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

| not SO wrapped and secured, 1t shall be sub
E,ject to letter postage.
SEC 1877. That postmasters at the Office
| Of delivery may remove the wrappers and
envelopes from mail matter not charged
with letter postage nor lawfully ranked,
/ when it can be done without de-
| stroying them, for the purpose of
| ascertaining whether there is upon or con-
| nected with such matter anything which
! would authorize or require the charge of a
higher rate Of postage thereon.
SEC. 1873. That no newspapers shall be re
| ceived to be conveyed by mail unless they
are sufficiently dried and Enclosed in proper
wrappers.
Sec. 1879. That where packages of news
! papers or other periodicals are received at
| at postoffice, directed to one address, the
names Of the subscribers to whom they
| belong, with the postage for quarter III
/ advance, is handed to the postmaster, he
! shall deliver such papers or periodicals to
| their respective owners.
SEC. l40. That postmasters shall notify
| the publisher of any newspaper or other
/ periodical, when any subscriber shall re-
| fuse to take the same from the office, or
| neglect to call for it for the period of one
! month.
SEC. al. That publishers of newspapers
and periodicals may print or write, upon
! their publications sent to regular sub
| scribers, the address of the subscriber, and
the date when the subscription expires, and
may inclose therein bills and receipts for
subscription thereto, without snbiecting
| such publication to extra postage.
SEC. 1872. That any person who shall in
| close or conceal any letter, memo
matter not charged with letter post
| age, or make any writing or memoran-
dunn thereon, and deposit, or cause the
same to be deposited, for conveyance by
mail at a less rate than letter postage,
| shall, for every such oftense, forfeit and
| pay five dollars, and such mail matter or
Enclosure shall not be delivered until the
! postage is paid thereon at letter rates; but
30 extra postage shall be charged for a card
| printed or impressed upon au envelope or
wrapper
SEC. 49, That contractors or mail car
riers may convey, out Of the mail, news
papers for sale or distribution to sub
scribers.
SEC. I44. That the Postmaster General
may provide by order the terms upon which
route agents may receive from publishers
or any news agents in charge thereof, and
deliver the same as directed, il presented
and called for at the mail car or steamer,
packages of newspapers and other period
icaIs not received from. or intended for de-
livery at any postoEfice.
SEC. l45. That any postmaster who shall
other mail matter, the posting of which is
not prohibited by law, with intent to pre-
vent the arrival and delivery of the same
to the persOn to whom it is addressed, shall,
on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay not
exceeding five hundred dollars, and be im-
prisoned not exceeding six months, and he
shall be forever thereafter incapable of
holding the Office Of postmaster.
SEC. I46. That any person employed in
any department of the postal service, who
shall unlawfully detain, delay, or open any
letter, packet, bag, or mail of letters in
trusted to him, or which shall have come
into his possession, and which was intended
to be conveyed by mail, or carried or de-
Egered by any mail carrier, mail messen-
ger, route agent, letter'carrier, or other
person employed in any department of the
postal service, or forwarded. through or de-
livered from any pOstotice or branch post
office established by authority of the Post
master General; any such person who shall
secrete, embezzle or destroy any such let
ter, packet, bag or mail of letters as afOre-
said, which shall not contain any security
for or assurance relating to money or other
thing of value, every such person shall, on
conviction thereof, for every such otfense,
forfeit and pay penalty Of not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not
more than one year, or both, at the discre-
ton of the court.
SEC. I4f. j. HAL ANY PERSON WHO BudIl Jake
any letter, postal card, or packet which
shall not contain any article of value or
evidence thereof out of a postotfice or
branch pOstOffice, or from a letter or mail
carrier, or which has been in any postotfice
OF branch postottice, or in the custody of
any letter or mail carrier, before it shall
have been delivered to the person to whom
it was directed, with a design to Obstruet
the correspondence or pry into the business
OTa papat.a Df another r. shall
beZzle or destroy the same, shall, on convic-
ton thereof, for every such otfense, forfeit
and pay penalty not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor
not exceeding one year, or both, at the dis
erection of the court.
SEC. I4S That no obscene book, pamphlet,
picture, print or other publication of vul-
gar or indecent character, or any letter
upon the envelop of which, or postal card
upon which scurrilous epithets may have
been written or printed, or dislOyal devices
printed or engrayaa, shall be carried in the
mail; and any person who shall knowingly
deposit, or cause to be deposited, for mail
ing or tor delivery any such obscene pub
LEGATION shall be deemed guilty of misc e.
meanor, and, on conviction thereof, SHALL
for every such offense, be fined not more than
five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both, according to
the circumstances and aggravation Of the
otfense.
SEC. 149. That it shall not be lawful to
convey by mail, nor to deposit in a post
office to be sent by mail any letters or Cir
culars concerning illegal lotteries, so-called
gift concerts, or other similar enterprises
offering prizes, or concerning schemes
devised and intended to deceive and de- |
fraud the public for the purpose of obtain |
ing money under false pretenses, and |
penalty of not more than five hundred dol |
lars nor less than one hundred dollars, with |
costs of prosecution, is hereby imposed |
upon conviction, in any federal court, of the |
violation OF this section.
SEC. l50. That postage on all mail matter |
must be prepaid by stamps at the time Of
mailing unless herein otherwise provided |
for.
SEC. Isl. That all mail matter deposited
for mailing, on which at least one full rate /
of postage has been paid as required by /
law shall be forwarded to its destination,
charged with the unpaid rate, to be collect
ed on delivery.
SEC. 1852. That if any mail matter, on
which by law the postage is required to be
prepaid at the mailing office, shall by mad
vertence reach its destination without such
double the prepaid rates shall
be charged and collected on delivery.
SEC. 1853. That no mail matter shall be de-
livered until the postage due thereon has
been paid.
SEC. l54 That 40 box at any postofice
shall be assigned to the use of any person
until the rent thereof has been paid for at
least one quarter in advance, for which the
postmaster shall give receipt.
SEC. I55. That the Postmaster General
may provide by regulation for transmitting
unpaid and duly certified letters of soldiers,