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 THIH.TY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 41, 42. 1864. 37 known office of publication to bona fide subscribers, not exceeding one copy to each subscriber, nor to franked matter, to and from the intermemediate points between the boundaries above named, at the usual rates_: Provided, further, That such franked matter shall be subject to such Pmviso. regulations as to its transmission and delivery aslthe Postmaster-General shall prescribe. Ssc. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General may, Contracts for if he shall deem it lor the public interests, enter into contracts for any ¢¤TYi{*S *h• . . . . . . inmlsm steampcriod not exceeding one year, for the transportation of the mails in Ships by ska be, steamships, by sea, between any of the ports in the United States; and tween poi-tsof the that the sea-service already performed by his order on the Atlantic coast gfwd b“‘t°“· and Gulf of Mexico be paid for out of any moneys appropriated for the ` service of the post-office department. Also for such service already i_°¤‘·PP*j°P’i¤*i°: performed upon the Pacific coast a sum not- exceeding fifteen hundred {Pm1M cm dollars, to be paid for out of any moneys appropriated for the service of the post-oflice department. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall Penalty for paint, print. post, or in any other manner place upon, or attach to, any Rlfggggvggfes steamboat or other vessel, or .any stage-coach or other vehicle, which ma11,··&c.o¤n steamboat or other vessel, or stage·coach or other vehicle, is not actually <=°¤<>l¤ 0; *°°*¤°l used in carrying the mails of the United States, the words “United  :,;1;° mm, States mail," or any other words, letters or characters of like import; or ii' any person or persons shall give notice, either by publishing in any for advertising newspaper or otherwise, that any steamboat or other vessel, or any stage- ggfh °°“°l“ °' V"` coach or other vehicle, is used in carrying the mails of the United States, ` when the same is not actually so used, every person so offending or wilfully aiding or abetting therein, shall, on conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for every such offence; one half for the use of the United States and the other half to the use of the person informing and prosecuting For the same. Ssc. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be, Part of nciof and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to suspend the operation of }:22·,fb‘ 113*,8* . ., y esusso much of the eighth section of the act of the thirty-first of August, Puma, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, as authorizes the conveyance of letters VoI.x.p.141. otherwise than in the mails on any such mail routes as in his opinion the public interest may require. Approved, March 25, 1864. CHAP. XLI. —A.n Act to authorize the President to newate a Treaty with the Klamath, March 25, 186L Modnc, and other Indian tribes in Southeastern Oregon. """"""` Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Treaties with States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be,‘and he Ymlisms in southhereby is, authorized to conclude a treaty with the Klamath, Modoc, and °‘”“°m O'°€°¤- Snake Indians in southeastern Oregon for the purchase of the country occupied by them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and Arpfvrfiet-i¤¤· the same is hereby, appropriated from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, March 25, 1864. Cnr. XLII.-An Act tocarry im JJ_17m the Cmwentitm with Ecuador for 'the mutual March 28, 1864- Adjustment of Claims. ___""; Be it enacted Z4; the Senate and House of Representatives of the Yay of com- United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of carrying into eiihct the convention with Ecuador for the mutual adjust- Ecuador. VOL. xm. Pun. -— 4