Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-31
VOLUME LVIII.-NUMBER s

respective Offices Of publication, orc cop7 OF
each publication, free OF postage
''-4l newspapers, unSra!ed circulars or other
uascaied printed transient matter, placed IA
any post. oflice, not for transmission hut fer
delivery only. shall be charged postage at tbo
rate OF ore cent each"
FRANEING PRIVILEGE
And be it further enacted, That ircm ard
sf;er the day when this act goes into effect,
the franking privilege shall be abolished: Pro.
r!d-d, That the Postmaster General and his
chg! clerk, Inc chief Of the Contract, Appoint.
:lent and Finance Bureaus, and the Auditor
OF tie Treasury tor tho Post Office Depart.
menf, small be End they are hereby authc-
rlzed TO traEsni. through the mail free Of
postage, en- letters, Packages or other ulters
relating exclusively to their clcial duties CT 70
the business of the Pos. 0!1ce Department.; hr.
they shall, in every such case icdcrse eli the
back of the letter Or package 10 bo sen, free Of
postage, over their own signature, tbs words
"Uilica! Business" And for any such indorse.
| mcnt falsely made the perSon 50 offending shall
| forfeit and pay three hundred dollars. Aad pro.
vided further, The several deputy pest masters
! throur hout the Confederate States sta!. heacd
hereby are .uthor;zad 10 send through The
inali, Tree Of poStsg", all letters and packages
which it may be their duty or tAey may have
OCCASION 10 t-GnSIni. 10 any person 0r place,
and which shall relate exclusively 10 the bust.
ness OF their respective offices, or to the busi.
ness Of the Pos! Office Department; but in cv.
cry such case the deputy post master, sending
any such letter or package shall indolse there.
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Office Business And for any and every such
Endorsement falsely made, the person masking
the same sha! forfeit and pay three hundred
dollars"
PAYMENT OF POSTAGE IN MONEY UNTIL POSTAGE
STAMPS AND STAMPED ENVELOPES ARE rAo-
vIDED.
SECTION !. The Congress Of the CoLf.dcra:o
S!strs OF America do enact, That uEti! postegc
stamps and stamped envelopes can be procured
and distributed, the Post Master GeArral may
order the postage Of the Con:cderacv ~ be pre-.
paid in money, Under such iucs and resu!a.
;!ons rs he may adopt"
REpEAL or TIE LETTER REGISTRATIONS SYSTEM
''.lnd be it further enacted That the third
section Of an act cuntItied ".in net further to
amend an &c: entitled An act to reduce and
modify the rates OF postage in tho United
States, and !Or other purposes, passed March
,hI.d, eighteen hundred and ttiy one ap.
proved March Sd, 1855 whereby the letter
registration system was established, be and is
hereby repealed from and after the DAY when
tLis act goes Into effect
CONVEYANCE OF NAIL NATTER by "E1rREss'
AND o1HEg CHARTERED COMPANIES.
"SEc. .. That it SHALL tc lawful for the
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chartered companies to carry letters and MI
mail matter VI every description, whether tie
same be enclosed in stamped envelopes or pre-.
paid b. stamps or money; but if the same be
prepaid in money, the money shall be paid 70
snIne post master, who shall stamp the earne
paid, and shall account to the Post OEice d..
partmei!l for the same, in the same Clanner az
for letters sent by the mail; aud if prepaid by
stamps, then the express CS other company ~
ceiving such letters for delivery shall obtcr.
ate sucn stamps, under the penalty Of tive
hundred dollars for each failure to be recover.
ed b. action Of debt in any court having juris-
diction thereof in the name Of the Post Mas.
ter General, for the use Of the Confederate
States; but if said letters or mail matter shall
be received by such express or other conpsny,
not for delivery, but to be mailed, then tkJ
matter SO carried shall bs pre- paid at the same
ra.e that ;he existing iaw requires it to be paid
from the point where it may be received by
such company 10 the point Of its destination,
aud the post master, where such COMPANY may
man .,.. s...., s,.a.i Irrace tEe ,.u.r rs upon
the sacic.
"SscrioS 6. Be it further enacted, That
agents Of any company who may carry letters
under the provisions OF this act, shalt be 70.
Qured 20 take an oath that they will faithfully
con-, ,.ly with the law Of the Confederate States
relating to the carrying Of letters or ether
mail matter, aaG obllteratins postage stamps,
which cath may be administered by any jus.
licc of The peace, and shall be in writing, and
signed by such agent or messenger, ard n!cI
in the Pcstciicc Department
Approved, March 10Th, 1861"
IAN ACT to continue in force certain !aTs of
the United States Of America.
Be it enacted by the Confederate States Ct
America in Congress assembled, That all t!.o
laws Of the United States ol America, ir force
and in use in the Confederate States Of Amcrics
on the frs: day CT No"cnter last, ani moi il.
consistent with the Constitution Of the Coz.
icderatc States, be and tho same are hereby
continued in force uEtl altered or repealed By
the Congress.
Adopted February 0. 1861"
Post Masters R.lurns must BIZ made 10 close
! on the 3isl .Marcn, tho Goth June, the 3UtE
September, ard IT, 3lst December, in each
wear: Aud he Return for the fractional par.
Of the currert quarter, which ends June S0th
next, mnst be promptly rendered to the Ch::l
| Of the Finance Bureau, Post Office Department,
Montgomery, Alabama, in The form and man
mer prescribed By existing laws and resuis-
tuus.