Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-08-20
Tic New Postauc Law.

a Bill in amendment of an entitled IAN act to
reduce the rates Of postage, to limit the use and
correct the-abuse afsle ranking privilege, and for
the prevention of fraud the Post Office Depart
ment." -
b. AZ enacted BIZ The Senate and House Of Repre-
setaires Of the United States IF An1ertca in Congress
assembled, That il shall not be lawful to enc,se two
letters directed to different persons in the
same enclosure package, with KEW to defraud
the revenue, to be conveyed in the mail: and any
person offending against this provision, shall forfeit
ten dollars, TO be recovered by action qui TAM one
half for the benefit Of the nf0rmer and the other half
Tor the of the post Office department; and news
papers, whether conveyed more less than thirty
miles, shall be subject to postage and newspapers
not from the office of publication shall pay post
age of three cents, and the and all circulars
shall not be received at any post Office for conveyance
in the mail, for delivery, unless the postage is
paid at the time they deposited in the post Office
for transmission or delivery. anything in the act to
which this is amendment, the contrary, notwith
standing; and the franking privilege Of the members
of the two houses of Congress and the delegates of
Territories in respect to e;ters addressed to them
shall be the same as it in respect to letters written
by them and conveyed in the mail; and it shall be
lawful for any mail carrier to convey newspapers
of the mail for sale or distribution 10 subscribers
SEC. z. And be ~ further enacted, That no allow
ance compensation shall be made to deputy post
masters in addition to their commissions as author
lied by law, excepting the receipts from boxes and
excepting also the allowance made by law to the post
masters at the city of Washington and New Orleans
but the Postmaster General may, and he is hereby
authorized to increase the commission of deputy post
masters five per centum the letter postage received
by them, and three per centum the mails distri-
bued; and the receipts from boxes used in post
Offices, beyond one thousand dollars shall be applied
by deputy postmasters in defrayng the expenses of
their offices, and shall be accounted for in the
manner as they required to account for their CON-
missions
SEC 3. And Be II further enacted, That deputy
postmasters, in their quarterly accounts hereafter TO
be rendered. shall include all claims against the Post
Office Department. of whatever nature or kind they
may be; and the failure TO make such claims against
the department, in two quarterly returns, shall be
held and taken By the accounting officer of the trea-
sury, and the Postmaster General conclusive evil
dence against such claim and such accounts shall not
hereafter be allowed; and the between each
deputy postmaster of the department shall be finally
balanced and closed at the end of every second
quarter.
Sec. A. And be 1t further erdcted That so much of
the act to which this is an amendment and all other
relating to the Post Office Department are in
consistent with this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed
Lost in the Senate.