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 300 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 335. 1872. bank, or throngh.United States disbursing officers, or otherwise, when instructed or required to do so by the Postmaster-General, for the purpose I l of renntting surplus money-order funds from one postrofiice to another, to Drsburstng be used in payment of money-orders. That disbursin officers of th ... 2 e 01IlL<.l'S to ISSUE Uni 1 S _ h  b · _ d · •. du,)Hm,€s cms, 1 et tates s a e require to issue, under regulatmns to be prescribed cheeks, for, &c. by the Secretary of the Treasury, duplicates of lost checks drawn by them in favor of any postmaster on account of money-order or other public funds received by them from some other postmaster. Ogeyrnpnt rch Sec. 123. That postmasters at money-order offices may be allowed, as ,l_Q,(DQ?;f,{;,“ ppmpenpation fprl issuing andf playing fponety-orders, not exceeding oneoffices for, Ste. in o tie w o e amount o ees co ecte on orders issued and onefourth of one per centum on the gross amount of orders paid at their I · respective offices, provided such compensation, together with the post- Lnnrt. master s salary, shall not exceed four thousand dollars per annum, exeeptwpndthe case of the postmaster at New York city, as hereiubefore provide. in Sgitipnlery and Sec. 124. That the Postmaster-General may pay out of the proceeds m3w‘?:r3;‘ of the money-order business the cost of stationery and such incidental business: expenses as are necessary for the transaction of that business. c,é’;,?;l::;¢:3#;lmy_ Sec. 120. That the Postmaster-General may employ such an additional cm,. 0mm_ number of clerks at money—order offices as may be necessary for conducting the operations of the money—order system, who shall be paid out of the proceeds of the money-order business. Registration of Sec. 126. That for the greater security of valuable mail-matter, the ”‘“‘l'“‘f‘*l°"· Postmaster-General may establish a uniform system of registration. {Sec. 127. That mail-matter shall be registered only on the application umlé, and @5 o t ie party posting the same, and the fee therefor shall not exceed twentv theremr. cents 1H addition to the regular postage, to be, in all cases, prepaid; and _ I all such fees shall be accounted for in such manner as the Postmasterm?¤rf=:¤¤b¤fhet_aI General shall d1rect: Provided, That letters upon the official business of ,5,;;;:,  Cf3B' the Post—ol'lice Department which require registering shall be registered clings. free of charge, and pass through the mails fi-ee of charge. N  Sec. 12tl. That a receipt shall be taken upon the delivery of any reg- 5 · v istercd n1a1l—matter, showing to whom and when the same was delivered, ·<» M we ¤¤=¤ — lillliléléillJ$?.i$E§E‘€£°€t§lZ .¥ZE.2$§d°" ““" '°° r“°“ i “"‘ “‘ “"°   ”‘ ]6§<g{lialwi_\i:y_fl&r Sino. 129. That the Post-Ollice Department, or its revenue, shall not n,},‘,,_m;“,i;,;;_“‘° be liable for the loss of any registered mail—matter. Mniiimioinnt- Si-ac. 130. That mailable matter shall be divided into three classcs· first, letters; second, regular printed matter; third, miscellaneous matter. 1,, crm_ bac. 131. lhat mailuble matter of lthe first class shall embrace all correspondence, wholly or partly in writing, except book-manuscripts and corrected proof-sheets passing between authors and publishers. 2d class. bm:. 132. That mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all matter exclusively in print, and regularly issued at stated periods from d a lgxownlcgigceiolf publicptign, without addition by writing, mark, or sign. 3 class. ICC. .at mai abe matter of the third class shall embrace all pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, magazines, - i. . _ _ hand b1 ls, posters, unsealed tneulais, prospeetuses, books, boolmnanuscripts, proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings. blanks, flexible patterns, samples of merchandise not exceeding twelve ounces in weight, sample cards, phonographie paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and- wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, photographic representations of different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, 1oots, scions, and all·other matter winch may be declared mailuble by law, and all other articles not above the weight prescribed by law, which are not. from their form or nature, liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise Cmm umdés ipyure thplcontepts of the 'menl-bag or the person of any one engaged in tie post SOFVICG. All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive materials, and