Chapter LVI. *to authorize the Postmaster General to establish Branch Post Offices in Cities.* April 16, 1862.1863, ch. 71 § 13. *Post*. p. 703 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Postmaster Gen-380THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
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Chap. LVI.— An Act *to authorize the Postmaster General to establish Branch Post Offices in Cities.* April 16, 1862.1863, ch. 71 § 13. *Post*. p. 703 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Postmaster Gen-380THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 56, 57. 1862.eral Branch post offices may be established in cities, &c.be authorized and directed. when in his judgment the public interest or convenience may require it. to establish one or more branch post offices, to facilitate the operation of the post office in any city or place which, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, may require such additional Postmaster General to establish rules and regulations.accommodations for the convenience of the inhabitants; and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to prescribe the rules and regulations for the branch post office which may lie established by virtue of this act.
And the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to charge One cent additional postage on each letter deposited and deivered—prepayment required.one cent, in addition to the regular postage, for every letter deposited in any branch post office to be forwarded by mail from the principal office, and which shall be prepaid by stamp, and one cent for every letter delivered Provisoat such branch office, to be paid on delivery: *Provided*, That no letter shall be sent from the principal office to such branch office for delivery contrary to the request of the party to whom the same may be Branch service to pay for itself.addressed: *And provided*, The expense of such branch service shall not exceed the receipts on account thereof.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, Repeal of act of 1847, ch. 63, § 10.Vol. ix. p. 201.That the tenth section of an act entitled “An act to establish certain post-routes, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, be and hereby is repealed. Approved, April 16, 1862.