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 FOR.TY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1;. 335. 1872. 297 its carriers, shall be uniform at one cent each; but periodicals weighing more than two ounces shall be subject to a postage of two cents eacl1, and these rates shall be prepaid by stamps. Y Sec. 100. That no extra postage or carrie1=s’ fees shall be charged or ,,g1,;`(Qf°Q°:,p,;?{_ collected upon any mail—matter collected or delivered by carriers. ter by carriers. Sec. 101. That all expenses of letter carriers, branch—ofiices, and re-1 E’{P°“S€S ff ceiving-boxes, or incident thereto, shall be kept and reported in a separate account, and shall be shown in comparison with the proceeds from post- and receiving age on local mail-matter at each office, and the Postmaster-General shall }ff§S,;$;;°’J;il’° be guided in the expenditures for this branch of the service by the income mini), &¤. derived therefrom. Sec. 102. That to promote public convenience, and to insure greater Money-order security in the transfer of money through the mail, the Postmaster—Gen- ‘>’S*°’“» °* eral may establish, under such rules and regulations as he may deem ex- yégglordur pedient, a uniform money-order system, at all suitable post-oflices, which shall be designated as " money-order offices." Sec. 103. That the Postmaster-General may conclude arrangements _Agrse¤nem.s with the post departments of foreign governments, with which postal con- gg? f°';'¢?`I" §g"‘ ventions have been or may be concluded, for the exchange, by means of excggggt, 8;. ° postal orders, of small sums of money, not exceeding fifty dollars in p¤St¤l<>¤‘<l¤rS. of amount, at such rates of exchange, and compensation to postmasters, fQ;;];;“"‘“ °f and under such rules and regulations as he may deem expedient; and the Expenses expenses of establishing and conducting such system of exchange may be *h°”°f· paid out of the proceeds of the money-order business. Sue. 104. That the postmaster at a money-order office shall issue, in Postal money- such manner and form as the Postmaster-General may prescribe, an order 9"d?"S; l'“1°“ f°' for a specified sum of money, payable by the postmaster at any other 1sSum£" money-order office which the person applying therefor may select; but no money-order shall be delivered until the amount thereof, and the proper fee therefor, have been deposited with the postmaster issuing it: Provided, That the postmaster of every city where branch post-oflices or stations in ,,;t;.,S,,,hm are established and in operation, subject to his supervision, is hereby au- bwnch postthorized, under the direction of the Postmaster—General, to issue, or to 3gi;:’liZ:'“ cause to be issued, by any of his assistants or clerks in charge of branch post-offices or stations, postal money-orders payable at his own or at any other money-order office, or at any branch post-office or station of his own, or of any other money-order office, as the remitters thereof may direct; and that the postmaster and his sureties shall in every case be Postmasterand held accountable upon his official bond for all moneys received by him or ghggble his designated assistants or clerks in charge of stations from the issue for money rc. of money—orders under the provisions of this act, and for all moneys ¢¢l‘~’¤df<>Ym<>¤¤Y· which may come into his or their hands, or be placed in his or their "d°"" custody by reason of the transaction by them of money-order business. Laws nowin And all the provisions of law now in force respecting the issue and the f<>¤>¤ *0 ¤PPlY· payment of money-orders, and the disposal of money-order funds in the custody of postmasters, shall apply to all money-orders issued under the authority given by this act, and to all moneys received from the issue thereof Seo. 105. That any postmaster who shall issue a money-order without _ Penalty for having previously received the money therefor shall be deemed guilty of £;:;'§vM33Q°Y‘ a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ms, rec,.;,,;,,,;;],,, fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. meyéy ¢l¤¤*¤*l>¤· Sec. 106. That in case of the sickness or unavoidable absence from his mgngffgggéir at oflice of the postmaster of any money-order post-ofiice, he may, with the since nugy, in approval of the Pcstmaster—Gencral, authorize the chief clerk, or some fem °$' ’°·· . . . . dull10X15C 50mG other clerk employed therein, to act in his place, and to discharge all the CW, ,0 M in duties required by law of such postmasters: Provided, That the official lxiiiplupci. bond given by the principal of the office shall be held  cover and apply acts? S&§°g':; to the acts of the person appointed to act in his place in such cases: ad ,0,,,