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tracts of land,to be offered atpublic sale.
may be offered at public sale, at such time as the President of the UnitedStates may think expedient, and sold as other public lands of the UnitedStates .
Approved, March 2, 1827.
Statute II.March 2, 1827.
Act of March3, 1825, ch. 64.
Act of March3, 1845, ch. 43.
PostmasterGeneral to al-low postmas-ters a certaincommission.
Proviso.
One cent tobe allowed toeach postmaster,for every letterreceived fromany ship, &c.
Proviso.
No personother than the ,Postmaster Ge-nera ], or hisauthorizedagents, to setup any foot orhorse post.
Authority offranking givento the commis-sioners of thenavy board, &c.
Act of March3,1845, ch. 43.1825, ch. 64.
One or morepieces ofpaper,mailed as a let-ter, and weigh-ing one ounce,to be chargedwith quadruplepostage, &c.
Act of March3, 1845, ch. 43.
No postmas-ter or assistantpostmaster, toact as agent forlottery offices.
Chap. LXI.— An Ad amendatory of the ad regulating the Post-office Department, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General beauthorized to allow to the postmasters at the several distributing offices,a commission, not to exceed five per cent, on the amount of postage onletters and packets received for distribution. The allowance to com-mence on the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five: Pro-vided, That if the number of mails received at, and despatched from, anysuch office, is not increased by the distributing system, then no allowanceshall be made therefor, except where special provision is made.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General beauthorized to allow to each postmaster, one cent for every letter receivedfrom any ship or vessel, and mailed by him: Provided, his usual commis-sion, together with the allowance aforesaid, shall not exceed the sum oftwo hundred dollars a year; and the letter carriers employed at post-officesshall be authorized to receive, for each newspaper delivered by them, anhalf cent, and no more.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no person, other than the Post-master General, or his authorized agents, shall set up any foot or horsepost, for the conveyance of letters and packets, upon any post-road, whichis or may be established as such by law; and every person who shalloffend herein, shall incur a penalty of not exceeding fifty dollars, for eachletter or packet so carried.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the navyboard, the adjutant general, commissary general, inspectors general, quar-termaster general, paymaster general, the secretary of the Senate , clerk ofthe House of Representatives , and the superintendent of the patent office,be authorized to frank, and to receive letters and packets by post free ofpostage, and that no other persons or officers, excepting those enumeratedherein, and in the act to “ reduce into one the several acts establishingand regulating the Post-office Department,” passed on the third of March,eighteen hundred and twenty-five, shall be authorized to frank or to re-ceive letters through the mail free of postage.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That one or more pieces of paper,mailed as a letter, and weighing one ounce, shall be charged with quad-ruple postage, and at the same rate, should the weight be greater; andquadruple postage shall be charged on all packets containing four piecesof paper. Every printed pamphlet or magazine which contains morethan twenty-four pages on a royal sheet, or any sheet of less dimensions,shall be charged by the sheet, and small pamphlets printed on a half orquarter sheet of royal, or less size, shall be charged with half the amountof postage charged on a full sheet; and there shall be printed or written,on one of the outer pages of all pamphlets and magazines to be sent bymail, the number of sheets they contain; and if such number shall notbe truly stated, double postage shall be charged.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no postmaster, or assistantpostmaster, shall act as agent for lottery offices, or, under any colour ofpurchase, or otherwise, vend lottery tickets; nor shall any postmasterreceive free of postage, or frank lottery schemes, circulars, or tickets.