Shreveport daily news., 1861-09-14
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visions of this or any former act
whether the same are impressed o.
printed on or attached to envelopes.o .ol
not, or any dies, plate or engraving
therefor. or shall make. or print, ol
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. o,
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 Postofficc Department, OF
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall. with inteist to de-
fraud tie 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 cf the Postmaster General and
the seal Of the postotiice Department
shall, on 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 iInprison-
mem 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 Postctiicc Department on
the certificate of the Postmaster Gen
eral out of any money III the Treasury
arising from the revenues Of the Post
office Department.
"Sec A. 4nd be II .1urtAer enacted,
That it shall be the duty of every
Postmaster to cause to be detaced III
such manner us the Postmaster Cen
cral shall direct, all postage stamps
Of this Contedrracy to letters aepos-
tied i'll 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 omi,
to dctacc the same, i; shall be the
duty OF the IostnasteI to whose
otiice such letters shah he sent for
delivery, to detace the stampsand re-
port the delinquent Postma ster TO the
Postmaster General. AND If 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 Il penalty Of fifty
dollars for every such otfallsc, TO be
recovered in the name Of the Contcd-
crate States ot'ANerica in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
'ESec >. ind be II jarthcy enacted,
That from and after ,ke day when
this act goes into effect, the
ftanlline privilege shall be abolished;
proci,icI, that the Postmaster Gener-
al and his chief clerks. and the Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Postntiice
Department shall be and they are
hereby authorized to transmit
through the mails, free of postage,
any letters. packages, or other mat
ters relating exclusively TO their off
clal duties, or TO the business OF the
Postottice Department; but they
shall in every such case endorse OH
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 faxes $500; ond
proridc@ further, the several Depuv-
postmasiers throughout the Conftdcr-
ate Shat! shail be and hereby are a,,
thorized to send through the mails
free Of postage all letters and pack
ages which it may be their duty, or
they may have occasion to transmit
to any person or place, and which
shall relate exclusively to the busi-
ness of their respective offices, or to