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298 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 335. 1872. Person so not provided further, That such acting officer shall, for the time being, be i¤sug¤Pi¤<=*g° subject to all the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law for the oijicial P° °°°’ °' misconduct in like cases of the postmaster for whom he shall act. Moneyereers Sec. 107. That no money-order shall be issued for more than fifty dolugtw be for over lars, and the fees therefor shall be, for orders not exceeding ten dollars, $"2,f,S,hmfo,_ five cents; exceeding ten and npt exceeding twenty dollars, ten cents; exceeding twenty and not exceeding thirty dollars, lifteen cents; exceeding thirty and not exceeding forty dollars, twenty cents; exceeding forty Bl dollars, twenty-five cents. mongnlg Sec. 108. That the Postmaster-General shall supply money-order offices cmu; with blank forms of application for money-orders, which each applicant Applicantto shall fill up with his name, the name and address of the party to whom Gu b1““k’· the order is to be paid, the amount, and the date of application; and all APPll°¤*i°¤¤ such ap lications shall be preserved by the postmaster receivinv them for to be preserved. . P I . b F f su? timpogs mg lE"os1t;ma¥er£Gente;·aGmayrp,r{eici;*1p1e. f _ h d 0rmS of EG. . . a the os mas 1f- 6116 a. u1'Il1S m011ey—0r er m'§:Y$:52fr€Q,d offices with printed or engraved forms for money-orders, and no order unless, &c. shall be valid unless it be drawn upon such form. mglgffgrggr to Sec. 110. That the postmaster issuing a money-order shall send a no- Postmasm by tice thereof by mail, without delay, to the postmaster on whom it is mail. drawn. 1ii<g¤r<;>;-optders Sec. 111. That no money-order shall be valid and payable unless pre- 2;; ;,’;,;;_° " sented to the postmaster on whom it is drawn within one year after its _ New orders in date ; but the Postmaster-General, on the application of the remitter bw °li &°· or payee of any such order, may cause a new order to be issued in lieu thereof Payee of Sec. 112. That the payee of a money-order may by his written in- '“°"°9"°"l"" dorsement thereon, direct it to be paid to any other pclrson, and the post- 1\l8y lll(10l`S€ H10 . . . smc to ,;,;,,1 master on whom it IS drawn shall pay the same to the person thus desig- P°¥`S9¤»t‘Kh° my nated, provided he shall furnish such proof as the Postmaster-General

2::; mgmn may prescribe that the indorsement is genuine, and that he is the person

it) &o. ° empowered to receive payment; but more than one indorsement shall mggguglggzl °¤° render an order invalid and not payable, and the holder, to obtain pay- ,e,,d,,,._, Ord,,,. ment, shall be required to apply in writing to the Postmaster-General for invalid- a new order m lieu thereof, returning the original order, and making such proof of the geuuineness of the indorsements as the Postmaster-General ma require. mg[°gl:>;;>3l°;?i_ {EC. 113. That after a money-order has been issued, if the purchaser y g ·’ desires to have it modified or changed, the postmaster who issued the gx2L}};;' M '·° b° order shall take it back and issue another in lieu of it, for which a new ` _ fee shall be exacted. S1152E:";?:;;?' Sec. 114. That the postmaster issuing a money-order shall; repay the order shall repay 9.m0\1I1i> of 1t upon the application of the person who obtained it, and the zlyggg retgrn of gre ppder, but the fee paid for it shall not be returned. D,,,,;-, ,0 0 Q Ec. 11 . ’ at whenever a money-order has been lost the Postmastergllprs tipping; df General, upon the application of the remitter or payee of, such order, may °“° °“· °· cause a duplicate thereof to be issued, without charge, providing the party losing the original shall furnish a certificate from the postmaster by whom it was payable that it had not been, and would not thereafter be, paid, and a snpilar ceréiiicatpdfrom the postmaster by whom it was issued that it had not een, an wou not thereafter be, repaid. yogi2Q3ié;?, SEG- U6- That any person who shall, with intent to defraud, falsely money-order; make, forge, counterfeit, engrave, or print, or cause or procure to be falsely max, fprgediicouxiperfeited, engraved, or printed, or willingly aid or assist in a se y_ma ing, orging, counterfeiting, engraving, or printing, a11y order ignimitgtion tof 0;* purportinfg .to be a money-order issued by the Pos; 0. c epar men , or any o its postmasters or agents or any materr ug: ftglselggk signature or indorsement thereon; any person who shall falsely alter, or g P g· cause or procure to be altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely altering