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 800 INDEX. Postal Lows, (continued.) Postmaster-General, (continued.) is invalid for want of presentment for may cancel a certain contract for carry- payment. . . 195. ing the mail, and make a. new one. . .22, 23 ap licant to furnish certificate that, to send printed copy of postal conventions gcc. . . . . . . . 195 to Secretary of State  40 postal orders on foreign countries for the to establish regulations as to transmis— exchange of small sums of money. 196 sion of letters, &c. to and from the congovernment agent on each mail steamer gressional printer, free of postage. 40 between Sun Francisco, Honolulu, may appoint and employ government Japan, and China .. 195 agent on each mail steamer between general postal agency may be established San Francisco, Honolulu, Japan, and at Shun hai, and branches at other China. 195 ports in China and Japan 195 may estnblish a general postal agency at pay of such postal agents, &c ... 195 Shanghai, and branches at other ports report, &c .. . 195 in China and Japan. 195 superintendent of foreign mails and addi- pay and report of such postal agents 195 tional clerks authorized .. 196 may uppoint a superintendent of foreign salary of superintendent and pay of mails. . . .. . . . . 196 clerks. 196 and three additional clerks. . . . . 196 salary of superintendent of rnoney~ordcr annual salary of, and pay of clerks:. 196 system .. . . 196 may appoint, in office of third assi—t=mt chief of division for dead-letter office an- postmaster-general, chief of division thorizccl. ., . .   196 for dead-letter office. 196 salary. .. 196 salary. . ...  196 penalty upon persons employed in any may establish ablank agency for the degost-office, &c. for knowingly using, partment at Washington ... . 196 e. to prepay postage, nny stamp or superintendent, assistants, and laborstamped envelope already so used. 196 ers ... 196 for removing, &c. enneelling marks, other blank agencies abolished. 196 with intent, &c. 196 may prescribe a uniform dress to be worn for removing from letters, Sec. stamps, by letter carriers ... . 197 &c. with intent, Gmc. . ._ .. 196 penalty upon those not letter carriers upon persons not employed, thr com- for wearing the uniform. 197 mitting the foregoing oilcnccs 196 may contract. with the Commercial Navifor forging, &c. postal money-order, gution Company of New York for with intent, &c. . ... 195 weekly, &c. conveyance of all European for knowingly uttering any such or- and forei n mails of the United States, der, with intent, &e .. 195 between lglew York and Bremen, &c.229, 230 sales of postage-stamps, &c. at discount, See United States 1|Iail Sleamship Line. limited in amount, and as to persons how to apply the money for postage who may sell ... 196 earned by the United States mail letters, &c. concerning lotteries, Src. not steamship line. . 230 to be deposited in any post-ollice to be three thousand copies of report of, to be sent by mail ... 196 primed 245 blank agency for Post-Office Department regulations by, as to sending free of established nt Washington ...  196 ostage, medals, &c. awarded to solsupcrintentlents and assistants, and diers, by legislatures of States 248 their snlurics ... 196 to change the character of the mail serother blunk ngencics abolished .. 196 vice from Fort Abercrombie to Helena., 254 failure for two years to 'institute a suit appropriations for the .. 195, 297 against 9 dclhnlting postmaster, not to to report at next December session of diseliwrge his snretics .. . . 197 Congress, the number of desks, clerks, sureties to be discharged if suit is not &c. in his department .., 301 brought within three years ... 197 with the Sccretnry of the Treasury, may certified copies of certain returns uml pn- exchange certain property in the park, pers of postmnsters to be evidence in in the city of New York. 305 criminal cases in United States courts. 197 Postmaster ty' House of ltepresenzutiras, in suits to recover balances due from. to account to clerk of house for all sta.- postmnstcrs, what to be sufficient evi·· tionery received and distributed by him 94 denrc of u tlcmand upon the post- Postmnsters, master 197 appropriation for compensation of  55, 323 further dcintintl not necessary, when, for allowances to. 55 &c .. . ... . 197 pay 0L for money-order business 194 uniform dress may he prescribed for let- limit of amount. .. ¤ ... 195 ter carriers ... .. . . .. 197 failure to instituie suit for two years penalty upon those not carriers for wear- against defaulting, not to discharge ing the uniform. . ... 197 his surcties 197 Postal Mone_y-Orders. See 1i{one_q-Orders. surcties to be discharged in three provisions concerning .. 194, 195, 196 years, it] &e_ 197 Postmaster-General, in suits to recover balance against postto determine the terms for the preference masters, what to be sufficient evidence in the use of the cables laid by the of demand. 197 American Atlantic Cable Telegraph further demand not necessary, when, Company, on the Atlantic coast, &c.. . 10 Svc. ... . . . . . . . . 197