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 142 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 113. 1852. the addition of the value or denomination of the postage-stamps so print. ed or impressed thereon, or attached thereto, as aforesaid; and letters when inclosed in such envelopes, with postage-stamps printed or impressed thereon, (the postage-stamp or stamps in every such case being of the value, denomination, or amount required to prepay the postage which would be chargeable on such letters and envelopes, if sent by mail to the place of their destination, under the provisions of the laws then in force, and such stamps and envelopes not having been used before,) shall pass in the mails as prepaid letters; and all letters inclosed in such envelopes as shall be provided and furnished by the Postmaster-General, as first in this section prescribed, and with postage-stamps thereon, as aforesaid, (and such postage-stamps on such envelopes being equal in value and amount to the rates of postage to which such letters would be lia- Letters may be ble, if sent by mail, and such postagastamps and envelopes not having “¤F °‘¥'° °*` W been before used,) may be sent, conveyed, and delivered otherwise than gfxggpg °;u°h by post or mail, notwithstanding any prohibition thereof, under any cxcertain condi- isting law: Provided, That said envelope shall be duly sealed, or other- °‘°"“· wise firmly and securely closed, so that such letter cannot be taken therefrom without tearing or destroying such envelope, and the same duly directed and addressed; and the date of such letter, or of the receipt or transmission thereof, to be written or stamped, or otherwise appear on such envelope. Commissions Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Auditor of the Treasury °f P°“m”*°”· for the Post-Oiiice Department may, under such regulations and restric- Post, p. 255. tions as the Postmaster—Gcnera.l shall prescribe, allow to every postmaster whose office was not established until after the 'drst day of July, · one thousand eight hundred and fifty, or whose commissions, in consequence of the increase of labor and business at his office, shall have equalled or exceeded the commissions allowed at such omce for the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- one, such compensation in addition to his legal commissions as will, in the j udgment of such Auditor, make the compensation of such postmaster equal, as near as may be, to the compensation of other postmasters in the same section of the country whose labors are the same as his, and who are entitled to additional allowance under the sixth section of the act entitled "An act to reduce and modify the rates of postage —in 1851, cb 20. the United States, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and under orders of the ]E’0stmastcr·General, made in pursuance of the provisions of said sixth section of the act aforesaid. mm, ((,,,,,,,1,, Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all fines and penalties iminronncifsshsre) posed for any violation of any law relating to the Post—Othee Departfgeggulgfl °° *1* ment shall, when collected or recovered, be paid into the treasury to the credit of the United States, for the use of the Post-Ofiice Department, excepting, however, such part thereof as may by law belong to the party informing or prosecuting for the same. Mm bciwosn Sec. 10. [11.] And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty g€·if£>ALy¤ii;£¤. of the Postmaster-General to issue proposals and contract for the ,,1,,5, Qsé Nu, transportation of a daily mail between Louisville and Cairo, St. Louis Orleans. and Cairo, Cairo and Memphis, and Memphis and New Orleans, and to supply such intermediate points as he may order from time to time, on suitable and safe steamboats. Approved, August 31, 1852.