Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 47.
HUNTINGDON, PA., OCTOBER 23, 1872.
The Huntingdon Journal.
J. R. DURBORROW,
rUBLISHBRS ASD
J. A. NASn,
office on Ihe C„rner of Fifth and Washington streets.
TnE IIu.STlsuDo.N JdUiiS.lL is Jiublished evcry Wednesday, by J. R. Dl'nBonROW aud J. A. N.isn, under the linn name of J. K. Durborrow u: Co., at $2,00 per annum, IN advmxce, or $2,50 if not paid for in six months from dato of subscription, and S3 if uot paid within the year.
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Profession''i Cards.
BP. GEHRETT, M. D., EGLEC- • TIC PHYCICIAN AND SURGEON, bav¬ in- returned from Clearlield eounty and perma¬ nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes¬ sional services to the people of that place and sur¬ rounding country. apr.3-)8r2.
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R. H. W. BUCHANAN, DENTIST,
223 Hill Street,
No.
July 3, '72.
nDNTINGDON, PA.
DR. F. 0. ALLEJIAN can  be con¬ sulted at his ofiiee, at nil hours, Mapleton, Pj^^ [marchG,72.
CALDWELL, Attorncy-at-Law,
• No. IU, ild slrcet. Oflice forsicrly occupied by Messrs. Woods k Williamson. [apl2,'71.
R. A. bTbRUMBAUGH^offers his
professional services to the community. Office. No. 62S Washington street, one door east of fhe Catholio Parsonage. [jan.4,'71.
EJ. GREENE, Dentist.   Office re- •    moved to Leister's ne-» building. Hill street Kr-itingdon. [jan.4,'71.
G.
L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. Brcwn's new building. No. 520,  Zfill St., igdon, Pa. [apl2,7].
H   GLAZIER, Notary Public,   covner •    of Washington  and Smith  streets. Hun¬ tingdon, Pa. [jan.12'71.
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C.   MADDEN,   Attorney-at-Law
•    Office,  No. —, HiU  street, Huntingdon, [ap.lU,'71.
JFRANKLIN SCHOCK. Attorncy- • at-Law,                    HUNTINGDON, P.\. june2C,'72-fim, 	
SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at-
>    Law, Huntingdon, Pa.    OHioc, Hill street, • doors west of Smith. [jan.4'71.
JR. PATTON, Druggist aud Apoth- • ecary, opposite the Exchange Hotel, llun- ingdon. Pa. Pn^scriptiuns accurately compounded. Pure Liquors for Medicinal purjioses.    [nov.23,'70.
HALL MUSSER, Attorney-at-Law, • No. 319 Uill St., Iluntingdon, Pa. [jan.4,'71.
JR. DURBORROW, Attorncy-at- • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the sever.il Courts of Huutingdon county. Pariicnlar attentiou given to thc settlement of estates of dece¬ dents.
Offloe in he Journal BuUding.        [fcb.l,'ri.
JW. MATTERN, Attornoy-at-Law • and General Claim Agent, Huntiugdon, Pa., .Soldiers' claims against the Government for back pay, bounty, widows' and Invalid pensions attend¬ ed to with great eare and promptness.
Office on Hill street. [jan.4,'7I.
K ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at- • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention giveu to Collections of ail kiads ; to tho settle¬ ment of Estates, ic.; and all othor Legal Business prosecuted witb fidelity aud dispatch.
^jse~ Office in room lately occupied by B. MUton .•^peor, Esq. [jan.4,'71.
MILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at- Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly to all legal business. Offico in Cunningham's new buUding. [jan.4,'7I.
PM. & M. S.   LYTLE,   Attomeys- •    at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend to all kinds of legal business entrusted to their care.
Office on the sd\ith side of Hill street, fourth door •west of Smith. [jan.4,'71.
R.
A.   ORBISON,   Attorney-at-Law,
OSec, r.21 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. [may31,'71.
JOH.V  SCOTT.
J.  II.  BATLET
SCOTT, BROWN &  BAILEY,   At- torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.    Pensions, and all cLiims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against the Government will be"promptly prosecuted. Office 00 llill street. [jan.4,'71.
TW. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hun- •    tingdon. Pa.   Office with J. SeweU Stewart, J!sq. [jan.4,'71.
WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney- at-Law, Huntingdon,Pa. Special attention given to coUection.', and all other Ugal business attended to with care and promptness. Office, No. ¦229, IIUI street. [apl9,'71.
Hotels.
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ORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE   PENNSYLVANIA   R.   R. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON,    PA.
April S, ISri-ly.
J. H. CLOVER, Prop.
WASHINGTON HOTEL, S. S. BownoN, Prop'r. Corner of Pitt k Jnllanft Sts., Bedford, Pa.   mayl.
EXCHANGE   HOTEL,   Huntingdon, Pa. JOHN S. MILLEB, Proprietor,
.lanuary 4, 1871.
Miscellaneous.
I. BAaroI.    I    A. KBNHEST.     i    1- MARCH.   |    BIVO MBOU!
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ARTOL, KENNEDY & CO.
[Latelg Franklin Manufacturing Compang.] Manufactures Flooring, Siding, Doors, Sash, Shutters, Blinds, Moulding, Scroll Work, Counters, Shelving, Wood Turnings, Hubbs, Spokes, Bent Work, Forks, Rakes, Brooms, Pick, r.nd Hammer Handles, all kindsof Fumlture,4c. OurMachinery the very best qualityand givingour entire being oi attention to the business wo are able to manufacture all of the aboved named articles, as well as many others, in the best style and ahvays promptly. All orders addressed to
BARTOL, KENNEDY .li CO.,
Huntingdon, Pa., will receive our immediate attention.    Prioe   list furnished when desired.
Lumber taken in e.\change   for all kinds of work. Jan. .11. 1S7I. 	
ID A. BECK, Fashionable Barber -tV« and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite tho Franklin Uouse. All kinds of Tonics and Pomades kept onhand and for sale. [apli»,'n-6m
[OFFICIAL.] O;-'   THE
UNITED    STATES
PASSED  AT THE
FIRST Si^.SSUIN OF  THE   FOUTY-SECOXD
CO.N'GRESS.
[Gli.NKRAL .\ATLRE No.   118.]
Skc. 102. That the compensation for publisll¬ ing tlic list of iion-delivercd letters shall in no case exceed ono cent tor each Idler publish¬ ed
Sec. 103. Tliat all letters published as nou delivered shall be charged wilh one cent in addition to the regular postage, to be account ed for as part ofthe postal rovcinie.
Sec. 194. Tliat the Postmaster General may regulate tlic period diirinj; which undelivered letters shall remain in any post-office, and when they shall be returned to the dead letter office ; and he may nmke regulations for their return from thc dead-letter office to tiio writers, when tbey cannot be delivered to llie parties addressed.
Sec. 193. That all domestic letters, deposited in any post-offico for mailing, oa which the postage is wholly unpaid or paid less than one full rate as required by law, except letters lawfull3- free, and duly certified letters of soldiers, sailors, and-mariues in the service of thc United ^Stales, shall be sent by thc post¬ master to the dead-lettercfiice in Washington : I'rovided, That iu large cities and adjacent districts of dense population having two or more post offices within a distaueo of three miles of each other, any letter mailed at one ofsuch offices, which shall have been inadver¬ tently prepaid at thc drop or local letter rate of postage only, may be forwarded to its des¬ tination through thc proper offico, charged with thc amount of the deficient postage, to be collected on delivery.
Sec 106. That dead letters couUiniug val¬ nable inclosures shall be registered in thc dead letter office ; and when they cannot be delivered to the party addressed nor lo the writer, thc contents thereof shall bo disposed of, and a careful account shall be kept cf thc amount realiKcd in each case, which shall be subject to reclamation by either the partj' ad¬ dressed or the sender, for four years from Ihi registry thereof; and nil otber letters of value or of importance to tlic party addressed or to the writer, and which cannot be returned to either, shall be disposed of as lhe Postmaster General may direct.
Sec. 107. That the .action of thc postoffiee department respecting foreign dead letters shall be subject to conventional stipuLations with the respective foreign administrations.
Sec. ids. That when the writer of any letter on which the postage is prepaid shall indorse upon thc outside thereof his name and address, such letter shall not be advertised, but after reuiaining uncalled for at the office to which it is directed thirty days, or tho time tbe wri¬ ter may direct, shall be returned to him with¬ out additional charge for postage, and if not then delivered shall be treated as adead letter.
Sec. 109. That prepaid and freo letters shall be forwarded from ono postofficcto another, at the request of the party addressed, without additional charge for postage.
Sec. 200. That all the waters of the United States shall be post roads durintr thc time the mail is carried thereon, as provided in section two hundred and nineteen.
Sec 201. That all railways and p.aris of railways which are now or hereafter may be put in operation ere hereby declared to be post roads.
Ssc. 202. That all canals during thc time thc mail is carried thereou arc hereby declared to be post roads.
Szc. 203. That all plauk roads during the lime the mail is carried thereon are hereby declared to be post roads.
Sec 204. That the road on which thc mail is carried to supply any court house which raay be without a mail, as provided in section two hundred and si-tteen, and tho road cn which thc mail is carried, under seclion two hundred and twenty-one, providing for ex¬ tending thc line of posts, shall, during the time such mail is carried tbereon, be post roads.
Sec 2C.0. That all letter carrier routes es¬ tablished in any city or towu, for the collec¬ tion and delivery of mail matter by carriers, are hereby declared to be post roads.
Sec. 200. That when there is more than one road betweeu places designated by law for a post road, the Postmaster General may direct which shall be considered the post road.
Sec 207. That thc Postmaster General raay change the terminus of post roads counecting wilh or intersecting railways when theservicc can be thereby improved.
Sec 208. That whenever, iu the opinion of the Postmaster General, the postal serrico cannot be s;ifely continued, the revenues col¬ lected, or the laws maintained on auy post road, he may discontinue the service oa such road or any part thereof until the same can be safely restored.
Sec 209. Th.at the Postmaster General may, when he deems it advis.able, contract for tho transportalion of the mails to and from any post office : but where such service is perform¬ ed over a route not esmblished by law, it shall be his duty to report thc same to Congresa at its meeting next thereafter, and said service shall cease at the end of the next session of Cougress, unless said route is established a post ro..te by Congress.
Sec 210. Th.tt the Postmaster General shall arrange the railway routes on which thc mail is carried, including those in which the service is partly by railway and partly by steamboat, into three classes, according to the size ofthe mails, the speed at which they are carried, and the frequency and importance of the service, so that each railway company shall receive, as far as practicable, a proportionate and just rate of compensation, aeeordingto the service performed.
Sec 211. That the pay for carrying the mail on any rai.way of the first class shall not exceed three huudred dollars per mile per annum ; on any railway of the second class it shall not exceed one hundred dollars per milo perannum; aud on any railway of tbe third class it shall not exceed fifty dollars pcr mile per annum ; but if ouc-haif tlie service on any railway is required to be performed in thc night time, the Postniaster General may pny twenty five per ceutum in addition to theabove maximum rates.
Sec. 212. That if the Postmaster Genoral is unable to contract for carrying thc mail on any railway route at a compensation notexceeding tho maximum rates herein provided, or for what he may deem a reasonable and fair com¬ pensation, he may sep.arate tho letter mail from the other mail, and contract, either with or without advertising, for carrying such letter mail by horse express or otherwise, at the greatest speed that can reasonably be obtain¬ ed, and for carrying tho other mail in wagons, or otherwise, at a slower rate of speed.
Sec 213. That every railway company car- ryinj the mail shall carry on any train which may run orcr its road, and without extra charge therefor, ail mailable matter directed to be carried thereon, with the person in charge of thc same.
Sec 214. That ali railway companies to which the Unitod States have furnished aid by grant of lands, right of way, or otherwise, shall carry the mail at such prices as Congress may by law provide ; nnd, until such price is fi.xed by law, the Postmaster General may fix thc rate of compensation.
Sec 213. Thatthe Postmaster General sball provide for carrying the mail on nil post roads established by law, as often as he, having due regard to productiveness and other circum¬ stances, may think proper.
Sec 213. That the Postmaster General shall cause a mail to be carried from the nearest postoffiee on any established post road to the court house ofany countyin the United States which is without a mail.
Sec. 217. That the Postmaster Geueral may contract for carrying the mail ou the naviga¬ ble canals of the several Stales, when, in his opinion, tho public interest or convenience requires it.
Sec 218. That the Postmaster General may contract for carrying thc mail on nny plank road ia the Uniied States, when tbe public in terest or convenience requires it.
Sec 219. That the Postmaster General may cause the mail to be carried in any steamboat or other vessel used as a packet on any of the waters ofihe United Stales.
Sec 220. That tho Postmaster General may, if he deem it for the public interest, make contracts for any period not exceeding onc
year, for carrying the mail in steamships be¬ tween any of thc ports ofthe Uuited States.
Sec 221. That the Postmaster General may enter into contracts for extending the line of posts to supply mails to postoffiees not on any c.^tiiblishcd route, aad, as a eompensation ior carrying tbe mail under such contracts, may allow not exceeding two thirds of the salary paid to the postmaster at such special offices.
Sec. 222. That the master of any vessel of the United States, bound from any port there in to any foreign port, or from any foreign port to any port of the United States, shall, before clearance, receive on board and se¬ curely convey all such mails as the postoffiee department, or any diplomatic or consular officer ofthe United Stales abroad, shall offar: and he shall promptly dcliverthe same, on ar¬ riving at the port of destination, to thc proper ofiicer, for which he shall receive two cents for ev ry letter .so delivered; and npon the entry of every such vessel returning from any foreign porl, the master thereof ehall make oalh or affirmation th.at he has promptly de¬ livered all the mail placed on board said ves¬ sel before clearance from the United Slates; and if he shall fail to make such oath or affirmation, the said vessel shall not be enti¬ tled to the priviicges ofa vessel oftho United States.
Sec 223. That the master ofany steamboat passing between ports or places in thc l.'nited Slates, and arriving at any such porl or place where there is a postoffiee, shall deliver to the postmaster, within three liuurs ai''tcr his ar- riva', if in the day time,and if at night, within two hours after tbe ne.xt sunrise, all letlers and packets brought by him, or within his pov.'er or control au-t not relating to the cargo, addressed to or destined forsuch port or place, for which he shall receive from the postmaster two cents for each letter or picket so deliv ered, unless thc same is carried under a con¬ tract for carrying tiie mail; r.nd for every failure lo so deliver such letters aad packets, tho master or owner of said steamboat shall forfeit and pay onc huudred and fifly  dollars.
Sec. 224. That the Postmnstcr General may pay, to the master or ov>-ner of any vessel not regularly employed in ciirryiug the mail, two cents for e;ich letter earried by such vessel betweeu ports er places in the United .States, or from auy foreign port to any port in the United States; but all such letters shall bo deposited in Ihe postoffiee at the port of arri¬ val.
.Sec 225. That any person who shall paint, print, or in any manner place upon or attach to any steamboat or olher vessel, or auy stage coach or other vehicle, not actually used in carrying the mail, the -'United Slates mail," or any words, letters, or characters of like im¬ port ; any person who shall givo notice, by piibiisliing in any newspaper or otherwise, that any steamboat or other vessel, or any slagc coach or other vehicle, i.s used iu car¬ rying the mail, when the s.imo is not aelually so used, every person so offeuding, or wilfully aiding or abetting therein, shall, on conviction theroof, for every such ott'ense, forfeit and pay not less than one hundred dollars nor moro than five huudred dollars.
Sec 22G. That every route ageut, postal clerk, or other carrier ofthe mail shall receive any mail matter presented to him, if properly prepaid by stamps, and deliver the same for mailing at the next postoffiee at which he ar¬ rives; but uo fees shall be allowed him there for.
Sec 227. That ony person concsrned in carrying tha mail, who shall collect, receive, or carry any letter or packet, or cause or pro¬ cure thc same lo be done, contrary to law, shall, on conviction thereof, for evcry sueh offence, forfeit and pay uot exceeding fifty dol¬ lais.
Sec. 228. Tbat no person shall establish any private express for the conveyance of letters or packets, or in any manner cause or provide for tbe conveyance of the same by regular trips or at slated periods, over any post route which is or may bo established by law, or from any city, town, or place to auy other city, town, or place betweeu which tho mail is regularly carried; and every person so offend¬ ing, or aiding or assisting therein, for each offence, forfeit and pay ono hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec 220. That the owner of every stage coach, railway car, steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel, which shall, with thc knowledge of any owner, in whole or in part, or with the knowledge or connivance of the driver, con¬ ductor, master, or other person having charge of the same, couvej' any person acting or em¬ ployed as a private express for the conveyance of letters or packets, and actually in possess¬ ion of thc same for the purpose of conveying them contrary lo the spirit, truo intent, and meaning of this law, Ehall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec 230. That no person shall transmit by- private express or other unlawful means, or deliver to any agentof such unlawful express, or deposit, or cause to be deposited, at any appointed place, for the purpose of being trans- luitlcd, any letter or packet, and for every such offence thc parly so offeuding shall for¬ feit and pay fifty dollars.
Sec 231. That no stage coach, railw.ay car, steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel wliijli regularly performs trips at stated periods on auy post route, or from any city, town, or place to any other city, town or pl.ace between whicii the mail is regularly carried, shall carry, otherwise than in tho mail, any letters or packets, except such as relate to some part of the cargo of such steamboat or other vessel, cr to some article carr ed at the samo time by thc same stage coach, railway car, or other vehicle, except as provided in section tv.'o hundred and thirty nine ; and for every such ofTense the owuer of tho stage coach, railway car, steamboat, or other ve¬ hicle or vessel shall forfeit and pay one hun¬ dred dollars ; and thc driver, conductor, mas¬ ter, or other person having charge thereof, and nol at the time owner of the whole or ,any part thereof, shall in liko manner forfeit and pay for evory such off ncc fifty dollars.
Sec 232. That no person shall carry any letter or packet ou board any vessel which carries the mail otherwise than in such mail, except as provided in section two hundredand thirty-nine ; and for every such offence the party offeudiug shall forfeit and pay fifty dol¬ lars.
Sec 233. That no vessel departing from the United States for any foreign port shall receive on board or convey any letter or packet origi eating in thc United States which has not been regularly received from thc postoffiee at the port of departure, and which docs not re¬ late to the cargo of said vessel, except as pro¬ vided in section two hundred aud thirty nine; and every collector, or otherofficer of tlie port empowered lo grant clearances, shall require from the master of said vessel, as a condition of clearance, an oalh or affirmation that he has not received on board, has not nnder his care or coutrol, and will not receive or convey any letter or packet contrary to the prorisions of this section.
Sec 234. That no vessel arriving within any port or collection district ofthe United States shall be allowed to mako eulry or break bulk unlil all letters on board aro delivered at thc nearest post office, and tho master thereof has signed and sworn to the following declaration, before the collector or other proper customs officer:
'•I,   A. Ii., master ofthe , arriving from
 , and now lying in the  port of  , do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have, to the best of my knowledge and belief, delivered, at the post offlce at , every letter, and ev¬ cry bag, packet orparcel of letters, which were on board thc said vessel during her last voy¬ age, or which were in my possession or nnder mv power or control;"
"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 offense, one- half to the officer making the seizure, nud the other to the nse of the United States.
Sec 235. That any special agent of thc Post Office Department, when instructeJ by thc postmaster general to make examinations and seizures, and the collector or other customs officer ofany port withont special instructions shall carefully search all vessels for letters which may be on board or which have boon conveyed contrary to law.
Sec 236. That any special ngent of tho post ofiicc deparlment, collector, or other customs officer, or Uniied States marshal or his deputy may at all times seize all letters and bags, packets or parcels, containiug letters whieh are being canied contiary to law on board any vessel o.- on any post route, and convey the same to the nearest post office, or may, by the direction ofthe postmaster general or secreta¬ ry of the treasury, detain thera until two months after the final determination  of all
suits and proceedings which may, at anytime within six months after such seizure, be brot' against any person for sending or carrying such letters.
.Sec. 237. That every package or parcel seized by any special agent of the post office department, collector,or other customs officer, or United States marslial or his deputies, in which any letter is unlawfully concealed, shall be forfeited to the United Slates, and the same proceedings may be h.ad to enforce the for- icituro as arc authorized iu respect to goods, wares, and merchandise forfeited for violation of the revenue laws ; and all laws for the ben¬ efit aud protection of customs officers making seizures for violating thc postal laws.
Sec 238. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit thc conveyance or transmission of lettcra or packets by private hands without compensation, or by special messenger cmpioyed for the particular occa¬ sion only.
Sec 230. That ull loiters inclosed in stamp¬ ed envelopes (the postage stamp in every caso being of a denomination sufficient to cover tho postago that wonld bo chargeable thereon if the same were sent by mail) maybe sent, con¬ veyed, and delivered otherwise than by mail, provided such envelope shall be duly directed and properly sealed, so that the letter cannot be taken therefrom without defacing the en¬ velope, aud the dale of the letter or of the transmission or receipt thereof shall be writ¬ ten or stani'jied upon the envelope. But thc postmaster general mtiy susiiendthc operation ofthis section upon any mail route w-iicre the public interest may requiro such suspension.
.Sec 240. That wheu tho amount of mail matter to bo carried on any mail route is so great as to seriously retard the progress or endanger the security of thc letter mail, or nialorially increase tho cost of carriage at the ordinary rate of speed, thc postmaster general may provide for the separate carriage ot lhe letter mail at thc usual rate of speed ; bnt thc other mail matter shall not bo delayed any more than is absolutely necessary, having due regard to tho cost of expedition and tlio means at his disjiosal for effecting the same.
Sec 241. That any person who shall know¬ ingly and willfully obslruct or retard thc pas¬ sage of the mail, or any carriage, horso, dri¬ ver, or carrier carrying thc samo, shall, on conviction theroof, for every such offense, for¬ feit and pay not exceeding one hundred dol¬ lars.
Sec 242. That any ferryman who shall de lay the passage of the mail by willful neglect or refusal to transport thc same across any ferry shall, for every ten minutes such mail may be so delayed, forfeit and pay teu dollars.
Sec 243. That before making any contract for carrying tho mail, other than thoso herein after excepted, the postmaster general shall give public notice by advertising onco a week for six weeks in one or more, not exceeding five, newfiinpcrs published in tho State or Ter¬ ritory whore tho service is to be performed, one of which shall be published at the seat of gov¬ ernment ofsuch State or Territory; and such notice shall describe the route, tbe timo at which the mail is to bo made up, the time ..t which it is to be delivered, and the frequency of the service; and tho postmaster goneral shall direct, by special order in each e.ase, the newspapers in which mail letting!, or other proposals relative to the business of his De¬ partment, shall be advertised, and no publish¬ er shall be paid for such advertisements with¬ out having been requested by the postmaster general to publish the same,
Sec 244. That proposals for carrying the mail shall be delivered sealed, and to kept un¬ til the bidding is closed, and shall then bo opened and marked in the presence of thc postmaster general, and one of the Assistant Postmasters General, or of two of thc Assist¬ ant Postmasters General, or of any other two officers of the Department, to be designated by tbe postmaster general; and any bidder may withdraw his bid at any time before twenty four hours previous to tho time fixed for the opening of proposals, by serving upon the postmaster general, or the second assistant postmaster general, notice in writiug of such withdrawal.
Sec 245. That every proposal for carrying the mail shall bo accompanied by a written guarantee, signed by oao or more respou6ibl« persons, aud undertaking that, within such timo after the bid is accepted as the postmas¬ ter general may prescribe, thc bidder will en¬ ter iuto aa obligation, with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the service proposed; and no proposals shall bo considered unless ac¬ companied by such guarantee.
Sec. 246. That eich bid for carrying the mail hereafter have atfixed to it tho oath of the bidder, taken bofoio an officer qualified to administer oatlis that ho has the .ability pecu¬ niarily to fulfil his obligations, and that the bid is made in good faith and with tho inten¬ tion to enter into contract aud perform the service, in case his bid shall be accepted ; and that thc signatures of his guarantors are gen¬ uine, and that he believes said guarantors pe cuniarly responsible fbr and able to pay all damages the United States shall suffer by rea¬ son of the bidder's failing lo perform Ins obli gallons as sueh bidder.
Sec 247. That any postmaster or other offi¬ cer of the post oiTice department who shall affix his signature to the certificate of suffi cieucy of guarantors or sureties before the gu¬ aranty or contract is signed by tho guarantors or sureties, or shall knowingly make any false or illusory certificate, shall be forthwith dis¬ missed from office, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, bo punished by a fino not exceeding ono thousaud dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or bolh.
Sec 248. That the postmastor general shall have recorded, in a book to be kept for that purpose, a true and faithful abstract of all proposals made to him for carrying the mail, giving the uame of the parly offering, the terms of the offer, the sum to be paid, and the time the contract is to continne ; and ho shall put on file and preserve thc originals of all such proposals.
Sec. 240. That all contracts for carrying tho mail shall bo in tho name of thoUnitod States, and shall be awarded lo the lowest bidder ten¬ dering sufficient guarantees for faithful per¬ formance, without other reference tothe mode of transportation thau m.ay bo necessary to provide for the duo celerity, certainty, and se curity thereof; but (he postmaster general sh.all not be bound to consider the hid of any person who has wilfully or negligently failed to perform a former contract.
Seo. 250. That no contract for carrying the mail shall be made with any person who has entered, or proposed to enter, into ary combi¬ nation to prevent tho making of any bid for carrying the mail, or who has made any agree¬ ment, or given or performed, or promised to give or perforin, any consideratiou whatever to induce any other person not to bind for any snch contract; and ifany person so offondiug is a contractor for carrying tbe mail, his con¬ tract may be annulled ; and forthe flrst offense tho person so offending shall be disqualified to contract for carrying tho mail for five years, and for tho second offense shall bo forever dis¬ qualified.
Sec 251. That after any regular bidder or contractor for the transportation of the mail upon any route shall have failed to enter into contract, and commenco the performance thereof as herein provided, the postmaster gen¬ eral shall proceed lo contract with tho next lowest bidder for such service, v.ho will enter into a contract and perform the same, unless the postmaster general shall consider such bid too high, in which case ho shall re-advertise such service. Aud in all cases of regular con¬ tracts hereaftermade the contract may, in the discretiou of the postmaster general, be con¬ tinued in forco beyond its express terms for a period not exceeding six months, uulil a new contract with the same or other contractors sball bo mado by tho postmaster general. The postmaster genoral may contract, without nd¬ vertisement, for a period not to exceed twelve months, for the carriage of the mail on such route during the timo that shall necessarily elapse betwcou the failure of either ofthe ac¬ cepted bidders to enter into a contract aud the timo when the next accepted bidder under tho old or a now advertisement shall enter npon his contract; and the difference between thc price proposed in tho accepted bid and that paid for intermediate service shall be charged to the failing bidder or bidders, and may be recovered in tbe name of tho United States for the use of tho post office department, in an aetion on the case. -Vnd when thc contract shall be made and concluded, tho difference between the accepted bid of thc failingbidders and the nmount payable under the contract for the service of two years shall be forthwith charged against the failing bidder or bidders ; and an action for such sum in the nature of liquidated damages shall accrue to the United
States for lhe use ofthe post office dep.artment immediately npon the execution of the final contract. And both causes of action mention ed in this section may be joined in ono suit.
Sec 252. That no bidder for carrying the mails shall be released from his obligation under his bid cr proposal, notwithstanding an atvard made to a lower bidder, until a eoutract for the designated serucc shall have been duly executed by such lower bidder and his sure- tics, oud accepted, and the service entered upou by the conlractor to the satisfaction ot thc Postmaster General.
Sec 233. That hereafter all bidders npon evory mail route for the transportation of the mails upon the same, where thc annual coui ponsation for thc service ou such route at the time exceeds the sum of five thoiisanddollars, shall accompany their bids with a certified check or draft, payable to thc order of thc postmaster general upon some solvent nation¬ al bank, which check or draft shall not be less than five per centuui ou the amount of thc an¬ nual p.iy on said route at the time such bid is made; and in case of new service, not less than five per centum of thc amountof ono year's pay proposed in such bid, if the bid exceed five thousand dollars per annum.
Sec 254. That any persou or persons bid¬ ding for the transportation of the mails upon any route v,-liich may be advertised to ho let, and receiving an award of the contract for such scr.ice, who shall wrongfully refuso or fail to enter into contract wilh the postmaster general in due form, and perform the service described iu his or their bid or proposal, shali be deemed guilty of a ni'sdemcanor, and, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and by im¬ prisonment for a term not exceeding twelve monihs.
Sec 255. That the postmaster general, when¬ ever he may deem it consistent with the pub lic interest, may accept new surely upon any contract existing or hereafter made for carry¬ ing the mails, in substitution for and release of any existing surety.
Sec 256. That uo eoutract for carrying thc mail shall be made for a longer term than four years, and no contract for carryitg thc mail on the Bca shall be i;i:'.de for a longer term than two years.
Sec 257. That whoaevcr, by reason of any error, omission, or other cause, any route which should properly bo advertised for the regular letting is omitted, it shall bo the duty of tho poslmuster general to advertise tbe same as soon as the error or omission shall be dis¬ covered, nnd thc proposals for audi route shall be opened as soon ns possible after tho other proposals in the same contract section ; and the contract made under such supplementary advertisement shall run, as nearly as possible, from the beginning to the end of the regular contract term, and, during thc time necessari ly lost by reason of such error, omission, or other cause, thc postmaster general shall pro¬ vide for the carrying of the. mail ou such rente at as low rato as possible, without advertising.
Sec- 253. That whenever it becomes neces¬ sary to change the terms of aa existing con tract for carrying the mail"otherwise than as provided in sections two hundred and sixty and two hundred and sixty ono, notice thereof shall be given and proceedings had thereon the same as al tho lotting of original contracts.
Sec. 250. That no person whose bid for carrying the mail is accepted shall receive any pay until he has executed his contract accord¬ ing to law and the rtgulations of tho Depart¬ ment.
Sec. 260. That compensation for additional service in carrying the mail shall not be in excess ofthe exact proportion which tho orig¬ inal compeusation bears to tho original service; and wheu any such additional service is order¬ ed, the sum to be allowed therefor shall be expressed in the order, and entered upon the books of thc Departmeut: and no compensation ¦shall be paid fbr .any additional regular service rendered befora the" issuing o! such order.
Sec 261. That no oxtra allowance shallbe mado forany increase of expedition in carrying tbe mail unless thereby the employment of additional stock and carriers is made neces¬ sary, aud in such case thc additional compen sation shall bear no greater proportion to the addilional stock aad carriers necessarily em ploved than thc compensation in the original contract bears to thc stock and carriers neces¬ sarily employed in its execution.
Sec 262. 'fhat the Postmaster Gencr.al shall deliver to the Auditor for I'ost office Depart¬ ment, within sixty days after the making of any contract for carrying the mail, a duplicate copy thereof.
Sec 203. TIrat tho Postmaster Genera;, after advertising for proposal, may enter into con¬ tracts or mako suitable arrangements for transportiug the mail through any foreign country, betweeu auy two points in the United States, and such trapsportatiou shall bo by the speediest, safest, and most ocouomical route; and all contracts therefor may be revoked whenever any new road or canal sball be opened affording a speedier, more cconom- cal, and equally safe tr.^nsporlation between tho same points ; but in case of the revocation ofany such contract, a fair indemuify shall be awarded to the contractor.
Sec 264. That the Postmaster Genoral may contract wilh the owner or master of any steamboat plying upon the waters of tho United Stales, or of any steamship or olher vessel plyiug between ports of tho Unitod States, for carrying tbo mail for any length of time less than four yoars, aud without adver¬ tising for proposals therefor, whenever the public interests and convenience will ther«by be promoted; but tho price paid forsuch shall iu no case be greater than the average price paid under the last preceding or then oxiiting regular contract on the same route,
Sec 263. That tho Postmaster General may eater into contracts for carrying tho mail, with railw.ay companies, without advertising for bids therefor ; and the Postmaster General may allow any railroad company with whom he may contract for the carrying of the Unitod States mail, and who furnish railway post office cars for the transportation of the mail, such additional compensation beyoud that now allowed by law as he may think fit, not exceeding, however, fifty per centum of thc said rates.
Sec 266. That thc Postmaster General May make deductions from tho p.ay of contractors, for failures to perform service according to contract, and impose fines upon lhem for other delinquencies. Ue may deduct lhe price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed; and not exceeding tbree times the price if the failure be occasioned by the fault of tho contractor or carrier.
Sec 207. That the Postmaster General may, after advertising for proposals, cnler into contracts for the transportation of tlic mail between the United States and any foreign country whenever the public interests will thereby bo promoted.
Sec 268. That the mail between tho Uuitod Stales and auy foreign port, or between ports ofthe United States touching at a foreign port, shall be transported in steamships ; but the Postmaster General may have such trans¬ portatiou performed by sailing vessels when the service ean be facililated thereby.
Sec 260. That for transporting lhe mail between the Uuited States andany foroigi porl, or between ports of the Unitod States touching at a foreign port, the Postuiasler General may allow as compousatioo, if by a United Stales steamship, any sum not exceed ing the sea and United States inland postage, and if by a foreign steamship or by a tailing vessel, any sum iiot exceeding the sea poitago, on the mail so lr.ansporled.
Sec 270. That the Postmaster General may impose fines on contractors for transporting the ma-il between thc United States and any foreign country, for any unreasonable on uu- necessary delay in the departure ofsuch mail, or the tho performance of the trip ; but the fine for any one default shall not exceed ono half the conlract price for the trip.
Sec. 271. That no contractor f'or transport ing the mail wilhin or between the Uuited States and any foreign country sh.all assign or transfer bis contract, aud aU such assign¬ ments or transfers shall be null and void.
Pec 272. That every contract for transport- the mail between tho United States and any foreign countrv shall contain, besides the usual 8tipulatio"n for the right of the Post¬ master GcBcrol to discoutinuc the samo, the further stipulation that It may be terminated bv Congress
"Sec 273. That the postmaster General may, by and with thc advice and consent ofthe President, make auy arrangements which may bedeemed just and. expedient for allowing the mails of Canada, or any other country adjoining the United States, to be transported over the tsrritory of the Uuited States frcm one point in such country to any other point in the same, at thc expense of thc  country to
which the in.ail belongs, upon obtaining a like privilege for the transportalion of thc United tjlates mail through the country to whicii the privilege is granled; but such privilege may at any time be annulled by thc l'resid"ent or Congress from aud after one monlh succeeding tbo day on which notice of the act ol thc President or Congress is given to thc chief executive or head of thc postoffiee department of the country whose privilege is to bo annulled.
Sec 274. That every foreign mail shall, w-bile being transported across the territory of lhe United States under the provisions oi the preceding section, be deemed and t.aken to bo a mail ofthe United St.ates, so far as to make any violation thereof, or depredation thereon. Or offense in respect thereto, or any part therof^ an offense ofthe samo grade, ano punishable in the samo msmner aud to the same extent as though the said mail was a mail of the Uniied States ; and in any indict ment for any such offense, the Siid mail, oi any part thereof, may be alleged to be, and on tho trial ofany such indictment it shall be deemed aud held to be. a mail or part of a mail ofthe United States.'
uEC. 373. That the Postmaster General or thc Secretary of State is hereby authorized lc. empower thc consuls of thc United States to pay the foreign postage on sucb letters destiu ed for the United States as may be detained ai thc ports of foreign countries for tho nonpay¬ ment ofpo3tage,which postage shall be bj the consul marked as paid by him, and tht amount thereof shall be collected in tin Unilcd Slates as olher postage, on thc delivery of the letters, and repaid to said consul, oi credited on his accouut at thc State Depart¬ ment.
Sec. 276. Tliat the Postraaslcr General, under tho dirccti >n of the President of the United States,i3 hereby authorized aud empowereu to charge upon, and collect from, all lettcr.- and other mailable matter carried to or from any port of the United States, in any foreign packetship or other vessel, the same rato oi rates of charge for American postage w-hich the government to which such i'oresgu packet or other vessel belongs imposes upon letter; aud olher mailable matter conveyed to or from such foreign country in American pack¬ ets or vessels as the postage of such goveru¬ ment, and at any time to revoke tho same; and it shall be the duty of all custom house officers and other Uuited States ageuts desig¬ nated orappoiutcd fbr that purpose to enforce or carry inte effect the foregoing provisions and lo aid or assist iu tho collection of such postago; and to that cud it shall he lawful for such officers aud agents, on suspicion ot fraud, to open and ex.amiue, in tho presence ol two or moro respectable persous, being citi zens ofthe United .States, any package or packages supposed to contain mailable matter found on board such packets or other vessels or elsewhere, and to prevent, if necessary, such packets orolhcr vessels from entering, break ing bulk, or making clarauce until *uch letters or other mailable matter aro duly delivered into thc Uniied Stales post-office.
Sec. 277. That all letters or other mailable matter conveyed to or from any part of thc United .States by any foreign packet or ship, except such scaled lettors relating to said ship or vessel, or any part of the cargo thereof as may be directed to the owner or owners, con¬ signees, ofsaid ship or other vessel, shall be so subject to postage charge as aforsaid, whether addressed loany person in tho United States or elsewhere, provided it is done by the packet or other ship ofa foreign country imposing postage on letters or mailable matter conveyed to or from such country by any packet or other ship of the United States ; and such lett rs or other mailable matter car¬ ried in foreign packet ships or other vessels, except such unsealed letters relating to the ship or vessel, oi any partof the cargo theroof, as may be directed to the owner or owuers, consignee or consignees, as aforsaid, are hereby required to be delivered into the United States post office by the master or commanders of all such packets or other ves¬ sels when arriving, and to bo taken from a United States postoffiee wben departing, and the postage pasd Ihereon justly chargeable by this act; and for refusing or failing todo so, or for conveyiug said letters or any letters intended to be conveyed in any ship or vessel ofsuch foreign country over or across the Uuitod States, or any portion thereof, the party offeuding shall, on conviction, forfeit a'ld pay not exceeding one thousand dollars foreach offense.
S»c. 278. Thrt any person who shall will¬ fully or maliciously injure, deface, or destroy any mailmatlcr, deposited in any letterbox, pillarbox or other receptacle established by authority of the Postmastor General for thc safe deposit of matter for the mail or fordo livery, or who shall willfully aid or assist in injuring such mail matter, shall, on conviction thereof, for every snch offense, forfeit and pay not moro than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more three years, at the discrelion oftho court.
Sec 270. That any person employed in any departmont of the postal service who shall secrete, embezzle, or destroy anylettcr, pack¬ et, bag, or mail of letters intrtsted to him, or shall come into his possession, and which was intended to bo conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any mail carrier, mail messeu¬ ger, route-agent, lotter carrier, or oiher pur sou employed in any deparlment oftho postal service, or forwarded through or delivered from any postoffiee established by authority of tho postmaster General, and which shail contain any nolo, bond, draft, chect, warrant, revenue-stamp, postage-stamp, stamped envoi opo, postal |card| money order, certificste of stock, or other pecuniaiT- obligation or secur¬ ity of tho government, or if any officer or fiscal agent thereof, of any description what ever; any banknote, bauk postbiil, bill of exchange, or note of assignment of stock in the funds : any letter of attorney for receiving ann-aitics or dividends, selling stock in the funds, or collecting the interest thereof; any letter or credit, uoto, bond, warrant, draft, bill, promissory note, covenant, contract, or agreement, whatsoever, for or relaiing to the payment of money, or thc delivery ofany article of value, orthe performance ofany act, matter, or thing; any receipt, release, acquit tance, or discharge of or from any debt, covenant, or demand, or any part thereof; any copy of thc record of any judgment or decree in any court of law or cli.ancery, or any execution which may havo iisued thereon; any copy of any other record, or any other article of value, or writing representing thc same; any such person who shall steal or take any oif the things aforsaid out of any letter, packet, bap, or mail of letters which shall have come into his possession, either in thc regular course of his official duties, or iu nny other manner whatever, and provided thc same shall not havo been delivered to tho party to whom it is directod, every such person shall, on conviction thereof, for evcry such offense; be imprisoned at hard labor uot less tban one nor more than five years.
Sec. 280. That the fact that any letter, pack¬ et, bag, or mail of letters shall havo been de¬ posited in any postoffiee or branch postofiice established by aulho.nly of the postmaster General, or in anyotbcr authorized depository lor mail niatter, or in charge ofau postmaster, assistant, clerk, carrier, agent, or messenger employed in any department ofthe postal ser¬ vice, shall be taken and hold to be evidence that tho same was "intended to bo conveyed by mail" within ths meaniag ofthis statute.
Sec 281. That any person who shall steal the mail, or steal or take from or out of any mail, or postoffiee, branch post office, or other authorized depository for mail matter, any let- tar or packet; any person who shall take the mail, or any letter or packet therefrom, or from auv post otfice, branch post office, or other au thorized depository for mail matter, with or without the consent ofthe person having cus¬ tody thereof, and open, embezzle or destroy, any such mail, letter, or package whioh shall contain auy note, bond, draft, check, warrant, revenue stamp, postage stamp, stamped envel¬ ope, money order, certificate of stock, or other pecunhary obligation or security of thc gov¬ ernment, or ofany officer or fiscal agenttherc- of, of any description whatevcr;any bank note, bank post-bill, bill of exchange, or note of assignment of slock in tho funds ; any letter of attorney for receiving annuities or dividends, selling stock in thc fund^, or collecting tho interest thereof; any lottor of credit, note, bond, warrant, draft, bill, promissory note, covenant, contract, or agreement whatsoever for or relating to the payment or the delivery of any article of value, or the perform.ance of any act, matter orthing; anyperson whoshall, by fraud or deception, obtain from any person ht.viiig custody thereof, any such mail, letter or packet containing any such article of value aforesaid, every such person, not being em¬
ployed in any department of the postal service jha;l, on conviction thereof, for every such offence, be imprisoned at hard labor not less than ouo nor moro than five years.
Sec 2S2 That any person whoshall be accessory after the faet lo the oUensc of stealing or takin;; my letter, jiostal card, or other mail mattery^ or .iny iuclosure;thereiu,ortoauy other oUcnseagainst .ho ]>ostallaivs, shall, on conviction thereol", forfeit and pay not-exccediug one thousand dollars, anU le imprisoned notoxceeding five years; and an;, iccos.-'ury al'tcr the faet may bo tried, eonvictea, ind punished in the district iu which his olTense .vas committed, though the principal ollonse may uuvc beeu commitleU in another district; aud such ;rial, conviction, aud punishment moy bo belore that oftho prineipal ollciuler, when such princijial .iffendcr has fled trom justice or cannot be arrested .0 liQ put on trial.
See. 283. That any person who shaU buy, re¬ ceive, or conceal, or aid in buying, receiving, or :oueealiug any uote, bond, dratt, eheek, warrant, revenue stamp, stamped envelope, postal card, jiouey order, eertiDcate ol" stock, or othor pecuui- iry obligation or security of thc governiuent, or ofany otiicer or fiscal agent therefore, of auy des- jriptiou whatever J or from any person having custody therool", every such person shall, on cou- .'ictiuu thereof, for every such oll"cnsc, forfeit anil (»ay uot exceeding two thousaud dollars, and be .-onliucd at hard labor nut exceeding live years; iud suoh offender may be tried, coarieted, anu ,iunished without the principal olfender beiug first .ricd, when principal ofl'euder bas fled from justice tr cannot be found to be put ou trial.
See. 284. That any person cmpioyed in any ile- jiartmcnt of tbo postal service who shall iuiprop .-•rly detain, delay, embezzle, or destroy any new^- fiupcr, or permit any otherjicr-^on to delaiu, djiay. .-uiiiezzlc, or destroy tbe same, or open, or peruiil tny other person to open, any mail or package ol .icwspapors not directed to the olEee where he is cmjiloye'l. shali on convietion thereof, for every iueh utrease, forfeit aud pay not oxeeeding Ofty lollars. And if aoy olher pcr.-^on .shall open, cm- lezzle, or destroy any mail or package of news- jjapers not being directed lo him, and not being authorized to open or receive tho same, every such person shail on eonvicliou thereof, for every sueh jtfense, forfeit and pay not cxeoecdiug twenty dol¬ lars. Aad any person whoshall take or steal aay mail or package of newspapers from any postoffiee, tr from any person haviug in custody thereol, ..'Very sueh person shall, on convict on thoreof, for every such offcuse, be imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding three months.
Sec. 2d.5. That any person who shall rob any carrier, agent, or other person cnlrualed wilh lhe mail, of such mail, or auy part Ihcreof, be impris¬ oned at hard labor nut less than Uve nor more than
Sec. 280. That any person who shall bo accesso¬ ry after the fact to any robbery of the carrier, ageat, or other person entrusted wilh thc mail, of sueh mail, or an\-part thereof, shall, on conviction thereof, for overy such oU'ense, forfeit aud pay not exccediog two thousand dollars, and hcimiirisoDcd .it hard labor not exceeding ten years.
.See 237 That auy person who shal I attempt lo rob thc mail by assaulting the persou having cus¬ tody thereof, shooting at him or his horse, or .hrcaleuing him with dangerous weapons, and .^hali not eil'ect sueh robbery, shall, on convietion ihereof, be imprisoned at bard labur not less than i.ivo nor more than tcn years.
Sec 2S3 That any person who shall havo taken .jharge of the mail aud shall voluntarily quit or desert tho same beforo ho has delivered it iulu thu post oliice at thc termination of tho route, or to some unknown mail carrier, messenger, agent, or ¦Jther employee of tho Poi't Oilice Department au¬ thorized to receive the s.ame, shall, on cunviction thereof, for every such offeacc, forfeit and pay not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned oot less than three months nor more than one year.
Sec 289 That all laws defining punishment for doprcdations committed upon thu mail sball csteud to and havo full force in the Indian country.
Seo 290 That any person who shall steal, pur¬ loin, embezzle any mail bag or other properly io use by or belonging to the Post-office Department, or who shall, for any lucre, gain, or convenience, appropriate any sucli property tohis own orany uther than its propor use, or who shall, for any lucre or gain, convey away anv such property tu tho hinderanco or detriment of"tho publie service; every such person, bis aiders, abcltors,and eoan- sellars, shall, if tho value of tho property ho Iwenty five dollars or more, be deemed guilty of folouy, and on conviction thereof, for evory soch off"onse, shall be imprisoned not exceeding three years : and if tho valuo of thc properly bo loss than twenty five dollars, the parly olTendiDg shall be imprisoned not more than ono year, or he finad not less than tcn nor moro than two hundred dol¬ lars.
Sec. 291, That any person who shall tear,cut, or otherwise injure any mailbag, pouch, or olher thing used . r designed for usa in tho conveyance of the mail, or who draw or break any staple, or loosen r.ny part of any lock, chain, or strap attach¬ ed thereto, with intent to rob or steal any such mail, or to render tho samo insecure, shall, on con¬ viction thereof, for every sueh offense, forfeit and pay not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not less tban ono nor moro than three years, at Ihe discrelion of the court.
Sec 292. That any person who shall steal, purloin, embezzle, or obtain by any false pre tense, or shall aid or assist iu stealing, pur¬ loining, embezzling, or obtaining by any false pretense, any key suited to any lock adopted by tho postoffiee dopartment, and in use on auy of the mail? or bags thereef; any persoa who shall knowingly and unlawfully make, forge, or counterfoil, or canse to be unlawfully made, forged, or counterfeited, or knowingly aid or assist in making, forging, or couuter- feiting, any such key; any person who shall have in his possession any such mail lock or key, with tbe intent unlawfully or improperly to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of tho samo, or to cause the same lo be unlawfully or im¬ properly used, sold, or otherwise disposed of; any person engaged as contructoror otherwise in the manufacture of any such m.il locks or keys, who shall deliver, or cause to be deliv¬ ered, any finished or unfinished lock or key used or .iOsigued for me by said departmeut, or the interior part of any such lock, to any person not duly authorized, under the hand of the Postmaster Gcaeral aud tho seal of the postoffiee department, lo receive fhe same, (unless the persoa recciviug is tho contractor for furnishing the sam^, or engaged in tao manufacture thoreofin the manner authorized by the contract, or tho agent for such manu¬ facturer.) every such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned not exceeding teu   years.
SeC; 203. That any person who shall forci¬ bly break into, or attempt to break into any postoffice, or any building used in whole or iu part as a postoffiee, with intent to commit therein larceny or other depredation, shall, on couviction thereof, bo fined not more tbau one thousand dollars, and imprisoned at bard labor not more than five yoars, according to tbo c rcnmstances and aggravation of the case, in tho discretion ofthe court.
Sec. 204. Thatif any person or persons shall falsely make, alter, forge, or couaterfeit, or cause or procure to be falseiy mado, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, auy bond, bid, proposal, guar¬ antee, security, official bond, public record, afiidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the Uniied States; or shall utter or publish as true, or cause to bo uttered or published as truo, any such fblse, forged, alter¬ ed or counterfeited bond, bid, proposal, gu.ar- autcc, security, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, for the purpose of defrauding the United States, knowing tho same to be false, forged, altered, or counter¬ feited; or shall transmit lo, or present at, or cause lo procure lo be transmitted to, or pre¬ sented at, tiie office ofany officer of the United States, any such filso, forged, altered,or coun terfcitid bond, bid, proposal, guarantee, seca- rily, official bond, pnblic rtcord, affidavit, or othor writiug, knowing thc same to be fiilse, forged, altered, or counterfeited, for the pur¬ pose of defrauding the United States, every such person shull be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and, being thereof duly con- vicied, sball be senttuccd to be imprisoned, and kept at hard labor, for a period not ex¬ ceeding ten years, or be fined not exceeding one thousaud dollars, or both of said punish¬ ments, in tho discretion oftbe court.
Sec 295. Tbat if any offence shall be com¬ mitted in any place which has been, or sball hereafter he, ceded to and under the jurisdic¬ tion ofthe Uuited States, which offence is not prohibited, or the punishment thereof is not specially provided tor by any law of tho Uni¬ ted States, such offence shall,upon conviction in any court of the UnitedSiates having cogni¬ zance thereof, be liable to, and receive the same punishment as the laws of tho State in which such place is or may be situated, now in force, provided for tho like offence when committed withia the jurisdiction of such Stale ; aud no subsequent appeal of any snch State law shall affect any prosecution for snch offence in any of the courts of the United States.
Sec 2D6. That if any postmaster, or other person authorized by the Postmaster General to receive the postage of letters, shall fraudu¬ lently demand or receivo any rate of postage, or uratuity, or reward, other than is provided by this act, for tho postago of letters or pack-
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ets, on conviction Ihcreof, he shall forfeit, for every such offence, onc hunilred dollars.
Sec. 207. Thit if any person employed in any department of thc postoffiee establish¬ meut of thc United Slates shall, wilfully and knowingly, use, or cause to be used, in pre¬ payment of postage and postage stamp, postal card, or stamped envelope issued, or which may hereafler be issued, by authority of any act of Congress or ofthe Postmaster General, which has already been once used for a like purpose, orsball remove, or attempt to remove, the canceling or defaeing marks from any such postage stamp, or stamped envelope, or postal card, with intent to use, or cause the use of the same, a second time, or to sell, or offer lo sell, tbe same, or shall remove from letters or otliar mail matter deposited in or received at a postoffiee the stamps attached to the same in payment of postage, wilh intent to use the same a second time for a like purpose, or to tell, or offer to sell, the same, every sueh offender shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be impris- uned for not less than one year nor more than three yoars.
Sec 208. That if any person not cmpioyed in any department of the jiostoffico establish¬ ment ofthe United States sball commit i-ny cf the offenses described in the precedingsection, every such person shall, ou conviction thereof, bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by imprisonment for notless than six months nor more than one year, or by a fiuc of not loss than onc hundrod dollars nor more than five bundred dollars, for e.ich ofl'encc, or by both such fiue aad imprisonment, in the discretion oftbe court.
Sec 299. That the Postmaster General of the United State; may empower, by a letter of authorization under his hand, to be filed among the records of his department, any special agent or other officer of the postoffiee establishment to make searches for mailable matter transported in violation of law;-and that the agent or officer so authorized may open and search any car or vehicle passing, or lately before baving passed, from any place at which there isa postoffiee of the Uuited States to any other sucb place, and any box, pack¬ age, or packet, beiug, or lately before having boen, in such car or vehicle, and any store or honse (other than a dwelling house) used or occupied by any common carrier or transpor- tation company in which such box, package, or packet may be contained, whenever said agent or officer has reason to believo liiat mailable matter, transported coutrary to law, may therein be found.
Sec 300. Thatthe Postmaster General may, upon evidenco satisfactory to him that any person, firm, or corporation is engaged in con¬ ducting any fraudulent lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme for the distribution of money, or of any real or personal property, by lot, chance, or drawiug of any kiud, or ia conducting any other scheme or device for oblainiug money through tbe mails by moans of falso or fraud, ulcnt pretenses, rcprcscotations, or promises, forbid the paymeut by any postmaster to any such person, firm, or corporation of ony postal money order drawn to the order or in favor of him ur of them, and may provide by regula¬ tions for the relurn to tho remitters of the sums named in such money orders. And the Postmastor General m.ay also, upon like evi¬ dence, instruct postmasters at any postoffiees at which registered lettersshall arrive directed to auy such person, firm, or corporation, to returu all such registered letters to the post¬ masters at the offices at whicii they were orig¬ inally mailed, with the word "fraudulent" plaiuly written or stamped upon the outside of said letters ; and all such letters so returned to such postmasters shall be bythem returned to tho writers thereof, under sach regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shallbe so construed as to authorize an}'post¬ master or other person to open auy letter not addressed to himself.
Sec. 301. That if any person having devised or intending to devise any sehemo or artifice to defraud, or bo etfected by cither opening or in- leuding lo open eorrespondenco or cotnmuuicalion with auy other person, (whether resident wilhin or outside of the United States,) by means of tho" postoflice cstabiisbuieul of the United States, or by iuciling such other person to opeu oommunication with the persou so devising or intending, shall, in and for executing suoh scheme or artifice, (or at. tem]itiug so to do,) place auy letter or packet in any postoffiee of the Uniied Slates, or lake or re¬ ceive any therefrom, such person, so misusing tho postoflice establishment, shall bo guil y of a mis¬ demeanor, and shall bo punished with a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, with or without such imprisonment, as thc court shall direct, not exceeding eighteen calendar monihs. The indict¬ ment, information, or complaint may severally charge offenses to the number of three wheu eom- mitleil withiu the samo six calendar months; but the court thcrenpou shall give a single sentence^ and shall proportion'tho puuishment especially ti> tho degree iu which the abuse of the postoffiee e*- tablishm cntonters as au instrument into saeh fraudulent sehemo and device.
Sec. ;!02. That all letters, packets, or other matter which may be seized or detaineil for viola¬ tion of law shall lie returned to the owner or sender of the same, or olherwise disposed of as the Post¬ master General may direct.
Sec. 30:1. That all suits arising under thopostnl laws, or thc regulations of the Postmaster Geueral pur.=uant thereto, shall bo instituted in tho name of the United States of-America, and the demands iu such sails shall have all the privileges and pri¬ orities in adjudication and payment secured by¬ law to otber claims ofthe United States.
Sec. 304. That all causes of action arising un¬ der the postal laws may be sued, and all offendcr.s against the sauio may be prosecuted, before the circuit or district courts of the United States.-
Skc. '.'.tiit. That all causes of actiou arising un¬ der the postal laws may l.e sued, and all olTeuders of tho samo may bo prosecuted, before the justices of tho peace, magistrates, or other judicial courts of the several States and Territories having com- petont jurisdiction by the laws thereof, to the trial of claims aud deuiands of as great value, and of prosecutions whore the punishments are of as great extent; and such justiues,niagistrates,or judiciary shall lake cognizaucc thereof, and proceed to judg¬ ment and execntion as iu othercasos.
Sec. 300. That in all sails or causes arising under the postal laws the court shall proceed to trial and render judgmeut the first term atlercoiu- lucuccmont of suit; but whenever servieo of process shall not be made at least twenty days previous to the return day of such term, the defendant sball bo entitled to one continuanee, if on his statement the court shall doem ic expedient; and if said defeudant shall make affidavit that he bas a claim against the Postoffiee Department, which has beon submitted to and disallowed oy tho auditor lor said Departuienl, and shall specify such claim in his affidavit, and that be eould not be prepared fur trial at sueh term for want of evidence, the court, being satisfied in these respects, may grant a con- tinuuu'jo until the next suceeding term.
Sec. 3117. That no claim Iur acredit shall be al¬ lowed upou the trial ot auy suit for delinqucncy agatnst a postmaster, eontractor,_or othor ffieer. agent, or employee ui' the pusluince Deparlment. unless the s.-imB shall havo beeu presented to Ih^ Auditur tur said Department and by him disallow¬ ed, in whole or ia part, unless it shall bo proved, to the satisfaction of thecourt, that the delendant is at the time of trial, in possession of vouchers not before in hif power to procure, and that he was jirovented from exhibiting to the said Auditor a claim for such credit by some unavoidable acci¬ dent.
Sec. 308. That in aU salts for balanco dno tho Postoflice Department, iutercst thereon thall bo recovered from the time of the default until pay¬ meut at the rate of six per centum perannum.
Sec. ".119. Thatin tho pro.'ceation of auy suit for money due the Postofflco Department, the United States attorney shall obey the directions which may bo given him by thc Department of Justice; and immediately afler the end of every term of anv court iu which any .suit has beeu pending, said attorney sball forward to thc De¬ partmeut of Justice a slivtenicnt ofany judgmeut or order made, or step taken in the sanie, during sueh term, accompanied 'oy a certificato of tho clerk, showing the parties to and amount of evcry suoh judgment, with sueb other informatiou as the Depurtment of Justice may require. And the said attorne> shall direct speedy and effcelual execu¬ tion upon said judgment, and the United States marshal to whom Iho same is directed shall make returns of tho proceclings thereon to thc Deparl¬ ment of Justico at sueh times as it may direct.
Sec. 310. Tbat when proceedings at law for money duo tho PostolSee Department shall bo fruitless, the said department of Justicemay direct tho institution of a suit in chancory inany United States district or circuit cuurt, to set aside fraudu¬ lent eonvevances or trusts, or attach debts due the defeudant,'or obtain any proper exercise oftbe powers ot equity to havo satisfaction of any judg¬ ment against such defendant.
Skc. 311. Thnt in caso of delinquency ofany poslmastcr, conlractor, or olher officer, agent, or employee of tho Postoffiee Department, in which suit may bo brought, the .\uditor for (aid Depart¬ ment shall forward lothe Department of Justice certified copies of all papers in bis OIBco tending to sustain the claim.
Sec. 312. Tbat copies ofthe quarterly returns of postmasters, and of any papers pertaining to the accounts, io tho offieo of tbe Auditor for the Postoffite Department, ond transcripts from tbo money order account hooks of said Office, when certified by tho Auditor under the seal o^s office, (Concluded on fourth page)