Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-07
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printed on Or attached to envelopes or not
or any die, plate, or engraving therefor, o.
shall make or print, or knowingly use o.
sell, or have in his possession, with inten
to use or sell, any such false, forged, o.
counterfeited dies, plate, engraving, o.
postage stamp, or who shall make or print
or authorize, or procure to be made or prin
ted, any postage stamps of the kind provi
ded and furnished by the Postmaster Gen
eral as aforesaid, without the especial au
thority and direction of the Postof6ce De
partment, or who, after such postage stamps
have been printed, shall with intent to de
fraud the revenues of the Postofice De
partment, deliver any postage stamps tx
any person or persons other than such al
shall be authorized to receive the same BY
an instrument Of writing, duly execntee
under the hand of the Postmaster General
and the seal of the Postofice Department
shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by a 6u'
not exceeding $500 or by Imprisonment
not exceeding FIVE years, or by both sucl
fine and Imprisonment; and the expenses o
procuring and providing all such postag'
stamps and letter envelopes as are provided
for or authorized by this act, shall be paid
after being adjusted by the Auditor of th'
Postofice Department on the certificate o
the Postmaster General out Of any none.
in the Treasury arising from the revenues
of the Postof6ce Department.
Sec 4 And be 1t further enacted, Tha
it shall be the duty Of every Postmaster tt
cause to be defaced, in such manner as th'
Postmaster General shall direct, all postage
stamps of this Confederaoy, attached to let
tiers deposited in his Office for delivery or t.
be sent my mail; and if any Postmaste
sending letters in the mail with such post
age stamps attached, shall omit to defact
the same, it shall be the duty Of the Post
master to whose Office such letters shall b.
sent for delivery to deface the stamps ano
report the delinquent Postmaster to the
Postmaster General, and if any person shal
use or attempt to use, in the prepayment
of postage, any postage stamps which shal
have been before used for like purposes
such person shall be subject to penalty O.
fifty dollars for every such offence, to bt
recovered in the name of the Confederate
States of America, in any court of compe
tent jurisdiction.
Sec. 5. Ind be 1t further enacted, Tha
from and after the day when this act goes
into effect, the franking privilege shall be
abolished, provided that the Postmaster
General and his chief clerk, and the audi
tor of the Treasury for the Postofice De-
partmeut, shall be and they are hereby au
thorised to transmit through the mail free
of postage any letters, packages, or Other
matters, relating exclusively to their off
cial duties, or to the business of the Post
Office Department; but they shall, in every
such case, indorse on the back of the let
ter or package to be sent free of postage
over their own signatures, the words "Ofi
cial Business" and for any such indorse
ment falsely made the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay $500; and provided
further, the several Deputy Postmasters
throughout the Confederate States shall be
and are hereby authorized to send through
the mail free of postage all letters and
packages which it may be their duty, OF
they may have occasion to transmit to any
person or place, and which shall relate ex,
clusively to the business of their respective
Offices, or to the business of the Postofice De.
partment-but in every such case the depu.
ty postmaster sending any such letter or
package shall indorse thereon, over his own
signature, the words "Postofice Business, -
and for any and every such endorsement
falsely made the person making the same
shall forfeit and pay $500.
SEQ. 6. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
the third section of an act entitled an act
further to amend an act entitled an act to
reduce and modify the rates postage in the
United States, and for other purposes, pass
ed March 8, 1851, approved March 8,
1856, whereby the letter registration system
was established, be and is hereby repealed
from and after the day when this act goes
into effect.
Sec. 7. And be 1t further enacted, dc,
That no letters shall be carried by the Tx.
press or other chartered companies, unless
the same shall be prepaid by being endorsed
in a stamped envelope of this Confederacy,
and any company violating the provisions
of this act shall forfeit and pay the sum of
FIVE hundred dollars for each offence, to be
recovered by action of debt in any court of
this Confederaoy having coganizance there
of in the name and for the use of this Con-
federacy.
Sec 8. And be 1t further enated, That
the Postmaster General of the Confederate
States be and is hereby authorized to make
all necessary arrangements for the trans
mission of mails between the Territories of
this and other governments, subject to the
approval of the President, until postal trea-
ties can be effected.
Passed February 2l, 1861.
The PREs1DENT.-For many days past
rumors have been rife to the effect that
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confeder-
ate States, was on his way to Charleston
Y Yesterday morning some color was given to
these reports by the publication Of a dis
patch, dated Montgomery, announcing the
departure of the President for this city.
1t is scarcely necessary for US to say that,
had such been the case, the readers of the