Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-06-24

ISsTEuT1oss cY THE TcsFaasrEE GENERAL
Tie Pot master General has Issued q SER
les Of instructions to deputy PUstmasters in
relation toaIse new Postage Law, which goes
Into Operations after the 3Uthinst. 7 ae pres
e4ss FIVE ara ten cert p stage stamps y " iiot
be received for postage after the 3UtiI INST,
but persons holdiug them can have them re-
deeued blythe Postmaster from whom they
were purchased, or BY the nearest fostmas-
ter authorized TO sell them. at any time be- I
tween the l.t July and the Both September
New stamps. for IL and 3 cents. and one
cent. are I'd be issued; and, one or more of
the principil fiees, in each County, viii be
supplied wih them. from which other Offices
can obtain Them. by pre- paying for theRa
mount required. saTss
A Postmaster may not refuse to mail and
forward letter as pre- paid because the
stamp upon it was not purchased at his of
6ce. If the stamp be genuine. and have not
been used before in payment, 1t must be re-
sperted
Postage stamps may he used in the pre-
payment ofpostage on letters to foreign conn
tries in all eases where such pre- payment
can be made in money.
There are various other instructions given
in relation to the duties Of postinasters. but
as these officers win be furnished with copies
of the directions, we omit them; and proceed
to give entire the decision under tie new
Postage Act. made by the Postmaster Gen.
eral, after consultation with the Attorney
General" They are as follows - Clipper.
The postage on all bound books and on oil
other printed matter. except aesrspapers and
periodicals published at intervals not en-
ceeding three months and sent from the Of.
fee of publication to actual and bona fde
subscribers, must be prepaid, a
If the amount paid and marked on such
printed matter is not sufficient to pay the
whole postage due. the excess Of weight be-
You'd that laid for, is to be charged with dou-
BILE the rate which would have been charged
if pre- paid. and the postage on such excess
collected at the Office Of delivery If. by the
neglect Of a Postmaster, such matter is sent
without any pre-pa, ment, tho double pre-
paid rate must be collected on delivery
Postage must becharged on all latters, news
papers, and other matter according to the
distance on the the route By Which they are
formarded and this (uuless otherwise adj
rccted By thesender) must be the route by
which they will soonest reach their destina-
ton, although that may not.bc the shortest
route 3f MM
nletters to and from Grent Britiua { and
the Continent Of Europe. achen sent through
Engldnd) the rates of postage and modes Of
ia e will be the same as heretofore, except
as to letters to or from California and Oregon
in respect to which special instructions viii
be hereafter given.
On all letters to or from the Continent Of
Europe. eot sent through England, tie u.
s inland and sea postage will III all cases be
combined, aud will be twenty cents the SIM
gle rate, without regard to the distance the
same are carried within tie United States,
The mode of rating will be the same as here
tofore. TFull tabular statements in regard
to the rates Of postage, both foreign aud in-
land, will soonabe published. .Fteak
Subscribers to periodicals, to obtain the
benefit of he provision in regard to pre- pay
ment. must pay the full quarters postage be.
fore, the delivery of the first number, when
there are several numbers to be delivered du-
ring the quarter. II, 10y reason of any in
crease in the size Ct the periodical, or other
wise, it SHAH appear that the Whole quarter $
postage was not so paid in advance, the sub
scriber will luse the benefit of pre- payment,
and the numbers received during the whole
quarter will be charged With the double or
unpaid rate, and the subscriber will be cred
tied with only the amount paid in advance
Under the provisions of the I'd section Of
the new postage act no newspapers other
than those published weekly only, are enti-
tied to circulate free Of postage in the Coup
ties where published The office of publca-
ton is the Office where the newspaper is prin-
ted.
In determining newspaper hostages, the
distances are to be computed from the Office
of publication. and not from the County line
Of the County in which the paper is publish
ed; and the distanccis also to be computed
over the route on which it is carried.
Newspapers pn5'ished aceekly only. in a
County adjoining the Canada tine. may be
sent free to Canada provided they do not
leave the County of publication until they
cross the line into Canada.
Newspaper publishers may send ard re-
ceive her exchange newspapers to and from
Canada free Of charge.
A newspaper is not periodical within the
meaning and intent Of the provision which
requires the hostage on periodicals to be paid
in advance, aud declares that the postage
thereon shall be one half of the rates previ-
ously specified in the I'd section Of the act
All subscribers to newspapers were aud still
are required by the provisions Of, the Both
section of the act Of March. 1875, to pay one
quarters postage IN advance; but by so do
lug they are MT entitled to have the postage
rednced below the established rates.
Payments in ddudace on newspapers and
periodicals can only be made by the subscri-
bers at he post office ,rhere they are to be
detrered. The postage on newspal crs. pc
radicals, aud ether matter, not chargeable
with letter postage, when sent out oftbe u.
States must be pre- paid at the full rate
Publishers may pre- pay postage on their. is
sue, but can have no reduction OF postage on
account OF such prepayment. Whcn a pc
riodical is published only quarterly. the ac-
inal and bona file subscriber for lci eriod