Shreveport daily news., 1861-07-23

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 tor
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 counterfeitrd
dies, plate, engraving or postage
stamp, or who shall make, or print, or
authorize, or procure to be made or
printed, any passage stamps of the
kind provided and furnished by the
Postmaster General as aforesaid, with
out the especial authority and direc-
ton of the Postofiice Department, or
who. after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall, with intent to de-
fraud the 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, duly executed under the
hand et the Postmaster General and
the seal of the Postotiice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
Il fine not exceeding $500, or by inn
prisonmcnt not exceeding five years,
or by both such fine and imprison
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 Postotfice Department, on
the certificate Of the Postmaster Gen
eral out of any money in the Treasury
office Department.
Sec 4. and he 1t fu1the,- enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of every
Postmaster to cause to be detaccd III
such manner as the Postmaster Gen
cral shall direct, all postage stamps
Of this Contederacv TO letters elepos-
tied in Ills 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 detacc the same. it shall be the
duty OF the Postmaster to who's,
office such letters shall be sent for
delivery, to detace the stamps and re-
port the delinquent postma stcr 10th.
Postmaster General. AND lfanv per-
son shall use. or att"mp' TO us., IN
prepayment O! postage, any postage
stamps which shall ha' , been before
used for like purposes, such persons
shall be subject to a penalty Of fifty
recovered in the name OF the CoutcG-
crate States Of America in any court
Of competent jurisdiction.
Sec ). -1a1 be It .farfAcr cRactc1
That from and after the day when
this act goes into effect, the
franklin" privilege shall be abolished;
l,roridcd. that the Postmaster Grner-
al and his chief clerks, and the Audi
tor Of the Treasury for tn. Posto iiicc
Department shall be and they are
hereby authorized 10 transmit
through the mails, free Of postage,
any letters, packages, or other mat
tcrs relating exclusively to their off
cial duties. or to the business of the
Postoiiice Department; but they
shall in every such case endorse on
the back of the letter or packages to
be sent free OF postage over their own
signatures, the words, Official bust
ness, and for any such endorsement,
falsely made. the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; oud
f,auriacd tu1tAer, the several Depuy-
Postmasters throughout the Confeder-
ate Shall shall be and hereby are au-
thorized to send through, the mails
free of postage all letters and pack
ages which ii may be their duty, or
they may have occasion to transmit