Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-26
provided or furnished under the pro-

provided or furnished under the pro-
visions of this or any former act,
whether the same are impressed or
printed on or attached to envelopessor
not, or any dies, plate or engraving
therefor, or shall make, or PRINT or
knowingly use or sell or have III pos
session, with intent to use or sell, any
such false, forged or counterteited
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 G eneral as aforesaid, with
ont the especial authority and dlrec-
ton of the Postofiicc Department, or
who, after such postage stamps have
been printed, shall, with intent to de
fraud TIE revenues of the Pov1nf fiice
Department deliver any J" P"kase
stamps to any person or persons 9th
than such as shall be authorized to
receive the same by any instrument
of writing, duly executed under the
hand eff the Postmaster General and
the seal of the Postotiice Department
shall, on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by
a fine not exceeding $500, or by inn
prisonment not exceeding five years,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment; and the expenses OF procuring
and providing all such postage stamps
and letter envelopes as arc 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 out of any money in the Treasury
arising from the revenues of the Post
Office Department.
"Sec 4. and be 1t .f@rfhcr cnacted
That it shall be the duty Of every
Postmaster to cause to be detaced III
such manner as the Postmaster Gen,
eral shall direct, all postage stamps
of this Confederacy 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 sucl
postage stamps attached shall omit
to detace the same, it shall be the
d. drtv of the Postmaster to whose
Office such letters shall be sent tol
delivery, to deface the stamps and re
+ port the delinquent Postms ster to thu
: Postmaster General. AND ifany per
son shall use, or attemp' to use, IL
prepayment of postage, any postag
: stamps which shall har been betor
used for like purposes, such person
: shall be subject to IL penalty of titt,
p dollars for every such otfrnse, to b
:! recovered in the name of the Conted
: crate States Of America in any coul
: of competent jurisdiction.
"Sec 5. and be 1t ,furthcr enacted
: That from and after the day whe
@ this act goes into effect, tn
t frnking privilege shall be abolished
n pyoziaed, that the Postmaster Gene,
! n and his chief clerks, and the Aud
G t.r ol the Treasury for the Postotfic
d Department shall be and they al
d hereby authorized to transm
n through the mails, free of postage
9 any letters, packages. or other ma
i terS relating exclusively to their off
V cial duties. or to the business Of tn
:: Postotiice Department; but the
Is shall in every such case endorse o
|. the back Of the letter or packages
d be sent free of postage over their ow
q SIGNATURES. the words, Official bus
,e ness, and for any such endorsemel
eel falsely made, the person so ottendin
= shall forfeit and pay taxes $500; an
d prori>td furthcr, the several Depu,,
4 postnaSters throughout the Contrdc
d ate Shnll shall be and hereby are II
d tloriz,d TO send through the mai
t. free OF postage all letters and pacl
II ages Which it may he their duty.
j. thcv NAY have occasion to transln