give bond with goodand approved security, anil in such penally as the PostmasterGeueral sliall deem sufficient, conditioned lor the faithful discharge of oil duties ami trusts imposed on him either by low or the rules and regulations of the Dciiartinent; ami where an office shall lie designated as a money-order office, the bond of the postmaster shall con aib on addi tional condition for the i'aithrul performance oi" all duties and obligations in connection with the money-order business. On the death, resignation, or" removal or a postmaster, his bond shall be delivered to iho Auditor for the Post -Office Department. The bond of any married woman who may lie appointed juisi master shall lie binding upon her ond her sureties, and she shal I be liable ior misconduct In office as If she were sole. Sec in;. That when any ofthe sureties ufa postmaster shall notify the Postmaster Gen oral of their desire to 'lie released from their suretyship, or when the Postmaster General ileum's a new bond necessary, he shall require the xis;master to execute such new Imnd, with security, which, when accepted by the Postmaster General, shall lie as valid as the bond given upon the original appointment of such postmaster, and the sureties in the prior bond shall Ik released from responsibility for nil acts er defaults of such postmaster which may lie done or commute l subsequent to the last day of the quarter lu which such new bond shall lie executed and accepted. Ski-. 07. That ifonilie settlement ofthe ac count of any postmaster it shall appear that he is indebted to the United States, and suit therefor shall not be Instituted within three years alter the close or such account, t he sure lies on his bond shall not be liable for such Indebtedness. SfQC UH. Tho', every postmaster shall keep an office in which one or more persons shall be on dutv during such hours ot etich day as the Postmaster General may direct, for the purpose of receiving, de'ivering, making up, and 1'orwarding all mail-matter received Ihoreat. Skc. of). That nil letters brought to any post-office hall an hour before the time for the deKirt tire or the moll shall be forwarded therein; but at offices where. In the opinion of the Postmaster General, more lime for making up the mall Is required, may prescribe accordingly, not exceeding ono hour. Sec. 7 ) Tha. the Postmas er General shall furnish to Ihe postmasters at the termination of cash route a schedule of the time, of arri val and departure of the mall at their offices, reflectively, to be posted in a conspicuous p'ace in the office ; oud the Postmaster Gen eral shall also give the postmaster notice of any change in the arrival and departure that maybe ordered; aud he shall cause to lie kept and returned to the Department, at short and regular intervals, registers, showing the exact times of the arrivals and departures of the matl. Sec. 71. That every postmaster shall keep a record, in such form as Hie Postmaster General shall direct, of all postage-stamps nd enveiojios add oi all postal booKs, iiiaiihs ami property received from his predecessor, or from the Department or any of its agents; ami a'so of all receipts lu money for postages and box-rents, und of all other receipts on ac count of tho postal service, and of any other transactions which may be required by the Postmaster General : and the-o records shall be preserved and delivered to his successor, and shall be at all times subject to examina tion bv any special agent of the Detiartment. sec. 72. "That each postmaster shall render to the Postmaster General, under oath, and In such form as the latter snail prescribe, a quarterly account of all moneys received or charged by him or at his office, for post age, rent "of boxes or other receptacles for moll matter, or bv reason of keeping a branch of fice, or for ihe delivery of niaif matter in any manner whatever. skc. 73. That the Postmaster General mav require a sworn statement toae-company each quarterly account of a postmaster, to the ef fect that'such account contains a true state ment of the entire amount of postage, box rents .charges, and monevs collecteu or re ceived at his office during the quarter ; that he has not knowingly delivered, or permitlod to be delivered, any mail-matter on which the postage was not at the lime paid ; that SUchaccounts exhibits truly and faithfully the entire receipts collecte l "at his office, and which, by- due diligence, could have liecu co'- iccteii; ami mat tint ereaus ne claims are just and right. And any false swearing there in shall render him liable to the pains ond j penalties of perjory. Sec. 74. That'll' any postmaster shall ncg- I led to render his accounts, for one month j after the time, and in the form ami manner prescribed by law and the regulations of the Postmaster "General, such postmaster and I sureties shad forfeit the pay double the j amount of the gross receipts of said office during any previous or subsequent equal pe- nodoi nmc; and il. a: tne tune oi trial, no i account shall have been rendered, they shall forfeit and pay such sum as. the court anil lo ry shall estimate to lie equivalent thereto, to be recovered in an action of debt on the bond. Sec. 75. That postmasters shall keep soft ly, without loaning, using, depositing in an unauthorized bank, or exchanging for other funds, oil the ptiqlic money collected by them, or which may come into their possession, un til it is ordered by the Postmaster General to be transferred or paid out. sec 70. That the postmaster nt Washing ton and postmasters at citi-is yvhere there Is an assistant treasurer shall deposit the postal revenues and all moneys accruing at their of fice with such assistant" treasurer as often as once a week at least, and as much ofteuer as the Postmaster General mav direct. Sec. 77. That postmasters shad promptly report lotbe Postmaster Genera! every dis Hnqueucy, neglect, or malpractice of the con tractors, their agents, or carriers, which may ooina lo tbelr knowledge. Sec. 7s. That no pnaiarilui iMSjeiilpnit master, or clerk employed In any liost- iffice shall be a contractor of conccrne lin any con tract for carrying the mail. Sec. 79. That ho postmaster shall act as agent for any lottery-office, or under and col or of purchase, or "otherwise, vend lottcry llckets : nor shall he receive or send any lottery- scheme. circular, or ticket free of post age: and for anv violation oi Iho provisions of this section the Versions offending sliall for feit and iv Bfty dollars. Sec. Hti. That the compensation of postmas ters shall lie a fixe I annual salary, to be dl vi led into five classes, exclusive "ofthe ivisi inaster at New York city, whose salary shall lie six thousand dollars ir annum. The sal ary of the first c. ass shall lie not more than lour thousand dol'ars nor less than three thousand dollars: or Ihe secoud class, less than three thousand dollars but not less llniu two thousand dollars : of the third class, I----than l wo thousand dollars, but not less than one thousand dollars : of Ihefonrlhclass li--sthaii one thousand dollars, but not less than two hundred dollnrs : of the fifth closs, less than two hundred dollars: itud the siia- ries of the first, second, and third classes sliall lie In even hundreds of dollars; or the fourth claav ln oven tens or dollars; ami of the rtlih class, in mresdoilani. Sec. SI. That nt nil newly established em ees, the Postmaster General mav temporari ly fix the salary until the rPturiis of such of fice shall enable him to properly adjust Iho' -anie, but Hie compeiiMltlon shall in no case lie thus temporarily Use i at more Iban the sn'ary of an office or ike fifth clns. Sec. 82. That tha nilaries ol' iostmntprs shall l re-adjusted by Ihe Postmaster Gener al once in two .rears, Hnl In special cases as mutch nfteoer as he may ilccin expn lient ; when and the quarterly returns ol' any postmaster ofthe third, fourth, or ill' h class show that tho sii'ary allowed is iwenfy lier centum lesu tlmii'tt would be on the liosls ol commission, the Postmaster Genera) shall re-adjust the same. Sec. 83. Thai In re-adjusting the salary of a iKistni ister, ttte amount thereof shall bo as certained by adding, in the whole amount of bexrents, connni Ion on the other posiul revenues of the office a' the following rates! On tho first one hundred dollars or les-, sixty per centum : on all over one luindreikilollai's, and not over four hundred dollars. Illiv Tier centum: on all over four hundred dollars, ami not over twothousainl four bunilrod dol lars, forty per centum : on all over two thou sand four hundred dollars, fifteen per cen tum. And In order to ascertain iho amount of the jtosial receipts of each office, tho Posi magter General shall require iisimnti'rs to sta'ev under oaih, at such times and for such periedsashe may deem necessary In cadi case, tin amount of stamps cancelled, the ancient of hex-rents received, the amount of unpai-i ptirtftrns collected, and amount of postiure on prtnie-1 and other mailable mat ter: Provided, however. That whenever, by reason or the extonsion of free delivery or letters, the Isix-rents oT anv jmst-office art; decreased, tho Posiniaster General may al low, out of Hie receipts of such office, a sum sufficient to maintain the salary thereof at the ninouut at which It had been fixed liel'ore the decrease in box-rents. Skc. Si. That lite postmaster General shall make all orders as-igniiig or changing the salaries oi' postmasters in writing, and re cord I hern in his journal, nnd notify the change lo the Auditor : and any chaaim made in such salaries shall not take effect until tho the first day ofthe quarter next following such order: Provided, That In cases ol" nu extraordinary Increase or decrease in the business ol' any post office, tho Postmaster General may adjust the salary or the postinit tor at such post-office, to take effect form the first day of the quarter or period the returns lor which firm the basis or re-adjust incut. Sec. 89. That no postmaster shall, under any pretense whatever, have, receive, or re tain for himself. In the aggregate, more than the amount of his salary ami "his commission on the money-order business as hereinafter provided. Six-. Br, That the Postmaster General mav designate offices at the Intersection of mail routes as distributing or separating offices; and where any such office Is of ihe third, fourth, or fifth e'a-s, he may make a reason able allowance to the postmaster for the nec essary cost of clerical services arising from such antics. Sad 87. That the Postmaster Goneral may allow to the postmaster at New York city", and tu the paymasters nt offices ol the first and second classes, out ofthe surplus reve nues of iheir respective offices, that Is to soy, the excess of Imix, rents and commissions over and above the salary assigned to the office, a reasonable sum for the necessary cost of rent. uet. lights, ruruitnre, stationery, printing, i ilerks, and necessary incidentals, to be ad- f juste I on a satisfactory exhibit of the facts, ami no such allowance snun ne mane except upon ihe order ef the Postmauer General. Sec. 88. That ihe sa'ary of a postmaster, and such other expenses of the postal service ailthoii7.ed by law as may lie incurred by him, and for which appropriations have liech made, may be deducted out of the receipts of , his office, under the direction ol' the Post- j master General. Sec. k'J. That vouchers lor all deductions made by a postmaster out ot the receipts of his office, on account ofthe expenses of ihe jiostal service, shall be submitted for examin ation and settlement to the Auditor for I lie Post-t iffice Deiiariment. and no such deduct ion shad lie vaJd unless found to be in con formity wi: h law. Sec. 90, That whenever by reason oi' ihe presence of a military or naval force neara ay mist-office, or l'roni any other easue. Rhusiuu business accrues thereat, the Postmaster Gun errl sliall make a special order allowing rca sonoble coni(iensn:ion forclerical service, and a proportionate Increase ol' salary to the post master during the time or such extraordinary buslnes. Sec. 91. That the Pos master General may discontinue any post-office where the safety and security of the postal service ami revc nitsas are endangered from Any cause what ever, or yvhere the efficiency or the servue shall require mchf discontinuance and he i shall promptly eertilv such dtscominnance to I the Auditor lot die PosM Iffice Diqiarimenl. I sec. U2. That letter-carriers shall lie en - ! ploved for the free delivery of niali-inatier, I as f requetiy as tea panne convenience may require, at "every place containing a lopu. lion of Ill'iv thousand within the delivery of Us post -office, ami at such other places as the Postmaster General mav direct. Sec. 93. That tho s"olry of letter-carriers sliall be fixed by the Poslimtgter General, and shall nor exceed eight hundred dollars lor annum : but on satlsloctory evidence of diligence, fidelity, and exjierience, he may In crease their .-alary lo any sum not exceeding one thousand doli'ars p-eraiinnm : and In San I' raiicisco, i .a iiiornia. lie may tny sucn anu -limtal salaries to carriers ss wil l secure the servi.Mis of competent persons. Sec. 01. Tbut the Postmaster General may prescribe a uniform dress to he worn by lev lor -carriers, ami anv lierson not. connected with the letter-carrier branch of ihe pos' el ! service who shall wear the uniform which j may he prescribed shall be deemed guilty i f i a misdemeanor, and, on couvlciion thereof, i ior every sncp offense snail lie line I not more l hnn one hundred dollars, or Imprisoned not more than six months, or both, ol the discre tion of the court. sec. 95. That tlm Postmaster General may establish, in places when: letter-carriers are employed, and also in other places where, in his judgment, the public convenience requires st. receiving-boxes, for the deposit of roo'l marter, and shall caiisi-the matter lUpisi'ed therein lo be collected as often os the public cmivenleecc may require. SBC. 91. That any person who shall wilful ly or livll.-lousl v injure, tear down, or des-li-oy. anv ietier'-bo. pillar-box, or oilier re ceptacle established by t he Postmaster Gener al fiw the safo deposit of matter for Ihe in ill or for deliver), or who shal I wilfully or ma liciously as-nnlt any letter-carrier, when in uniform, while engaged on his route in the discharge of his duty a ; n letter-carrier, and any person who shall wilfully aid or as-ist therein, shall, on conviction thei oof, for every such offense, forfeit and pay not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dol lars, or be imprisoned not less than one nor more than three years, according to ihe cir enmstaanes and aggravation of iho offense. Skc. 87. That each letter-carrier shall give bonds, with sureties, to be approved by the PostmasterGeueral, for the safe custodvaad delivery of all mail-matter, and the faithful account and payment of all money received bv him. Si;c. 98. That the Postmaster General, when the pub ic convenience requires it, may estab'ish within any post-office delivery one or more branch-offices, for the receipt awd de livery of nialJ-muller and the sale of stamps ami envelopes: and he shall presorilie the rules and regulations far the government thereof. Hut mi loiter shall lie sent for de Iv ery many branch office contrary to tin re quest of the party to whom u i- addressed Sec. 99. That the rate of postage on news papers, exceptiitng weeklies, periodicals not not exce'ling two ounces in weight, and cir culars when the same are deposite I in u let ter-carrier office for delivory by the office or its corriers, shall be uniform at one cent each; but periodicals weightng more than two oun ces shall le subj vt te-a postage of two cents each, aad these rates shalTlie prepai I by stomps. Sec. 1H0. That imjextra postage or carriers' reessha'l be charged or collected upou any mall-matter collected or delivered by can lets. Sec. 101. That all expenses of letter-carriers, branch offices, ami receiving-boxes, or incident thereto, shall be kept and rejiorted in a separate account, and shall lie shown In comparison wlih the proceeds from postage or. local mail-matter at each offlceaml the Postmaster General shal I lie guided in the ex penditures for this brunch of ihe service by the lneoine derived therefrom. Six-. 102. That lo promote public conven ience, ami to Insure greater security in the transfers of money through the mail, the Post master General "may establish, under such rules and regtiluttons'os he may cleem 'expe dient, a uniform monev order system, ut all suitable post-offices, which shall be designated os ''money-order offices." Sec-. 103. That the PostmasterGeueral may conclude arrangements with the post depart ments of foreign government, with which postal conventions have Ixien or may be con cluded, for the exchange, by mean-- of postal orders, of small sum of monev, not exceed ing fifty dollars in amount, ot such rates of exchange, and compensation to post masters, and under such rules ami regulations as he may deem expeilleiil ; and the expenses of e tebtishlm? and eonduetinir such system of 'ex change may be paid out of the proceeds of the monev-order business. Sec. ltd. That the post master at a money order office shall issue, in such manner and form os the Postmoster General may pre scrilie. an order for n siiecifled sum of money, payable bv the postmaster at any other smb ey-order "office which the person applying therefor mav select ; lint no money-order shall be delivered until the amount thereof, and ihe proper fun therefor, hove been deixisiteil with the postmaster issuing it: Provided, That the iiostmister of every city where branch jsist-offices or stations are established and in operation, subject to bis siiXirvisioii. is hereby authorized, under the direction of the Postmaster General, to issue, or to cause to be Issued, by any of his assisionts or clerks In charge of branch iiost-offices or stations, iwrstal money-Orders iiavable at hi-i own or ot any ol her money-order offi.ie, or at any branch post-office or station of his own, or of any other money -order office, us the remitters thereof may direct; and that the postmaster and his sureties shall in every case lie held accountable n-pon his official Imnd for all moneys received by him or his designated as sistants or clerks in charge of stations from tiie issue of money-orders under the provis ions of this act. "and fnr'atl moneys which mav come into his or their bauds, or lie placed in bis or their custoiv liv reason ofthe tran saction bv them of money-order business. And all the provisions ol low now In force respectiBg the issue ami jmyment pr money orders, and the disposal ol mouey-orderfuuds In the custody of postmasters, shall apply to nl I monev-oi tiers issued under the authority given by this act, ami to all moDeys received from the issue thereof. Sec. W. That anv postmaster who shall issue a monev-order without having prc- vio-.islv received the money therefor shall lie doomed cr-iiliv ofa misdemeanor, and. on con viction thereof, shall be lined not less than fifty nor more thou live bundled dollars. SEC lot) That in case of the sickness or unavoidable absence i'rom his office ofthe p-'stni is.er of any money-order post-office, be i mav, with the approval ofthe Postui isler General, authorize the chief clerk, or some other clerk eniploye-.l therein, to ac.tinl.it f 3 lace, and to discharge all theduries required v law of such postmasters . Provided. That the. otlicial bond given by the princiiiol ofthe office shall lie held to cover ami apply to tho acts ofthe person appointed to act In his place In such coses: Ami provided farther, That such acting officer sliall, Ior the lima being, bu siilijeci toall the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for the official misconduct in like cases" of the postmasler fir whom ho shall act. si--. 107. That no money-order shall be is sue 1 for more than fifty dollars, ami Ihe fojs iherefor shall be. for orders not exceeding uu do! lars, five cents ; exceeding ten and not exceeding twenty dollars, ten cents ; exceed ing iw-en:y and not exceeding thirty dollars. Ill-con ceiits ; exceeding thirty aod not ex ceeding forty dollars, twenty cents ; exceed ing forty dollars, twenty-five cents. SBC lfo. That ihe Postmaster General sha'l supply money-order offices with blank forms of application for money-orders, wbtch each applicant shall fill Up with hi, nam-, the name and address of theinrtyto whom the order is lo be paid, the amount, and the dale or application : and nil such app'i aiion shall bo preserved bv the ims. master receiving i hein for such thrteus the Postmaster Gen eral mav prescribe. sec. luti. Tluit the Poslmnsterlienernl shall furnish money-order offices with primed or engraved forms for momo -orders, ami no order shall be valid tiniess It lie draw n upon such form. Sec. llo. That the posiniaster issuing a money-order sliall send a notice thereof by mni '," without deluy, to the postmaster on whom It is drawn. Sti . 111. That no money-cider shall be valid and payable, tmiesa presented to the postmaster on whom it Is dawn within one year after its ilnie : but the Postmaster Gen eral, on the application of the remitter or pstvee of any such onler, may cause a new order to be Issued in lieu thereof. siec. 112. That Ihe payee ofs nioiiev-order nay, by his written Indor-ement thoroon, direct it lo lie pnid lo any oilier person, and l lie txiKtiiuislt'i- on whom it is drawn shall nay Ihe same to i lie ierson thus designated, iiro- vi'iotl ne snati liirnisn sucn prisn as me rowi master General may prescribe that the in- itorsemcnL Is cenuiin-. ami I Iiot III; is thff Per son empowered to receive payment: but more than one indorsement shull render an order Invalid aid not imvable. anil the hol der, lo obtain payment, shall he required to aim v ti wrilitig lo tin; i-ostinasier i.i'-.ieiai for a new order In lieu thereof, returning ihe oriiunat order, and nuiklug sucn proof nt tne genuineness of the lllitorselnetll as Ilie Post master General may roiiiure Sm:. 113. 'I lint ufLer il monev-ordor has b'NMl IsHiied, if the purchaser desires to liovo it modified or changed, the potinBter who Is sued the erder shall lake it back and issue another in lieu of il, for which a new foe shall lie exacted. Sec. 111. Tliat, the postmaster Issuing a money-order shall repay the amount of It up on tl.o application of Ihe person who obtained it, and Iho return ofthe order, but the foe itatd for It shall not lie returned. sex:, lis. l hot whenever, a money-order has lieon lost, the Postmaster General, upon the application of iho remitter or payee or sucn oruer, may cause u implicate inereoi mi be Issued, without charge, provioing uie uirtv losing the original shall furnish a cer lificiite from the postmaster by whom it was pas able that It bail not lieen, and would not thereafter lie, iid, ami a similar certificate l'roiii the nos' ma -lei- by whom ii was Issued that It had not liecn, aiid would not thereafter he imiMliI Sec. llo. Thut any person who shall, wilh intent to ueiraiid, tatsotv niSKe, forge, conn lerfelt, engrave, or print, or cause or pro cure to lie wisely m-ido, lorged, eountcrietieii. cnuruveit. or nniited. or willingly old or os slst In falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, engraving, or printing, anyorder lu Imitation ol m purporting lo ue a nionec-imier issued bv the Posl-Office Deutriinent. or any of Its postmasters or agents, or any material signs lure or indorsement thereon ; any person who sliall laiseiy alter, or cause or procure lo be altered, or willingly aid or assist In lalsc'v altering anv such money order : any person who shall, with Intent to ilelraud, pass, utter, or puousti. or attempt to pa utter, or publish, as true, any such false lorged, counterfeited, or altered money-or tf-.r, knowing Hit; same, or any signature or indorsement inereon. to ne laise, iorgeu counterfeited, or altered, every such person shall Is; deemed gulllv omclnny, anil, on con vict Ion thereof, shall be imprisoned ot hard labor for not less than two nor more than five years, and lie uneil not exceeding live thoti- saiid dollars. Sec. 117. Thai all inyments and transfers to and from money-order offices shall lie un der the direction of the Postmaster General. He may transfer money-order funds from one postmaster to another, and from the postal revenue lo money-order fund.-; and lie may Ironsfer money-order funds to cre-litors of the Department, lo 1 replaced by equivalent transfers from Ihe )Kstal revenues. Sec. 118. That thu Postmaster General may transfer to the postmaster ut any money-order office, by warrant on -the treasury, coun tersigned by the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, and payable out of the posiul revenues, such sum as may be required over and above tiie current revenues at ills office l'tr the money orders drawn upon htm. Skx:. Ull. That the Posimasier General shall require each sislmaster at a money or lor office lo render to the Pos -Office De partment, weekly, seini-weekh , or doily ac counts olull money-orders issued and paid; of all fees lecoiveii fur issuing ihem ; of at I transfers and payments mode from money order funds; and "of all money received to be lued lor the iwyinent ol money-orders or on account of money-order business. Six-. 20. That' tho Auditor for the Post Offico Ixqiarlmeni shall keep the accounts t,i the money-order business separately, ond lu such maimer us to show the number and amount of money-orders issued at each office, the numlier uud'amouut iatil, ihe amount of t'.-es received, oud all Abe expenses of the mnaev-order business. Sec". 121. That all money received for the sale Of money-orders, including all rees there on, alt money transferred from the postal revenues to the mswey-order funds, all mon ey transferred or paid from the money-order funds to ihe service ofthe Post-Offlce Derl mem, and all money-order funds tronsfeiTed lrom oue posiniaster lo another, shall be deeiue 1 ami lukuu to be iuouej -order liinds and monev In the treasury of Ihe United hmtcs. Audit shal I lie the duty of tho as sistau treasurer ofthe United States to open, at the request ofthe PostmasterGeueral. an aeeetnrt of "money-order funds" deposited by postmasters to the credit of iho Postmaster Mpiei-ii', and of drul'i-K against the amount so do) os to , dinwu byhl.n aud countersigned bv the Audi, or. 'Sec, 122. That any postmaster, assistant, clerk, or other person emp oved in or con nected with the business or operations of any money-order office who shall convert to his own use. In anv way whatever, or loan, or deposit in anv bank, or exchange for other finds, nnv portion if the money-order funds, shali lie deemed guilty of embezzlement ; and any such pel son, a- well ;.s every other iier boii advising or participating therein, sliall, on convict ion thereof, for every such offense, be imprisoned ior not less than six, months nor more than ten years, ami be lined in a sum equal to Hie amount embezzled ; and any failure to pav over or produce any monoy order lands intrusted to such person shall be token lo bo prmm-locle evidence ol'emliezzle mont ; and upon the irtal of any indictment against anv person for such embezzlement, it shall be priina-t'aciu evidence of balance against h.m to produce a transcript from the nioncv-order aocount-bouks ofthe Auditor for the Post-Office Department. iJut nothing herein contained shall !.. construed to pro hibit any postmaster depositing, under the direction of the Postmaster General, in a national bank designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, to his own .-.rodir ns iKistmaster. unv money-order or other funds in his charge, nor i reveut his negotiating drafts or oilier evidences ol dent through such bank, or through United States disbursing officers, or otherwise, when In structed or required to do so by the Post master General, for I he purjiose of remitting surplus momiy-order funds l'roni one post office lo another, to be used Inpayment of money-orders. That disbursing officers ofthe United Stales slioll lie required to Issue, un der regulations to lie prescribed by the Sec retary of Ihe Treasury, duplicates of lost checks drawn by them lu Tovor of any post master on account or monev-order or other public funds received by Ihem from some other jKist master. Si r. J2-1. That postmasters at money-order offices mav be allowed, as compensation for issuing and laying money-orders, nntexceed ing one-third ofthe whole amount ol fees ool lec.ed on orders issued, and one-fQitrth of one per centum on the gross union nt of orders palil at their re-pe Mive offices, provided such compensation, together with the ptmastcr's salary, shall not exceed four thousand dollars per annum, except in the case ol' the post master at New Yorkcily, as hereinbefore JlTOVldC''. tsKC. r-i. a not me l-ostmoster i eneroi may liay out of the proceeds of the money-order business he cost of stationery and sscti inci dental cx;jenses as iire necessary for tho transaction of that business SBC. 125. That the Postmaster General may emp in such an additional number ivf clerks at inonev-order offices as may be necessary for conducting the operations or the money order system, who slioll lie pold out oi'lhe priv-eeils oi'lhe monev-order business. Sec. 120. That for lite greater security of valuable mal '.-matter, the Posiniaster General may establish a uniform system of registra tion. Sec. 127. That mail-matter shall lie regis tered only on the application ofthe party posting the same, and the fee therefor shall not exceed twenty cents In addition to the regular postage, to be, in all coses, prepaid ; and all such fees shall be accounted for In such manner os tho Postmaster General shall direct : Provided, That letters upon the offi cial business ofthe Post-Office Department which require registering shall be registered free of charge, and pass through tho moils free of charge. Sec. 12sj. That a receipt shall be token upon the delivory of any legislored mail-matter, showing to whom aud vvhen the same was de livered, which shall be returned to the sen der, and lie received In the couts as prlma faole evidence of such delivery. " SBC. 129. Tliat the Post-Offlce Derartment. or its revenue, shall not lie llabl for the loss or any rcglsteree mall-matter. Sec. 130. That mailable matter sliall be di vided into three classes : first, letters : second regular printing matter ; third, miscellaneous matter. Sec. 131. That mailable matter or tho first class sholl embrace all oorredondo nee. wholly or portly In writing, except book manuscripts and corrected proof-sheets pass ing between authors and publishers. Sec. 13i. That mailable mattes of the sec ond class shal I embrace all matter exclusive ly In orient, nnd regularly issued at slated periods from a know n office of publication, without addition bv w riting, mark, or sign. Skc. 133. That mailable matter ofthe third class shall embrace all phomplots, occasional publications, translens neyvspnpcrs, maga zines, hand-bills, posters, unseolo l circulars, prospectuses, books, book-manuscripts, prool sheets, corrected proof-sheets, mops, jirlnis, engravings, blnnks, flexible patterns, samples uf merchandise not exceeding twelve ounces In weight, sample oanls, phonographic mpcr, letter envelopes, postal enveloiies and wrap pers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, lAotograplilc rcpreSectations of different typos, seeds, cuttings, bulbs roots, scions, and all other matter which may be declared mailable by law, and all other articles not above the weight, preseffibed by law, which are not, from I heir foroTor nature, liable to destroy, del'ace, or otlicrwiso'lnjure the con tents ofthe mall-bag or the person of any one engaged in the postal service. All liquids, poisons, gla. explosive materials, and ob scene books sliall be excluded from ihe mails. All matter of the third class, excelling books and other printed matter,, book-manuscripts, proofo beets, and corrected prool-sheets. "hall not exceed twelve omu-.es In weight, ami all matter ortho third class sholl be sudject to examination ami to rates of postage as here- leafier provided, "emples of metals, ores, aiel'mhleraHipcaysjpeeimans shad not exceed twelve ounces in weight, and shall lie subject lo examination an 1 to rates or )iostagu as bercinafer provided. Sec. 131. That no package weignlng more than four pounds shall be receive I for con veymce by moll, except books published or circulated bv order orCongnes-. SEc. 135, That the Postmaster General sliall furnish to tiie post-offices exchanging molls with foreign countries, and to such other offices as be mav deem expedient, postal bal ances denominated In grams of tho metric Bvistem, fifteen grams of which shall be tho equivalent, for postal purpose, of one half ounce avoirdupois, and so ou in progres sion. sec. ISO. Tliat the Postmaster General may prescribe by regulation thu manner of wrap ping and "sechrlng for the mails all ma'ter not charged with letter-postage nor lawfully fra nked. so that it mav be conveniently ex amined bv postmasters ; and if not SO wrop )ied ond secured, it shall be subject to letter pontage. Sec 137. Thai postmasters at the office or delivery mtv remive the wrappers and en velopes' from mail-matter not charged with letter-postage nor lawfully frankod. when It can be done without destroying them, for Ihe purpose of ascertaining whether '.here isup.-n or connected with any such matter anything which woiiiu mniumze or require tne cnantu ol a higher role of postage I hereon. siiec. i.is. i nat.no newspapers sliall be re--etveil to 1m conrevoil bv nutt! iiib ihv are sufficiently dried on inclosed In proper sec. 136. That when packages of newspa pers or other periodicals are received at a ift-oiMce. oirecie'i to one auuress, ami lite names of tin) sntwertbors to whom they la long, with ihe iMMttoge lor a quarter In ad vance, is handed to tlM mtmasiir ua at, nil deliver such papers or jierlodlcals to tbelr re spectlve owners. tsuc. i4ii. That postmaster rliall notify the pnlill.'her of nnx newspaper, or other period ical, when any subscriber shall aefiiso to lake ihe same from ihe office, or neglect to call en .fi toe ikiiuu oi one llvinin. SEC. 141. That tlllbllnlior nt nanv.rwr. and periodicals may print or write, unon lliclr, ; publications sent lo regular sulwcrtliers, Ihe address of the subscriber, and the dale w hen Hie subscription expires, and may in close therein bills and receipts for subscrip tion thereto, without Hiiblootlnu- such imliii- collons to extra postage. r-r.1-. ii--. inui onv ivrson who shall In cloee or conceal liny letler, memorandum, or other thing In any mall-mattor not charged w lih letter postage, or make onv writing or memorandum thereof), ond deposit, or cause I be sums to lie deposited, tor conveyance by mull al a less rate than loner-postage, shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay Ave dollars, and such mull-mattcr or Incfosure sholl not lie delivered until the postage Is inld thereon at letter-rates; but. no extra (.stage shol I be charged for a card printed or impressed iisn an envelope or wrapper Sec. 14S. That contractors or mail-carries may convey, out ortho moll.newspntiers for sale or distribution to sulwcrlliers. Sec 144. That the Postmaster Genera! may provide by order the terms upon which rouie agents may rccei ye lrom publishers or nnv news agents In charge thereof, ami deliver the same as direcled. If presented owl colled fur at the mall cor or steamer, packages of news ixqiers and other 'riodicals not received l'roni or intended lor delivery n: anv post office. Sec. 149. That any postmaster who shall unlawfully detoin lu his office any letter or other tiial'-inattcr, the posting or which Is not pjohlhile l by low, with Intent to prevent the arrival and delivery of the some to Ihe person lo whom it Is addressed, shull, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay not exceeding live hundred dollars, and Ik-flmprisone 1 not ex ceeding six months, nnd he. shall be forever thereafter Incapable or holdltut the office of postmaster. BwC 146. That ony person employed in nnv deiaitment of Ilie postal service." w ho shall unlawfully detain, delay, or Open anv letter, Eiieko;, liog. or mall or letters Intrusted in im. or which slioll have come into his os sesslon.aml which was Intended to be con veyed br mall; or carried or delivered bv anv mail-carrier, mall-messenger, rnute-ageoi, letter carrier, or other person employed in any department oi the postal service, fir for warded through or delivered rroiu anv iis! offica or hrrnch po-t -office established by au thority of the Postmaster General ; sny such lierson who shall secrete, embezzle, or de stroy any such letler. puckct. bag, or mall of ie:ter-, as nlorcnilil, which -hall not contain any security for or assurance relating to money or other thing of value, every such person sholl, on conviction thereof for' ever v such offeuse, forfeit anil pay a penalty of no', exceeding five hundred .dollars, or lie Im prisoned not more than one year, or both, at Ihe discretion or the court. Sec. 147. That any iersou who shall take ony li tter, postal card, or packet which shall not contain any article ol' value or evidence thereot' out ofa )io(-offlce or branch post office, or lrom a letter or mall-carrier, or which hag been In any posi-offlcc or branch post-office, or In the custody of ony letter or moll carrier, before it shall have been de livered to tho person to w hom it was direct ed, w-lth r design to obstruct the oonrsjaponeV deuce, or pry into the business or secrets of another, or shall secrete, embezzle, or de stroy the same, shall, on conviction thereof, for every such offense, forlelt, and pav a sm alt y not exccedluc five hundred dollars, pr do nnprisoncu at nam looor not exeeeuuig one veur, or nolli. at the discretion ol the court. Sec. Iff. That no obscene book, pamphlet, picture, priul, or oilier pub'lcation of a vulgar character, or any letter upon the envelope of which, or posiul ,-ar l upon which scurrilous epithets may have lieeu written or primed, or disloyal devices printed or engraved, shall be carried In Ihe moil ; and any jierson know ingly deposit, or cause fo lie deposited, for mailing or lor dolivery.aiiy such obscene puis Heal inn, shall be deemed guilty of misde meanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall, for every such offense, be fined not more lh.ui ilvo hnnurod dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, according to the tr ciimsiaiices and aggravation ofthe offense Sec. 14',). That it shall not bu lawful to con vey by mail, nor to deposit In a isist-officc to be sent by moll, any letters or circulars con cerning Illegal lotteries, so-called gift-concerts, or other similar enterprises offering prizes, or concerning s.-bem devised and i n tended to deceive ami defraud the public for the purpose of obtaining money under false pretenses, and a penalty of not more than five huniiri.fi dollars nor less than one hun dred dollars, with costs of prosecution. Is hereby imposed upon conviction, in any fed eral court, ofthe violation of this section. Sec. 110. Tliat postage on all mall-matter depostled for mailing, on which at least one full rate of postage has been iald as required by law, shall lie forwarded to its destination, charged with Ihe unpaid rate, to be collected on d dlverv. Sec. 151. That ull moil-matter deposited for mai lng, on which nt leost. one full rate of postage has been jiaid as required by law, shall be forwarded to Its destination, charged with the unpaid rate, lo be collected on de livery. Skc. 1V2. That 11 any mail-matter, on which bv law tiie postage is required to be preiaid at the mailing-office, shall by inadvertence reach its destination without such prepay ment, double the ureatil rates shall be charged and collected ou delliery. Sec. tttt, That no matl-maitcr sluill be de livered until the postage due thereon has been paid. SEC.-l-H. Nhat no box at any post-office shall be assigned to the use of any person un til the rent thereof has been pnid for ut least one qiutrtor in advance, for which thu posi mastor shall give a recetiit. six-. 1.V5. That the PoslmnsterGcneml mav provide bv regulation for transmitting uri lld and duly certified letters of soldiers, sailors, owl niorines in the service of tho United States, to their destination. Six'. 136. That on all mall-matter that Is wholly or partly in walling, except book man uscripts and corrected proofs imsslng between authors and publishers, and local drop let ters ; on all printed matter which Is so marked as loconvev any other or further lnfoi-motion than is onnveveil nv me original prim, except Ihe correction oi' mero typographical errors ; on nil matter which is sent in violation or law or the regulations ol' tho Department respect ing inc'.osures ; ond on nil matter to which no specific rale of iiostoge is assipned, pus. age shall lie charged at the rate or three cents lor everv holl ounce or fraction thereof. , Sec. 1157. That letters commonly known as drop or local letters, itelivered through I lie iiost-oftloe or its carriers, shall be charged yvith postage at the rate of two cents whero the system of free delivery Is established, and one cent where such system is notesiablisbod for each half ounce or fraction tliereof. Sac. 13S. Tliol ou ncw siMiiers and other pe riodical publications, not excoeuiug lour oun ces In weight, sent fronts known office of pub lication to regular sucscribers, postage shall be charged at the following rates per quarter, namely: on publications Issued less frequent ly than once a week, at the rate or ono cent tor ouch issue ; issued ouue a week, five cents; and five .-nl. additional for each Issue more frequent than onco a week. And an addition al rate shall bo charged for eooh uddlilmol four ounces or fraction thereor in weight. sec. I"i9. That on newspapers ami other lierlodloals sent from u known office of publi cation to regular subscribers, the postage sholl be paid before delivery , for not less than i ne quarter, nor more than one year; which pavnmnt may lie made either at the of fice or mailing ordelivery, commencing at any time;. and the postmaster shall account for said postage in the quarter lu which it is received. Skc- ISO. Mhat the Postmaster Genera, may provide bv regulations for currying small newsimiiera. Issued less frequently than once o week, In packages to one addrcsj, from v known office of publication to regular sub scribers, ot the rate of one cent for each four ounces or iroctton thereor. Sec. 101. That persons known us regular derlers In newsjinpers aud periodicals may receive and transmit bv each moll such quon titses or either as he muy seqnlre, and pay the postage thereon as received, at the same rates VT" rota, as regular subscribers ut such publications who pay quarterly In advance. Sec. 182. That the Postmoster General may proscribe, bv regulation, an afflcarit, ill form, to lie teken bv the publisher, or qy Ihe clerk, agent, or servant or the pnblislier, ol' any newspaier or other )ertodical which muy by law lie sent to regular subscribers yviteout prepayment or postage at the mailing office, to the effect that nellher ho nor any other proprietou, clerk, agent, or employee within tils knowledge will send, cause or permit lo Inisenl llirougll Ilie man, witnoui preiiuj mein, by postage siamps, ony copies of such nawe- Kiper or other periodical (naming iu except a ma-flde and regular subscriber thereto, and If anv such newsjiaper or periodical shall be thus unlawfully sent, with Ihe knowledge or consent of such proprietor, or bis agent, clerk, servant in charge of such business, or if such affidavit shall, when required by tho Postmaster General or any special agent of the Post-Office Depnrtmenl, be refused, tho person guilty of the offense, or rerunlng to make the affidavit, shall for It-it and pay fifly dollars in each case. Sec. 163. Tliat on mailable matter of tho third class, except as herein staled, postage shall lie charged at the rate of ono cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Double these rates shall be charged for books, sam ples of metals, ores, minerals, and merchan dise. Sec. 104. That packages of woolen, cotton, or linen clothing, not exceeding two pounds in weight, mav Ikj sent through tho mail lo anv non-jommlssloned officer or private in the nrmv of the United States, if prepaid, at the rate of ono cent for each one ouneo or fraction thereof, subject to siwh regulation as the Postmaster General may prescribe. Sec. IO-'i. That the rate of United States postage on mail-matter sent Io or received from foreign countries with which different rates hare not been established by postal con vention or other arrangement, when for warded bv vessels regularly- employed in transpnrtntton Ihe mail, shall be ten cents for each half-ounces or fraction thereof on letters, unless reduced by order of the Post master General ; two cents each on newsisi pcrs: nnd not exceeding two cents per each two ounces, or fraction thereof, on pamph lets, periodicals, books, and other printed matter, which postage shall be prepared on matter s.eni ami coiiecieo on rooiierreeuivcu; ami to avoid loan to the Unltod States in tho payment of bo I lances, the Postmaster Gen-, eral may col lect the unpaid MMage on let ters from foreign countries lu com or Us equivalent. SB.-, ink. That all letters convoyed by ves sels not regularly employed In carrying the mail shall. If for delivery within thu United States, lie rotes I with double lwstage, to cover the tee paid to the vessel. SBC. 167. That for the imrpose of making better postal arrangements with foreign coun tries, or lo counteract their adverse measures affecting our postal intercourse with them, the Port master General, by and with the ad-vk-eand consent of the President, may negotiation- and conclude po-t.-tl treaties or con ventlous, and may reduce or Increase the' ra'es oi' liostage on mall-matter convoyed be tween tiie Untied States and foreign coun tries. Sue. .KM. That the PostmasterGeueral shall prepare iiostade-stamtis of suitable denom inations, which, when attached tomstl-mattcr. shull be evidence of the payment of the post ago thereon. Sir. IAS. That the Postmaster General sliall provide suitable letter and newspaper envel opes, witli such water-marks or other guard ogalnst counterfeits as he may deem expedi ent, ami with postage-stamps with such de vice ami of suitable do nominations as he may dtreai. fnipri--s, thereon : and the sai l en-'