Shreveport daily news., 1861-08-14
provided or furnished under the pro-

Visions OF TINS or any 1ofmer act
whether the same are impressed o1
printed on or attached to envelopes,ol
not, or any dies. plate or engraving
therefor. or shall make, or print, ol
knowingly use or sell or have III pos
session, with intent to use or sell, any
such false. inrgc, or counterfeitcd
dies. plate. engraving OF postag,
stamp, or who shall make. or print, o,
authorize, or procure to be Ina'c %,
printed. any paatage stanNF OF he
kind provided and furnis led by h,
po$t,aast er General as at, resa S., IL
out the especial authority au0 d:rcc,
ton of the Pos,otiice Departments, .!
who. after such postage stamps havs
been printed, shall, with intent s,"-
] fraud tie revenues Of the bustol'ic.
Department deliver amy p,sla".
stamps to any person or persons other
tllar such as shall he authorized to
receive the slime by any in>trmnrn,
of writing. duly executed under the.
hand e the Postmaster General ans.
tl,c seal Of the Postotficr Department
shall, on conviction 1herro! be deemed
gHii,y OF felony, and be punished by
a fine MOI exceeding $500, or hv I'M
prisonrnent not exceeding five Years.
rr by both such fine and jmrrison-
ment; and the expenses Of procuring
and providing all such ,po-tag" stamps
, :u,d letter envelopes as are provided
for or authorized by this act. skaii be-
paid after being adjusted by ille 4Au-
ditor OF thc Postotiirc Department on
he certificate Of the POSTMASTER Gen
era, out of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues Of the Pos,
office Department.
See 4. And b. 1t purifier cn0cFcd,
Tha, it shail he the duty nt' every
PoSi.naSirr TO cause TO be dcfactd In
such lnlnner as TIE Postmaster Gen
cral shall direct, ali pos,ag" stamps
OF ihis Eontcderacy to letters -srpoS-
itrd in his office for delivery or to BE-
sent b, mail; ana if any Postmaster
scnLilsm letters in the mail with such
postage stamps attached shall omit
10 Grt;,cr the SANE, il shall be the
| luty uf tEe Postmaster to Whose.
Office such letters shall hr sent to,
delivery. to det;1ce the stamps and re
port the delinquent POSTING ~ter the
| Postmaster General. Az" it'anv per
son s!:all uSr, or a:temp' to u>., in
prepayment ctp0sta@e, any postage
stamps which shall ha' :. been before
used for Ike purposes. such persons
Shall be subject 10 a penalty Of fly
! dollars for every such oti-nSE, to h"
recovered IN the name Of the tnut.d
crate States Of America IN any court
of competent jurisdiction.
see ). Ind bc 1t furthH ~,zQct:a
Tia, from and after thr day when
this act goes into effect, ilr
tl-.nilir~ privilege Shall be abolished;
pyori3rG, that ,he Postmaster Gcr.sr-
al and his chief clerks, and the Audi
| tor of tho Treasury for tho fos,otiicc
| Department shall be a.!d they az"
! hereby AUTHORIZED 10 tyalslAi:
through the mails, free Of postage.
any letters. packages. or other l...,t-
| ters relating exclusively 10 their oi,i-
cial duties, or to the business of the
! ioSl Dltler department.: but tiicN
shall III every such case endorse on
the back OF the letter OF packages to
be sent flr. ofpostagc over their own
signatures, the words, 'Otiicinl buSi-
ness. and for any such endorsement
falsely made, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; and
pruri1'ed jarthcr. the several Ispuv-
! Postmasters throughout the Contedrr-
ate Shall shall be and hereby are AT,
! thorized to send through the mails
free OF postage all letters and pack
ages which it may be their duty. OF
,hey may have occasion to transmit
to any person or place, and which
shall relate exclusively to the busi-
ness oftheir respective Offices, or tc