The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-03

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and emphatically through the state,
men.. IA / progressed. my com.
panion seemed somcwha, disposed TO
take my story as "a personal aiFron,;
but q, its CLOSE he let down his yisasc
into a con.emptuous pout. and resu.
larry cut my acquaintance.
TnE NEW LAW.
Decisions under he aew Postage .ac
made by he Postmas'er General,
after consulting nth the AttQrncy
General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, June IL.
The postage on all bound books and
on all other printed matter. except
newspapers and periodicals published
at intervals not exceeding three
months, ard sen, from the olli.e Of
! publication to actual and bona Gic
subscribers, must be prepaid.
II the amount paid and marked on
such printed matter is not sufficient
to pay the whole postage due, the eS.
cess Of weight beyond that paid for
il to be charged with double the rate
which would have been charged If pre-.
pail, and the postage on such excess
collected at the Office of delivery.
If by the neglect of postmas ter
such matter is sent without any pre-,
pay ment, the double prepaid rate
must be collected on delivery.
Postage must be charged on all let
tiers. newspapers and other matter.ac-
cordins to the distance on the route
by which they are forwarded; aud
this (unlcss otherwise directed BY the
senlor) must be the route by which
they will sooncs. reach their destina-
ton, although that may not be the
| shortest route.
On letters to and from Great Brit,
ain (anl tho continent CT Europe if
sent through England) the rates Of
postage and modes Of rating will be
the same as heretofore, except as to
or from California and Oregon, in re-
spcct to which special instruc tons will
be hereafter given.
On all letters to or from the cont.
ncnt of Europe, not sent through Eng.
land. the United States and sea post
age will in all cases be combined, and
will be twenty cents the single rate,
without regard to the distance the
+ same are carried within the United
States. The modes Of rating will be
5 the same as heretofore. Gull tabu
lar statements in regard to the rates
Of postage, both foreign and inland
I will soon be published.
Subscribers to periodicals, to obtail
r the benefit of she provision in rcgarc
to pre- payment, must Jay the ful
+, quarters postage before the delivery
of the first number, when there arr
several numbers to be delivered dur
y ing the quarter. If. by reason Of an,
n increase in the size Of the periodical
= or otherwise, it shall appear that ,!i'
: whole quarters postage was not s.
o raid in advance, the subscriber vii
e lose the benefit of prepayment, auC
e the numbers received during tn
i whole quarter will be charged with til
). doble and unpaid rate, and the sub
scribcr will be credited with only tn
amount paid in advance.
" Under the provisions Of tic secon
e. section Of the new postage act, n
Of newspdpers other than those paJljs'
G. cd weekiy oniy, are entitled to circ,
" late free Of postage in the countie
q. where published. The Office Of pal
LEGATION is the Office where the new:
PAPER is printed.
s, In determining newspaper postage
k. the distances are 10 be computed froI
C the oGc2 f publication, and not frol
c the county line Of the county in wl'ic
the paper is published; and the di
4 lance is to be computed over the rou!
tn on which i, is carried.
IN Newspapers published weekly onl
1t in a county adjoining the Canada liz
in may be sent free to Canada, provide
:. they do not leave the county Of publ
cation until they cross the line IN
Ii. Canada.
at Newspaper publishers may ser
is and receive their exchange newsp
at papers to and from Canada free {
" charge.
A newspaper is no, peiiodic'
to within the meaning and intent Of Il
of provision which requires the posta.
ed On periodicals to be paid in advanc
IN. AMI declares that the postage there
shall be one-laif Of the rates PIE
O. ously specified in the second secti
OF the act. All Subscribers 10 ney
papers were and still are required
the provisions Of the ,hir,ieth sect
Of the act Of March, 1925, to Fay o
quarters postage in advance but
50 doing they arc no, entitled 10 ha
the the postage reduced below the est;
es, lished rates.
PAYMENTS in advance On noAsl
rers and periodicals can only be ina
Re hy tie subscribers a, he fnst on