Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25

SEC. 225. lnat any person VINO Snail
paint, print, or In any manner place upon or
attach to any steamboat or other vessel. or
any stage-coach or other vehicle, not actually
used In carrying the mail, the words unit
ed States mail,n or any words letters, or
characters Of like import; any person who
shall give notice, by publishing in any news
paper or otherwise, that any steamboat or
other vessel, or any stage-coach or other We
hicle, Is used In carrying the mail, when the
same is not actually so used, every person so
offending, or willfully aiding or abetting
therein, shall, on conviction thereof for ev-
cry such offense, forfeit and pay not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than five hun
dred and fifty dollars.
SEC. 226 That every route-agent, postal
clerk, or other carrier of the mail shall re-
ceive amy Matchmaker presented TO him, IL
properly prepaid by stamps, and deliver the
same for mailing ut the next postofiice mt
which he arrives but no fees shall be allow
cd him therefor.
SEC. 227. That any person concerned in
carrying the mail, who shall collect, receive,
or carry any letter or packet, or cause or pro-
cure tho same to DO done, contrary 10 law,
SHALL on conviction thereof, for every such
oftense, forfeit and pay not exceeding fifty
dollars.
SEC. 22s. That no person shall establish
any private express for the conveyance of
letters or packets, or in any manner cause or
provide for the conveyance of the same by
regular trips or ut stated periods, over any
| post-route which Is or may be established by
law, or from any city, town, or place to any
other city, town, or place between which the
mail is regularly carried; and every person
so offending, or aiding or assisting therein,
shall, for each olIense forfeit and pay one
hundred and fifty dollars.
| SEC 229. That the owner of every stage
coach, railway car, steamboat, or other vehi-
Gle or vessel, which shall, with the knowl-
edge of any owner in whole or in part or
with the knowledge or connvance of the
driver, conductor. master, or other person
having charge Of the same. convey any per-
son acting or employed ms private express
| for the conveyance Of letters or packets. and
actually in possession of the same for the
purpose of conveying them contrary to the
! spirit true intent, and meaning Of this law.
| shall, for every such oifensc, forfeit and pay
one hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. $50. That no person shall transmit
| by private express or other unlawful means
| or deliver to any agent of such unlawful ex-
press, or deposit, or cause to be deposited,
at any appointed place, for the purpose of
being transmitted, any letter or packet, and
| for every such offense the party so offending
shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars.
SEC. 23l. That no stage-coach, railway
| car, steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel
which regularly performs trips Mt stated pc
! riods on any post-ronte, or from any city,
| town, or place to any other city, town. or
place between which the mail is regularly
carried, shall carry, otherwise than in the
mail any letters or packets. except such ms
relate to some part of the cargo of such
| steamboat OF other vessel, or to some article
| carried Mt the same time by the same stage
coach, raIlway-car, or other vehicle, except
rs provided in section two hundred and thir-
| ty-nine; and for every such offense the own
| er of the stage-cOach, railway-car, steam
boat, or other vehicle or vessel shall forfeit
and pay one hundred dollars; aud the driver,
| conductor, master, or other person having
charge thereof and not at the time owner of
the whole or any part thereof, shall in like
manner forfeit and pay for every such ofiense
fifty dollars.
SIC. 232. That no person shall carry any
letter or packet on board any vessel which
carries the mail otherwise than in such mail,
except as provided in section two hundred
| and thirty-nine; and for every such offense
the party offending shall forfeit and pay fifty
| dollars.
SEC. 233. That no vessel departing from
| the United States for any foreign port shall
receive on board or convey any letter or
packet originating in the United States which
| has not been regularly received from the
post-oiiice ut the port of departure, and
which does not relate to the cargo of said
vessel, except ms provided in section two
| hundred and thirty-nIne and every collect
grant clcar,Inces, shall require from mas
ter of such vessel, rs condition of clear
ance, an oath or affirmation that he has not
received on board has not under his care or
control, and will not receive or convey any
letter or packet contrary to the provisions of
| this section.
SEC. 23I. That no vessel arriving within
any port or collection-distrct Of tho United
States shall be allowed to make entry or
break bulk until all letters on board are de-
| livered ut the nearest pest-otiicc, and the
master thereof has signed and sworn to the
following declaration, before the collector or
| other proper customs officer:
81, A. b., master Of the -, arriving
from --, and now lying mt the port OF
--, do solemny swear Cor affirm that |
| have, to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief, delivered, at the post-ofiiee at, cv-
cry letter, and every bag, packet, or parcel
of letters, which were on board the said yes
sci during her last voyage or which were in
my possession or under my power or con-
troll
And any master who shall break bulk be-
fore he has delivered such letters shall. on
conviction thereof, forfeit not exceeding one
hundred dollars for every such ofiense. one
half to the officer making the seizure, and
the other to the use of the United States.
SEC. 1916. That any special agent of the
Post-ofiice Department, when instructed by
the Postmaster General 10 make exnmna-
tons and seizures, and the collector or other
customs-oficer Of any port without special
Instructions, shall carefully search AL yes
sells for letters which may be on board or
which have been conveyed contrary to law.
SEC. 236, That any special agent Of the
| Post-Oflice Department collector, or other
cusioms-oflicer, or United States marshal OF
his deputy, may ut all times seize all letters
and bags, packets or parcels containing let
tiers which are being carried contrary to law
on board any vessel or on any post-route,
and convey the same 10 the nearest pOst-of-
flee or may, by the direction of the Post.
master General or Secretary Of the Treasury,
detain them until two months AFTER the final
determination of all suits and proceedings
which may, at any time within six months
after such seizure, he brought against any
person for sending or carrying such letters.
SEC. 237. That every package or parcel
seized by any special agent of the Post-Oliice
Department, collector, or other customs-ofli-
Ger, or United States Marshal or his depu.
ties. in which any letter is unlawfully con.
cealed, shall be forfeited to the United States
and the same proceedings may be had to en-
force the forfeiture as are authorized in re-
spect to goods, wares, and merchandise for
feitod for violation of the revenue laws; anC
all laws for the benefit and protection of Gus
toms-oilicers making seizures for violating
said revenue laws shall apply to officers max
ing seizures for violating the postal laws
SEC. 238 That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prohibit the conveyance
or transmission of letters or packets 10y pri
vate hands without compensation, or by spe-
cial messenger employed for the particular
occasion only.
SEC. 800. That all letters inclosed il
stamped envelopes (the postage-stamp in ev
cry case being of n denomination sufficient
To cover the postage that would be charged
BILE thereon il the same were sent by mail
may be sent, conveyed, and delivered other
wise than by mail, provided such envelop,
shall be duly directed and properly sealed Sc
: that the letter cannot be taken therefron
without deiacing the envelope, and the date
of the letter or Of the transmission or receip
: thereof shall be written or stamped upon thu
envelope. But the Postmaster General ma,
suspend the operation Of this section upol
i, any mail-route where the public interest ma,