Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-10-29

pail Of their direction, The words, "tsiorsing L" inc
army"
Sec. ). And b. i; further enacted, That ihr iva ire-
crGing sections shall continue III iric- GHf';i: Ire pre-
sent wnr, and for three months ufIer the sanie may be
Terminated, and no longer.
Sec. 6. And be il further erac;ed, Tha, the Iosimas-
ter General lie, aud he is hereby, Authorized 10 con
tract Tor transporting n mail from thhrirstnhh, South
Carolina, Ia Glagres. touching al II. hnsiiaiine and
Key West ard also al Havana, III the i.'ahd OF Cuba,
II deemed e%Sfrdien,. nna across tie isiht'ns IL Pina-
ma, and rom thence 10 ist ra, ur tie na::li ~ ihr III.
lIiniia risrr, tnncn'is IL Monterey, =. Fi1nr:scc. aih
such other p'ac"s IN The cost As tue Fes'in ,s'r. t-ie-
ri may hir.ci; The VI III Il. .c cnA"s.ed in'a Clinl,S
ton In I!ia.r.s, ana sscm l'.'tini t. Astoria. III str-tI-
SHIPS, AMI 10 &c unsupported each say once rvcEy ~"
mnnihs, Or uItsner, as The public ,nteicst may require:
Provided, Tia; the expenditure f,r said service shall
not exceed one hundred thousand dollars rer annun.
Sec. 4. and he II further enacted, Thht The Posinins-
Ter General be. and he ia hereby, authorized 10 esla-
blIsh n post office and appoint Il deputy postmaster nj
Astoria, and SUCH other places on The coast Of The paci-
fn, within the territory Of The United States, as lhs
public interest may require; that all letters conveyed TO
or from Chagres shall he charged with twenty cents
postage; aud all letters conveyed 10 or from Havana
letters carried 10 or from Panama shall pay n postage or
Thirty cents; and letters 10 or from Astoria, or any other
place on the Pacific coast, within The territory Of the
United States, shall pay forty cents postage.
Zee. 8. And be il further enacied, That any contract,
made in pursuance Of this act, shall provide for the iur-
chase, by the United States, Of the steamships 10 he en.
played In conveying the mail, at It's option, agreeahiy
to the provisions Of an act entitled An act to p.nyids
for the transportation OF the mail between the United
States and foreign countries. and for other PURPOSES,
approved the third day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and %forty-fye: Provided, That the departure
and return Of said mail may, nj the discretion OF the
Postmaster General, be either from Charleston. New
furk, Savannah, Pensacola, or New Orleans, as may
be deemed most consistent with the public interest.
SECS And he II further enacted, Tha. The sum of
thirty thousand dollars he, and the same Is hereby, az
pToprlaied for The service herein provided for, 10 be
paid from the general appropriation for mail l.ansper-
tatioB.
sec. 10. Aud be it further enacted. That the Post.
mlstrr General he aIfflInFizsd aud dIrprfed vb., Il,
his Judgment The public interest or convenience NAV
require II, Ia establish one or more branch post offices,
To facilitate The operation Of the post office in npy CITY
or place which, IN The opinion of the Postmaster Gene.
raj, may require such additional accommodation far the
convenience Of The inhabitants; and il shall he the duty
Of The Postmaster Grnrrai Ia prescribe The rules md re-
gulalions for the branch POS; Offices which may he IS.
tablished by virtus Of this net; and no additional post |
are shall he charged for the receipt nr delivery Of any
letter OF packet AT sHch branch post Office.
Sec. III. Aud he il further enac.gd, That, 10 lacill-
tate the transportation of letters IN The mail, The Pos
master General be authorized 10 prepare postage s,amra.
which, when attach, d 10 any letter or packet, shall he
evidence ofih- payment al The postage chargeahlr on
such letter, which said stamp. il- Postmaster G-nerI /
NAV deliver 10 any deputy postmaster WIN may appiy
for The same, The deputy postmaster paying. or becoming !
accountable FOR The amount Of the stamps 50 received hy
him; and ii any nf said stamps shall not he used, but be
returned In the General Post Office, The amount so re-
turned shall he credited 10 such DEPUTY postmaster; and
such deputy postmaster may lei or dispose O any stanns
so received By Lin, 10 any person who may wish TO uao
the same; but IL shall NOT be lawful for any deputy post
master 10 prepare, Use, or dispose Of any postage -lamps
not authorized by and received from the Postmaster c.
neral; ana any person who shall falsely and fraudulent.
ly make. utter, or forge any postage stamp, with tho
Intent 10 defr.nd The Post Office Department, shall hs
deemed guilty Of felony, and on conviction shall be
subject 10 The same punishment rs il provided in the
twenty. first section of the act approved the third day Of
March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, entitled
IAN act t. reduce into one the several acts tstabli III. /
ing and regulating the Post Ofce Departmental
SEC. II. Aud be IL further enacted. That 50 muri, of
the sixth section &c The act To which This - supplement
tary, as requires the Postmaster General Ia cause ac-
counts Of The postage that would hr chargeable by the
rates prescribed in said act upon all matter passin. free
through the mail, and TINT the sam shall he pai. 10 ,Ls
Post Once department from the contingent funds of
The two norrrsnf Congress. anl az The other deuarr.
ments Of the governments Tor which such mail ,eryic-
may have been psriarned, be and the same is hereby,
repealed, ana mat, IN lieu Of such payment, and in
compensation for such mail services ne may lie rer-
formed for TIE several drpartnir MS of the government.
there shall hr paid 10 the Pos, Once department. frnr,
the Treasury, for each years service, the sum Of two
hundred thousand dollars. which i hereby appunr:a.
ted for that purpose, out Of any unappropriatrd money
In the Treasury. /
Sec. Is. And ae IL further enacted, Thai I. shall no: |
he lawful 10 deposite IN any post office, 10 br conveyed
in the mail, Two or more letters directed 10 different
persons enclosed in the same envelope or packet; and
every person 50 offending shall forfeit The sum Of ten
dollars, 10 b recovered b. action qui tam, one. half rrr
the Use nf thr infnrnrr, and the other half fnr lie use
Of the Post ONCE department.: Provided, That this pro.
hIbltion shall not apply Ia any letter ar packet iirs.ird
10 any forti IN country: and al Rewspa lors conveyed
in the mail shall be subject 70 postage, except those
sent by way oi exchange between the publishers of
newspapers ana except thase ranked by rrrsans en-.
loying the Thanking privilege; and newspapers no; sent
from the Office Of publication, and ali hand5llls CT circu-
lars, printed or Autographed, mol exceeding one sheet,
shall he subject 10 three cents Postage each, 10 be paid
when deposited IN any post othc Ia he convcycd IN the
mail; and Il. shall be lawful for any cnntracin: or mai,
caIfierto Transport newspaper nnt of The mail for sale
or distribution Ia subscribers, and the Postmaster Gene.
raj shall have authority 10 pay, or cause 10 b. paid. n
sum not exceeding two cents each, fur all Letters or
packets conveyed in airy vessel or Steamboat not Pm
t1.taj IN CARVING n mail Ir1ut .a N mr. iYr N
any other post or place in the United States, subject To
suc, re equations ~ is Postmaster General may pre-
scribe; aud such publications or books rs have been or
may he published. procured, or purchased ~ order rf
either House oil Congress, or 4 join. RESOLUTION oI the
100 II"i,sae. shall be cni.i!nrEd as pubic documents,
and entitled III lie trIIhrh n such; ard IL s!Ia!. not lie
lawful 20 make any allowance or compensation 10 de. |
uuty pnsimasitrs IN add ZION 10 their COMMISSIONS IA
authorized h. law, excepting the receipts rom boxes,
Of which all beyond iva thGusari tutiar- shall be ap
plied III d~efrayinr the cyprisrs oi their Offices, and 10
ir accounted fuI IN The same manner As they are re-
ulirrd IL account FIR their commissions, and excepting |
lilr sperial allowance E:adc hy law IL the rostm:s.rTs |
at Washington city and Ne:: Orleans.
Sec. -. And he IL fur,ne: enacted, That 80 much Of
the act approved the third iay IF March, A. ~, rieli-
teen hundred and forty hye, entitled San act 10 reduce
the rates of pasare, To limit The use, and correct the
abnsr Of the iranking privilege, and for the prevention
of frauds on the Post Once Department." and of all
other acts relating To thr Post Office Department. or the
service Of that department, as i inconsistent with this
act, be, and The same are hereby, rrpealpd.
JOHN W. DAVIS,
Speaker oftlr House If Representatives.
GEORGE VI. DALLAS,
Vice President of the United States, and
President Of the Senate.
Apnroyed March 3, IsI7. AMES K. POLK.