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 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 71. 1863. 703 delivered to the parties addressed. He is authorized also to order the publication of the list of non-delivered letters at any post·office, in his discretion, Lists of nenby writing, posted in a public place or places, or in any daily or weekly d°“"3‘°dl°“:¤ newspaper regularly published within the post-oflicc delivery having the Eg;:°d_ °r pu ` largest circulation within such delivery; and where no daily paper is published within the post-cfiice delivery, such list may be published in any daily newspaper of an adjoining delivery having the largest circulation within the delivery of the post-office publishing [the] list ; but in no case shall compensation for such publication be allowed at a rate exceeding Pay for publione cent for each letter so advertised; and no such publication shall be °“*l°“· required except where the Postmaster-General shall decide that the public interest requires it: Provided, That letters addressed to parties foreign Foreign Ianborn may be published in a journal of the language most used by the g“ag°" parties addressed, if such be published in the same, or an adjoining deliver. Siifc. 8. And be it further enacted, That dead letters containing valu- _Dead1¤tter¤ able enclosures shall be registered in the department; and when it ap- ;'ét;g;l‘;f:é°" l° pears that they can neither be delivered to their address, nor to the writ- i ers, the contents thereoii so far as available, shall be included with the Dispgsnlof their receipts of the Post-Ofiice Department, and the amount thereof shall be €°¤*€¤*¤· shown in the annual report, and shall be subject to reclamation by either the party addressed, or by the sender, for four years from registry thereoh careful account being kept of the same. All other letters deemed of value or of importance to the party addressed, or to the writer, and which it appears cannot be returned to either destination, shall be disposed of as the Postmaster-General shall direct. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General may Printed matter provide by regulation for the disposition, for the benefit of the Depart- Eggvcglgeigggiof ment, of printed matter which remains in any post-office, or in the De- P i partment, not called for by the party addressed; but the postmaster shall notify the publisher of any newspaper or periodical of the fact when any _ Notice *0 P¤l>· subscriber shall refuse to take the same from the office, or shall neglect to mmm' call for the same for the period of one month, which notice may be sent free under regulation to be provided by the Postmaster-General. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the action of the Post-Office Foreign dead Department respecting foreign dead letters shall be subject to conventional 1"’“°’S· stipulations with the respective foreign administrations. Sec. ll. And be it further enacted, That letter~carriers shall be em- Letter-carriers. ployed at such post-offices as the Postmaster-General shall direct for the delivery of letters in the places respectively where such post-oflices are established; and for their services they shall severally receive a salary, to P“Y· be prescribed by the Postmaster-General, not exceeding eight hundred dollars per year: Provided, That, on satisfactory evidence of their diligence, fidelity, and experience as carriers, the Postmaster-General may increase their respective salaries from time to time to any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, at offices where the income from postages on the local letters shall yield a sum more than sufficient to pay all expenses of the carrier system at such offices; each of the said carriers shall give bond, with sureties, to be approved by the Postmaster-General, Bond. for the safe custody and delivery of all letters, packets, and moneys received by him. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Postmaster- Frequent_deliv· General shall have perfected the carrier system in any postal district so "Y by °°"'°"" as, in his judgment, to justify him therein, he is authorized to make delivery, within any prescribed postal district, of mail matter by letter-carriers, as frequently as the public convenience in such district shall require, and shall make all proper regulations for that purpose. SEO. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General is Branch emacs. authorized, when, in his judgment, the public interest or convenience may An¢¤,i>i>·379.¤l=’>¤-