The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-03-20
AN Act.
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United States, and for other purposes.

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United States, and for other purposes.
~ II eaoete9 by ne Senate and H0tse q hepU-
,.nL,ices ofthe United States Of .4merta ~ Io".
g,s., assembled, That, from the thirtieih dav o.
lime. eighteen hundred and ftty-one, in lien OF
the rates or postage now established BY 'aw tnese
shall be charged the following rates, 70 wit; fo'
every single letter in manuscript, or paper o. any
kind upon which information shall De askeu lob
or communicated in writing, or BY marks or signs,
Oanv.ved in The mail. for any distance between
nlaces within the United States not sxceeding
three thousand miles, when The postage upon sucn
letter shall have been prepaid, three cents, asd
f ?e cents when the postage thereon sha1 not nave
he,n prepaid; and for anv distance exceeu'ns
three thousand miles, double these rates Tor every
such single letter or paper when conveyed whosv
or IN part by sea. and to or from foreign coun,
try. for any distance over Twenty-Five nuhaieo
miles, twenty cents, and Tor any distance under
twenty live hundred miles, ten cents, lexcep!'ns'
however, all cases where such postage have oeen
or shall be adjusted at different rates by nosta'
treaty or convention, already concluded OF ne'e-
after to be made and for double ie'e', me.e
shall be charged double the rates above specihea;
and for treble letter. treble those rates; and LOT
uuadrupe letter, quadrnple those rates; ana
every letter or parcel not exceeding hall an ounce
in weight. shall be deemed . single letter; ana
every additional weight ofhalf an ounce, or addl-
tionaI weigh, Of less than halt an Dance, shall oe
charge! with an additional single postage. Ana
all Jror.letteIs or letters placed in any post OIL
fee. not for transmission, but for delivery only,
shall be charged with postage at The rate o. one
cent each; and all letters ataH hereafter DC adVef
Used as remaining over or uncalled for IN any
post office, shall be chagedwi'h one cent IN add
lion 10 the regular postage, both to De accounted
for as other hostages now are. >,
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newspapers not exceeding three ounces IN weigh,
sent from the Office Of publication to actual and
bona fide subscribers, shall be charged with post
age as follows, to wit: All newspapers published
weekly only, shall circulate in tive mail Tree Q,
postage within the county where polished, ana
that the postage on regular number OF news
paper published weekly, for any distance not ex-
ceading fifty miles out OF the county where Pno-
!ished shall be FIVE cents per quarter for any dis-
lance exceeding fifty miles, and not exceeding
three hundred miles, ten cents per quarter; ior
any distance exceeding three hundred miles and
and not exceeding one thousand, fifteen cents per
quarter; for any distance exceeding one thousand
miles and not exceeding two thousand miles,
twenty cents per quarter for any distance exceed
ing two thousand miles and not exceeding Tour
thousand miles, twenty cents per quarter:
and for any distance exceeding four thousand
miles, thirty cents per quarter; and allnewspapers
published monthly, and sent TO aetna! and bona
fte subscribers, shall be charged with one-foufth
the foregoing rates: and on all such newspapers
published .emi-monthly shall be charged with
one-half the oresong rates; and papers publish
ed semi-weekly shall be charged double those
rates; tr-weekIy, treble those rates; and oiiener
than iri-weekly, five times those rates. And
there shall be charged upon every other news
paper, and each circular no, sealed handful, en-
craving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine, book,
and every other description OF printed matter,
which shalt be unconnected with any manuscript,
or written matter. and which il may be lawful to
transmit through the mail, of no greater weight
than one ounce for any distance not exceeding five
hundred miles, one cent? and for each additional
ounce, or fraction Of an ounce, one cent; tor any
distance exceeding five hundred miles ard not ex-
ceedng one thousand five hundred miles, double
those rates; for any distance exceeding one thou
sand FIVE hundred miles and not exceeding two
thousand FIVE hundred miles, treble those rates
70. any distance exceedingtwo thousand FIVE hun
dred miles and not exceeding three thousn nd FIVE
hundred miles, four times those rates; for any
distance exceeding three thousand five hundred
miles. FIVE times those rates. Subscribers 10 all
periodicals shall be required to pay one quarters
postage in advance; in all such cases the postage
shall be one-half the foregoing rates. Bound
books, and parcels Of printed matter not weighing
over ,hir,y.two ounces, shall be deemed mailable
matter under the provisions Of this section. And
the postage on all printed matter other than news
papers and periodicals published al intervals, not.
exceeding three months, and sent from the office
Of publication to actual and bona ide subscribers
to be prepaid and in ascertaining the weight Of
newspapers for the purpose Of determining the
amount Of postage charzeable thereon, they shall
be weighed when in dry STATE And whenever
any printed matteron which the postage is requir
ed by this section 10 be prepaid shall, through the
inatten'ion ofpostmasters, or Otherwise, be sent
without prepayment, the same shall be charged
with double the amount o. postage which would
have been chargeable thereon If the postage had
been prepaid: but nothing in this act contained
shall subject to postage any matter which IS ex-
empied from the payment oil postage by any ex
is.ing law. And the Postmaster General, BY and
with the advice OF the President OF the United
States, shall be and he is hereby authorized TO re-
duce or enlarge, from time to time, the rates OF
postage upon all letters and other mailable matter
conveyed between the United States and any for
eign country, for the purpose Of making better
postal arrangements vita other governments, or
counteracting any adverse'measures affecting our
postal intercourse with foreign countries; and
postmasters At the Office Of delivery are hereby
authorized, and il shall be their duty, 10 remove
wrappers and envelopes from all printed after and
pamphlets not charged with letter postage, for the
purpose Of ascer'aining whether there is upon or
connected with any such printed matter orin such
package any matter or thing which would au-
thorize or require the charge ofa higher rate Of
postage thereon. And all publishers OF psmph-
lets, periodicals, magazines, and newspapers
which will not exceed sixteen ounces in weight,
shall be allowed TO interchange their public atoms
reciprocally free OF postage: Proitded, That
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each publication And prorided, also, That said
publishers may inclose in their publications the
bills for subscriptions thereto without any ad-
d'ional charge for postage: And pror,ded. fur
her, That in all cases where newspapers shall not
contain over three hundred square inches they
may be transmitted through the mails BY the pub
fishers 10 bona fide subscribers at one-fourth the
rates affixed by this act.
Sec. 3. find be II further enacted, That il shall
be the duty of the Postmaster General 10 provide
and furnish to all deputy postmasters, and TO all
orher persons applying and raging therefor, suit.
able postage stamps of the denomination Of three
cents, and Of such other denominations as he may