Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-03-21

Sec. /. And be Il further enacted, Tha it shal
be the duty Of eyerv postmaster to cause to b,
defaced, in such manner as the Po5tmaste
General shall direct, all postage stamps attach
et tn letters deposited in his Office, or delivered
or TO be sent By mail and if nny postmase
sending letters In the mail without postage
| stamps s'taChed shall omit to deiaGe the same
! il shall be the duty OF the postmaster to whose
office such letters be sent tor delivery 10 de-
| face the stamps and report the delinquent post
master to the Postmaster General. And ifany
person shall use, or attempt to use in prepay
rnent ot postage, any postage stamps which
shall have been before used for like purposes
such person shall be subject to penalty OF
Iiity dollars for every such offence, to be re-
covered in the name of the United States in
any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. g. .9adb uflriher e-acied, That lists OF
leiters remaining uncalled for in any post o f
! fee, in any city, town, or village where new g.
paper shall be printed, Shall Hereafter be pub.
lishcd once orly in the newspaper which, being
is~ned weekly or oltener, shall have the largest
circulation within the range of delivery Of said
Office, to be decided by the postmaster ct such
Office, ut such times and under such regula-
tons as the Postmaster General shall prescribe.
aud at charge OF one cent for each letter ad-
hereby directed to post, in conspicuous pace
in his Office, copy of such list, on the day or
day after the publication thereof: and if the
publisher of any such paper shall refuse 10 pub
Iish the list Of letters provided in this section
The postmaster may designate some other paper
for such purpose. Such list of letters shall be
publis led once in every six week, and as much
oitener not exceeding once a week, as the
Postmaster General may specially direct: Pro-
rided, That the Postmaster General may, in his
discretion, direct the publication of Germana and
other foreign letters in any newspaper printed
in the German or any other foreign language,
which publication shall be either in lieu Of or
IN addition to, the publication Of the list Of
such letters in tie manner first in this section
provided, as the Postmaster General shall d.
rect
sec. 6. .3rl dc il further enacted, That to any
postmaster whose commission may he reduced
below the amount allowed at this o.iice for the
year ending The thrtleth day of June, eighteen
hundred and tity-one, and whose laDors msy
be increased, the Postmaster General shall be
authorized, in his discretion, TO allow such ad-
djionai comm SSon as he may deem Just and
proper: Pr0ridci. That the whole amount Of
commissions allowed such postmaster during
any ti-Ca year, shall not exceed by more than
twenty per ceut the amount of commissions AT
sncn uihce tor ne year ending The thincth day
OF June, eighteen hund,ei and fifty one.
Sec. :. Aai lie i! further enacted, T1at no
Post Office now in existence shall be discon-
tinucd, nor shall the mail service Oh any mail
route in any OF the States or Territories be
discontinued or diminished, in consequence Of
any diminlion ot the revenues that may result
from ihi- &c Aud it shn!l be the duty Of the
Postmaster General to establish new Post Or
fees, and place the mail service on any Lew
mail route established, or that may her after
be established, in ;h. same manner &. though
lids act had not passed.
Secs AnGb. i! farther en- 1ctel. That there
stall be PAID to the Post Ollice Department
in further payment and compensation for the
mail service performed for the two Houses of
Congress and the other Department and utii.
c,rs of the Government in the transportation OF
Tree matter, the sum Of five lundred thousand
dollars per year, which shall be paid quartz ~,
out of any moneys in the Treasury not other
w,se anrrpprAt"G; and the moacys appropra-
ed to tbs Post Office Department by ;ne l2'h
section OF the act $40 establish certain post
routes and tor other purposes approved
March third eighteen hundred and forty seven,
and remaining Withdrawn in the Treasury.
shall continue subject to The reqn-it on OF the
Pos, Master General tor tho service Of Inc Post
O1ice Department, witnNtandinI the same
may have remained 81 undrawr sor more than
two years after it became subject TO such re-
qrltlion.
Sec. .. An!j. il further enact d, That there
IS hereby Appropriated, ont Il any moneys IN
TIC Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum OF five hundred Thousand dollars, 10 supply
any deficiency ilat may arse IN the Post Othce
Department.
s'ec. TO- And be il fuEh.r ervcte}, That it
,hll be in the power Of the Postmaster General.
at All post Offices whtre the po@,masIerS are
appointed b. the Pres dent Of the Uniied States,
10 establish post routes within the cities or
towns, 10 provide for conveying letters to lle
post offices by eSiablis ,jng suitable and conve-
ni-nt PAGES Of drpJ,ite, aud by employing car
rlrr' to receive and depooIie them IN The post
u.hce and AT sll such Offices II shall De IN llis
power 10 cause latlfr. to b. delivered by suIta-
l. carriers, to be appointed By him for that pur-
pose, for winch nut rXceedin! one or two cents
saail be charged 10 be paid by the person send
In.ur receiving the same, aud all sums so re-
ce.ved sLall I've paid into the Post nlhce Dtptrt-
meuti Prolid;!, The amount Of compensation
allowed by the Postmaster General to carriers
Sllall IN no case exceed llc am luHl pau inlo
The treasury by each to|n OF city under tho pro
visions OF tn, scctlun.
Sec. H. AnihrH f:rler enact,i, That from
aud after the passage ui ihls act. II shall be law
fuI to coin at the Mint OF the Uolred States and
It's branches, pl, &C ot he denomination and
legal value of IN ee cents, ,r the three ,nn-
dredths ola dollar, to be composed of three
fourths silver and tn weigh twelve grains and
three eighls Of 4 grain that the SAID com shall
bear such devices as shall he conspcuously
different from those uf the other sllser coins,
and OF the gold d,l ar, but having The inScrip-
ton limited = ate. ut America and Its de-
nom nation aud date aud that II slall be r le-
gal tender in payment of debts for all sans
of thuty cens aud under. And that no in
cots shall be used tor the coinage Of the three
tent pirces herein authorized, Il which the
quality differs more Than five thousandihs from
me legal s'andard aud that in adJ n>tlng the
weight Of the SAID com, the following deviatIon>
from the standard weight shall not he exceeded,
namely one ,aIt ot grain n the single piece,
and one penuywciIh IN a thousand pieces.
Approved March 3, 1881.
QPAir. WEBSTER has addressed the follow
ing letter TO the Hon. GEORGE P. MARsn,