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'HE ADVERTISED
Published every Thursday by
CAFFIIEF& JAGKElli
Proprietors.
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OFFICIAL.
.aws of the United Slat s
PASSED AT THE
ECO:VX SKSSIOX OP THE FORI -
SECOND CONGRESS.
Gexcrai, Nature No. 118
N At r to revise, co nsohdate, and ami
the si tt ites relating to the Post-Ofllce : -partraent.
Continued from last week.
Pec. 257. That whenever, by rea J
of any error, omission or other can
nuy route which should properlr
mivertied for tlie regular lettirg -i
omitted, it shall be the duty o t
rcitinaster General to advertise!
bauie as soon as the error or ombtsi
fchall be discovered, and the prop
als lor such route shall be opened
soon as possible after the other .'pi
p-tlsin the same contract sectioi
mid the contract made under luc
g'; ; ! jHentary advertisement sha
run, t.s nearly as po&oibte, from, tl
bt filming to tiie end of the reguh
r ntract term, and, during the ttfix o
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.tr.Iystby reason of 80clP'eVhr.'-t1.,lllo h,.:nfr transnorted across
ror. iu.K-4iion. or other cause, the
lVtma-'er General eliall provide for
the earning of the mail on such
re ute at as iov a rate as possible Ailu-
out advinising.
Sec 'Sji That whenever it becomes
M!-ttr to change the terms of an
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irTHff0?, tSTpS 'suSmdSent U shlll "bT deeme
"Slai yay unti'he'S - J, JgJ orpartof amail
it, U his contract according to law f f "mrth p,tmMtpr Oon
it.U legulations of the Depart- aSSS'l?.""
''t'. 3J0. That compensation for ad-, fe"111"'1 vfvX
d.M al service in cairrving thelmail aufco. the?UmfoUites to pay the
s..ii.it be In execs" oPthe Ixact Jh
v.vt. :iion which the original com- .'.V"!,"
p..im bears to the original service; tained at theorts ul foreign coun-
y. i i. ... i. r., :....i o,.,I trio, for the noii-Duyn.cut ol postage,
-ail 1 Hil' II UIIU SIIUU 11UUUIUII1U dl 1 v
hvii'i.-ivd, the sum to be al.owed' wnicu obiagejHuaiLu uy tuu um
. ' ,.. ....ii i .....,i : fhto r'irj.ked as oaid by him, and the
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I1U, ail'J ciiiciru ujniii mu uuwoo vr
tlie Hnrtiiimiiit; and no compfensa-
ti ).i -l.ail in.' pin'd for aii3' addi aona.
. ngu.jr M-rvice rendered before the is-
tuiuA r-,u order. I
; i 2'jl. That no extra allowance
ifchah te made for an' increase jf ex
-1)0 !;. hi in carrying the mail unless
th r .., the employment of addition
ial t wK and cxrnerf is made necessary
faii'I n. uch oaM? the additional-coiii-
iki.m urn siiall bear no greater prr-
j)or'. n to the additional stock and,
i'i'M-. iiece.-sanly employed than
tin.' i lupeiation in the original con-
Ltnct ars to the stock and carriers
nil t-trilv emiiloned in its execu
ti hi. mi
m- -2i-2. That, tho PnstmasteMGer-
fcr.l- all deliver to the Auditor Tor:
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Iti.; i.)?t-0rlice Department, wlthii
Isixtx I tvs alter the making of auy
TOiitra. i lor carrying tne man, ,. uu-l
ppiiratecopy tliereor. $
ec. -0.5. i iiat tiie Po3tm:iBterlj.r'r-
eril. aut-r advortie-ing for propoiiilv
m.i enter into contracts or ui:iKe suit-lab!--
arrangements for traiisportinjr
the mail thiough any foreign codntrj,
jetwe.-ti an;,' two pointful the (9 mud
Statv..-, ami such tmnsj)ortalioiihail
Ji' Dv tiie uiieediet. safest, and mo-y:
vcoiKiimcal route: and all contracts
Ihintor mav be revoked whenever
any new iod or canal shall boopvQ-
id adoiding a speedier, nioreeconom-
i'ii. aiid etjunliy safe trausportatlnj
be wimi the aine points; but fn uaJ'
of t.K n-voi-ation of any such e.j"
trai , a f.ur indemnity shall ho ii wan
ed Lu tin- contractor.
s-c 2J4. That the PostmastenGe.i
eral may contract with the owtst r
in i-t- rof auv steamboat plyingjup' a'
the wateis oi the United States? or if
my steamship or other veel plyiiig.
eltveen Mrts of the United StattJiji
nr carrying the mail for any dentin.
- time Ieb than four years, and(w lf
ojt advertising for proposals there! r,
vheiiever the public interest a id
convenience will thereby be pron.ot:
c i ; but the price paid for suclif serv
ieahnllinno case bo greator-tta'n
t ;e average price paid under the 'aVt
receding or then existing .regular
cjntract on the same route. J ,
Sec, two. That the Postnnisler C ih
cral may enter into contracts for ,r--"ig
the mail, with railway con pa-
tnies, without adverting for ils
f therefor: ami the Postmaster G,ier-
aal niny allow any railroad cohijfiny
wiin whom he may contract for llie
i-rryiijg of the United States im,
mid who furnish railway post-jflic
cars for the transportation of tlfe J.jail,
s'.ch additional compeiisation34'ohu:
that now allowed by law as Uefmuy
t.nnk fit, not exceeding, lioef,
fifty per centum of the said rat $?
ec. 2JG. That the Postmastci Gfn
eral may make deductions fro sflhe
Iy of contractors, for failures tper
frm M'rviee according to editrftit,
and impose fines upon them for-jolS er
deliii'iuem-ies. He may deduez-ithe
rice of the trip in all cases' he re
-he trip j not performed ; and nhi&x
cie !.' three times the price iffithe
iiiTir.. be occ:isiuicd by iho "faUl?
th ' c infractor or rarr.Br. . 3L
'tf
c, 2t7. That the Postmaster G&h
cal may, after advertising forfp-
r -als, enter into contracts foratne
tr.msp'-rtation of the mail between
t:.e United States and any foseigil
c vmtrv whenever tho nntilin IhurtA
.hi iijereuy be promoted
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It f'.nllitrttA.I t 1. i
v ...v.i.i.nvu inereny. f
ci,-. 'y. mat lor transiioruii;
m ul between the TTnited States
aui' foreiirn ort, or between por a'
the Unitetl .States touching at tfo
e:gn pnrt, the Postmaster G riera
mjy iillow as compensation,''! by
I United States steamship, an- fsm
not exceeding the sea anil'. Tnite
tafes inland postage, and iflby ufor
?"irn steamship or by a sailing- essel,
f ajy sum not exceeding the tse foost-
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iJi uii me umu so rransnorie. s;
Sec 270. That the Postmasb t Gen-
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JaU touchiti if n frEn&rt Ue,.,veP'. or wlo shall wilfully aid or
sii.a, .f.,,,,,',; V- ut-"eiV tA?rh k.. ,uc" ene, forfeit and pay not more
riV,Ll"Tl,on.,Per?SSfc?f an five hundred dollars, or be im-
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eral may impose fines on con! vctoV "'rough or delivered from any post
for transporting the mail betwunthc ,"ce .r 0!ach post-office established
United States and any foreigi wuh- y authority of the Postmaster Gen
try, for any unreasonable or snec- eral und which shall contain any
essary delav in the departure sVch note bond, draft, check, warrant
mail, or the performance oftl riD . , roveni stamp, postage stamp stamp
but the fine for any one defau, slfalr y envelope, postal card, money-or-ht
exceed one-half the contra pric ' rler'.certiHcate of stock, or other De
fer the trip. J iuniary obligation or security of the
Sec. 271. That no contrr i fo- . m.ent or of any officer or fiscal
transporting the mail within
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r2be
KlfO!
tween the United States aud
eigrt country shall assign or trS)sf
his contract, and all such assigricSen.
r iransiers suau oe nun unu, v'rtr
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Sec. 272. That every
ansporting the mail
ited States and anv
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ESTABLISHED
1856.
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t4 shall contain, besides the usual
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nlihttr General to discontinue the
sahie the further stipulation that it
nAv je terminated by Congress.
Sec 273. That the postmaster Gen-
edtl-nuy, by and with the advice and
ofreni of the President, make any
& lament which may be deemeu
ht and expedient for allowing the
i fill, of Canada, or any other coun-
, V a Ijoiuing the United States, to be
in-ported over the territory of the
nited States from one point in such
hi itry to auy other point iu the
ane, at the expeuse of the country
ffrhich thP mail beloncs, upon ob-
A i,l. tirivilPire for the trans-
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trough the country to wiicuiu
pnvikge is granted ; but such privil
MUUU " .w w . !.
WI1ICU tliu
t-2e may at any time oe anuuiicu uy
.i1 uiriAiitor Concrress from and
ulter one month succeeding the day
oh which notice of the act of the
Prefc dent or Congress is given to the
tBie executive or head of the post
i.tiic department of the country
whee privilege is to be annulled.
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tue erritory of the United biates un
der he provisions of the preceding
set-, oh, be deemed and taken to be a
mp of the United States, so far as to
mu e any violation thereof, or depre
dai )u thereon, or oflense in respect
tlu ' ;to, or any part tuereot, an onense
if IU iun. vt. d punishable In
imp. tame maiiuer auu iu iuc .ims a-
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tenia though U,e 8?id mail was a
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amount thereof 'shall be collected in
th i L nited States as other postage, on
the delivery of tlie letters, and repaid
to said coubul, ojtjcredited on his ac
count at the State Department.
ijec. 27(5. That the Postmaster Gen
era., under tha direction of the Presi
de!, t of the Uiiitftl States, is hereby
authorized aiid empowered to charge
ujx-u, and collectrom, all letters and
other mailable m&lter carr'ed to or
lroniany port of thaiiUuited States,
in auy loreign packetship or other
vessel, the same raje'orrates of charge
for American postage w.hich the gov
erninent to which such foreign packet
or other vessel belongs imposes upon
let'.ers and other uiaihible utatter con-
i ve.-ed to or from suc'fi -foreign country
i in American packehFor- other vessels
asihe postage of bitch government,
auJ at any time to revoke the same;
an J it shall be the duty of allcustom
ho.ise otlicers and other-United States
agents designated or appointed for
tint pur o&e to enforce r- carry into
en ct tne ioregoing provlsjpn, ami to
aid or assist in the collection oXuch
postage ; and to that end itshall be
lawlul for such oilicers and agents, on
suspicion of fraud, to open.aucl exaii
in', in the presence of two or m. re
respectable persons, beingsoitizens of
tlie
Luueu oiuies, any iiuiyitiuc
or
nackaL'cs suiino-cd to conta
2lu.,mal
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,HU.wi.i-
u!e matter iound on board sucm,piick
ets or other vessels or elsewnVnj, hud
to prevent, if necessary, suck "packet
or other vessels from entering, break
ing bulk, or making clearance until
such letters or other mailable matte-
are duly delivered into tno unite
Slates post-otlice.
Sec. 277. That all letters orqther
mailable matter conveyed to orlfrom I
any part of the United States byfjany
foreign packet or ship, excep'tJsuch
sealed letters relating to said ship or
vessel, or any part of the cargo there
of as may he directed to the owner or
owners, consignee or consignees of
paid ship or other vessel, shall be"80
h hject to postage charge as aforesaid,
whether addressed to any person in
tue United States or elsewhere, 4pf
vided it is done by the packet or of)i--rship
of a foreign country imposing
pistage on letters or mailable matter
conveyed to or from such country b
233' packet or other ship of the Upl
ted States : and such letters or otlier
Mailable matter carried in foreign
jacket-ships or other vessels, except
sjch unsealed lettors relating to thw
hip or vessel, or any part of the carjj
o thereof, as may be directed to th
jwner or owners, consignee or cou-
Mgnees, as aforesaid, are hereby re
piired to be delivered into the United2
states post-ofllce by the master or
commanders of all such packets or
other vessels when arriving, and o
e taken from a United States post-
Jilice when dejmrting, and the post-
ige paid thereon justly chargeable by
his act; and for refusing or failing
o do so, or for conveying said letters
J'rauy letters intended to he convey-
u in any ship or vessel of such for
ign country over or across the Unit
ed States, or any portion thereof, the
tarty unending Khali, on conviction
orfeit and pay not
exceeding
on
housand dollars for each offense
Sec. 27S. That any person whoshall
wilfully or maliciously injure, deface
r destroy any mail matter, deposited
u iinj. ienex-uux, pinar-Dox or other
eceptacle established by authority of
he Postmaster General for the safe
deposit of matter for the mail
prisoned not more than three
year,
at the discretion of the court.
Sec 279. Than any person employ
ed in any department of the postal
service who shall secrete, embezzle,
or destroy auy letter, packet, bag, or
mail of letters intrusted to him, or
which shall come into his possession,
and which was intended to be con
veyed by mail, or carried or delivered
uy any mail-carrier, mail-messenger.
rouieagent, letter-carrier, or other
nprsnn ..r..,1.. i : j ,
l.y.n.Uiinuicu in anv uenartment
.r -... . . . :
' "e postal service, or forwarded
nri'ii i riiMn...f m
"bH lliereot. nf nnir rlQDn5t;r.
h II hnfr any bank no?e. bank P-
i.m ,,I?frexclange, or note of as-
f"me"fcf0 stock in the funds; any
ftter 0 aprney for receiving annui-
stock in the
interest there-
.(. ' j """ ui creaic, note, oona,
'parrant, draft, bill promissory note,
covenant, contract, or agreement,
whatsoever, for or relating to the pay
ment of money, r the delivery of any
article of value, or the performance
of any act, matter or thing; any re
ceipt, release, acquittance, or dis
charge of or from any debt, covenant,
or demand, or any part thereof; auy
copy of the record of any judgment
or decree in any court of law or chan
cery, or any execution which may
have issued thereon ; any copy of any
otlier recod, or any other article of
value, or writing representing the
same ; any such person who shall
steal or take any of the things afore
said out of any letter, packet, bag, or
mail of letters which shall have come
into his possession, either in the reg
ular course of his official duties, or in
any other manner whatever, and pro
vided the same shall cot have been
delivered to the party to whom it is
directed, every such person shall, on
conviction thereof, for every such of
fense, be imprisoned at hard labor
not less than one nor more than five
vears.
" Sec. 280. That the fact that any let
ter, packet, bag, or mail of letters
shall have been deposited in any pos
office or branch post- office established
by authority of the Postmaster Gen
eral, or in any other authorized de
pository for mail matter, or in charge
of any postmaster, assistant, clerk,
carrier, agent, or messenger employ
ed in any department of the postal
service, shall be taken and held to be
evidence that the same was "intend
ed to be conveyed by mail" within
the meaning of this statute.
Sec. 281. That any person who
shall steal the mail, or steal or take
from or out of any mail, or post-office,
branch post-office, or other au
thorized dejiository for mail-matter,
anv letter or packet; any person who
shall take the mail, or any letter or
packet therefrom, or from any post
office, branch post-office, or other au
thorized depository for mail matter,
with or without the consent of the
person having custody thereof, and
open, embezzle or destroy, any such
mail, letter or package which shall
contain any note, bond, draft, check,
warrant, revenue-stamp, postage
stamp, stamped envelope, money-order,
certificate of stock, or other pe
cuniary obligation or security of the
government, or of any officer or fiscal
agent thereof, of any description
whatever ; any bank-note, bank post
bill, bill of exchange, or note of as
signment of stock in the funds; any
letter of attorney for receiving annui
ties or dividends, selling stock in the
funds, or collecting the interest there
of; any letter of credit, note, bond,
warrant, draft, bill, promissory note,
covenant, contract, or agreement
whatsoever for or relating to the pay
ment or the delivery of any article of
value, or the performance of any act,
matter, or thing ; any receipt, release,
acquittauce, or discharge of or from
any debt, covenant, or demand, or
any part thereof; any copy of the
record of any judgment or decree in
any court of law or chancery, or any
execution which may have issued
thereon ; any copy of any other rec
ord, or any other article of value, or
any writing representing the same;
aup person who shall, by fraud or de
ception, obtriu from any person hav
ing custody thereof, any such mail,
letter or packet contrining any such
article of value aforesaid, every such
person, not being emplo$Ted in any
department of the postal service,
shall, on conviction thereof, for every
such oflense, be imprisoned at hard
labor not less than one nor more than
five years.
Sec. 2S2. That any person whoshall
be accessory after the fact to the of
fense of stealing or taking any letter,
postal card, or otlier mail-matter, or
any inclosure therein, or to any other
ifl'ense against the postal laws, shall,
tn conviction thereof, forfeit aud pay
ot exceeding one thousand dollars,
id be imprisoned not exceeding five
ars ; and any such accessory after
t i fact may be tried, convicted, and
1 iiished in the district iu which his
oi nse was committed, though the
pr icijml oflense may have been con
vii ed in another district; and such
tri , conviction, and punishment
may be before that of the principal
offender, when such jirincijial offend
er h..s fled from justice or cannot be
arre ed to be put on trial.
Set 2S3. That any person who
shall my, receive, or conceal, or aid
.in buing, receiving, or concealing
any u te, bond, draft, check, warrant,
jeveni "-stamp, postage-stamp, stamp
ed en lope, postal card, money-order
ce tilicate of stock, or other pe
cuniar: obligation or security of the
'goyerui tent, or of any officer or fiscal
nneiu leeeof, of any description
whatev ; any bank-note, bank post
bill, hil f exchange, or note of as
slgnme of stock in the funds ; any
letter of torney for receiving annui
ties or d deuds, selling stock in the
funds, o . Electing the interest there
of; any it-er of credit, note, bond,
warrant, craft, bill, promissory note,
covenant, contract, or agreement
whatsoevei for or relating to the pay
ment of mo.iey or the delivery of any
article, of vane, or the performance of
any-act, matter, or thing; any receipt,
releasefacqul'tal, or discharge of or
from auy deb,, covenant, or demand,
or any, part tli reof; any copy of the
recordjtof any adgrueutor decree in
any cg&rt of 1. v or chancery, or any
executipn wl li ma have issued
thereof any -. py of any other rec
ord, orar.y oth r article of value or
writingfreprese. ing the same, know
ing anysbch ar cle or thing to have
been stolen or mbezzled from the
mail, or'qatof a r post-office, branch
post-ofllce, or Ml tr authorized depos
itory for mail-m tter, or from any
person having'eus ody thereof, every
such peison shal,, n conviction there
of, for e ery such c Tense, forfeit and
pay notixceediug lVVO thousand dol
lars, and be. oonfiud at hard labor
not exceeding five years ; and such
offender may be,tried, convicted, and
punished without the principal of
fender beings first tried, when said
principal oflender. ha fled from jus
tice, or cauriot-be 'found to be put on
trial.
Sec. 2S4. That any person employ
ed in any dejgrtmein 0f the postal
sen-ice who shn Irapr-periy detain,
delay, embezzJe. orjdestroy any news
paper, or permit any other person to
detain, delayt(1embezzl6, or destroy
the same, or open, or permit any oth
er person to open, any mail or pack
age of newspairs not directed to the
office where ho istem Ployad .shall, on
conviction thereof for eveiysnch' of
fense, forfeit and .ipay imt exceeding
fifty dollars. Aud if auy 1)tner pe
son shall open, embezzle, or destroy
any mail or package of newspapers
not being directed tohlaa, MU nofc be
ingauthurized to opener jU-1Ve the
same, every such peraoa shat on con
viction thereof, for every.svchVfTense
forfeit and pay not exceeMiri' tweuty
dollars. And any peraon jihali take
or steal any mail or paekage-f 'news-
BROWNTILLE, NEBRASKA,
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papers from any post-office, or from
any person having custody thereof,
every such person shall, on convic
tion thereof, for every such offense,
be imprisoned at hard labor not ex
ceeding three months.
Sec. 285. That any person whoshall
rob any carrier, agent, or other person
intrusted with the mail, of such mail,
or any part thereof, shall, on convic
tion thereof, bs imprisoned at hard
labor not less than five nor more thau
ten years; and if convicted a seconu
time of a like offense, or if, in effect
ing such robbery the first time, the
robbershall wound the person hav
ing custody of the mail, or put his
life in jeopardy by the use of danger
ous weapons, such offender shall be
imprisoned, at hard labor, for the
term of his natural life.
Sec. 286. That any person whoshall
be accessory after the fact to any rob
bery of the carrier, agent, or other
person intrusted with the mail, of
such mail, or any part thereof, shall,
on conviction thereof, for every such
offense, forfeit and pay not exceeding
tvo thousand dollars, and be impris
oned at hard labor not exceeding ten
years ; aud sneh accessory after the
fact may be tried, convicted, and pun
ished without the principal offender
being first tried, when said princijml
offender has fled from justice, or can
not be found to be put on trial.
Sec. 287. That any person whoshall
attempt to rob the mail by assaulting
the person having custody thereof,
shooting at him or his horse, or
threatening him with dangerous
weapons, and shall not effect such
robbery, shall, on conviction thereof,
be imprisoned at hard labor not less
than two nor more than ten years.
Sec. 28S. That anj person whoshall
have taken charge of the mail and
shall voluntarily quit or desert the
same before he has delivered it into
the post-office at the termination of
the route, or to some kuown mail-carrier,
messenger, agent, or other em
ployee of the Post-Office Department
authorized to receive the same, shall,
on conviction thereof, for every such
offense, forfeit and pay uot exceeding
five hundred dollars, and be impris
oned not less than three months nor
more than one year.
Sec. 2S9. That all laws defining
punishment for depredations commit
ted upon the man snan extend to and
have full force in the Indian country.
Sec. 290. That any person who
shall steal, purloin, or embezzle auy
mail-bag or other property in use by
or belonging to the Post-Ofhce De
partment, or who shall, for auy lucre,
gain, or convenience, impropriate any
such property to his own or any other
than its proper use, or who shall, for
any lucre or gain, convey away any
such property to the hindrance or de
triment of the public service; every
such person, his aiders, abettors, and
counselors, shall, if the value of the
property be twent3'-five dollars or
more, be deemed guilty of felony,
and, on conviction thereof, for every
such offense, shall be imprisoned not
exceeding three years ; and if the
value of the property be less than
twenty five dollars, the party offend
ing shall be imprisoned not more than
one year, or be fined not less than ten
nor more than two hundred dollars.
Sec. 291. That any person whoshall
tear, cut, or otherwise injure any
mail-bag, pouch, or other thing used
or designed for use in the conveyance
of the mail, or who shall draw or
break any staple, or loosen any part
of any lock, chain, os strap attached
thereto with intent to rob or steal
any such mail, or to render the same
insecure, siiall, on conviction thereof,
for every such oflense, forfeit and pay
not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, or be im
prisoned at hard labor not less than
one nor more than three years, at the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 292. That any person who shall
steal, purloin, embezzle, or obtain by
any false pretense, or shall aid or as
sist iu stealing, purloining, embez
zling, or obtaining by any false pre
tense, any key suited to any lock
adopted by the Post-Office Depart
ment, and in use on any of the mails
or hags thereof; any person who shall
knowingly and unlawfully make,
forge, or counterfeit, or cause to be un
lawfully made, forced, or counterfeit
ed, or "knowingly aid or assist iu ma
king, forging, or counterfeiting, any
such key; any person whoshall have
in his possession any such mail lock
or key, with the intent unlawfully or
improperly to use, sell, or otherwise
dispose of the same, or to cause the
same to be unlawfully or improperly
used, sold, or otherwise disposed of;
any person engaged as contractor or
otherwise in the manufacture of any
such mail locks or keys who shall de
liver, or causa to be delivered, any
finished or unfinished lock or key
used or designed for use by said De
partment, or the interior part of any
such lock to any person not duly au
thorized, under the hand of the Post
master General and the seal of the
Post-Office Department, to receive the
same, (unless the person receiving is
tlie contractor for furnishing the same,
or engaged in the manufacture there
of in the mannei authorized by the
contract, or the agent for such manu
facture,) erery such person shall be
deemed fruilty of felon v, and, on con
viction thereof, shall "be imprisoned
not exceeding ten j'ears.
Sec. 293. That any person who
shall forcibly break into, or attempt
to break into any post-office, or any
building used in whole or ni part as a
posj-office, with the intent to commit
therein larceny or other depredation,
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined
not more than one th usaud dollars,
and imprisoned at hard labor not
more than five years, according to the
circumstances and aggravation of the
case, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 294. That if any person or per
sons shall falsely make, alter, forge, or
counterfeit, or cause or procure to be
falsely made, altered, forged, or coun
terfeited, or willfully aid or assist in
the false making, altering, orging, or
counterfeiting, any bond,, bid, propo
sal, guarantee, security, official bond,
public record, affidavit," or other
writing for the purpose of defrauding
the United States ; or shall utter or
publish as true, or cause to be uttered
or published a3 true, any such false,
forged, altered, or counterfeited bond,
bid, proposal, guarantee, security offl
cial bond, public record, affidavit, or
other writing, for the purpose of de
frauding the TTnited States, knowing
the same to be false, forged, altered,
or counterfeited ; or shall transmit to
or present at, or cause to procure to be
transmitted to, or presented at. the
office of any officer of the United
States, any such false, forged, altered,
or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal,
guarantee, security, official bond,
public record, affidavit, or other wri
ting, knowing the same to be false,
forged, altered, or counterfeited, for
the puspose of defrauding the United I
States, every such person shall be I
deemed and adjudged guilty of felony,
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and, being thereof duly convicted,
shall be sentenced to be imprisoned,
and kept at hard labor, for a period
not exceeding ten years, or be fined
not exceeding one thousand dollars,
or both of said punishments, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 295.' That if any offense shall
be committed in auy place which has
been, or eh'all hereafter be, ceded to
and under the jurisdiction of the Uni
ted States, which offense is not pro
hibited, or the punishment thereof is
not specially provided for by any law
of the United States, such offense
shall, upon conviction in any court of
tho United States having cognizance
thereof be liable to, and receive the
same punishment as the laws of the
State in which such place is or maybe
situated, now in force, provided for
the like offense when committed with
in the jurisdiction of such State; and
no subsequent appeal of any such
State law shall affect any prosecution
for such oflense in any of the courts of
the United States.
Sec. 29f That if any postmaster, or
other person authorized by the Post
master General to receive the postage
of letters, shall fraudulently demand
or receive any rate of postage, or gra
tuity, or reward, other than is provi
ded by this act, for the postage of let
ters or packets, on conviction thereof,
he shall forfeit, for every such oflense,
one hundred dollars.
Sec. 297. That if any person em
ployed in any department of the post
office establishment of the United
States shall, wilfully and knowingly,
use, or cause to be used, in prepay
ment ot postage any postage-stamp,
postal card, or stamped envelope is
sued, or which may hereafter be is
sued, by authority of any act of Con
gress or of the Postmaster General,
which has already been once used for
a like purpose, or shall remove, or at
tempt to remove, tlie canceling or de
facing marks from any such postage
stamp, or stamped envelope, or jiostal
card, with intent to use, or cause the
use of the same, a second time, or to
sell, or offer to sell, the same, or shall
remove from letters or other mail
matter deposited in or received at a
post-office the stamps attached to the
same in payment of postage, with in
tent to use the same a second time for
a like purpose, or to sell, or offer to
sell, the same, every such offender
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
deemed guilty of felony, and shall be
imprisoned for not less thau one year
no more than three years.
Sec. 29S. That if any person not
employed in any department of the
post-otlice establishment of the Uni
ted Stales shall commit any of the of
fenses described in the preceding
section, every such person shall, on
conviction thereof, be deemed guiltv
of a misdemeanor, and be punished
by imprisonment for not less than six
months nor more thon one year, or by
a fine of not less than nne hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, for each offense, or by both
such fine aud imprisonment, iu the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 299. That the Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States may empow
er, by a letter of authorization under
his hand, to be filed among the re
cords of his Department, any special
agent or other officer of the post-office
establishment to make searches for
mailable matter transported in viola
tion of law ; and that the agent or of
ficer so authorized may open and
search any car or vehicle passing, or
lately before having passed, from any
place at which there is a pot-office of
the United States to any other such
place, and any box, package, or pack
et, being, or lately before having been,
in such car or vehicle, and any store
or lioiifte (other than a dwelling
house) used or occupied by any common-carrier
or transportation compa
ny in which such box, package, or
packet may be contained, whenever
said agent or officer has reason to be
lieve that mailable matter, transport
ed contrary to law, may therein be
found.
Sec. 300. That the Postmaster Gen
eral may, upon evidence satisfactory
to him that any person, firm, or cor
poration is engaged in conducting
any fraudulent lottery, gift enterprise,
or scheme for the distribution of mon
ey, or of any real or personal proper
ty, by lot, chance, or drawing of any
kind, or in conducting any other
scheme or device for obtaining money
through the mails by means of false
or fraudulent pretenses, representa
tions, or promises, forbid the payment
bv any post-master to any such per
son, firm, or corporation of any jiostal
money-order drawn to the order or in
favor of him or of them, and may pro
vide by regulotions for the return to
the remitters of the sums named in
such money-orders. And the Post
master General may also, upon like
evidence, instruct postmasters at any
post-offices at which registered letteis
shall arrive direct to any such person,
firm, or corporation, to return all such
registered letters to the postmasters at
the offices at which they were origin
ally mailed, with the word -fraudulent"
plainly written or stamped up
on the outside of said letter; and all
such letters so returned to such post
masters shall be by them returned to
the writers thereof, under such regu
lations as the Postmaster General may
preserlne- Jxrotided, Thnt nothing: in
this act contaiend shall be so con
strued as to authorize any postmaster
or other person to open any letter not
addressed to himself.
Sec. 301. That if any person having
devi.-ed or intending to devise any
scheme or artifice to defraud, or be ef
fected by either opening or intending
to open correspondence or communi
cation with any other person, (wheth
er resident within or outside of the
United States.) by means of the post
office establishment of the United
States, or by inciting such other per
son to open communication with the
person so devising or intending, shall,
.in and for executing such scheme or
artigce, (or attempting so to do j place
any letter or packet in any jiost-office
of the United .-'tales, or take or receive
any therefrom, such person, so mis
using the post-office establishment,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished with a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars, with
or without such imprisonment, as the
court shall direct, not exceeding
eighteen calendar months. The in
dictment, information, or complaint
may severally charge offenses to the
number of three when committed
within the six calendar months; but
the court thereupon shall give a single
sentence, and shall proportion the
punishment especially to the degree
in which the abuse of the post-office
establishment enters as an instrument
into such fraudulent scheme and
device.
Sec. 302. That all letters, packets,
or other matter which may be seized j
or detained for violation of law shall
be returned to the owner or sender of
the same, or otnerwlse disposed of as
the Postmaster General may direct.
Sec. 303. That all suite arising un
der the postal laws, or tne regulatisns
of the Postmaster General pursuant
thereto, shall be instituted in the
name of the United States of Ameri
ca, and the demands in such suits
shall have all the privileges and pri
orities in adjudication and payment
secured by law to other claims of the
United States.
Sec. 304. That all cases of action
arising under the postal laws may be
sued, and all offenders against the
same may be prosecuted, before the
circuit or district courts of the United
States.
Sec. 305. That all causes of action
arising under the postal laws may be
sued, and all offenders against the
same may be prosecuted, before the
justices of the peace, magistrates, or
other judicial courts of the several
States and Territories having compe
tent jurisdiction by the laws thereof,
to the trial of claims and demands of
as great value, and of prosecutions
where the punishments are of as great
extent; and such justices, magistrates.
or judiciary shah take cognizance
thereof, and proceed to judgment and
execution as in other cases.
Sec. 306. That in all suits or causes
arising under the postal laws the
court shall proceed to trial and render
judgment the first term after com
mencement of suit; but whenever
service of process shall not be made
at least twenty days previous to the
return-day of such term, the defend
ant shall be entitled to one continu
ance, if on his statement the court
shall deem it expedient ; and if said
defendant shall make afficavit that he
has a claim against the Post-Office
Department, which has been submit
tep to and disallowed by the auditor
for said Department, and shalll speci
fy such claim in his affidavit, and that
he could not be prepared for trial at
such term for want of evidence, the
court, being satisfied in these respects,
may grant a continuance until the
next succeeding term.
Sec. 307. That no claim for a credit
shall be allowad upon the trial of any
suit for delinquency against a post
master, contractor, or other officer,
agent, or emplo3'ee of the Post-Office
Department, unless the same shall
have been preseuted to the Auditor
for said Department and by him dis
allowed, in whole or in part, unless it
shall be proved, to the satisfaction of
the court, that the defendant is, at the
time of trial, in possession of vouch
ers not before in his power to procure,
and that lie was prevented from ex
hibiting to the said Auditor a claim
for such credit by some unavoidable
accident.
Sec. 30S. That in all suits for balan
ces due tho Post-Office Department,
interes thereon shall be recovered
from the time of the default until
payment at the rate of six jier cent
um per annum.
Sec. 309. That in the prosecution of
any suit for money due the Post-Oflice
Department, the United State3 attor
ney shall obey the directions which
may be given by the Department of
Justice; and immediately after the
end of every term of any court in
which any suit has been pending, said
attorney shall forward to the Depart
ment of Justice a statement of any
judgment or order made, or step ta
ken in the same, dining such term,
accompanied by a certificate of the
clerk, showing the parties to and
amount of every such judgment,
with sucii other information as the
Dejiartment of Justice may require.
And the said attorney shall direct
speedy and effectual execution upon
said judgment, and tho United States
marshal to whom the same is direct
ed shall make returns of the proceed
ings thereon to the Department of
Justice at such times as it may direct.
Sec. 310. That when pr ceedings at
law for money due the Post-Office
Department shall be fruitless, thesaid
Department of Justice may direct the
institution of a suit in chancery in
any United States district or circuit
court, to set aside fraudulent convey
ances or trusts, or attnch debts due
the defendant," or obtain any other
proper exercise of the powers of equi
ty to have satisfaction of any judg
ment against such defendant.
Sec. 311. That in case of delinquen
cy oi any postmaster, contractor, or
other officer, agent, or employee of
the Post-Oflice Deprrtment, in which
suit may be brought, fie Auditor for
said Department shall forward to the
Department of Justice certified cop
ies of all papers, in his office tending
to sustain the claim.
Sec. 312. That copies of the quarter
ly returns of postmasters, and of any
papers pertaining to the accounts, in
the office of the Auditor for the Post
Office Department, and transcripts
from the money-order account-books
of said office, when certified by the
Auditor under the seal of his office,
shall be admitted as evidence in the
courts of the United Stites both in
criminal aud civil cases.
Sec. 313. That in all suits for the
reepvery of balances due from post
masters, a copy, duly certified under
the seal of the Auditor for the Post
Office Department, of the statement
of any postmaster, special agent, or
other person employed by the Post
master General or "the Auditor for
that purpose, that he" has mailed a
letter to such delinquent postmaster
at the post-office where the indebted
ness accrued, or at his last usual place
of abode; that a sufficient time has
elapsed for said letter to have reached
its destination in the ordinary course
of the mail ; and that payment of
such balance has not been received
within the time designated in his in
structions, shall be received as snffi
e'ent evidence in the courts of the
United States, or other courts, that a
demand has been made upon the de
linquent postmaster; but when the
account of a late postmiister has been
once adjusted and settled, and a de
mand has been made for the balance
appearing to be due. and' af'erward al
lowances are made or credits' entered.
it shall not be necessary'to make a
further demand for theJnew balance
found to be due.
Sec. 314. That the Postmaster Gen
eral may discharge frcj'm 'imprison
ment any person confined in jail on
any judgment in acivil'case, obtained
in behalf of the Department, if it be
made to appear that the defendant
has no jiroperty of any description ;
but such release shall n.ot bar a subse
quent execution against the property
of the defendant on trje same judg
ment. Sec. 315. That in all j cases where a
judgment shall have heen obtained
for a debt or damagesfdue the Post
Office Department, auij it shall satis
factorily appear that si)ich judgment,
or so much thereof as rfemains unpaid,
caunot be collected by) due process of
law, tne Auditor lor ine said Depart-
ment may, with the written consent
of the Postmaster 'General, compro
mise sucn juugment, arvid accept in
satisfaction less than the JfuH amount
thereof. ..
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Sec. 316. That iu all cases of fine,
penalty, forfeiture, or disability, or
alleged liabilety for any sum of mon
ey by way of damages or otherwise,
under any provision of law in rela
tion to the officera, employees, opera
tions, or business of the postal service,
the Postmaster General inay prescribe
such general rules and modes of pro
ceeding as shall appear to be expedi
ent, for the government of the Audi
tor for the Post-Office Department, in
ascertaining the fact in each case in
which said Auditor shall certify to
him that the interests of the Depart
ment probably require the exercise of
the power conferred by this and the
preceding section ; and upon the fact
being ascertained, said Auditor may,
with the written consent of the Post
master Ueneral, mitigate or remit
such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, re
move such disability, or compromise,
release, or discharge such claim for
such sum of monej' and damages,
and on such terms as thesaid Auditor
shall deem just and expedient.
Sec. 317. That one-half of all pecu
niary penalties and forfeitures incur
red for the violation of any law in re
lation to the postal service shall be for
the use of the person informing and
prosecutiug for the same, and the oth
er for the use of the United States,
except where other disposition there
of is specially provided.
Sec. 318. That in all cases where
debts are due from defaulting or de
linquent postmasters, contractors, or
other officers, agents or employees of
the Post-Office Department, a war
rant of attachment may issue against
all real and personal property and le
gal and equitable rights belonging to
such efficer, agent, or employee, and
his sureties, or either of them, in the
following cases :
Fir3t. When such officer, ageut, or
employee, and his sureties, or either
ot them, is a non-resident of the dis
trict where such officer, agent, or em
ployee was appointed, or has departed
from such district for the purpose of
permanently residing out of tlie same,
or of defiauding the United States, or
of avoiding the service of civil jiro
cess. Second. When such officer, agent,
oa emjiloyee, and his sureties, or
either of them, has conveyed away,
or is about to convey away, his jirop
erty, or any jart thereof, or has re
moved, or is about to remove, the
same, or any jiart thereof, from the
district wherein it is situated, with
intent to defrand the United States.
And when any such property has
been removed, certified copoies of the
warrant may be sent to the marshal of
the district into which the same has
been removed, under which certified
copies he may seize said property and
convey it to some convenient point
within the jurisdiction of the court
from which ihe warrant originally is
sued. And alias warrants may be is
sued in such cases upon due applica
tion, and the validity of the warrant
first issued shall continue until the
return-day thereof.
Sec. 319. That application for such
warrant of attachment may be made
by any district or assistant district at
torney, or bjr any other person author
ized by the Postmaster General, be
fore the judge, or, in bis absence, be
fore the clerk of any court of the Uni
ted States having original jurisdiction
of the cause of action. And such ap
plication shall be made upon an affi
davit of the applicant, or some other
credible person, stating the existence
of either of the grounds of attach
ment envmerated in the preceding
section, and upon production of le
gal evidence of the debt.
Sec. 320. That upon any applica
tion, and upon due orderof any judge
of the court, or, in his absence, with
out such order, the clerk shall issue a
warrant for the attachment of all the
property of any kind belonging to the
person specified in the affidavit, which
warrant shall be executed with all
possible dispatch by the marshal, who
shall take tho property attached, if
personal, into his custody, nnd hold
the same subject to all interluctory or
final orders ot the court.
Sec. 321. That any time within
twenty days before tho return-day of
such warrant, the party whose prop
erty is attached may, on giving notice
to the district attorney of his inten
tion, file a plean iu abatement, trav
ersing the allegations of the affidavit,
or denying the ownership of the
property attached to be in the defen
dants, or either of them, in which
case the court may, upon application
of either party, order an immediate
trial by jury of the issues raised by
the affidavit and plea ; but the parties
may, by consent, waive a trial by ju
ry, in which case the court shall de
cide the issue raised. Any party
claiming ownership of the property
attached, and a specific return there
of, shall be confined to the remedy
herein afforded, but his right to an ac
tion of tresjiass, or other action for
damages, shall uot be impaired
hereby.
Sec. 322. That when the property
attached shall be sold on an interlo
cution order of the court, or when it
shall be producfiig any revenue, tho
money arising from such sale or reve
nue, shall be invested in securities of
the United States, under the order of
the court, and all accretions shall be
held subject to the orders of the same.
Sec. 323. That immediately upon
the execution of any such warrant of
attachment, the marshal shall cause
due publication thereof to be made,
in case of absconding debtors for two
months, and of non-residents for four
months. The publication shall be
made in some newspaper published
in the district where the property is
situate, and the details thereof shall
be regulated by the order under which
the warrant is issued.
Sec. 324. That after the first publi
cation of such notice of attachment
as required by law, every person in
debted to, or having possession of any
property belonging to, the said de
tendants, or either of them, and hav
ing knowledge of such notice, shall
account and answer for the amount of
such debt, and the value of such
property ; and any disposal or at
tempt to dispose of any such prop
erty, to the injury of the United
States, shall be illegal and void. And
when the person indebted to, or hav
ing possession of the property of,
such defendants, or either of them,
shall be known to the district attor
ney or marshal, such officer shall see
that personal notice of the attach
ment is served upon such person ; but
the want of such notice shall not in
validate the attachment.
Sec. 325. That upon application of
the party whose property has been at
tached, the court, or any judge there
of, may discbarge the warrant of at
tachment as to the property of the
applicant, provided such upplicant
shall execute to the United States a
good and sufficient penal bond, in
double the value of the property atr
tached, to be approyp jl by judge' of
the court, and with condition for the
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return of said property, or to answer
any judgment which may be rendered
by the court in the premises.
Sec. 326. That nothing herein con
tained ohall be construed to limit or
abridge, in uny manner, such rights
of the United States as have accrued
or been allowed in any district uuder
the former practice of, or the adoption '
of State laws by, tho United States
courts.
Sec. 327. That the following acts
and parts of acts and resolutions and
parts of resolutions are hereby re
pealed, but such repeal shall not be
construed to affect or extend to any
crimes or offenses heretofore commit
ted, and Which nro niinirht imitnr.
any law hereby repealed ; but all such
dimes unu onenses snail be prosecu
ted, determined, and nnnkhprl n
cording to the said laws, the same as
if this act had not passed ; nor shall
such repeal be construed to affect any
appointment to office, or any con
tract, debt, or demand under or by
virtue of the said laws, but all such
appointments, contracts, debts, and
eemands shall have full force and ef
fect, the same as if this act had not
passed. That the references to tho
said acts hereby repealed are to tho
same as contained in the edition of
the Statutes at Large, published by.
Little, Brown, and Company, under
and by .irtue of tho resolution of
March three, eighteen hundred and
forty-fivo, aud the continuation
thereof.
Act of'Mareh 3, J791, chapter 23, vol
ume 1, page 218, in part,
namely. sectiou 2,
May 8, '1794, chapter 23, vol
ume 1. pace 354. in nnrt.
namely, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!
7,8,9,10,11, 12,13,14.15,16
17, IS, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, and 28.
March 3, 1797, chapter 19, vol
ume 1, page 509, In part,
namely, sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9. ' '
June 22, 1798, chapter 56, vol
ume 1, page5G9.
March 2, 1799, chapter 43, vol
ume 1, page 733.
December 15, 1800, chapter 1,
volume 2, page SS, in jmrt,
namely, sections 1 and 2.
February 18, 1S02, chapter 5
volume 2, page 130, in part,
pamely, so much as relates to
franking and free mail-mat
ter of Delegates.
May 3, 1802, chapter
volume 2, page 189,
4S, vol-
in part.
namely, sections 3,
and 7.
4, 5, 6,
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March 26, 1804, chapter 34, vol
ume 2, page 275, in part,
namely, sections 3 and 4.
March 3, 1S07, chapter 43, vol
ume 2, page 444, in part,
namely, section 1.
April 30, 1810, chapter 87, vol
ume 2, page 592.
January 17, 1811, chapter 4r
volume 2, page 615.
January 14, 1813, chapter 9,
valume2, page 790.
February 27, 1S13, chapter 34,
volume 2, page 805.
July 13, 1813, chapter 9, vol
ume 3, page 4.
Act of April 18, 1814, chapter 75, vol
ume 3, page 130, in part,
namely, sections 3 nnd 4.
February 27, 1815, chapter Go,
volume 3, page 220.
April 9, 1816, chapter 43, vol-
ume 3, page 264.
March 3, 1819, chapter 107, vol
ume 3, iage538.
March 13, 1820, chapter 23, vol
ume 3, pag54S.
December 19, 1S21. chapter 1,
volume 3, page 649.
May 8, 1S22, chapter 127, vol
ume 3, page 702, in part,
namely, section 3.
March 3, 1823. chapter 33, vol
ume 3, page 764, in part,
namely, section 3.
March 3, 1825, chapter 46, vol
ume, 4, page 95, in part,
namely, sections 2, 3, and 4.
March 3, 1S25, chapter 64, vol
ume 4. page 102.
March 2, 1827, chapter 61, vol
ume 4, page 238.
March 2, 1327, chapter 62, vol
umo4, page 239.
May 24, 1S2S, chapter 99, vol
ume 4, page 303, in part,
namely, so much of section 1
as authorizes tho employ
ment of additional clerks aud
fixes their salaries.
May 9, 1836, chapter 45, vol
ume 5, page 17, in part,
namely, so much of sectiou 1
as relates to the duties of tho
Postmaster General.
July 2, 1S36, chapter 270, vol
ume 5, page SO.
July 7, 1838, chapter 172, vol
ume 5, page 271, iu part,
namely, section 2.
January 25, 1839, chapter 4,
volume 5, page 314.
July 30, 18-12, chapter 107, vol
ume 5, page 49S, in part,
namely, section 1, and so
much of section 3 as author
izes the employment of addi
tional clerks.
August 20, 18-12, chapter 255,
volume 5, page 533, In part,
namely, section 1.
February 15, 1843, chapter 31,
volume 5, page 600.
March 3, 1845, chapter 43, vol
ume 5, jiage 732.
March 3, 1845, chapter 69, vol
ume 5, page 74S.
March 3, 1845, chapter 71, vol
ume 5, -page 752, in part,
namely, section 8.
March 1, 1847, chapter 33, vol
ume 9, chapter 147.
March 2, 1S47, chapter 37, volume-
9, page 152, in part,
namely, the several provis
ions in section 5, relating to
the compensation of deputy
postmasters and the franking
privilege to the same, and
authorize the employment of
the Assistant Postmasters
General as special agents, and
al!8w them compensation
therefor, and all of section 3.
March 3, 1847, chapter 63, vol
ume 9, page 188, in part,
namely, sections S, 10, 11, 12,
13, and 14.
May 17, 1848, chapter 53, vol
ume 9, page 230.
May 27, 1S48, chapter 47, volr
ume 9, page 231, in jjarfci
namely, section 4. :
June 27, 1843, chapter 79, vol
ume 9, pape 24L"
August 14, 184S, chapter 175,
volume a, page 306, in part,
namely, section 3
Mrch 2, 1S49, chapter 89, vol-
' ume 9, page 353.
May 15, 1850, chapter 10, vol
ume 9, page 423.. in partj
namely, section 2.
September 27, ISoQ; chapter 75,
volume 9, page'473, in part,
namely, 'section 1.
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