The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-11


to Plalteville. From Green Bay, via fhompson's
Mills, to Plover Portage. From Fort Wtnnebsgo,
county too Neenah. From Summit via Ocane-
mawac aud Hustis Rapids, TO the coonty seat of
Dodge county. From GAINESVILLE, via Fulton and
Cooksvie, to Rutland, in Dade county. From
Big Foot, via Scion, Antioch, Angola, and Frank
lin, TO Little Fort, Illinois. From Oak Grove, via
Laurel and Elijah, in Dodge county, to Columbus,
in Columbia county. .gof f
From Oregon City, via Fort Vancouver and Fort
Nesqually, to The mouth of Admiralty inlet. From
Oregon city, up the Willamette valley: to the hala
met river in The direction of San Frisco.
SEC. 2. And be ii further enacted, That the
above routesshan go into operation on the tst day
Of July, eighteen hundred and forty-seVen or soon
er should the funds of the department JUSTIFY the
same: Provided. That as soon as responsible
contractor shall offer to transport the mails over any
norton of the routes included in this bill, for the
revenues arising therefTom respectively, the POST
master General shall have the power iorthWltn 10
put them under contract.
SEC. g. And be 1t farther enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and he hereby Is, authorIz-
ed and directed to cause mail to be transported
once q week and oftener, II he shall think the Pu0-
lie interest requires it, from New Orleans, via Cal
veston Passe Gallo Brasos de ST. Iago, TO Tamplco
with return mails, the service to be performed by
contract, or by the of the public steamers now
in ihe service Of the War Department in the Gull
of Mexico, with the consent of the head OF that
Department; and for this service the sum Of thirty
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. = >.
- Sec. a.. And be it further enacted, Fha; all let
iers, newspapers, and other packets not exceeding
in weight one ounce directed to any officer, musI-
clan, or private of the army Of the United States
IN Mexico, or any post or place on the FRONTIER
of the United States, bordering on Mexico shall
be conveyed IN the mail free of postage: Provided
That all letters or other packets directed TO any
person in the army shall contain part of their
direction the words 1" belonging to the army"
81. iSEe 5. And be it further endcted, That the two
preceding sections shall continue in force during
(. H. h. ftno
same may be terminated and no longer. ,s-..
SEC 6. And be ii further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and he is hereby. author
red TO contract for transporting mail from Charles
ton South Carolina, to Chagres, touching al St.
Augustine and Key West and also at Havana, in
the Island of Cuba, if deemed expedien and across
the sthmus to Panama, and from thence 10 Astoria,
or the mouth of the Columbia river, touching at
Monterey st. Francisco, and such oIher places on
the coast as the Postmaster General may direct;
the mail be conveyed frem Charleston 10 Chayes,
and from Panama 10 Astoria, in steamships, aud 10
be transported each way once every Two months.
or oftener as the pubc interest may require; Pro-
rided That the expenditure for said service shall
anot exceed hundred thousand dollars per annum
SEC. Z. And be ii further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, aud he is hereby, author
lied to establish post office and appoint deputy
postmaster at Astoria, and sLch other places on the
coast of the Pacific, within line terriroiY of the
United States, as Ihs public interest may require
that all letters.eonVeyed to or from Chagres shall
be charged with twenty cents postage and all let
ters conveyed to or from Havana shall be subject !:
TO twelve and half cents postage; and letters
carried to or from Panama shall pay postage of /
thirty cents and letters TO or from Astoria or any
other place the Pacific coast within the territory
Of the UniIed States, shall pay forty cents postage.
SEc. 8. And be IL further endcfed, That any
contracI made in pursuance Of this shall provide
for the purchase, by the United States, Of the
steamships to be employed in conveying the mall t.
at its option, agreeaby The provisions of act
entitled An act to provide for the transportation
Of the mail between the United States and foreign
couairies, and for other purposes" approved the
third day Of March, one thousand eight hundred
and forty five: PrOuided, That the departure and
return of said mail may, al the discretion of the
Postmaster General, be either from Charleston, ,
New York, Savannah, Pensacola or New Orleans.
as may be deemed most Consistent with the public
interest. lE n- r.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the is
hereby appropriated for the service herein provided
for TO be paid from the general appropriation for
mail Iran spoTtation.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be authorized and directed I
when in his Judgement the public interest con-
venience may require il, to establish or more
branch post Offices TO facilitate the operation of the
post office in any city place which, in the opin-
ION OF the Postmaster General may require such
additional accommodation for the convenience Of II
the inhabitants; and it shall be the duty Of the p
Postmaster General 10 prescribe the rules and re- Il
gulatons for the branch post offices which may be
established by virtue Of this act and no additional
postage shall be charged for the receipt delivery
OF any letter or packer such branch post Office
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted That TO
facilitate the transportation of letters in the mail
the Postmaster General be authorized to prepare
postage stamps, which, when attached 10 any let
ter or packet, shall be evidence of the payment of
the postage charseable on such letter, which said
stamps the Postmaster General NAV deliver TO any e.
deputy postmaster who may apply for the same "
the deputy postmaster paving, or becoming ac- c
eonntable for the amount of the stamps so received
by him and If any of said stamps shall not be .
nsed bat TO be returned shall be credited to such -
deputy Postmaster; and such deputy postmaster q .
may sell or dispose of any stamps so received hy
him. TO any person who may wish TO use the same; o
0ut 1t shall not be lawful for any deputy postmas- d.
er 10 prepare uSe dispose of any postage stamps
not authorized by and received fron the Postmas- d
Ter Generatj any person who shall falsely and IL
Taudulendy MAKE, utter or forge any postage stamp ~
with the intent to defraud the Post Office De- ~
Partment, shall be deemed guilty Of felony, and on =
conviction shall be ject TO the same punishment
Is provided in the twenty first section of the ACT st
approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred p
twenty hive, entitled H An act TO reduce into one
me several acts establishing and regulating The b
Post Office Department = - is
SEo. IL. And be- 1t further e1,aced That so hi
much OF the sixth section of the ACT to which this h
ssuppplementary as requires the Postmaster Gen :;
a 70 cause the accounts OF the postage that would
oe chargeabte by the rates prescribed in the said H
let upon al matter passing through the mail and ei
maj the same shall be paid the Post Office De- IL
paFtment from dae contingent funds Of the two in
OF Congress- and of the other departments o
ol the government for which such mail service may e
nave been performed, be, and the same is herebv =,
repealed and that in lieu of such payment and IN :"
compensation for such mail services as NAV be .a 9
performed Tor the several departments of the u