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-'