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 202 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 64. 1847. or more lettersto letters directed to different persons enclosed in the·same envelope or di¤`¤¢¤¤$lP¢*S°¤° packet; and every person so oitending shall forfeit the sum of ren gaggfopc? mm dollars, to be recovered by action qui tam, one half for the use of the informer, and the other half for the use of the Post-Office Depart- Proviso. ment: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to any letter or All _ newspa· packet directed to any foreign country; and all newspapers erm. £:?;z£S°;;j: veyed in the mail shall be subject to postage, except those sent by bil1»,P&.e. Ito be way of exchange between the publishers of newspapers, and except subject *0 P<>=*· those franked by persons enjoying the franking privilege; and news. ag°‘ papers not sent from the office of publication, and all handbills or circulars, printed or lithographed, not exceeding one sheet, shall be subject to three cents postage each, to be paid when deposited in any post·office to be conveyed in the mail ; and it shall be lawful for any Contractors or contractor or mail carrier to transport newspapers out of the mail for ¤t;¤;¤ls¤:¥:j¢¤a¤;:>; sale or distribution to subscribers, and the Postmaster-General shall 0,,, Ol; ,h,,l;,,§,1,, have authority to pay or cause to be paid a sum, not exceeding two ate. cents each, for all letters or packets conveyed in any vessel or steamboat not employed in carrying the mail from one post or place to any other post or place in the United States, subject to such regulations _Whnt publicu- as the Postmaster-General may prescribe; and such publications or gggsidsfégll lg: books as have been or may be published, procured, or purchased by public docu- order of either House of Congress, or a. joint resolution of the two pwntiy spddmay Houses, shall be considered as public documents, and entitled to be CSC}, mn 8 °‘° franked as such ; and it shall not be lawful to make any allowance or Compensation compensation to deputy postmasters in addition to their commissions °f§;:$;“;:ém as authorized by law, excepting the receipts from boxes, of which all boxes_ beyond two thousand dollars shall be applied in defraying the expenses of their offices, and to be accounted for in the same manner as they are required to account for their commissions, and excepting the special allowance made by law to the postmasters at Washington city and New Orleans. Repeal of so Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act ap- ‘;.“‘,Q];a;’f3‘l"],,f‘,g‘ proved the third day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-five, ,h, 4;;, ag, is mf entitled "An Act to reduce the Rates of Postage, to limit the Use, and
 * g:§i¤t¤¤¤ hem correct the Abuse, of the Franking Privilege, and for the Prevention

of Frauds on the Post-Oiiice Depai-tment," and of all other acts rclating to the Post-Oliice Department, or the service of that department, as is inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. CHAP. L§Vi} dnrdcbfa gmend an 231 for entitled **.41; det to :mend' An dd iv _;""`"" W 1 0 0G ln. c tate: 0 0 uma and Mississi it s ezistin vmm4s' °h' 25‘ Jkt2E5g5v?]: tlrursc States with Reg`;-d to me jive per eenzivlund and th€Sc/wv! C ll Z07L • De it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the th:;*:;l§9¥_;b:l€ Umfed States of America in Congress assembled, That the pr0\’lSl0l1$ my 26, 1845, gx_ of "AH Act to amend an Act entitled ‘ An Act to carry into Effect 1¤ tended so as to the States of Alabama and Mississippi the existing Compacts with g;."‘bXia§h‘;E“:: i-ll0S6 States with Regard to the five per cent. Fund and the S¢l100l [gcnm n certain R·8S6\'VationS,’ " approved February twenty-six, eighteen hundred ¤¤d quantity oflaud. forty—l·ive, be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to cnablé the
 * §§· ";‘ State of../alabama to locate a quantity of land in any of the Stafés OY

’°' Territories equal to the quantity now due to the inhabitants of the Proviso. township within the Chickasaw cession within said State: Provided, That they shall be made subject to the restrictions and limitations of thelactlhhe title of which has been cited, as far as the same may be app rca c. Approved, March 3, 1847.