Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-03-13
CuEAp POSTAGE LAW.


ofthe United States of America an Con-
eress assembled That. from the thrtleth of June'
eighteen hundred and fifty one, in lieu oil the ra'eS
Of postage now established by law, there snail ue
charged the following rates, to wit For every SIN
gle letter in manuscript, or paper OF any Klho upon
which information shall be asked Tor, or coinmuhl
Gated in writing or by marks or signs, conveyed
in the mail. for any distance between places with
in the United States not exceeding three thousand
miles, when the postage upon such letter shall nave
been prepaid three cents. and fire cents when Inc
postage thereon shall not have been prepaid; ana
for any distance exceeding three thousand miles,
double these rates for every such single leuer or
paper when conveyed wholly or in part by sea- and
to or from foreign country for any distance over
twenty FIVE hundred miles, twenty cents, ana lor
any distance under twenty-five hundred miles, ten
cents (excepting, however, all cases where such
postage have been or shall be adjusted at diHerem
rates by postal treaty or convention, already con
cluded or hereafter to be made0 and Tor douole
letter there shall be charged double the rates ABOVE
specified and for treble letter. treble those rates.
and for qnadruple letter, quadruple those rates;
and every letter or parcel not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, shall be deemed single letter
and every additional weight Of half an ounce, or
additional weight of less than half an ounce shall
be charged with an additional single postage. AND
all drop letters or letters pIaceu il a"y FosE VI
fee, not for transmission, but for delivery oniy'
shall be charged with postage at the tate ol one
cent each; and all letters shall hereafter ne aoVer
tised as remaining over or uncalied Ior III any os
Office, shall be charged with one cent IN addl'loh
to the regular postage, both TO De accoune0 i0i "'
other postages now are.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That all news
papers not exceeding three ounces IN weight, SEM
from the office of publication to actual and BONA
fde subscribers, shall be charged with postage as
follows, TO wit All newspapers published weekly
II ,t,1 rOn n
within the county where published, and that the
postage on the regular number of newspaper
published weekly, for any distance not exceedlng
fifty miles out Of the county where published, sna
be five cents per quarter; Tor any distance eACeeoI
ing fifty miles, and not exceeding three hundIeo
miles, cents per quarter; foT any distance eA-
Ceeding three hundred miles and not exceeding
one thousand fifteen cents per quarter; Tor any DIS
tance exceeding one thousand miles and not eX-
ceeding two thousand miles, twenty cents per quar-
ter; and for any distance exceeding iour thouSdhu
miles, thirty cents per quarter; and all newspapers
published monthly and sent to actual and bona
fide subscribers shall be charged with One10urtn
the foregoing rates and on all such newspapers
published semi monthly shall be charged with one
half the foregoing rates; and papers published Sc
mi weekly shall be charged double those rates; III
weekly, treble those rates and Ottener than MI
weekly five times those rates. And there snail
be charged upon every other newspaper, and each
circular not sealed, nd-bi, engraving, pamphlet,
periodical, magazine, book, and every other de-
scripton of printed matter, which shall be uncon-
neced with any manuscript, or written matter, and
/ which it 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 traction OF
an ounce, one cent; for any distance exceeding
five hundred miles and not exceeding one thous-
and five hundred miles, double those rates lot
any distance exceeding one thousand i've hundred
miles and not exceeding two thousand hve hundreu
miles, treble those rates. for any distance exceed
ing two thousand five hundred miles and not ex-
ceeding three thousand FIVE hundred miles, four
times those rates; for any distance exceeding three
thousand five hundred miles, five times those rates
Subscribers to all periodicals shall be required to
pay one quarters postage in advace; In all such ca
ses the postage shall be one half the foregoing
rates. Bound books, and parcels Of printed mat
ter not weighing over thirty two ounces, shall be
deemed mailabe matter, under the provisions oil
this section. And the postage on all printed mat
ter other than newspapers and periodicals publish
ed at intervals. not exceeding three months, and
sent from the office of publication to actual and bo-
ma de subscribers to be prepaid; and in ascertain
ing the amount of postage chargeabe thereon, they
shall be weighed when in dry state. And when
ever any printed matter on which the postage is
required by this section to be prepaid shall, through
the inatienilon of Postmasters, or otherwise, be
sent without prepayment, the shall be charged
| with double the amount of 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
empted from the payment of postage by any exist
I ing law. And the Postmaster General by and
with the advice and consent OF the President OF the
United StateS shall be and he is hereby authorized
to reduce enlarge, from time to time, the rates
Of postage upon all letters and other mailable mat
ter conveyed between the United States and any
| foreign country, for the purpose OF making better
postal arrangements with other governments, ol
counteracting any adverse measures affecting oul
postal intercourse with foreign countries; and post
masters al the office of delivery are hereby author
| lied, and il shall be their duty to remove wrap
pers and envelopes from all printed matter anc
pamphlets not charged with letter postage, for the
purposes of ascertanng whether there is upon o
connected with any such printed matter, or in such
package any matter or thing which would author
ze or require the charge Of higher rate of post
age thereon And all publishers Of pamphlets
periodicals. magazines, and newspapers which
shall not exceed sixteen ounces in weight, shal
be allowed to interchange their publications reciP
rocaly free Of postage: PrOUtded That such IN
terchange shall be confined to single copy o
each publications And Pr0ridcd alSo That sale
publishers may enclose in their publications iht
bills for subscriptions thereto without any add
tional charge for postage: And prOuided, further
| That in all cases where newspapers shall not con
tain over three hundred square inches they may b'
transmitted through the mails by the publishers t.
bona fide subscribes at one-fourth the rates fxeC
by this act.
SEC 3. And be IL further enacted, That il shall