Shreveport daily news., 1861-09-07

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provided or furnished under the pro-
visions of this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed or
printed on or attached to envelopes. .or
not. or any dies, plate or. engraving
therefor, or shall make, or print. on
knowingly use or sell or have in pos
session, with intent to use orsell, any
such false, forged or coumterteited
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 as aforesaid, with
out the especial authority and direc-
ton Of the Postotiice Department, or
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall, with intest to de-
fraud TIE revenues Of the Postotfice
Department deliver any postage
stamps to any person or persons other
than such as shall be authorized to
receive the same by amy instrument
OF writing, duly executed under the
hand ef the Postmaster General and
the seal of the postofiice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty Of felony, and be punished by
Il fine not exceeding $500, or by i'm
prisonmeat not exceeding FIVE years.
or by both such fine and imprison-
rnent 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 Gen
eral out Of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues of the Post
Office Department.
"Sec 4. ind be II ,tIrNer esac'cd,
That il shall be the duty OF every
POSTMASTER 10 cause to be deiacrd IN
such manner as the Postmaster Gen
eral shall direct, all postage stamps
of this Contcderacy to letters acpos-
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 detace the same, it shall be the
duty of the Postmaster to who's.
office such letters shall be sent for
delivery, to detace the stamps and re-
port the delinquent Postms Ster to the
Postmaster General. An? If any per
Rrn NJ 10 IN,
prepayment ofpostage, any postage
stamps which shall la, been before
used for like purposes, such persons
shall be subject to 4 penalty Of fifty
dollars for every such oilense, to be
recovered in the name of the Conted
crate States Of America in any court
of competen, jurisdiction.
Sec ). -4nd be 1t .jur,Ary euactcd.
That from and after the day when
this act goes into effect, the
franking privilege shall be abolished;
pror}ded, that the Postmaster Gener-
al and his chief clerks, and the Audi
| tor Of the Treasury for the Postotiice
Department shall be and they are
hereby authorized to transmit
through the mails, free of postage,
any letters, packages, or other mat
tiers relating exclusively to their Off
cial duties, or to the business of the
Postot'ice Department.: but they
shall in every such case endorse on
the back of the letter or packages to
be sent free of postage over their own
signatures, the words, Official busi-
ness, and for any such endorsement
falsely made, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; and
pro3ded tMrthcr, the several Depuy-
Postmasters throughout the Confeder-
ate Shall shall be and hereby are au-
thorized to send through the mails
free Of postage all letters and pack
ages which it may be their duty, or
they may have occasion to transmit