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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 21. 1894. 3 1 hundred and eighty-three, and entitled “An Act to modify the postal V0!-24. v-SM money-order system, and for other purposes," and the iirstsection and such provisions of the second section as are applicable to postal notes of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, vn. zz, p. 526. ' entitled “An Act to modify the postal mon ey-order system, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, repealed, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment, after July first, eighteen hundred Payment of notes and ninety-four, in the manner provided by existing law, of postal °“*¤*~*¤°*¤S- notes issued prior to that date, and any such postal notes, if presented for payment more than one year from the last day of the month of their issue, may be paid by warrant, as provided by section four of this Act in the case of money orders. Sec. 2. That section three of the said Act of March third, eighteen M¤¤¤y··>rd¤» wes. hundred and eighty-three, as amended by the Act of June twenty-ninth, R- S-. sec- 4032, p- eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled "A11 Act to reduce the fee on min.}, 22, P, 52-;, v.,;_ domestic money orders for sums not exceeding five dollars/’ be amended 24- P- 8**- to read as follows: “That a money order shall not be issued for more than one hundred $1§{•*'"¤ “m***>·‘ °° dollars, and that fees for domestic money orders shall be as follows, to ` wit: “For orders not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents, three cents. Rem- ‘* For orders exceeding two dollars and fifty cents and not exceeding five dollars, five cents. “For orders exceeding five dollars and not exceeding ten dollars, eight cents. “ For orders exceeding ten dollars and not exceeding twenty dollars, ten cents. ' “ For orders exceeding twenty dollars and not exceeding thirty dollars, twelve cents. . “For orders exceeding thirty dollars and not exceeding forty dollars, fifteen cents. “For orders exceeding forty dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, eighteen cents.- “For orders exceeding nfty dollars and not exceeding sixty dollars, twenty cents.

  • ‘For orders exceeding sixty dollars and not exceeding seventydive

dollars, twenty-five cents. ' “For orders exceeding seventy-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, thirty cents.” Sec. 3. That section four of said Act of March third, eighteen hun· cms hire postdred and eighty-three, as amended by the Act of June twentyminth, °'“°°" , eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled, “An Act to make the allow· vn. :2, P. su. ” ances for clerk hire to postmasters of the tlrst and second class post- v.,], 24, ,.8;-, offices cover the cost of clerical labor in the money-order business, and for other purposes," be amended to read as follows: "Thu»t postmasters at money-order post oillces of the iirst and second M¤¤¤_{<¤·1¤;;1:{:_· classes may be allowed by the Postmaster-General to employ such ZE.}.}' '°°° number of clerks in the transaction of their money-order business, and at such rates of compemation, respectively, as he may deem expedient. “The allowances for clerk hire made to postmasters of the iirst and A1l<¤{=¤;=1<;•=~¤> ww second class post-offices by the Postmaster-General, out of the annual “" ° " "`°‘ appropriation for clerks in post-offices, shall cover the cost of clerical services of all kinds in such post-oflices, including the cost of clerical labor in the money-order business. "And at all other money·order post-offices the compensation for the ·u_13w¤g¤¢f¤r ¤¤¤: clerical labor in the money-order business shall be paid out of the feee 3}}.,, §§m'§?m°°° received for the issue of money orders. and shall be three cents for each domestic or international money order issued: ‘·Pro·vidcd, That the Postmaster-General may allow to the postmas- zvmt.-.. ter at each international exchange office such additional amount in Autumn tt mmeach case, out of the annual appropriation for clerks in post—0iH¢0B, 38 °"‘""° he may deem expedient to enable these postmasters to obtain the clerical labor necessary for the performance of such special duties as are