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Post Office Regulation Act Aims at Mail Robbery Penalties
The act details severe penalties for mail theft and robbery including long imprisonments and death on a second offense. It covers open letters, embezzlement, and obstruction of correspondence, with fines up to five hundred dollars and hard labor for those imprisoned under the act. It also outlines postal notices for dead letters and free postage for certain government officials and members of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Establishment
U. S
Thall
General Post Office
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress of
Congress
Treasury
War
Navy
Register
District of
S. Carolina
Army
War and Navy Departments
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Hall
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Aerson
United States
Pottmaster General