Piracy in landing, seizing, etc., foreign shore, Idem, s. 4, p. 600. sale of, or having previously sold such negro or mulatto as a slave, is a pirate, and shall suffer death. SEC. 5376. Every person who, being of the crew or ship's negroes on any company of any foreign vessel engaged in the slave-trade, or being of the crew or ship's company of any vessel, owned in whole or part, or navigated for, or in behalf of, any citizen, lands from such vessel, and, on any foreign shore, seizes any negro or mulatto with intent to make such negro or mulatto a slave, or decoys, or forcibly brings, or carries, or receives such negro or mulatto on board such vessel, with like intent, is a pirate, and shall suffer death. Running away up vessel or car go. Aug. 8, 1846, s. SEC. 5383. Every captain, other officer, or mariner, of a with or yielding vessel on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, 5, v. 9, p. 73; Apr. Who piratically or feloniously runs away with such vessel, 30, 1790, s. 8, v. 1, or with any goods or merchandise thereof, to the value of fifty dollars, or who yields up such vessel voluntarily to any pirate, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years, or both. p. 113. Confederating, Apr. 20, 1790, s. 12, v. 1, p. 115. SEC. 5384. If any person attempts or endeavors to coretc., with pirates: rupt any commander, master, officer, or mariner to yield up or to run away with any vessel, or with any goods, wares, or merchandise, or to turn pirate, or to go over to or confederate with pirates, or in any wise to trade with any pirate, knowing him to be such, or furnishes such pirate with any ammunition, stores, or provisions of any kind, or fits out any vessel knowingly and with a design to trade with, supply, or correspond with any pirate or robber upon the seas; or if any person consults, combines, confederates, or corresponds with any pirate or robber upon the seas, knowing him to be guilty of any piracy or robbery; or if any seaman confines the master of any vessel, he shall be imprisoned not more than three years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars. Title 70, chap. 8. SEC. 5533. Every accessory after the fact to murder, robAccessory after bery, or piracy, shall be imprisoned not more than three der, robbery, or years, and fined not more than five hundred dollars. the fact to mur Title 48, chap. 5. Aug. 7, 1789, s. Sec. PILOTS-PILOTAGE. 4235. State regulation of pilots. 4236. Pilots on boundaries. 4237. No discrimination in rates of pilot age. Act Apr. 17, 1874. Aliens, in certain cases, to be licensed as engineers and pilots. Act Apr. 5, 1882. Masters, engineers, etc., to pay license fee. SEC. 4235. Until further provision is made by Congress, State regula all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of tion of pilots. the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States respectively wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively enact for the purpose. 4, v. 1, p. 54. Pilots on boundaries between States. SEC. 4236. The master of any vessel coming into or going out of any port situate upon waters which are the boundary between two States, may employ any pilot duly licensed or authorized by the laws of either of the States, Mar. 2, 1837, v. 5, p. 153. bounded on such waters, to pilot the vessel to or from such port. No discrimina July 13, 1866, v. SEC. 4237. No regulations or provisions shall be adopted tion in rates of by any State which shall make any discrimination in the pilotage. rate of pilotage or half-pilotage between vessels sailing 14, p. 93. between the ports of one State and vessels sailing between the ports of different States, or any discrimination against vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, or against national vessels of the United States; and all existing regulations or provisions making any such discrimination are annulled and abrogated. Apr. 17, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 30. Aliens, in cerbe licensed as on fineers and pi. tain cases, may lots to serve on That any alien who, in the manner provided for by law, has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and who shall have been a permanent resident of the United States for at least six months immediately prior to the granting of such license, may be licensed, as if already naturalized, to serve as an engineer or pilot upon any steam-vessel subject to inspection under the provisions 4131, 4438, 4441, of the act entitled "An act to provide for the better security 1884, June 26, of life on board of vessels propelled, in whole or in part, ch. 121. See title by steam, and for other purposes," approved February zenship, p. 440. twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one (2). 4442. Aliens and citi See note 2. Apr. 5, 1882. 22 Stat. L., 40. Masters, engineers, pilots, and mates of steamers to pay license fee. That Section forty-four hundred and fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended by striking out of the paragraph, beginning in the eighth line thereof, the following words, that is to say "Each Master, chief engineer, and first class pilot licensed as herein provided shall pay for every certificate granted by any inspector or Substitute for inspectors the sum of ten dollars and every chief Mate, part of R. S., sec. engineer, and pilot of an inferior grade shall pay for every certificate so granted the sum of five dollars" and insert in lieu thereof the following "Each Master, engineer, pilot, and Mate licensed as herein provided shall pay for every certificate granted by any inspector or inspectors (3) the sum of fifty cents." 4458. ch. 421, s. 1, p. 492. 1886, June 19, see title Aliens See sec. 4438, R. S., in regard gineers and pi and citizenship. to licenses of en fots. See note 3. Also, 16 Stat. L., Feb. 28, 1871, sec. 14, p. 446. Note 1.-Government vessels are not required to employ and pay branch pilots upon entering the ports and harbors of the United States. The exemption extends to all public vessels whether armed or not. (Op., IV, 532, Sept. 9, 1846, Mason.) The penalties imposed by State laws for piloting vessels without due license from the State, have no application to persons employed as pilots on board public vessels of the United States, the latter vessels being within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. (Op., XVI, 647, Oct. 22, 1879.) The term "public vessels" does not apply to vessels of the Navy alone. Within the meaning of the inspection and navigation laws public vessels are those owned by the United States, and those used by them for public purposes. Those laws warrant no distinction between public vessels under the control of the Navy Department and public vessels under the control of any other department of the Government. Unlicensed pilots and engineers can be lawfully employed on them. (Op., XIII, p. 249, Hoar, June 1, 1870.) Note 2.-The provisions of the act of 1871, ch. 100 (16 Stat. L., 440), here referred to, are incorporated into Revised Statutes in secs. 4399-4500. Note 3.-By 1886, June 19, ch. 421, s. 1, p. 492, this fee is abolished, but as inspectors aro to be paid from the Treasury such compensation as they would have received prior to that date, this is retained as possibly in force for some purposes. But see R. S., sec. 4414. Title 46, chap. 4. age. Postage on for June 8, 1872, 8. SEC. 3912. The rate of United States postage on mailForeign post-matter sent to or received from foreign countries with which different rates have not been established by postal eign mail matter. Convention or other arrangement, when forwarded by vessels 165, v. 17, p. 304. regularly employed in transporting the mail, shall be ten cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof on letters, unless reduced by order of the Postmaster-General; two cents each on newspapers; and not exceeding two cents per each two ounces, or fraction thereof, on pamphlets, periodicals, books, and other printed matter, which postage shall be prepaid on matter sent and collected on matter received; and to avoid loss to the United States in the payment of balances, the Postmaster-General may collect the unpaid postage on letters from foreign countries in coin or its equivalent. Postage on irregular sea letters. Ibid., s. 166. Title 46, chap. 9. mails; oath; penalty. 310. Merchant service. SEC. 3913. All letters conveyed by vessels not regularly employed in carrying the mail shall, if for delivery within the United States, be charged with double postage, to cover the fee paid to the vessel. SEC. 3976. The master of any vessel of the United States United States bound from any port therein to any foreign port, or from vessels to carry any foreign port to any port of the United States, shall, before clearance, receive on board and securely convey all Ibid., s. 222, P. such mails as the Post-Office Department, or any diploSee sec. 4203, matic or consular officer of the United States abroad, shall offer; and he shall promptly deliver the same, on arriving at the port of destination, to the proper officer, for which he shall receive two cents for every letter so delivered; and upon the entry of every such vessel returning from any foreign port, the master thereof shall make oath that he has promptly delivered all the mail placed on board said vessel before clearance from the United States; and if he shall fail to make such oath the vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States. Mar. 3, 1879. Domestic post age. Division of mail matter. Ch. 180, s. 7, v. 20, p. 355. Postal cards. That mailable matter shall be divided into four classes: Second, periodical publications; Third, miscellaneous printed matter; Fourth, merchandise. Mailable matter of the first class shall embrace letters, postal cards, and all matters wholly or partly in writing, except as hereinafter provided. Postal cards shall be transmitted through the mails at a postage charge of one cent each, including the cost of manufacture; and drop letters shall be mailed at the rate of two cents per half ounce or fraction thereof, including delivery at letter carrier offices, and one cent for each half ounce or fraction thereof where free delivery by carrier is not established. The Postmaster-General may, however, provide, by regulation, for transmitting unpaid and duly certified letters of soldiers, sailors, and marines in the service of the United States to their destination, to be paid on delivery. That mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all newspapers and other periodical publications which are issued at stated intervals, and as frequently as four times a year and are within the conditions named in section twelve and fourteen. That mail matter of the third class shall embrace books, transient newspapers, and periodicals, circulars, and other matter wholly in print (not included in section twelve) [2d class matter), proof sheets, corrected proof sheets, and manuscript copy accompanying the same, and postage shall be paid at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall fully be prepaid by postage stamps affixed to said matter. Printed matter other than books received in the mails from foreign countries under the provisions of postal treaties or conventions shall be free of customs duty, and books which are admitted to the international mails exchanged under the provisions of the Universal Postal Union Convention may, when subject to customs duty, be delivered to addresses in the United States under such regulations for the collection of duties as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General. Second-class matter. Third-class matter defined. Rate of postage. fined. That the term "circular" is defined to be a printed letter, "Circular" dewhich, according to internal evidence, is being sent in iden- Idem, s. 18. tical terms to several persons. A circular shall not lose its character as such, when the date and the name of the address and of the sender shall be written therein, nor by the correction of mere typographical errors in writing. That "printed matter" within the intendment of this act is defined to be the reproduction upon paper, by any process except that of handwriting, of any words, letters, characters, figures, or images, or of any combination thereof, not having the character of an actual and personal correspondence. That mailable matter of the fourth class shall embrace all matter not embraced in the first, second, or third class, which is not in its form or nature liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service, and is not above the weight provided by law, which is hereby declared to be not exceeding four pounds for each package thereof, except in the case of single books weighing in excess of that amount, and except for books and documents published or circulated by order of Congress, or official matter emanating from any of the departments of the government, or from the Smithsonian Institution, or which is not declared non-mailable under the provision of section thirty-eight hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, or matter appertaining to lotteries, gift concerts, or fraudulent schemes or devices. Note 1.-Obscene books, pictures, scurrilous letters, etc. "Printed mat ter" detined. Idem, s. 19. Fourth-class matter. Idem, s. 20. Mar. 3, 1879. All mail-matter of the first class upon which one full rate Deficient post- of postage has been prepaid shall be forwarded to its des S. 26, ch. 180, v. tination, charged with the unpaid rate, to be collected on delivery. age. 20, p. 355. class matter. 1, v. 22, p. 455. * And upon all matter of the first class postage Mar. 3, 1883, s. shall be charged, on and after the first day of October A. D. eighteen hundred and eighty-three at the rate of two cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof. How procured. 563. That the Secretaries, respectively, of the Departments 128, s. 2, v. 22, p. of State, of the Treasury, War, Navy, and of the Interior, and the Attorney General, are authorized to make requisitions upon the Postmaster-General for the necessary amount of official postage-stamps for the use of their departments, not exceeding the amount stated in the estimates submitted to Congress; and upon presentation of proper vouchers therefor at the Treasury, the amount thereof shall be credited to the appropriation for the service of the Post-Office Department for the same fiscal year. Inclosure to Members of Con gress. Idem. Mar. 3, 1877, s. 5, v. 19, p. 355. opes. And it shall be the duty of the respective departments to inclose to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, in all official communications requiring answers, or to be forwarded to others, penalty envelopes addressed as far as practicable, for forwarding or answering such official correspondence. That it shall be lawful to transmit through the mail, free Penalty envel. of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States: Provided, That every such letter or package to entitle it to pass free shall bear over the words Indorsement. "Official business" an indorsement showing also the name of the Department, and, if from a bureau or office, the names of the Department and bureau or office, as the case may be, whence transmitted. And if any person shall make use of any such official envelope to avoid the payment of postage on his private letter, package, or other matter in the mail, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of three hundred dollars, to be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction. Note 2.-The Department stamps can be used to prepay fees on registered letters. (Op. Asst. Att'y Gen'l, P. O. Dept., May 11, 1879.) They can also be used to pay return postage on auswers to communications sent by Government officers to private individuals; the penalty envelopes can not be so useď. (Ibid.) Official correspondence for Canada may be sent in penalty envelopes or prepaid with Department stamps. If sent to other foreign countries embraced in the Universal Postal Union, it can be prepaid only by means of the ordinary postage stamps. It can not be sent in the penalty envelopes. Foreign countries to which official correspondence may be prepaid with the official postage stamps are such only as are supplied with mails from the United States by direct services, and not through the intermediary of Postal Union countries. The following are of that class: The Australian colonies (North, South, and West Aus tralia, New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria), Tasmania, New Zealand, Chatham, Fiji, Samoan, and Norfolk Islands, via San Francisco; Bolivia, via Colon and Panama North China destinations, via San Francisco, in mails to the United States postal agent at Shanghai. (Post-Office Department to Navy Department, 1883.) |