Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-15

For fulfilling the articles negotiated January tenth egh
teen hundred and ve With certain Odsa of
sixty Thousand two hundred and sixty dollars
o r"f anens by the act passed the March,
eighteen hundred and fifty five six thousand three hundred
For the increase of pay Indian subagens authorized
by the passed March first eighteen hundred and fy
For pay of three Indian agents In California per ae5
twenty eighth September eighteen hundred and MY anu
act passed March first eighteen hundred and hfy-n'e
twelve thousand dollars.
For expenses of the reconnaissance of the bounoarJ m
the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians one thousand
For fulfilling treaty with the wyandott Indians Of thTta
first January eighteen hundred and httyhve b In
That the appropriations made for said Indians ey e @
dian appropriation bill passed at hs session OF congress
hereby repealed: hundr and twenty eght .ou
sand five hundred and sixty dollars ana s'A'ySen
cents .;o,,s
For arrearages Choctaw Indians under various
treaty stipulaons report on statement OF te the
Secretary of the Interior, in answer to resolution OF we
tenth March ba Se the cRocaw
nation may be requested by the authorized desge0h
thereof Washington ninety-two hundred ana niy
eight dollars and fifty cents.
Approved March B. 1855.
AN ACT further to amend The Act entitled An Act to re-
States and for other Purposes passed March third egn
teen hundred and hfty-one. ,-. - r,nn..,utat;rsa
ofe Unied States Anerica in Congress asSsIea That
in lieu of the now % M by law
For letter shall n d for or paper on
writing by marks signs, conveyed in the mail
for any distance between places United States not
ceedng thousand miles, three cents and for any
distance exceeding three thousand miles, ten cents
double letter there shall be charged double the
rate above specified and for treble letter. treble those
and for quadruple letter, quadrupe those rates
weight shall be deemed single letter and every addition
al weight of half weight OF less than
half shall be charged with additional single
postage and all letters passing through in the
United States, excepting such to from
On country the posrages above specified shall be
except upon letters and packages addressed Off
Of the government ocia business wa CHI shall be
marked the envelope And from and after the first
day of january eighteen hundred and htty-sx The Post
maSterGenela require postmaSers 10 place postage
stamps upon ali prepaid letters upon which such stamps
may not have been placed by the writer's
And all drOp-Ietters, letters placed post-ofce
thurugh the mail but for delivery
y, shall charged with postage at the of each
ing uncaed for, in any poS;oice shall be charged
with each in addition to The regular postage both
to be accoun; ed for as other p"stages now are:
Ind he IL further ed. That it shall not be
lawful far other person sell any post
age stamp stamped envelope Tor any larger than
that indicated the fce OF such postage Tor
larger than that charged therefor by the Pus;Offce
Depar and prsan who shall violate this Prov
shall be deemed guilty of sdeneanor, and,
Ihan five hundred dollars. This take effect
and be in force from and after the Of the
fiscal quarter after passage [r0rIaed, That noI
herein contained shall be construed alter the
laws IN relation 10 the tIanking privilege.
3. ind be IL further enacted That the greater
security of valuable letters posted for traSmisson the
mails the United States the Postmaster be- and
hereby is, auThrZed to estabis plan for the
regis of such letters application posing
well regitrat fee If five every such
packet be accounted for by receiving the
Il such the PoStmaSterG raj shall d.
EFOnjs3, hycSger That such shall
be compulsory and il shall render the PusOiice De-
partmcut o Tor the loss of such letters
packets, or the contents threOf.
Approved, March ), 1880.