76 THIRTY-—ElGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 87. 1864. May 17, 1864. Cnr. LXXXVII. -—An Amt zo establish a Posml Monqq-Order System. 1865, eh. 89,§11. Be it enacted by the and House of Representatives of the United P°"•P·5°6- Smxgg of America in Oangress assembled, That tcfpromote public om;. °nQgg;'°Y;°;f’°" venienee, and to insure greater security in the transfer of money through
- ,pmi swig. the United States mails, the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to
Med p¤¤t-<>f°fice¤- establish, under such rules and regulations aslhe may ind expedient and necessary, a uniform money-order system at a l post-oflices which he may deem suitable therefor, and which shall be designated and known as “Money-Order Offices;" and it shall be the duty of the deputy post,. master at every money-order office to issue, in such manner and form as OWN mb the Postmaster·General may prescribe, an order for a sum of money llgslfg my ° playable by thel depug pofstmaster of (atny otherhmolncy-;>rder tpnilicp while}; L e person app ying ere or may se e ; an e epu y pos as er w o issues such order shall be required to send through the malls, without Norm to delay, to the deputy postmaster on whom it is drawn, due notice thereof] d"’“'°°· and he shall not deliver such order to the applicant therefor until the lat,- Am¤¤¤¢ <>*` ter shall first have deposited with him the amount of money for which g;d§;s:?1‘;£§?t;g_ such order is drawn, together with the proper charge or fee therefor, as hereinafter·provided, And it shall not be lawful for any deputyopost- Penalty. master to 1ssue a money-order on any other deputy postmaster without having previously received the money therefor; and any person who shall violalze this provision shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on oonvictxou thereof shall be fined m any sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. Q;d¤¤*¤b<> Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a money-order shall not be
- uf§l;;k#£‘;T valid or payable unless it be drawn on a printed or engraved form, which
shall be furnished to the money-order offices by the Postmaster-General; and it shall be the duty of the latter to supply such oihees also with the · I blank forms of application for money-orders, one of which the deputy Applications, postmaster shall hand to each applicant for a money-order, who shall be required to enter, or cause to be entered, therein his own name and the prggclxgfd md name and address of the party to whom the orderiis to be paid, together wuh the amount thereof and the date of application. And all such applications, when filled up and delivered to the deputy postmaster, shall be pgreserved 0n file at his office for such length of time as the Postmastereneral may prescribe. bg;';!:;; Y;?:;; l Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no money-order shall be mm $1 nor mm xssued for any sum less than one or more than thirty dollars; and all perthan $::0. sons who receive money-orders shall be required to pay therefor the fol- 1s`eesfoi· orders. lowing charges or fees, viz: For an order for one dollar, or for any larger sum, but not exceeding ten dollars, a fee of ten cents shall be charged and exaoted by the postmaster giving such order; for an order of more than ten and not exceeding twenty dollars, the charge shall be fifteen cznfp; and for every order exceeding twenty dollars a fee of twenty cents s a be charged. chg1*g§:1';;‘1gI}’° Sec. 4. Andlbc it further enacted, That if the purchaser of a money- &c_ order, fron}; having rpade an error in stating the name of the office of pay- ment or the name 0 the a ee or for other reasons, be desirous that the said hxoney-order be modiged or changed, it shall be the duty of the deputy postmaster from whom he received it to take back, at his request, the first order, and issue another in lieu thereof; for which a new fee shall A be charged and exacted; and it shall also be the duty ofa. deputy postmasmP“';f““t "l‘°“ l6v_¤0 repay the amount of any money-order to the person who obtained E, iflfhellatter apply for such repayment and return the money-order;. ut the c arge or ee paid therefor shall not in any case be refunded. Sec. 5. And be it further cnacte¢L That if any money-order be not prg;*;‘;l;°f£_¤ presented lo the deputy postmaster on whom it is drawn within l1l¤6|>y mymznt in days afleq 1ts date, it shall not be valid or payable ; but the Postmasterninety days. General shall be, and he is hereby, authorized, on application of the
