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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 246. 1868. 195 pensation, together with the postmaster’s salary, shall not in any case ex- Limit of eeed the salary established by law for postmasters of the Hrsi: class. am°““t‘ Sec. 3. And be il further enacted, That section thirty-five of the act of \Veekly pa- Mareh third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be so construed as to  {gag xm, permit; weekly newspapers, properly folded and addressed, when sent to subgqribefrgs in regular subscribers, in the county where printed and published, to be de- °°¤¤*Y¢ *6** °*` livered free of postave when deposited at the office nearest to the o$ce p°mg°' _ _ ¤ ’ _ _ _ 1863 ch. 71 § of publication ; but nothing in this act shall be so construed as to require 35. ’__ l carriers to distribute said papers, unless postage is paid upon them at the Vglérf;;}g’h;€7· rate of five cents per quarter, and such postage must be prepaid For required to dis. a term of not less than one quarter or more than one year, either at the tribute them, office of mailing or of delivery, ai; the option of the subscriber. ““l8”’ &°‘ SEO. 4. And be it further enacted, That in case of the loss •of a money Duplicate order, a duplicate thereof shall be issued by the superintendent of the L“°P‘fY °'d°F‘° · . . . e issued withmoney-order officc without charge, on the application of the remitter or Outcharge in payee of the original: Provided, That the applicant furnish a certificate case ¤f1oss,_ from the postmaster on whom the same was drawn that it had not been E:`8lVl;°;$v;‘H§` and would not thereafter be paid, and a similar certificate from the post- for wwe; or pr9— master by whom i\: was issued that it had not been and would not be repaid S°’“m°“* Y0' to the purchaser; and a second fee shall not be charged for a duplicate pRi{;.Ig$,l;?,_ money order issued to replace an order that has been rendered invalid because of nonqwresentation for payment within one year after its date, or because of illegal endorsements. Sicc. 5. And be 1`tfurther enacted, That if any person shall fhisely P?¤*‘·ltg for forge or counterfeit, or willingly aid, assist, or abet in falsely Forging or gQr§$g{nO;:y counterfeiting, or shall procure, directly or indirectly, to be falsely forged order, within- 0r counterfeited any postal money orher, or any material signature or en- *°“*· &°·i dorsement to any postal money order issued by the Post—OfHce Department, or any of its agents, for the purpose and with the intent of obtaining or receiving, directly or indirectly, or of procuring or enabling others to obtain or receive, directly or indirectly, any sum or sums of money, and thereby to defraud either the United States or any person of such sum or sums of money, or any part; thereof, or shall pass, utter, or f<>{_k¤<>wi¤g1y publish or attempt to pass, utter, 0I' publish as true, any such forged Egyléxgglgsfacr or counterfeited postal money order with intent to defraud either the with intent, &c. United States or any person of any sum or sums of money, knowing such postal money order, or any signature or endorsement thereon, to be so falsely forged or C0l1I1l'€l`{€ll€d, every such person shall be deemed guilty of felony,_and being thereof duly convicted shall be sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor for a period of not less than two years nor more than five years, and to be fined in a sum not exceeding tive thousand dollars. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General bc, Govgrylment and he is hereby, authorized to appoint and employ on board of each of ¤§¢_¤T>_0¤ Gnchb the mail steamers plying on the route between San Francisco, Japan, and ;$;Q;:t§;2°?lm$; China, and between San Francisco and Honolulu, (Hawaiian Islands,) a cisco, Honolulu, government agent in charge of the United States mails, at an annual ““‘l salary of two thousand dollars each per annum. ' Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted, That the Postmaster-Generalbe, Gencml pmol and he is hereby, authorized to establish in connection with the United States mail steamship service to Japan and China a general postal Smmglmi, uml agency at Shanghai, China, with such branch agencies at other ports in g;Q2:h°$ W, .. . . ports in China and Japan as shall, in his Judgment, be necessary for the prompt Chim and JAp_ and efficient management of the postal service in those countries; and to ani) {Q rl pay the postal agents so appointed and employed a reasonable compcnsa- pOst${’;’"é'::;,‘ tion for their services, in zultlition to the necessary expenses for rent, {ur- gw, ° uiture, clerk hire, and so forth, to be allowed at each agency for conducting the postal business, a report on which shall be embraced in the annual Reportreport of the Postmaster—General.