Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-29
provided or furnished under the pro-

provided or furnished under the pro-
visions of this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed or
printed on or attached to cnvelopes:or
not, or any dies, plate or engraving
therefor, or shall make, or print, or
knowingly use or sell or have IN pos
session, with intent to use or sell, any
such false, forged or countertelted
dies, plate. engraving or postage
stamp, or who shall make. or print, or
authorize, or procure to b" made or
printed, any pastaGc stamps OF thr
kind provided and furnished by the
Postmaster General as aforesaid. with
out the especial authority and "lrrc-
ton of the Postotiicc Departments OF
who, after such postage stamps nave
been printed, shall, with intcht to de-
fraud tie revenues of the Post"ttlce
Department deliver any postage
stamps to any person or persons other
than such as shall be authorized to
receive the same by amy instrument
of writing, duly executed under the
hand ct the Postmaster General ana
the seal of the Po-totiice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished 10y
a fine not exceeding $500, or by i'm
prisonment not exceeding five years,
or bv both such fine and lmprlSon-
mcnt; and the expenses OF procuring
and providing all such postage stamps,
and letter envelopes as are provided
for or authorized by this act, shall be
paid after being adjusted by the Au-
ditor of the Postotticc Department on
the certificate of the Postmaster Cen
eral out of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues OF the Iost-
Office Department.
"Sec 4. aud be It .turther emocted,
That it shall be the duty of every
Postmaster to cause to be dctaced III
such manner as the Postmaster Gen
eral shall direct, all postage stamps
of this Confederacv to letters dcpos-
tied in his Office for delivery or to be
sent by mail; and if any Postmaster
sending letters in the mail with such
postage stamps attached shall omit
to detace the same. it shall be the
duty Of the Postmaster to whose
Office such letters shall be sent Ton
delivery, to detace the stamps and re
port the delinquent Postma Ster to tn,
Postmaster General. AND itany per
son shall use, or at'rlnp' to use II
prepayment of postage, any postag'
stamps which shall ha' { been before
used for like purposes, such persons
shall be subject to apcnaltv OF hit,
dollars for every such otfrnse, to b'
recovered in the name OF the Conttd
: crate States of America i'll any cour
: Of competent jurisdiction.
"Scc ). .ind be It further enacfc"
: That from and after the day whr'
, this act goes into effect. tn
t frank ing privilege shall be abolished
, Drorided, that the Postmaster Gcnci
= al and his chief clerks. and the AUDI
:. tor of the Treasury for the Iost"tiic
i Department shall be and they AZ
] hereby authorized 70 ,ranSin
n through the mails. free of postage
q any letters, packages, or other ma
j. ters rr...tins exclusively to their of
y. cial duties, or to the business Of tn
Postotiice Department; but til"
: shall in every such case endorse "
!. the back Of the letter or packages
d be sent free OF postage over their o"
o signatures. the words, 'pilicial bus
g ness, and for any such cndor>'mel
e falsely made, I'll. person 5" "tiendiu
: shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; It"
q 7,roylIed tarther, the several Deru,
J. Postmasters throughout the Cont"d''
d ate Shall shall b,. and hereby are n
d thorized to send through the mai
t free OF postage all letters and pacI
n ages which it may be their duty.
i they may have occasion to tran-l'
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