New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-01

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but the fine for any one default shall moi
exceed oneh half tie contract price for the
I trip.
SEC. 81. That no contractor for transport
! ing the mail within or between the United
/ States and any foreign country shall assign
or transfer his contract, and all such assign
| Inents or transfers shall be null and void.
| SEC. 272. That every contract tor trans
| porting the mail between the United States
| and any foreign country shall contain, be
| sides the usual stipulation for the right OF
| the Postmaster General to discontinue the
same, the further stipulation that it may be
terminated by Congress.
Sec. 273. That the Postmaster General
may. by and with the advice and consent OF
the President, make any arrangements
which may be deemed just and expedlent
| for allowing the mails Of Canada, or any
other country adjoining the United States,
| to be transported over the territory OF the
| United States from one point IN such coun-
| try to any other point in the same, at
| the expense of the country to which the mail
| belongs, upon obtaining like privilege for
| the transportation OF the United States mail
| through the country to which the privilege
Is granted; but such privilege may at any
| time be annulled by the President or Con
gress from and after enc month sue
ceeding the day on which notice
of the act of the President or Con
gress is given to the chief executive or
head of the postoffice department OF the
country whose privilege is to be annulled.
SEC. IA That every foreign mali shall.
while being transported across the terri
tory of the United States under the prOyi-
sions of the preceding section. be deemed
and taken to be mail of the United States,
SO far as TO make any violation thereof, Or
depreciation thereon, or Otfense in respect
thereto, or any part thereof, an otfense of
the sand grade, and punishable in the
same manner aud to the same extent as
though the said mail was mail Of the
United States; and in any indictment for
any such otfense. the said mail, or any part
thereof, may be alleged to be, and on the
trial of any such Indictment it shall be
deemed and held to be a mail or part Of a
mail Of the United States.
SEC. 275. That the Postmaster General or
the Secretary OF State is hereby authorized
to empower the cOnsuls of the United States
to pay the foreign postage on such letters
destined for the United States as may be
detained at the ports of foreign countries
for the nonpayment of postage which post
age shall be by the consul marked as paid
by him, and the amount thereof shall be
collected in the United States as other post
age, on the delivery Of the letters, and re
paid to said consul, or credited on his &C
count at the State Department.
Sec. 276. That the Postmaster General,
under the direction of the President Of the
United States, is hereby authorized and
empowered to charge upon, and collect
from, all letters and other mailable matter
carried to or from any port of the United
States, in any foreign packetsh or other
vessel, the same rate or rates of charge for
American postage which the government
to which such foreign packet or other vessel
belongs imposes upon letters and other
mailable matter conveyed to or from such
foreign country in American packets or
other vessels as the postage of such govern
ment, and at any time to revoke the same;
and it shall be the duty of all custom
house officers and other United
States agents designated or appointed for
that purpose to enforce or carry into
effect the foregoing provision, and to aid or
assist in the collection of such postage; and
to that end it shall be lawful for such OIL
GERS and agents, on suspicion of fraud, to
open and examine, in the presence of two
or more respectable persons, being citizens
of the United States, any package or pack
ages supposed to contain mailabIe matter
found on board such packets or other yes
sells or elsewhere, and to prevent, if neces-
sary, such packets or other vessels from
entering, breaking bulk, or making clear
ance until such letters or other mailable |
matter are duly delivered into the United |
ates-p0stoffice.
SEC. 277. That all letters or other malta
bic matter conveyed to or from any part OF |
the United States by any foreign packet or |
ship, except such sealed letters relating to |
said ship or vessel, or any part of the cargo |
thereof as may be directed to the owner or
owners, c0nsignee or cOnsignees, of said |
ship or other vessel, shall be so subject to
postage charge as aforesaid, whether adj
dressed to any person in the United States
a1en Id
packet or other ship Of foreign country
IMPOSING postage on letters or mailable
natter conveyed to or from such country
" any packet or other ship Of the United
states; and such letters or other malta
lie matter carried in foreign packet
hips or other vessels, except such
nsealed letters relating to the ship
II vessel, or any part of the cargo
hereof, as may be directed to the owner or
aid, are hereby required to be delivered
lto the United States postoffice by the mas
9r or commanders of all such packets or
Their vessels when arriving, and to be taken
'om United States pOstotfice when de-
arting, and the postage paid thereon justly
hargeable by this act; and for refusing or
Giling to do so, or for conveying said let
ITS or any letters Intended to be conveyed !
any ship or vessel of such foreign cOun-
y over or across the United States. or any l
Ortion thereof, the party offending shall, {
I conviction, forfeit and pay not exceeding {
le thousand dollars for each offense. Y
SEC. 270. That any person who shall will I
lily or maliciously injure, deface or de- {
roy any mail matter, deposited in any
tier box, pillar box or other receptacle
tablished by authority of the Postmaster
eneral for the safe deposit of matter for q
Q mail or for delivery, or who shall will /
lily aid or assist in injuring such mail !
after, shall, on conviction thereof for I
cry such otfense, forfeit and pay not more q
an five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned c
It more than three years, az the discretion y
the court '
SEC. 279. That any person employed i'll n
y department of the postal service who Q
all secrete, embezzle or destroy any lot v
:, packet, bag, or mail of letters intrusted j
him. or which shall come into his posses Ii
IN, and which was intended to be con
yed by mail or carried or delivered by tt
y mail carrier, mail messenger, route 81
emf, letter carrier, or other person EN-. o.
lyed IN any department of the postal ser e
&c, or forwarded through or delivered r.
,m any postoffice or branch postoffice es- D.
Dllshed by authority of the Postmaster n
neral, and which shall contain any note,
nd, draft, check, warrant, revenue stamp ia
stage stamp, stamped envelope, postal ri
I'd, money order, certificate cf stock, or d.
Ter pecuniary obligation or security of the m
vernment, or of any officer or fiscal agent IN
,reof, of any description whatever; any pl
ak note, bank post bill, bill of exchange, IL
note of assignment of stock in the funds; Ii
: letterOf attorney for receiving annuities al
dividends, selling stock in the funds, or al
Letting the interest thereof; any letter of IN
dit, note, bond, warrant, draft bill,
,missory note, covenant, contract, m
agreement whatsoever for or relating m
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