An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes
Close
PrintEstablishes procedures for the transmission of official mail-matter between any of the officers of the United States, or between any such officer and either of the executive departments or officers of the government, the envelopes of such matter in all cases to bear appropriate endorsements containing the proper designation of the office from which the same is transmitted, with a statement of the penalty for their misuses. These provisions are applicable to official mail-matter sent from the Smithsonian Institution.
United States Postal Service
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Statutes at Large
20 Stat. 355 (1879) ch. 180 (Book)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Public Law
Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 355, 362