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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 89, 90. 1865. 507 wilfnlly and malicious1y injure, tear down, or destroy any letter—box, _ mimi, sm., pillar-box, or other receiving-boxes established by authority of the Post- EUVYY *§l{¤¤§¤*- master-General of the United States for the safe deposit of matter for the pY,°Q§`gGd?" mw mails and for delivery; or shall wilfully aid and assist in injuring, tearing down, or destroying any such box or boxes, every such ofendor, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, be ined not less than one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one year, nor more than three years, or both, according to the circumstances and aggravations of the offence. And if any clerk or Penalty upon other person employed in any of the departments of the post·office estab- °;’§f;h,8;;··t.;“ lishment shall wilfully and unlawfully remove from any letter posted at £“|;_“yfull·;v rel or received in any post-office or branch post-office, established by authority ¤¤<>vi¤=g postmoof the Postmaster-General of the United States, any postage-stmnp or :;‘:;'p"’°’“l"°‘ stamps ailixed thereto in payment of postage, every such offender, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, be lined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, according to the circumstances and aggravations of the offence. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the yearly advertisement for Publication or proposals to carry the mails of the United States shall be published here- ;.’_§_"“;f;“:_:f;‘;;r after for a period of six weeks in one or more, but not to exceed tive, gagging {hc newspapers, printed in the state or territory where the mail service is to mailsbe performed, one of which shall be printed at the seat of government of such state or territory. See. 15. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in the not D¤liV¤>‘>’ of entitled “An act to amend the laws relating to the Post-Otlice Depart- mm ment," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be J8631m y1_ so construed as to repeal or modify the second section of the act entitled Vol. xii. p. 701. "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oflice Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred 1861, eh. 1;:1, and sixty-one," For the delivery of letters and other mail matter from post- § a,,), XH ) 2Q_ offices where the system of free delivery by carriers has not been estab-i i 1. lished: Provided, nevertheless, and it is hereby further enacted, That the $ystem of free system of free delivery shall be established in every place containing zi b° population of fifty thousand within the delivery of the office thereof, and ,,.;,,5,,, &c_ ’ at such other places as the Postmaster-General in his judgment shall direct: And provided, further, That the prepayment postage on drop-letters Postage on iu all places where free delivery is not established shall be one cent only. d’°P’l““"”· Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That no obscene book, pamphlet, Obsceue books, picture, print, or other publication of a vulgar and indecent clmracter, gf&;‘;§!f&?§a‘;g‘ shall be admitted into the mails of the United States ; any person or per- ` sons who shell deposit or cause to be deposited, in any post-office or branch post-office of the United States, for mailing or for delivery, an obscene book, pamphlet, picture, print, or other publication, knowing the same to Penaltv for be of a vulgar and indecent character, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- k2Q;Y*¤é;lY dedemeanor, and, being duly convicted thereof, shall for every such offence §0?,l,;;§f;°,§,,. be ined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than mailing. one year, or both, according to the circumstances and eggravations of the oifence. Approved, March 3, 1865. Cnr. XC. —An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief if Freedmen and Refugees. March 3, 1865. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Miited States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established Bureau ofre(`u- in the War Department, to continue during the present wer of rebellion, §‘;‘é*‘· £`“d“‘°“· i :1 smdonenl and for one year thereafter, a bureau of refugees, freedmen, and oben- md, doned lands, to which shall be committed, as hereinafter provided, the pu;y,&c_,0f supervision and management of all abandoned lands, and the control of all bummsubjects relating to refugees and freedmen from rebel states, or from any district of country within the territory embraced in the operations of the