Postage  by  whom  35.  As  Well  the  colouial,  British  or  foreign,  as  the  provincial
and  to  whom  pay-  postage,  on  any  letter  or  packet,  shall,  if  not  prepaid,  be  payable  to
the  postmaster  general  by  the  party  to  whom  the  same  shall  be
addressed,  or  who  may  lawfully  receive  such  letter  or  packet ;  and
any  refusal  or  neglect  to  pay  such  postage  shall  be  held  to  be  a
refusal  to  receive  such  letter  or  packet,  which  shall  be  detained  and
dealt  with  accordingly :  but  if  the  same  be  delivered,  the  postage
on  it  shall  be  charged  against  and  paid  by  the  postmaster  deliver-
ing it,  saving  his  right  to  recover  it  from  the  party  by  whom  it  was
due  as  money  paid  for  such  party.  And  if  any  letter  or  packet
be  refused,  or  if  the  party  to  whom  it  is  addressed  cannot  be  found,
then  such  postage  shall  be  recoverable  by  the  postmaster  general
from  the  sender  of  such  letter  or  packet ;  and  the  postage  marked
on  any  letter  or  packet  shall  be  held  to  be  the  true  postage  due
thereon,  and  the  party  signing  or  addressing  it  shall  be  held  to  be
the  sender  until  the  contrary  be  shewn  :  and  all  postage  may  be
recovered  with  costs  by  civil  action  in  any  court  haAing  jurisdiction
to  the  amount.
