The Secretary read the bill. It provides that from and a r the 1st day of April, 1866, prepaid letters shall be forwarded, at the request of.the party addressed, from one postoffice to another without additional postage charge; and returned dead letters are to be restored to the writers thereof free of charge. The 2nd section repeals the 10th section of the act entitled “An act to establish salaries for postmasters and for other purposes ” approved July 1, 1864and so much of the 28 h section of the act entitled “An act to amend the laws relatin to the postoffice Dept, ” approved arch 3, 1863, as requires postage to e charged at the prepaid rate, to be collected on the return deliv ery of letters, indorsed with arequest for their return to the writers; and all letters bearin such indorsement are hereafter to be returne to the writers thereof without additional post age charge. The 3rd section of the bill proposes to amend the 3rd section of the act entited “An act to establish a postal money order system, ” approved May 17, 1864 so as to authorize the issuin of a moneyorder for any sum not to exceed 50 dollars, and the charge or fee for an order forasum not exceeding 20 dollars is to be ten cents; for an order exceeding 20 dollars 25 cents. The 4th section provides that a money order shall be valid and payable when presented to the deputy postmaster on whom it is drawn within one year after its date, but for no longer period; and in case of the loss of a money order a duplicate thereof is to be issued without charge, on the application of the remitter or (payee, who shall make the required proofs; an postmasters at all money order offices are required to administer to the aplicant or up li cants in such cases the required oath or a r mation free of charge. The 5th section requires all railroad companies carrying the mails of the U.S. to convey without extra charge, by any train which they may run over their roads, all such printed matter as the PostMGenl shall, from time to time, direct to be transported thereon with the persons in charge of the mails designated by the postoffice Dept for that purpose. By the 6th section it is provided that every person who shall willfully and maliciously in Jure, deface, or destroy any mailable matter deposited in any letter box, pillar box or other receiving boxes established by authority of the PostMGenl of the U.S. for the safe deposit of matter for the mails or for delivery, or shall willfully aid and assist in injuring such mailable matter so deposited, either by gouring into such boxes oil, water, or other fiui, orby any other means, on being duly convicted shall, for every such offense, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned not less than one year, nor more than 3 years, at the discretion of the court. The 7th section authorizes the PostMGenl, whenever it shall become expe dient, in his opinion, to substitute a different kind of postage stamps for those now in use, to modify the existing contract for the manufacture of postage stam s so as to allow to the contractors a sum sufficient to cover the increased expenses, if any, in manufacturing the stamps so substituted. The 8th section proposes to amend section 2 of the act entitled “An act to establish salaries for postinasters, and for other purposes, " aprovedJuly1, 1864, by adding the following: “Provided, that when the quarterly returns of any postmaster of the 3rd, 4th, or 5th class show that the salary allowed is 10%. less than it would be on the basis of commissions under the act of 1854, fixing compensation, then the PostMGenl shall review and readjust under the provisions of said section." The ComPostOffices reported the bill with various amendments. he 1st amendment was in section one, line 3, to strike out the word “April” and insert "May."