Shreveport daily news., 1861-08-21

visions Of this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed or
printed ON or attached to envelopessor
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 Generals 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 tie revenues of the Postottice
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 Postoffice Department
] shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
a 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 as are provided
for or authorized by this act, shall be
r paid after being adjusted by the Au-
;. ditor Of the Postofiice Department on
q the certificate of the Postmaster Gen
e eral out of any money in the Treasury
q arising from the revenues Of the Post
s office Department. j.,
s .Scc i. And be 1t fnrtHer enacted
v That it shall be the d,ty Of every
o Postmaster to cause to be defaced III
II such manner as the Pos master Gen
Isl eral shall direct. all postage stamp:
4. of this Confederacy to letters aepos
]. tied in his office for delivery or to bt
e scut by mail; and if any POSTMASTER
le sending letters in the mail with suci
o. postage stamps attached shall oml
d to deface the same, it shall be ths
,e dutv of the Postnaster to whos'
4 Office such letters shall be sent TO
in delivery, to deface the stamps and re
4 port tue delinquent Postms ster to tn
h. Postmaster General. Anr itany per
>: son shall use. or attemp' to use. IL
k. prepayment Of postage, any postag
h. stamps which shall ha' been hetor
ID used for Ike purposes, such person
G. shall b. subject to a penalty Of fit.
70 dollars for every such oti,ense, to b
ID recovered in the name Of the Conttd
j. crate States of America in any coul
H. of competent jurisdiction.
j. "Sec 5. AnG be 1t .jirthey e1oct'c
as That from and after the day whe
,e this act goes into effect. tn
OF franking privilege shall be abolished
IN pyoriAed, that the Postmaster Gene1
h. al and his chief clerks, and the Aud
be tor of the Treasury for the Postotfic
ed Department shall be and they al
,d hereby authorized to transm
On through the mails, free Of postag'
NO any letters, packages, or other ma
Ii. ters relating exclusively to their Oft
lv cial duties, or to the business Of til
e: Postotice Department.; but the
ais shall in every such case endorse O
ID, the back of the letter or packages
ed be sent free of postage over their ow
to signatures, the words, Official bus
be ness, and for any such endorseme,
ee falsely made, the person SO offendir
rr- shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; an
nd procided further, the several Depu..
an Postmasters throughout the Confede
nd ate Shall shall be and hereby are a
ted thorized to send through the mai
at free Of postage all letters and pac
in ages which it may be their duty,
di- they may have occasion to transn
}, 2 to any person or place, and viii
the shall relate exclusively to the bu
- oocs oc+ho;r resnecfiye offices. or