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 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 335. 1872. 317 and consent of the President, make any arrangements which may be ada or other ¤d— deemed just and expedient for allowing the mails of Canada, or any j°l"l’{)Q` ?{““*"Y other country adjoining the United States, to be transported over the ggircdeovgilz-rr;- territory of the United States, from one point in such country to any fory0ffh¤United other point in the same, at the expense of the country to which the mail    if}; belongs, upon obtaining a like privilege for the transportation of the iisgsggemdd; United States mail through the country to which the privilege is granted; but such privilege may at any time be annulled by the President or Con- privilevs may gress from and after one month succeeding the day on which notice of gs anlmlm l>Y» the act of the President or Congress is given to the chief executive or °' head of the post—office department of the country whose privilege is to be annulled. Sec. 274. That every foreign mail shall, while being transported across Ifvréign muils the territory of the United States under the provisions of the preceding :;,:_1f°dS°l(f”§;gs' section, be deemed and taken to be a mail of the United States, so far as doomed United to make any violation thereof, or depreciation thereon, or offence in re- $****8 gains- ¤° spect thereto, or any part thereof an ofienoe of the same grade, and pun— M"’ °' ishable in the same manner and to the same extent as though the said mail was a mail of the United States; and in any indictment for any such offence, the said mail, or any part thereof, may be alleged to be, and on the trial of any such indictment it shall be deemed and held to be, a mail or part of a mail of the United States. Sec. 275. That the Postmaster—General or the Secretary of State is (3,,,,,,,,;, ,,,,;;,0,. hereby authorized to empower the consuls of the United States to pay Wd w my fOrthe foreign postage on such letters destined for the United States as may f;§';r§°§;fgfhg“ be detained at the ports of foreign countries for the non-payment of post- United States age, which postage shall be by the consul marked as paid by him, and ‘lF‘**l”°d ln $***4 the amount thereof shall be collected in the United States as other post- €`il;,i;Z:?’tQ EQ age, on the delivery of the letters, and repaid to said consul, or credited ccllcctedand reon his account at the State Department. P“‘d· Sec. 276. That the ]:‘0stmaster—General, under the direction of the l`°‘**{¤{**°i[*'“i**l· President of the United States, is here-by authorized and empowered to charge upon, and collect from, all letters and other mailahle matter carried same as such forto or from any port of the United States, in any foreign packet-ship ·or Z}51';gé;"g‘:fm__u_ other VBSSOL the SETHC I`3ilZB OT I`3iiZCS of Cll3l"gC fo1' AIH€]°1C3.Y1 postage \Vh1Ch njqttgr in Amer. the government to which such foreign packet or other vessel belongs im- i¤¤¤ V¤¤¤¢l¤· poses upon letters and other mailable matter conveyed to or from such foreign country in American packets or other vessels as the postage of such government, and at any time to revoke the same; and it shall be the duty of all custom-house officers and other United States agents designated or appointed for that purpose to enforce or carry into effect the foregoing provision, and to aid or assist in the collection of such postage; and to This provision, that end it shall be lawful for such officers and agents, on suspicion of h°“’ °¤ °’°°*l· fraud, to open and examine, in the presence of two or more respectable persons, being citizens of the 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 or other vessels from entering, breaking bulk, or making clearance until such letters or other mailable matter are duly delivered into the United States post-oflice. S1·:C.277. That all letters or other mailable matter conveyed to or Maibmuttm-to from any part of the United States by any foreign packet or ship, except {’£]§";’5“S?;‘:% by such sealed letters relating to said ship or vessel, or any part of the cargo Marg,, vessel, thereof as may be directed to the owner or owners, consignee or con- exc¢pr,_&¤·, to signeos, of said ship or other vessel, shall be so subject to postage charge ggsféggzlf gf, as aforesaid, whether addressed to any person in the United States or ’ ’ elsewhere, provided it is done by the packet or other ship of a foreign country imposing postage on letters or mnilable matter conveyed to or from such country by any packet or other ship of the United States; and