Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-07-25
NO 81.

guilty Of such offence, or refusing sueh oath.
shall be liable to fine Of flfty dollassia each
case, to be recovered by suit before my y1urt
Of competent jurisdiction. ons haH ~ Which
when recovered shall bs paid to the intmnsr.
Sec. AZ. Asd be IT, nHaev ssneba& That
authority to frank mail matter T. eeonusd.
upon and limited to th~ following pousg1s.~
First, The President Of The United States,
by himself or his private secretary. 6scoud.
The Vice President Of the United States.
Third, The chiefs Of the several exscutivsds-
partments Fourth, Such principal e@e9s.
being heads of bureaus or chief clerks, of each
executive department, to be used only for of.
fetal Communications, as the Postmastsr.G Gen.
eral shall by regulation prescribe. fihb.
senators and representatives in the Congress
Of the United States, including delegates from
territories, the secretary of the senate and
clerk of the House Of Representative; 10
cover correspondence to and from them, md
all printed matter issued by authority AZ Cen.
gress, and all speeches. proceedings, and de-
bates in Congress, and all printed matter sent
to them their franking privilege to COM
mence with the term for which they are elect.
ed and to expire on the first Monday Of De.
cembpr following such term Of Office. Sixth,
all official communications addressed to either
Of the executive departments of Government
by an officer responsible to that departments:
Prorided, That in all such cases the euvel.
ope shall be marked official, }" with the lie.
nature thereto Of the officer writing the so@.l
munication. Seventh, Pos;mastem have also
the franking privilege for their official COM
municatious to other postmasters, Prorided,
That in all cases the envelope shall bs marked
official with the signature of the writer
meut Of official falsely made the person msl.
ing the same shall forfeit and pay three hur-
dred dollars. Eighth, Petitions to either
branch Of Congress shall pass free in the iuails.
Ninth, All communications addressed 70 any
of the franking officers above described. and
not excepted in the foregoing clauses, must b.
prepaid by postage stamps. The frankine
privilege hereinbsfore granted shall b. limited
to packages weighing not exceeding four
ounces. except pe,i,ions to Congress and Coas
gressional or executive documents, and such
publications or books - have or nay b pub,
lished, procured, or purchased by order Of
either House of Congress, or joint resolu.
ton of the two Houses, which shall be con.
sidered as public documents, and entitled q
be franked as such; and except also sseda.
cuttings, roots aud scious, the weight Of the
packages Of which may be fixed by regulation
of tho Postmcster-General. -
Sec. 43. And Be IL .fkvklsr exdste1, That
all publishers of periodicals, magazines, and
newspapers which shall not sxcesd sixteen
ounces in weight shall be allowed to exchange
their publications reciprocally fres Of postage:
Prorided. That such interchange shSlf b
confined to a single copy Of each publiSation.
Sec. "A. Axd be IL farther ssdaed Thst
this act shall be in force and take eject ftpn
aud after the tl,irtieth day Of june, eighteen
hundred and six.y.tlree. ..'.-r
Sec. as. Aad Be it further enacted, Tint
all acts and parts Of acts inconsistent with tn
provisions of this act ars hereby fepealsdiaw
APPROvRD, March 3 1868. I'D ga ..i..si X
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