Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11
provided or furnished under the pro.


visions Of this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed OF
, printed on or attached to envelopes.or
2 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 counterteited
dies, plate, engraving or postage
stamp, or who shall nuke, or print, or
authorize, or procure to be made or
printed, any pastage stamps of thu
kind provided and furnished by the
Postmaster General AS aforesaid, with
out the especial authority and direc-
ton of the Postotfice 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 AZ shall he authorized to
receive the same by any instrument
of writing, duly executed under the
hand ef the Postmaster General and
the seal Of the Postotfice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty Of felony, and be punished by
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 arr provided
for or authorized by this net, shall be
paid after being ad justed by the Au-
ditor Of the Postoffice Department on
the certificate Of the Postmaster Gen
eral out Of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues of the POST
Office Department.
"Sec 4. Ind be It f1rkAcr enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of every
Postmaster te cause to be defaeed in
such manner as the Postmaster Gen-
eral shall direct, all postage stamps
Of this Confedcracy to letter. depos-
tied in his Office for delivery or to be
sent by mail; and fany Postmaster
sending letters in the mail with such
postage stamps attached shall omit
to detace the same, it shall b. the
duty OF the Postmaster to whose
Office such letters shall be sent for
to deface the stamps and re-
port the delinquent Postms ster to the
General. And ifany per-
son shall use, or atte,np' to use, in ,
Of ofpOstage, any postage
stamps which shall ha' {. been before Z
used for like purposes, such persons c
shall be subject to a penalty of fifty t
dollars for every such offtnse, to be- ,
recovered in the name Of the Conftd-
rate States of America in any court
'fcompetent jurisdiction.
''Sec >. Ind he 1t further enacted, >,
hat from and after tn. day when
his act goes into effect, the II
privilege shall be abolished; Il
that the Postmaster Gener- :
l and his chief clerks, and the Audi
Or of the Treasury for the Postotfice
Department shall be and they are
ereby authorized to transmit
trough the mails, free of postage.
ny letters, packages, or other mat
ers relating exclusively to their off,
ial duties, or to the business of the
'ostofice Department.; but they
aall in every such case endorse on
le back Of the letter or packages to
e sent free Of postage over their own
gnatures, the words, Official bust
,ss, and for any such endorsement
isely made, the person so offending
'all forfeit and pay taxes $500; oudI
'or'ded. further, the several Depuy-
ostmasters throughout the Confeder-
e Shall shall be and hereby are au-
orized to send through the mails
ee ofpostage all letters and: pack
res which it may be their duty, or
ey may have occasion to transmit
any person or place, and which HI