Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-08-15
Decisions under the New Postage Act made
by the PostmalIer General.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT., }
JULY 26, 1851. {


The postage on all bound books, and on all
printed ittcr ercept newspapers and periodicals
published at intervals not erecting three MONTHS
and "Sent rom the office of publication to actual
and bona .fde subscribers" is required by law to
be prepaid.
If the amount paid and marked on sucn print
ed matter Is not sufficient to pay the whole
postage due, the excess of weight beyond that
paid for is to be charged with double the rate
which would have been charged if prepaid and
the postage on such excess collected at the Of
flee of delivery.
II by the neglect Of postmaster such mat
ter Is sent without any prepayment, the double
prepaid rate must be collected on delivery.
Postage must be charged on all letters and
other matter according to the distance or the
route by which they are conveved and thi.
(unless otherwise directed by the sender must
be the route by which they will soonest reach
their destination. although that may not be the
shortest route. Postage should be CHARGED by
postrnasters according to the tabular statcmen 5
of the rate of postage, both foreign and inland
which have been lately forwarded to every post
master in the United States.
Subscribers 10 periodicals to obtain the bene-
fit of the provision in regard TO prepayment,
must pay the full quarters postage before the
delivery of the first number, when there are
several numbers to be delivered during the
quarter. If, by reason of any increase in the
size OF the periodicals. or otherwise, it sha! ap-
pear that the whole quarters postage was not
so paid in advance the subscriber will lose the
benefit of prepayment, and the numbers re-
cevcd during the whole quarter will be charged
with the double or unpaid rate and the subscr-
ber will be credited with only the amount paid
in advance.
Under the provisions of tho Cd section ofthe
new postage act, no nerspaoe other than Mos
published ,Cee6,y ONLY are entitled to circulate
free Of postage in the Counties where published
The office of publication is the Office where the
newspaper is printed and there can be no Other
office Of publication in another County, for the
purpose Of securing an additional free circula-
ton.
In determining newspaper postages, the dis
tances are to be computed from the Office of
publication and not from the County line ofthc
County in which the paper is published; and
the distance is also to be computed over the
route on which it is carried.
Newspapers puJtiShed ,ceekly on1y in couri,j
adjoining The Canda line may be sent free to
Canada, provided they do not leave the county
of publication until they cross the line into
& nddd.
When such papers are sent out Of the coun-
ty where published, to be delivered from most
office in an adjoining county in the United
States, no matter how short the distance, full
postage must be charged
Newspaper publishers may send and receive
their exchange newspapers to and from Canada
free Of charge
Iu6hsherS Of neWSpap'r,, pamphlets, period
lcas and magazines, under the provisions of the
second section OF the new law, NAV interchange
their publications. reciprocally free of postage,
provided such publications do not exceed SIX
teen ounces IN weight. Such interchange must
be confined to single copy Of such publica-
ton but Is not limited to an exchange of news.
paper tor ncwSp1pe', and periodical for perod>
lcal l; but publishers of ncvgpapors huvo tho
right to exchange with publishers Of pcrodi-
Gals, under the late act of Congress. Such
publishers may also enclose in their publica-
tons the bills for subscriptions thereto, without
any additional Charge for postage; and this
privilege extends also to the transmission of a
recelpted blll, after the same has been paid.
newspaper Is not periodical within the
meaning and intent of the provision which re-
CURES the postage on periodicals to be paid in
ADVANCE ana dec Iarea that the postage thereon
e''t w '''N nun tuc IulcS previously SDeclned
IN the second section Of the act but all sub
scrlbers to newspapers were and still arc re-
CURED by the provisions Of the thlrioth section
OF the act Of March, I-25, to pay one quarters
postage IN advance; by so doing, howeycr,rhey
are not entitled to have the postage reduced
below the established rates.
The postage on newspapers weighing less
than three ounces, "scnt from the Office of pub
lcatlon to actual and bona Gde subscribers" is
fixed by Ia by the quarter only, and is required
to be paid IN advance. Hence, no person can
be considered an actual and bona fde subscri-
Der to newspaper and entitled to pay post
age thereon of the quarterly rates, who shall on
Iy take newspaper for less time than three
months, Actual and bona fde subscribers to
paper tor three months or more, who change
their residence temporarily, may have their pa
pers sent without prepayment, but must paw
quarters postage IN advance at the Office of de.
livery, or else pay the unpaid transient rate.
Publishers cannot send specimen numbers of
thelr papers to postmasters and others las has
been much practiccd under the old law without
prepaying the postage thereon.
Publications borrowing the mama b.yin, ,h,