Southern shield., 1851-03-22

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 three at such office, at such time, and un- der such regulations as the Postmaster General sbill prescribe; and at a charge of one cent for each letter advertised. And
 the postmaster . such office is hereby di- rected 10 post in conspicuous place in his othce copy of such list, on the day or the day alter the publication thereof: and if the pqblisheg # any such paper shall refuse to publish the list of letters as provided in this section, the postmaster may designate some other paper for such purpose. Such lists of letters shall be published once in every six
 weeks, and as much oftener, not exceeding once a week, as the Postmaster General may specially direct: Prorided, That the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, direct the publication of German and other foreign letters in any newspaper printed in in the German or any other foreign lan- guage, which publication shall be in lieu of or in addition to the publication of the list of such letters in the manner first in this section provided, as the Post Master Gen. eral shall direct.
 SEC. 6. And De i furfher enacted, That to any postmaster whose commissions may be reduced before the amount allowed at his office for the year ending the thltieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fftv-one, and whose labors may be increased, the Postmaster General shall be authorized, in his discretion, to allow such additional com missions as he may deem just and proper Pr0rided, That the whole amount of con- missions allowed such postmaster during the fiscal year shall not exceed by more than twenty per cent. the amount of con- missions at such office for the year ending the thirteth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
 SEC. '. find 6en further enacted, That no post office now in existence shall be dis continued, nor shall the mail service on any mail route in any of the States or Ter. ritOres be discontinued or diminished, in consequence of any dimnution of the rev. enues that may result from this act; and it shall be the duty of the Postmaster Gene raj to establish new post offices. and place the mail service on any new mail routes es- tabIlShed, or that hereafter may be estab- lished, in the same manner as though this act had not passed: find prorided fu1ther, [That the compensation of no postmaster shall be diminished in consequence of the passage of this act.
 SEC. 8. find De it further enacted, That there shall be paid 10 the Post Office De- partment, in further payment and compen- saton for the mail service performed for the two Houses of Congress and other the De- partments and offices of the Governmentin in the transportation of free matter, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars 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 "lo establish certain post routes and for other purposes" approved March 3, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and remaining undrawn in the Treasury, shall continue subject to the requsition of the Postmaster General, for the service of the Post Office Department, nothwlthstand- ing the same may have so remained un- drawn for more than two years after 1t be- came subject to such requisiton.
 SEC. 9. find De H further enacted, That there is hereby appropriated, out ot any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise ap- propriated, the sum of five hundred thou sand dollars, to supply any deficiency that may arise in the Post Office Department.
 SEC. 10. find De # turther enacted, That it shall be in the power of the Postmaster General, at all post offices where the Post masters are appointed by the President ot the United States, to establish post routes within the cities or towns, to provide for conveying letters to the post office, by es- tablshng suitable and convenient places of deposit, and by employing carriers to re- ceive and deposit them in the post office; and at ali such offices it shall be in his pow CT to cause letters to be delivered by suita- ble carriers, to be appointed by him for that purpose, for which not exceeding one or two cents shall be charged, to bel paid by the person receiving or sending the same; and all sums so received shall be paid into the Post Office Department: Prorided, The amount of compensation allowed byI the Postmaster General to carriers shall inI no case exceed the amount paid into the Treasury, by each town or city, under theI provisions of this section.
 SEC. II. find be u further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act iti shall be lawful 10 coin, at the mint of theI United States and its branches, piece off the denomination and legal value of three cents, or three-hundredths of a dollar, toI be composed of three-fourths silver and one-fourth copper, and to weigh twelve grains and three-eghths of grain; that the said coin shall bear such devices as shall bel different from those of the other silver coins, and of the gold dollar, but having the inscription United States of America, and it's denomination and date; and that it shall be legal tender in navment of debts for all sums of thirty