Postage Act 1840 No 14a (NSW)

No. IX.

pĉ E. All Act fiirtlier to amend an Act intituled A n

“ Act to provide fo r the Conveyance and Postage

“ o f Letters A [25f/i August, 1840.]

rrcmnlilc.	TTTHEREA S it is expedient further to amend an Act of the
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Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William

6th Will. IV. No. 21.	the Eonrth intituled “ An Act to provide for the Conveyance and Fostaye of Letters'’ and to make provision for the conveyance of mails letters and newspapers by steam boats and other vessels trading Txdween post towns and other places situated on the sea coast or on the hanks of navigable rivers in the said Colony appointed for the receipt and dispatch of mails and whereas masters or commanders or other persons having charge of steam boats or other vcssfds trading between the ports or harbours of the said Colony and between ports post toAvns and other places situated as aforesaid appointed for the receipt and dispatch of mails and having Post Office mails on hoard have in some instances neglected to deliver such mails at the time of the arrival or passing of their vessels at or bye such ports ])ost towns or other places situated as aforesaid and it is expedient to j)rovide
Mails to be delivered	against a recurrence of tin' same Be it therefore enacted by His
immediately on
arrival of a vessel at	Excellency the Governor of New South "Wales with the consent of the
any port or at any
Post Office on tlie sea	Legislative Council thereof That all mails bags boxes or packets of
coast or bank of a	letters or newspapers Avhich are conveyed or required by law to be
navigable river	conveyed by post and Avtiich at the time of the arrival of any steam boat or other A essel Avithin the limits of any such port post toAvn or other place situated as aforesaid shall be on board such steam boat or other vessel shall be dclHered on demand to any Port Officer or Post­ master of such port post toAvn or other place situated as aforesaid or to any person duly authorized to act for them or either of them and any master commander or other person belonging to any such steam boat or other A'essel haA'ing charge of such mails Avho shall refuse or neglect to deliA'er the same on demand as aforesaid or shall detain or permit the detention of the same on board such steam boat or other a'cssc I or shall not use due diligence in the delivery thereof
And tube kept .safe
and dry while on	as Avell as for the secure and dry custody of the same Avhile they shall
board	be in his charge shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty
Under a penalty.	or sum of not less than ten jiounds nor more than fifty pounds.

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1840.	4'̂ VIC.	No. 9.	1049
•	Fostage.

2. And wliereas masters or commanders of steam boats or jtustns m-commim-

otlier vessels tradin”- as afoi'esaid have sometimes prevent(‘d Post­

masters and others from placing mails on hoard sncli steam boats or receive mails on

oHk'v vessels for transmission from one port post town or other place rcc“iptTL-"sanĤ ̂

situate as aforesaid to any other such ])ort post town or other place 1)0 it enacted That if any master commander or other person hawing’ the charge of any steam boat or other vessel shall refuse or neglect to r<'c('ivc any such host Olllcc mail on board such steam boat or other vessel or to give a receipt for the same being thereto required he shall forfeit and pay a ])enalty or sum of not less than ten pounds nor more Umim a i.eimity.

tlian iifty pounds.

3. And AV’hereas in ordia- to ensure the due receipt and dispatch stoam boats and

of such mails as A\adl as to guard against unnecessary delay to such

steam boats or other vessels it is expedient tliat Postmasters and agproacii to any

others shotdd have notice of the near approach of such steam bfiats

or otlier vessels to the ])orts ]>ost towns or otlier ])laccs situated a s thcmciidami

aforesaid at which such Postmasters or other persons may resjiectivady

be stationed Be it therefori' enacted That the master commander or

other ])crson having the charge of any such steam boat or other vessel

shall give timely notice of the near approach thereof to any such port

post toAvn or other place situated as aforesaid either by the ringing of

a Ixdl or by such other conci'rted signal as may reasonably be expected

to be distinctly heard or seen by such Postmaster or other jicrson a

sutlicient time before the actual arrival of such steam boat or other

v(?ss(d to enable him to bo ])repared to receive or dispatch any

mail on board such steam boat or other vessel and if any sucli

master commander or other person as aforesaid shall refuse fail

or neglect to give such iiotice he shall for every such offence forfeit

and pay a penalty or sum of not less than ten pounds nor more tlian under n penalty.

iifty pounds.

1. And be it enacted 'fhat for the conveyance of any mails from Aiiuwanee to

one ])ort post town or other place to any other such ])ort post town or for oonvtV̂ icc of

other place the master or commander or any other person luiving the

charge of any such steam boat or other vessel shall be tmtitlcd to

demand and receive at the rate of one ]>enny for every letter chargeable

with postage contained in such mail and ^uch payments shall be made

at such place and time and under such regidations as tlu; Postmaster

General shall appoint and every such master commander or other

]K'rson as aforesaid shall give a receipt for the amount so received by

liim Avhich recei])t shall be to the Postmaster General or to any Post-

]nast(!r or other person as aforesaid making such payrm'nt a ful> ami

A alid discharge for the same and the said Postmaster General and every

such Postmaster and other person in passing his accodints shall receive

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credit for evei’y such sum or sums which shall be therein mentioned

accordingly.

5. And be it (niacti'd That if any Port Officer Postmaster or I’eûiUy for delaying

other person duly authorized to receive or dispatch any such mails as aforesaid shall neglect or fail to deliver or shall retard the delivery of any bag box mail letter packet or newsp.aper at the place or Post Office to Avhich the same may be addressed he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a penalty or sum of not less than ten pounds nor moi’o than fifty pounds.

(i. And be it enacted That any Postmaster or other person ronaity f.ji offmices

I’upfloyc'd by or under a Postmaster in the receiving sorting carrying	'''
conveying or delGering of post letters or otherwise in the business of the Post Office Avho shall offend against or wilfully neglect or fail to com])ly with any of tin; provisions of this Act shall for every such (dfence forfeit and pay a penalty or sum of not less than ten pounds nor more than tiftv pounds.

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1050 No. 10. 4'̂ VIC. 1840.

Transportation—Quarter Sessions—and Justices' Jurisdiction.

Recovery and appro-	7. Aiid be it cnacted That all penalties imposed by or under provisions of tliis Act sliall 1)6 recovered and applied respectively in the manner directed for the recovery and appropriation of penalties by the said recited Act.
pnation of penalties,