Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 36 Part 1.djvu/1364

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1340 srxrr-Frnsr concnnss. sw. III. cn. 241. 1911. Fgg:},;__*¤'*¤g¤ *‘°· Sec. 5. That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or so_ much P°.°ine, p.814. thereof as rnay)be necessary, is hereby_ appropriated and made immeus}§§‘,§’§f‘,§'§iL,§§§i€°i“}$g diately availa le, out of any money m the Treasury_not otherwise

      • j;;°';‘“,{,>;, appropriated, to enable the Postmaster General to continue the_ estab-

' ` lislgment, maintenance, and extension of postal savings depositories, including the reimbursement of the Secretary of the Treasury for expenses incident to the jpreparation, issue, and registration of the bonds authorized by the ct of June twenty-fiftl1, mneteen hundred ggskgechtmomm and ten: Provided, That out of such sum an amo1mt_not to exceed ' ten thousand dollars may be expended for the rental, if necessary, of %l:8»I'b0I'S fprcthe cgntralipuigice of thefP$;a1 §1a}yi1t1gs&uSystem the - _ 'strict 0 um ia: grounded fu, r, a _ expen 1 ures Acmming under this appropriation sh be audited blqlthe Auditor for the Post Office Department: And promded further, at the Postmaster Genr>e11gm1u¤¤`¤r or- eral shall select and designate tgielpost offices which are to be postal §,ff”· °°'“*’°““"°“· savings depository offices, and s appomt and fix the compensation of such superintendents, inspectors, and other employees as may be necessary in conducting, supervising, and directing the business of such offices, including the emplpgees of a central office at Washington, ‘ District of Columbia, and sh prescribe the hours during which aeguiaeemmr as- tal savings depository offices shall remain open. He shall also gg*”· "i'*‘*d'*"“°· iigsm time to time make rules and regulations with respect to the _ deposits in and withdrawal of moneys from postal savings depositories and the issue of pass books or such other devices as he may ado t as evidence of such deposits or withdrawals, and the provisions oi, the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, are hereby modified accordingly. . Pctygrissfblg wa Sec. 6. That in addition to the permissible marks, writing, and iinliissmmgii printing on mail matter of the third and fourth classes, respectively, V°‘·“°·P·’~ or on the envelopes or packages containing them, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved January twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An Act relating to ermissible marks, printing, or writing, upon second, third, and fourtll class matter, and V°*·”°·P·’°°· to amend the twenty-second and twenty-third sections of an Act entitled ‘An Act makin a pro riations for the service of the Post Office Department for tlge Escalp year ending J ime thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes,’ " there ma be placed on such mail matter, or on the package, wra per, or envelope mclosm;;51g¤;¤rigt;1a$¢% ing the same, or on a tag or label attached tlhereto, either in writing ‘ mai, ‘ or 0cl£16tT:2S§,tth?i_ words "Please do not open until Christmas," or wor a e ect. mggP_{ggQ:n;§g,§ *° _ Sec. fi. That if the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this Act, a sum equal to_such deficiency of the revenue of said de artment is hereby appropr1ated,_to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise argropriated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Post O ce Department for the year endin June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the sum neededgma be advanced to the Post Ofhce Department lipon requisition of the hostmaster General. izgiwm ¤•>¤>¤¤¤¤¤<>¤- Sec. 8. That the ostmaster General may authorize postmasters at nénemmaeom. such offices as he shall designate, under such re lations as he shall prescribe, to issue and pa money orders of iixedgldenominations not _ exceeding ten dollars, to lie known as postal notes. ’ mglggg *0* ¤¤ That postal notes shall be valid for six calendar months from the last day of the month of their issue, but thereafter may be paid under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe. N°**~°d°’$°b‘°- ‘ iuélghat posttal notes shall not be negotiable or transferable through rsemen . '*‘°"‘“°Y °‘“°°*°d That if a postal note has been once `d t h ` b ent. , 91 0 W 0 OBVBP ld l7l16 Y mm States shall not be liable for an; further claigsfor thdtmbunt Approved, March 4, 1911. ·