The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-06-10
ees of publication. free of postac.
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| '>''N' Nr'h'Isi' W FIeNiuc ana
furnish TO ali Deputy Postmasters and
:" al other persons applying and pay
ing Therefor. suitable postage stamps,
ana stamped envelopes Of the dc,sa,n.
} haii"n 81 two cents, five cents, and
/, twenty cents, TO facilitate the pre-
payment Of postage provided for in
tins act, and any person who shall
forge or counterfeit any postage stu,nn
provided or furnished under the pro.
visions OF this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed or
printed on or attached to cnvclopcss,r
not, or any dies, plate or engraving
therefor. or shall make, or pri,a, or
Knowingly ,rse or sell or have in pos
session, with intent to uso or sell, any
: such false. forged or counterfcited
dies plate, engraving or postage
stamp or who shall make. OF print, or
authorize or procure to be made OF
fnnmeh. any pas'age stamps of the
kind provided and furnished by the
Postmaster General as aforesaid. with
ont the especial authority and direc-
ton of the Postoiiice Department, or
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall, with intent to de-
fraud the revenues of ,hv Postat,ice
department deliver any postar.
stamps to any person or persons other
than such as shall be authorized Ia
receive the same by any instrumeu.
OF writing. duly executed under III.
hand Vt the Postmaster General and
| the seal of the PoStotiice Department,
shall, on conviction thereof b. deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
a flne not exceeding $500, or by i'm
prisonmcni not exceeding FIVE wears,
or by both such fine and imprison-
menf; and the expenses of procuring
aud providing all such postage stamps
and letter envelopes rs ara, provided
Tor or authorized bv this act, shall be
paid after being adjusted by the An
tiior "i the p"sto.iice Department on
the certificate of the Postmaster Gem
era! ont Of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues Of til. Post,
office department.
sec 4. .i@d he 1t j@,7hcr cnacieI.
That il shall be- tn. duty Of every
Postmaster to cause To be dciac.d in
such manner us the Postmaster Gen
era! shall direct, all postage stamps
| OF this Coufcderacy to letters r!-rns
tied III his oiiir. tor delivery or to DO
sent by mail; and any Postmaster
scndt,i@ letters in the mnil With ..,,rh
postage STAMPS attached shalt omit
!" deiacc the same, il shall be the
duty of ihe Postmaster 10 whose
office such letters shall Lr sent for
delivery, TO detace the stamps and re-
port the delinquent Postmaster 10th.
Postmaster General. .An' Ifany- rar-
som shall Use, or attcnp' to u.s., in
Prepayment -! postage, any poStag.
stamp. which shah ha' Z. been before
used for fik" purposes, such persons
hal! hc subject to a pcnnl,r of ft,r
dollars Tor every such oti.uSe. 10 h..
recovered IN the nam" OF the Cont.d
crate States of Alneric;, in any eour,
OF competent jurisdiction.
'':Scc ). .fn1 he ii tartHcr cnac,,.J
That from aud after til" day when
THIS act goes into effect, the
ir'nkin- privilege shall be abolished:
lrorIdcd. iha, the Postmaster t;ctcr-
Il and hts chict clerks, and III" .t,al
tor ri the Treasury ;or the i'"efu,3ic.
Department -haii he and they ar.
hereby authorized to TRANSMIT;
through the mail-. FIRE" of postage.
any letters, packages, or other mat
tors relating exclusively to their 9TH
cal DUTIES. cr To the business OF the
Postoiticc Department; but tlo,-
shall III every snc(t case endorse ON
the back of the letter or package, to
b" sent free Of postage over their own
signatures. the words, "Dticia! husi
ness, and for any such endorsement,
falsely fnadc, tn" person 80 Offending.
shall forfeit and pay taxes $500: ard
I'ror'dcd f@ahcr, the several Dcpnv-
P"stlnnStcra iliroughou, the Ianfi4Irr
ate Shall shall be amd hereby are au-
thorizrd to scud through the mail
free At portage all letters aud pack
ages which it may be their duty, nr
they may have OCCASION 10 transmit
10 any person or place, and which
hall relate exclusively t" the husi-
ness "tti.s!T respective offices. or to
h" business OF the Po7toiiicr Depart
Hcn'; bat iii every such case the
Deputy Postmaster sending any suolr
ettrr "r package shall endorse there,
III, over his own signature, the words
Posto.iice business and for any and
very such endorsement, t1tse'y
made, til" person making til" same
ball forfeit and pay 5000
Sec. q .f~d BE- " ,tarth,y ,aactcd.
hat the third section of AN act on
tiled an act further to amend AN
ct entitled an act To reduce and .and
y tie rates of postage in the Eui'ed
states, aud tor other purposes. pass
d March >. le5l. approved March
!. 1873, whereby the letter rcgistra-
ION system was established, be and j.