Shreveport daily news., 1861-09-18

prOVIOeO Or 1urNlSnet under the pro
visions of this or any former act
whether the same are impressed o,
printed on or attached to envelopes!o,
not, or any dies, plate or engraving
therefor. or shall make. or print, oi
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 General rs aforesaid, with
out the especial authority and direc-
ton Of the Postotficc Department., or
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed. shall, with intent to de-
fraud TIE revenues of the Postotiicc
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 ef the Postmaster General and
the seal Of the Postotlicc Department
shall on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty Of felony, and be punished by
a fine not exceeding $500, or by i'm
prisonmeat not exceeding five years,
or by both such fine and imprison-
lnent; 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 Postotiice Department on
the certificate Of the Postmaster Cen
eral cut OF any money in the T.easarv
arising from the revenues of tn. Post
office Department.
"Sec 4. ind be e fu,Mcr enacted, |
That it shall be the duty OF every
Postmaster to cause to be deiaced in |
such manner as the Postmaster Gen !
eral shall direct, ali postage stamps
Of this Contcderacy t" letters depos-
tied in 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 omit
to dctace the same, i; shall be the
duty Of the Postmaster to whose
office such letters shall be sent for
delivery, TO detace the stamps and re-
port the delinquent Pos:sna 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 a penalty of fifty
lOliars tor every such nticEse, to be
in the name of the Conted-
rate States of Amer rica in any court
If competent jurisdiction.
"Sec ). ind be 1t lurther cnuct,d,
That from and after the day when
his act % goes into etf.ct, the
ranking privilege shall be abolished;
,yortded, that the Postmaster Gcner-
u and his chief clerks, and the Audi
or OF the Treasury for the Postoiiicc
Department shall be and they are
,ereby authorized to transmit
Trough the mails, free of postage,
my letters, packages, or other mat
ers relating eXclusivel V to their Off
ial duties, or to the business of the
'ostotfice DEPARTMENT.; but they
hall in every such case endorse on
he back Of tn letter or packages to
e sent free of postage over their own
ignatureS, the words, Official bust
ess, and for any such endorsement
alseiy made, the person SO offending
hall forfeit and pay taxes $500; ondt
fu,7her, the several Depuy-
throughout the Confedcr-
te Shall shall be ana hereby are a,.-
lorized to send through the mails
zee Of postage all letters and pack
ees which it may be their duty, or
lev may have occasion to transmit
} any person or place, and which /