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INDEX

Accounts,  of  depository  banks,  126-127  ;  of  postal  savings  depositors, ­
  30-31,  56-57;  out  of  town,  119-120.
Administrative  organization  of  postal  savings  system,  machinery
of,  reorganized  in  1913,  51-52;  provisions  for,  amended  in  1911,
50;  provisions  for,  in  Act  of  1910,  21-24.
Ages  of  depositors  in  postal  savings  offices,  63-65;  table  showing,
6"4.
Amendment  to  Philippine  Postal  Savings  Bank  Act,  text  of,
168-169.
Amendments  to  U.  S.  Postal  Savings  Act,  text  of,  143-150.
American  Bankers  Association,  changes  attitude  toward  postal
savings,  77,  96;  opposition  of,  to  postal  savings,  13-15;  report
of,  on  savings  facilities  in  U.  S.,  8-10.
Attachment  for  debt,  exemption  of  postal  savings  from,  92;  exemption ­
  of  postal  savings  from,  as  means  of  evading  obligations, ­
  92-95.
Attorney-General,  as  member  of  Board  of  Trustees,  22-24  ;  decision ­
  of,  exempting  postal  savings  from  attachment  for  debt,  92.
Bailey,  Senator  J.  W.,  views  of,  on  constitutionality  of  postal
savings  bill,  38-41.
Banks,  as  holders  of  postal  savings  funds,  130-131;  attitude  of,
toward  postal  savings  system,  13-15,  76-77,  96;  effects  on,  of
competition  of  postal  savings  system,  12-16,  76-79;  failures  of,
17-19.
Board  of  Trustees,  action  of,  relating  to  non-interest  bearing
postal  savings  deposits,  97-98;  creation  of,  in  1910,  21-22;
powers  of,  changed  in  1911,  50;  powers  of,  under  Act  of  1910,
22-24;  purchases  by,  of  postal  savings  bonds,  107-109,  127;
regulations  of,  relating  to  depository  banks,  109-111;  regulations ­
  of,  relating  to  payment  of  interest  on  postal  savings  deposits, ­
  99-101;  regulations  of,  relating  to  security  for  deposits
of  postal  savings  funds,  122-124;  selects  interest  rate  payable
by  depository  banks,  125;  Third  Assistant  Postmaster-General
made  secretary  of,  in  1913,  51.
Bonds  as  security  for  deposit  of  postal  savings  funds,  107,  120;
kinds  of,  120-124.
Borah  amendment  to  postal  savings  bill,  49.
Bradley,  Senator  W.  O.,  mentioned,  37.
Bryan,  Senator  N.  P.,  cited,  94-95.