Chapter VIII. *to promote the Efficiency of the Dead Letter Office.* January 21, 1862.*Post*, pp. 364, 381, 408. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Postmaster-General be All dead letters to be returned to writers except, &c.18
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Chap. VIII.— An Act *to promote the Efficiency of the Dead Letter Office.* January 21, 1862.*Post*, pp. 364, 381, 408. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Postmaster-General be All dead letters to be returned to writers except, &c.1862, ch. 71, §§ 7, 8.Postage thereon.authorized to return all dead letters, except those containing circulars and other worthless matter, to their writers, whenever their names can be ascertained.
AH valuable letters to be charged treble, and all others double, the ordinary rate of postage, to be collected from the writers. Sec. 2. *Post*, pp. 702, 703.Additional clerks.*And be it further enacted*, That, to enable this to be done, the Postmaster-General is authorized to employ not exceeding twenty-five additional clerks, at salaries not exceeding an average of eight hundred dollars per year, and no one to receive over twelve hundred dollars per year: *Provided*, He is satisfied that the receipts for dead letter postage will amount to a sum sufficient to pay the aggregate compensation of the How to be paid.said clerks.
And he shall report to the next session of Congress the additional Report to Congress.income from this source, with its cost and statistical results. Approved, January 21, 1862.