Shreveport daily news., 1861-11-06

provided or furnished under the pro-
visions of this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed or
printed on or attached to envelopes sor
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 seh, any
| such false, forged or counterfeited
dies, plate, engraving or postage
stamp, or who shall make, or print. or
authorize, or procure to be made or
! printed, any pastage stamps OF the
kind provided and furnished by the
Postmaster General as aforesaid, with
out the especial authority and direc-
ton of the PostoAice Department, or
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall, with intent TO de-
| traud-t].e revenues Of the Postoffice
Department deliver any postage
stamps to any person or persons other
than such as shall be authorized to
receive the same by any instrument
Of writing. daily executed under the
hand cf the Postmaster General and
the seal of the Postotfice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
fine not exceeding $500, or by inn
prisonment not exceeding five years,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment and the expenses of procuring
and providing all such postage stamps
and letter envelopes rs are provided
for or authorized by this act, shall be
paid after being adjusted by the Au-
di,or of the Postotiice Department on
| the certificate of the Postmaster Gen
er,l out Of amy money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues of the Post
Office Department.
"Sec 4. Ind he 1t ./urtAcr enacted,
That it shall be the duty of every
| Postmaster te cause to be defaced in
such manner as the Postmaster Gen
cral shall direct, all postage stamps
Of this confcderacy to letters depos-
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 deface the same, it shall be the
duty Of the Postmaster to whose
Office such letters shall be sent for
delivery, to detace the stamps and re-
port the delinquent Postma ster to the
Postmaster General. AND any per-
son shall use, or attemp to use, in
prepayment of postage, any postage
stamps which shall ha' been before
used for like purposes, such persons
shall be subject to a penalty of fifty
dollars for every such otfense, to be
recovered in the name of the Confcd.
crate States of America in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
"Scc ). and he 1t .taatAcr euoctcd
That from and after the day when
this act goes into effect, the
fanking privilege shall be abolished;
proridcd, that the Postmaster Gener-
al and his chief clerks, and the Audi.
tor of the Treasury for the Postotf;ce
department shall be and they ar,
hereby authorized to transmit
through the mails, free of postage
any letters, packages, or other mat.
tiers relating exclusively to their OIL.
cial duties, or to the business of til,
Postotiice Department; but they
shall in every such case endorse OF
the back of the letter OF packages tc
be sent free Of postage over their OWL
signatures, the words, Official busi.
ness, and for any such endorsement
falsely made, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; ana
lproridcd turthcr, the several Depuv-
Postmasters throughout the Confedcr.
ate Shall shall be and hereby are au.
thorized to send through the mails
free of postage all letters and pack.
Iages which it may be their duty, o,
they may have occasion to transmit
to any person or place. and which
shall relate exclusively to the busi