The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-07

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ip4cpsing aad protiding III sueh postage s&asppe
ard letter snsslopes, = M provide4 las A. n.
thorixed by thit art shall BE- naid, ally bftR "
j~s&sd by The auditor 81 the Post OiSoe uSSs7x-
menk or TN eeE4i6on1e of ne Roslmna1e &3nk
eral, out 81 any tneney Ia the Treasusy s1afnG
from The Post 0d4re Department. ~
SEC. 4. And b Il fzytkev enacfed, That 4 sl,all
be tho duty Of every postmaster 10 causa TO b
defaced, IN such manner a. the Postmaster Cen
eraI shall direct, all postage stamps attaphed -
letters deposited in HE Office for delivery. o. 10
be sent by mail and r. any postmaster. 6eudion
letters Ia the mail with postage stamps nfis6he{
shall omit to deface the saine. It :hall - a.,
duty of the postmaster to whose office such ".
tiers shall be sent for delivery. "a deface the
stamps and report the delinquent postxnnstNr q
the Postmaster General. And H any person
shall use, or attempt to use, ia prepeyiiS6nt "
postage, any postage stamp whSch a6all have
been before used for Like purposes, apch 81.
soma shall be subject to . penalty Of flty dol
lars for every such offence. to be recovered in
the name of the United States. in any court Of
competent iurisdjction.
SEC. g. And be Il further enacted. That l;afs
Of letters remaining uncalIed for IN any boat
Office in any city. town. or village. where news
paper shali he prioted shall hereafter ba pub-
ished once only in the newspaper which. being
issued weekly or oftener shall have the larcesf
circulation within the range Of delivery Of aid
Office. TO be decided by the Postmaster Ganaral.
under such regulations as shall be prescribed BY
him. at a charge not exceeding M Threat &
such Office. At such time. and under amen recrl-
lations as the Postmaster General shaAl Pre-
scribe and at charge Of one cant Tor each let
ter advertised. And the postmaster AZ sueh
Office Il hereby directed 70 post in aconspicuoue
place in his Office COPY Of such list on The dsv
or day after the publication thereof: and II f1e
publisher Of any such paper shall refuse to pub-
lsh the list of letters as provided in this ssefions
the postmaster NAV designate some other uapes
for such purpose. Such lists Of letters dali s.
published once 10 every six weeks. and " much
oftener, not exceeding once week. az t6x Poaf-.
master General NAV specially direct Prpnids1t
That the Postmaster General nav. II III dla.
cretion direct the publication Of Gert11ns ard
other foreign letters in any newsuauAr uIintrd
in the German or any other foreicn ls,;vmaG ssss
which publication shall be in lieu 81 81 M edi b
ton to the publication Of the list of such Letters
in the manner first in this section provided. a
the Postmaster General shall direct
SEC. 6. And be Il further enacled That To anv
postmaster whose commissions NAV be reduced
before the amount allowed at his Office for the
year ending the thrtieth dav Of JnneL e;ohtaan
hundred and ffty-one. and whose Labor nav
be increased, the Postmaster General shall be-
authorized, in his discretion. to allow such addi-
tional commissions as he mav deem mat and
proper: Propided. That the whole nmount n
commissions allowed such postmaster dur;nc
the fiscal wear shall not exceed bv more than
twenty per cent. the amount of commissions AZ
such Office for the wear ending the thirtieth dav
of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-ona.
SEC. I. And be Il further enacted. Taat No
post Office now in existence shall be Continued
nor shall the service on any mail route ia snv Of
the States or territories be discontinued or d.
minished, in consequence of any dimiuution Of
the revenues that may result from this act and
it shall be the duty Of the Postmaster General
to establish new post Offices, and place the mail
service on any neu, mail ronfa. estobfs.haJ a.
that may hereafter be established in the asma
manner as though this act had not passed And
provided, further. THAT the Conversation Of no
postmaster shall be diminished in eonsen uence
of the passage of this actl
Sec s. And be il further enacted. That there
shall be paid to the Post Office Department, in
further payment and compensation for the mail
service performed for the two Houses Of Con-
gress and the other departments and Offices of
the government in the transportation Of free
matter, the sum of five hundred thousand dol
lars per year, which shall be paid quarterly. out
Of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated and the moneys appropriated to the
Post Office Department by the twelfth section Of
the act "to establish certain post routes and for
other purposes" approved March third, eighteen
hundred and forty seven, and remaining undrawn
in the treasury, shall continue subject TO the re-
QUESTION of the Postmaster General for the ar.
vice of the Post Office Department. notwith-
standing the same may have 80 remained 90 I'm.
drawn for more than two years after it became
subject to such requisihon
SEC. o. And be ii further enacted, That there
is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
five hundred thousand dollars, to supply any de-
fciency that may arise in the Post Office Depart
ment
SEC 10. And be Il further enacted, That II shall
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