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MISCELLANEOTJS INFORMATION 13
Such mail may be insured at any post office
or station thereof, or by rural carriers. The
sender must fill out an insurance tag, which
will be furnished him on request, to be at-
tached to the parcel.
THE REGISTRY SYSTEM
Letters containing money, or parcels of
valuable matter, should not be sent in the
mails without being registered. The registry
fee is 10 cents in addition to postage, for-
eign or domestic. Safe transit and proper
delivery are assured. A receipt signed by
the addressee is returned to the sender, with-
out extra cost. A domestic registered let-
ter addressed to any United Sates post office
is insured for its value up to $50.00.
FOREIGN POSTAGE RATES
Letters.to foreign countries (excepting Great
Britain, Ireland and Newfoundland, Baha-
mas, Barbados, British Honduras, Dutch
West Indies, Leeward Islands, and Ger-
many if dispatched by steamers which
land at German ports) 5 cents for the first
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, and 3 cents
for each additional ounce, or fraction of an
ounce. Stamps or forms of prepayment,
whether current or obsolete, canceled or
uncanceled, as well as printed articles con-
stituting the representative sign or mone-
tary value, and articles in typewriting or
imitation of typewriting, are subject to
postage at the leter rate. Monetary value
is held by the International Bureau of the
Universal Postal Union to attach to bonds,
bank notes, commercial bills of exchange,
etc., which have been fully executed by the
makers.
Postal Cards-2 cents each, for single, and 4
cents each for double cards.
Printed Matter of All Kinds-1 cents for each
2 ounces or fraction thereof.
Commercial Papers-5 cents for the first 10
ounces or less, and 1 cent for each addi-
tional 2 ounces or fraction thereof.
Samples of merchandise-2 cents for the first
4 ounces or less, and 1 cent for each addi-
tional 2 ounces or fraction thereof.
POSTOFFICE MONEY ORDERS
The postal money order system offers to
the public a safe, cheap and convenient meth-
od of making remittances by mail to all parts
of the United States and its possessions, as
well as foreign countries.
Application for a money order must be
made on a form furnished for that purpose
and be presented at the money order window
of the post office or one of its stations.
Money orders are issued for any desired
amount from 1 cent to $100, and when a
larger sum than $100 is to be sent, any num-
ber or additional orders may be obtained.
Applications may be made through rural
carriers, who will furnish the necessary
forms, and give receipts for the amounts.
International money orders, payable in al-
most any part of the world, may be obtained
at all of the larger post offices and at many
of the smaller ones.
Fees for money orders payable in the
United States (which includes Hawaii and
Porto Rico) and its possessions, comprising
the Canal Zone, Guam, the Philippines, and
Tutuila, Samoa: also for orders payable inBermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras,
Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Newfoundland, at the
United States Postal Agency at Shanghaii
(China), in the Bahama Islands and in oer-
tain other islands in the West Indies:
for orders from $0.01 to $2.50..5... 5 cents
from 2.50 to 5.00 7 center
from 5.01 to 10.00......10 cents
from 10.01 to 20.00......12 cents
from 20.01 to 40.00......15 cents
from 40.01 to 60.00......18 cents
from 60.01 to 80.00 ...... 20 cents
from 80.01 to 100.00..... 22 cents
The fees for foreign money orders payable
in any country on which a money order may
be drawn, other than those named above,
may be ascertained upon inquiry at the post
office.
POSTAL SAVINGS SYSTEM
The Postal Savings System provided facili-
ties for depositing savings at interest, with
the security of the United States Government
for repayment.
No charge or fee is collected or required
in connection with the opening of an ao-
count or the subsequent deposit or with-
drawal of money. The proper money order
fee is charged, however, when withdrawals
are made by mail.
Any person of the age of ten years or over
may become a depositor. The account of a
married woman is free from the control or
interference of her husband. No person can
have more than one account at the same
time.
An account can not be opened for less than
$1, nor can fractions of $1 be deposited or
withdrawn. Amounts less than $1 may, how-
ever, be saved by the purchase of 10-cent
postal savings cards and adhesive 10-cent
postal savings stamps. A postal savings
card with nine postal savings stamps affixed
will be redeemed in cash for $1, or will be
accepted as a deposit of $1 either in open-
ing an account or adding to an existing ac-
count. No person is permitted to deposit
more than $100 in any one calendar month,
nor to have a balance to his credit at one
time of more than $500, exclusive of inter-
est. An account may be opened through a
representative. After an account is opened
deposits may be made through a representa-
tive or by mail.
Depositors receive postal savings certifi-
cates covering the amount of each deposit
made. These certificates are issued in fixed
denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50,
and $100, and are valid until paid, without
limitation as to time. Postmasters are not
permitted to receive savings certificates for
safekeeping.
Interest will be allowed on all certificates
at the rate of 2 per cent for each full year
that the money remains on deposit, begin-
ning on the first day of the month following
the month in which the deposit is made. In-
terest continues to accrue on deposits as
long as the certificates remain outstanding.
A depositor may at any time withdraw
the whole or any part of his deposits, with
any interest payable, by surrendering at his
depositary office savings certificates cover-
ing the desired amount. Withdrawals may
also be made through a representative or by
mail._
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John F. Worley Directory Co. Brownwood City Directory, 1925, book, 1925; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth159730/m1/17/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.