Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-10
ouuce or under, on letters; two cents each
on newspaper; and the established domes-

postage shall pc prepaid on maIerT SENT
and collected on matter received; Fre-
,vided, always, That these rates shall moi
apply to letters or other mailable matter,
addressed to or received from any tqreigFn
place or country, to and from which aI,
| ferent rates of postage hsve been or. shan
be established by international posta con
yention or arrangements already conelu-
ded or hereafter 70 be made-s M
SIC. 9. And be it further enacted, 1hat
tbe Postmaster General is authorized 70
all. or cause 70 be sold to individuals,
cornoratious, and business firms, postage
stamps, in quantities of not less than one
| hundred dollars IN value, a. a discount
not exceeding five per q centum
| from the face value of such stamps, and
70 sell, or cause to be sold, stamped enyel-
opes, in packages containing not less than
FIVE hundred envelopes, at a discount not
exceeding FIVE per centum from the cur
rent prices thereof when. sold in less
quantities. $50 Is sls.rls 5s81 s1s Ess
Z SEC. 10. And be It further enacted, That
the twenty-eighth section of the act emit.
tied San act to amend the laws relating
to the PostiOfice Department. approved
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty
three, be, and the same is hereby amend
/ ed by the addition of the following clause,
namely; And when any letter bearing
request for its return to the writer, in case
| of It's non-deliyery, shall have beensso re
turned to the Office at which twas origl-
Inally mailed, then, in that caseji 1t shall
/ be obligatory upon the persOnlto whom
such letter, has been returned to receive
the same, and to pay therefor the postage
specified by this sectiont and IN default OF
said writer toreeeive and pay for the let
teriso returned, he shall be subject to a
penalty Of ten dollars, to be recovered an
any court of competent jurisdiction.
SEQ. II. And it further: enacted, That
| if any person not auth orized by the Post
master General, shall set up or profess to
keep any Office, or any place of business
ibearing the sign, name, or title of post
office, every such person shall forfeit and
nav the sum of FIVE hundred dollars for
every such offence. ~ ~ N'l,li-'.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That
ifany person employed in, any of the de-
| partments of the post Office establishment
i shall unlawfullyf detain, delay, or open
Iany letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters
with which he shall be entrusted, or
which shall have come to his possession,
and which are intended to be conveyed by
| post, or to be carried or delivered by any
/ mail carrier, mail messenger, letter car
| rier, route agent, or other person employ
| ed in any of the departments of the post
/ Office establishment of the United States,
or to be forwarded or delivered through
.or from any post Office or branch post
Office established by authority of the Post
master General of the United States, if
any such person shall secrete, embezzle,
or destroy any letter or packet entrusted
to such person as aforesaid, and which
shall not contain any security for or as
surance relating to money as hereinafter
described, every such offender, being
thereof duly convicted, shall, for. every
such offence, be fined not less than three
hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less
than six months, or both, according to
the circumstances and aggrayahons of
the offence. And if any person employ
ed as aforesaid shall secrete, embezzle,
or destroy any letter. packet bag, or
mail of letters, with which he or she shall
be entrusted, or which shall have come
to his or her possession, and are intend
ed to be conveyed by post, or, to be car
ried or delivered by any mail carrier,
mail messenger, letter-carrier, route agent,
or other person employed in any of the
departments of the post Office establish
ment of the United States, or to be for
warded or delivered through or from any
post Office or branch post Office establish
ed by authority of the Postmaster Gener-
al of the United States, such letter, pack
ct, bag, or mail of letters containing any
note, bond, draft, check, revenue stamp,
postage stamp, money order, certificate
of stock, or other pecuniary obligation, or
Government security of any description
whatever, issued, or that may hereafter
beissued by the United States, or by any
officer or fiscal agent thereof, any bank
note or bank post bill, bill, of exchange,
warrant of the Treasury of the United
States, note, of assignment of, stock in the
funds, letters of attorney for receiving an
nuities or dividends, or for selling stock
in the funds, or for receiving the interest
thereof, or. any letter of credit, or note
for, or relating to, payment of moneys,
or any bond or warrant, draft, bills, or
promissory note, covenant, contract or
agreement whatsoever, for, or relating to,
i the payment of money, or the delivery of
any article of value Jor the performance
of any act, matter, or thing, or. any re-
ceipt, release, aequittance; or discharge
/ of, or from, any debt, covenant, or de-
mand, or any part thereof, or any copy of
any record of any judgment, or decree, in
any court oflaw, or chancery, or any ex-
ecution which may have issued thereon,
or any copy of any other re-
cord, or any other article of
value, or any writing representing the
samej or if such person, employed as
aforesaid, shall steal, or take, any of the
same out of any letter, packet, bag or
mail of letters, that shall come to his or
her possession, whether such letter or
packet, bag or mail of letters shall have
come or been placed in his or her pos,
session to be forwarded or delivered in
the regular course of his or her official
duties, or shall have come or been placed
| In his or her possession in any other man
ner, and provided that such letter or
paket, bag or mail Of letters, shall not
have been delivered to the person or per
sons to whom it is directed, such person