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 764 Trrm: Xl.\’l.— -'l`HE POSTAL 2+ER\'lCE.———Ch. 7—r$. Ibid., s. 390, p. be by them sent by mail to the Treasurer of the United States for 301 redem tion; and the postmaster at the city of Washington, in the District oi) Columbia, shall register, in like manner, without charge, all letters containing new currency returned for currency redeemed, which shall be received by him from the Treasurer, in sealed packages, marked with the word " register " over the official signature of the said Treasurer. {msdn; nm nf Sec. 3933. Every postmaster shall post, in a conspicuous place in his a¤lvertised_1etten=. office, a copy of each list of non—delivercd letters immediately after its ll>i<l-.=*·l9liP·308- publication. Pay fer adver· Sec. 3934. The compensation for publishing the list of non—delivcrcd Willi! m28m; ____ letters shall in no case exceed one cent for each letter so published. lbid., s. 192, p. 1 8. l0(`barge on ad- Sec. 3935. All letters ublished as non-delivered shall be charged with \’€**i§€*l l¤**€Y¤·__ one cent in addition to the regular postage, to be accounted for as part 30gb¤<l·» S- 193» P· of the postal revenue. p,,,,,,,-,, of ,,1,,;,,- Sec. 3936. The Postmaster-General may regulate the period during livered letters. which undelivered letters shall remain in any dpost·ofiice, and when they Ibid_, ,_ 194,3,,T shall be returned to the dead—letter office; an he may make regulations 308. for their return from the dead—letter office to the writers, when they cannot be delivered to the parties addressed. Unpaid lettersto Sec. 3937. All domestic letters deposited in any post-office for mailing, d€¤d·1°*l€¤‘ °f9§°· on which the postage is wholly unpaid or paid less than one full rate as Ibid., s. 195, p. required by law, except letters lawfully free, and dulv certified letters of 308- soldiers, sailors, and marines in the service of the United States, shall be sent by the postmaster to the dead·letter office in Washington. But in large cities and adjacent districts of dense population, having two or more st-offices within a distance of three miles of each other, any letter mailedlgt one of such offices and addressed to a locality within the delivery of another of such offices, which shall have been inadvertently prepaid at the drop or local letter rate of postage only, may be forwarded to its destination through the proper office, charged with the amount of the deficient postage, to be collected on delivery. Proceeds of val- Sec. 3938. Dead letters eontainin valuable inclosures shall be regis- “*lbl°d°¤d·l€tl€*¤- tered in the dead-letter office; and vsghen they cannot be delivered to the ibid_, Q_ 196, p_ party addremcd nor to the writer, the contents thereof shall be disposed 308. of, and a careful account shall be kept of the amount realized in each case, which shall be subject to reclamation by either the party addressed or the sender, for four years from the registry thereof; and all other letters of value or of importance to the party addressed or to the writer. and which cannot be returned to either, shall be disposed of as the Postmaster-General may direct. Reqluesttobere- Sec. 3939. When the writer of any letter on which the stage is pre- §’f“f*( ·_______ _ paid shall indorsc upon the outside thereof his name andpislddress, such Ibid., 198, p. etter shall not be advertised, but after remaining uncalled for at the 308- office to which it is directed thirtv days, or the time the writer may direct, shall be returned to him without additional charge for postage, and if not then delivered shall be treated as a dead letter. Ferwurdinz 19*- Sec. 3940. Prepaid letters shall be forwarded from one post-office to
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’ 1ma.,s. 199.` f°" P°““*€°· CHAPTER EIGIIT. CONTRACTS FOR CARRYING THE IAILS. Sec. * Sec. 3941. Advertising for proposals. l 3945. Guarantee of proposals. 3942. Contracts_ with railways without 3946. Oath to accompany bid. advertising. l 3947. Certificate of the postmaster as to 3943. Contracts for carrying home-mails the sufficiency of guarantor. by owners of vessels. 3948. Bids to be recorded and preserved. 8944. Proposals to be sealed; how to be 3949. Contractsto lowest bidder. opened. 3950. Combination to prevent bids.