Accessories to be punished as principals.Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That every person who from and after the passage of this act shall procure, aid, advise, or assist in the doing or perpetration of any of the acts or crimes, by this act forbidden to be done or performed, shall be subject to the same penalties and punishments as the persons are subject to, who shall actually do or perpetrate any of said acts or crimes, according to the provision of this act.
Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That every person who shall be imprisoned by a judgment of court, under and by virtue of the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth or twenty-first sections of this act, shall be kept at hard labour during the period of such imprisonment.
Regulations concerning unclaimed letters, &c. &c.Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That the postmasters shall, respectively, publish, at the expiration of every three months, or oftener, when the Postmaster-General shall so direct, in one of the newspapers published at or nearest the place of his residence, for three successive weeks, a list of all the letters remaining in their respective offices, or, instead thereof, shall make out a number of such lists, and cause them to be posted at such public places in their vicinity, as shall appear to them best adapted for the information of the parties concerned; and at the expiration of the next three months, shall send such of the said letters as then remain on hand, as dead letters, to the general post-office, where the same shall be opened and inspected; and if any valuable papers or matter of consequence shall be found therein, it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General to return such letter to the writer thereof, or cause a descriptive list thereof to be inserted in one of the newspapers, published at the place most convenient to the supposed residence of the owner, if within the United States; and such letter, and the contents, shall be preserved to be delivered to the person to whom the same shall be addressed, upon payment of the postage, and the expense of publication. And if such letter, with its contents, be not demanded by the person to whom it is addressed, or the owner thereof, or his lawful agent, within two years after the advertisement thereof as aforesaid, the said contents shall be applied to the use of the United States, until the same shall be reclaimed by the proprietor thereof. The manner of such application to be specially stated by the Postmaster-General, to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Persons to and from whom letters go free of postage.Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That letters and packets, to and from the following officers of the United States, shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage.[1] Each postmaster, provided each- ↑ Privilege of Franking:—An act to establish the post-office and post roads within the United States. (Obsolete.) February 20, 1792, chap. 7, sec. 19.An act to establish the post-office and post roads within the United States. (Expired.) May 8, 1794, chap. 23, sec. 19.An act to extend the privilege of franking to the secretary of the navy. (Repealed.) June 22, 1798, chap. 56.An act extending the privilege of franking letters to the delegate from the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio. (Obsolete.) December 15, 1800, chap. 1.By an act of March 3, 1801, chap. 35, the privilege of franking was given to John Adams.An act extending the privilege of franking, and receiving letters free of postage, to any person admitted, or to be admitted to take a seat as a delegate, and providing compensation for such delegate. (Obsolete.) February 18, 1802, chap. 5.An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts, March 3, 1817, chap. 45, sec. 16.An act regulating the staff of the army, April 14, 1818, chap. 34, sec. 10.An act in addition to an act entitled, “An act regulating the post-office establishment,” March 13, 1820, chap. 21.An act to reduce into one act the several acts establishing and regulating the post-office department, March 3, 1825, chap. 64, sec. 27, 28, 40.By the 27th section of the act of March 3, 1825, chap. 64, such individual as may have been, or shall be, President of the United States, has the privilege of franking.Resolution authorizing the speaker of the House of Representatives to frank letters and packages, April 3, 1828.Resolution in relation to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, May 23, 1828.An act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packages to Dolly P. Madison, July 2, 1836, chap. 270.
