Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-22

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;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 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 Postoffice Department, or
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall, with intent to de-
fraud the revenues Of the Postotfice
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, duly executed under the
hand eff the Postmaster General and
the seal of the Postotf;ce Department
shall, OH conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
a fine not exceeding $500. or by i'm
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 as are provided
for or authorized by this act, shall be
paid after being adjusted by the Au
ditor of the Postotfice Department on
the certificate of the Postmaster Cen
eral out Of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues OF the Post
office Department.
"Sec 4. And be 1t .fxrAAcr enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of every
Postmaster ts cause to be defaced in
such manner as the Postmaster Gen
eral shall direct, all postage stamps
Of this Confederacy 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 dctace 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 Postms ster TO the
Postmaster General. AND ifanv per-
son shall use, or attenp' to use, IN
prepayment OF postage, any postage
stamps which shall ha' {, been before
used for like purposes, such persons
shall be subject to Il penalty of fifty
dollars for every such otiense, to be
recovered in tn. name Of the Conted.
crate States Of America in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
"Sec ). And bc 1t further euactcd
That from and after the day wher
this act goes into effect. tn.
franking privilege shall be abolished
prorided, that the Postmaster Geher
al and his chief clerks, and the Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Postotiic'
Department shall be and they ar,
hereby authorized to transmit
throu gh the mails, free Of postage
any letters, packages, or other mat
t-rs relating exclusively to their oiii
cial duties, or to the business of th'
Postofiice Department.; but the,
shall in every such case endorse ol
the back of the letter or packages t'
be sent free of postage over their owl
signatures. the words, Official busi
ness, 'and for amy such endorsement
falsely made, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; IN.
proyided t1yther, the several Drpuy
postmasters throughout the Conteder
ate Shall shall be and hereby are an
thorizcd to send through the mail!
free of postage all letters and pack
ages Which it may be their duty, o
they may have occasion to translni
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