Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-13

three hundred 6allsfe. Ard rToTi1ed further. Tha
several deputy post masters throughout the Confed
crate states shall be and are hereby authorized to
seno through the mail, free Of postage ell letters
ana packages which it may be their duty or they
may have occasion to transmit any person or place
and which shall relate exclusively 70 the business
OF their respective Offices to the business Of the
Fest Office Department; but in every such case the
deputy postmaster sending any such letter or pack
age shall indOrse thereon, over his own svr,at,,re
the words POST Office Business And for anv and
every such Endorsement falsely made. the ,,e,aon
making the same shall forfeit and paw ihrea hmm
dred dollars -
Pcyaasa: Of Postage IA Money uzdR Postage ae,np,
ard Sonlped Envelopes Gre prosiaed
"SEcTIoN L The Congress of Gie Confederate sates
Of america do enact, That until postage stamns and
s.imPed envelopes can be procur' and distributed
the Post Master General may order the postage of
the Couederacy to be prepaid in money under such
rules and regulations as ne may adopt
Repeal Of the Letter Registration, System.
"And be It further ea1cied That the third section
OF an act entitled "An act further to amend an act
entitled An act to reduce and modify the rates of
postage in the United States. and for other pur-
poses, passed March third, eighteen hundred and
| fifty-one y approved March 3D. 1856. whereby the
letter repatriation system was established be and is
hereby repealed from and after the day when this
act goes into effect f"
Conveyance Of Nal Natter By Erpressr and other
Chartered Conpcniss.
"SEe 5. That it sliSll be la wful for the Post Mas
ter General to allow express and other chartered
companies to carry letters and all mail matter of
every description whether the same be enclosed in
stamped envelopes or prepaid by stamps money;
but if the same be pre- paid in money, the
money shall be paid to some post master, who
shall stamp the same paid, and shall account
| to the Post Office Department for the same, in
| the same manner as for letters sent by the
lFnaf -. and hxrG Num- than
other company receiving such letters for deliye>
ny shall obiterate such stamps. under the penalty
| of five hundred dollars for each failure, to be
covered by action of debt in any court having ju
risdiction thereof in the name Of the Post Master
General for the of the Confederate States; but
if said letters or mail matter shall be received by
such express or other company, not for delivery
but TO be mailed, then the matter carried shall
be paid at the same rate that the existing law
requires it to be paid from the point where it may
! be received by such company to the point of its
destination, and the post master. where such com
4 pany many mail the same shall defsce the stamps
upon the same.
SECTION 6. Be it further enacted, That.agents Of
any company who may carry letters under the pro
visions this act shall be reQuir I'd to take oath
that be will faithfully comply with the law of the
Confederate States relating to the carrying of letters
or other mail matter, and obliteIatiDg postage
| stamps. which oath NAV be administered by any
justice of the peace and shall be in writing, anG
| Nv tASeHk VI ulSSScuSSF
| Post Ollie Department
approved, March 18th, 1861"
hN Act to connus certain Of the United State
| Of America.
Be It enacted by the Confederate States of Au.eri
ca IN Congress assembled, hat ali the Ia of tn,
United States of America in force ami in in the
Confederate States of America on the first day o
| November last. and not inconsistent wi the Con
sttUtion Of the Confederate States be and the
are hereby continued 10 force until altered or re
pealed by the Congress.
| Adopted, February 8. 1861"
Post Masters Returns must be made to close OF
the 3lst March the 30th Jule, the .S0th September
and the Slst December, in each year: And the Re
turn for the fractional part Of the current quarter
! which ends June Sob next, must be promptly rem
| dered 10 the Chief of the Finance Bureau Pos
Office Depart, Montgomery, Alabama, in the form
and manner prescribed by existing laws and regu
lations.