New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-30
Decisions under the New Postage Act made hY
the Postmaster General.
Posr-OFyicx DErAKrNsSr, Jul

foSr-CFTicS DEPARrMKNr, july 20, 1881.
The postage ON all bound books and on
all printed matter eTespt newspapers and rer,s ioas
published az ferras not erceedIRg tkrse months, asd
s,nt from fae oscs OF publication to actual and bone
fde Subscribers, Is required by law to be prepaid
Ii the amount paid and marked on such printed
matter Is not sufficient 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 # prepaid, and the postage on such excess
cole, ted at the Office OF delivery.
II by the neglect of postmaster such matter "
sent without any prepayment. the double prepaid
rate must be collected on delivery.
Postage must be charged on all letters and other
mat er according 10 the dlstrnce or the route By
which they are conveyed and tins (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 postmasters according to the tabular
statements OF the rates of postage both foreign anA
inland, which have been lately forwarded 10 every
postmaster in the United States.
Subscribers 70 periodicals, To obtain the benefit 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 de-
hyered during the quarter IT, by reason OF any In
crease in the size OF the periodicals or otherwise,
shall appaer thu. the whole quarters postage was
not paid In advance, the SUBSCRIBER VIII iose the
benefit of prepayment, and the numbers received
during the whole quarter will be charged with the
coube or unpaid rate, and the subscriber VIII DO
credited with only the amount paid IN atyance
Under the provisions of the 2d section OF the new
postage act, newspapers other than those pubshed
ueeky ONLY entitled to circulate free OF postage
in the Counties where published. The office ot pub
hcaton is the Office where the newspaper Is printed
and there can be other Office OF publication In an
other County for the purpose OF securing An addi-
tional free circulation.
In determining ne wspaper postages the distances
are to be computed from the office OF publication ana
not from the County line of the County IN which the
paper is published and the distance Is also to oe
computed over the route on which II Is carried
Newspapers published weskiy only IN County a.
,o,n,ng the Canada ne may be sent free to Casata.
provided they do not leave the County of publication
until they cross the line into Calafa.
When such papers are sent out oil the County
where published, to be delivered from post-omco
IN an adjoining County IN the United states, ne
matter how short the distance. full postage must Do
charged.
Newspaper publishers may send and receive their
exchange newspapers To and from Canada free Of
charge.
Publishers of Newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals,
and magazines, under the provisions OF the second
section OF the new law, may interchange their pub
lcatons reclprocaly tree of postage, provided such
publications DO not exceed sixteen ounces IN weight.
Such interchange must be confined 10 single copy
of each publication but Is not limited TO AN ex-
change OF newspaper for newspaper and perlodioat
for periodical but publishers OF newspapers have
the rig ht to exchange with publishers OF periodicals
under the late at of Congress. such pulisheTs may
also enclose IN their publications the bills for SUD
scrptous thereto without any additional charge tor
postage and tins privilege extends also TO the trans
mission OF a receIpted bill after the same has been
paid.
a newspaper Is not a lcIiOulCt NllluH tlt intou
ing and intent of the provision which requires tho
postage periodicals to be paid IN advance, and de-
claTes that The postage thereon shall be onehil 0t
the rates previously specified IN the second section
OF the act but oil subscribers TO newspapers were
and stlll are required ~ provisions oil the thir-
teih section of the act OF March, 1922 to pay one
quarters postage IN advance by 50 doing, no "ever'
they are emitted TO have the postage reiuced oe'
low the established rates.
The postage on newspapers weighing less than three
ounces, sent from the Office OF publication actual
and bonG fde subscribers" hxed by aw by the quar-
ter only and required to be paid In advance Hence.
person can be considered an actual and bona fds
subscriber to a newspaper and entitled 10 pay post-
age thereon OF the quarterly rates, who shall only
take newspaper for a less time Than three months.
Actual and hona de subscribers to papers for three
months or more, who change their residence tempo
rarlly. may have their papers sent without prepay
ment but must pay quarters postage IN advance Al
the Office Of delivery, or else pay the unpadIanslent
rate.
Publishers cannot send specimen numbers OF their
papers TO posmasters and others las has been much
practlsed under the old law without prepayng the
postage thereon.
Publications borrowing the name having the form
and some Of the characteristics Of a newspaper,
printed tor graiultous circulation and depending ON
their advertisements for support, cannot De sent ~
mai gratutOusy TO persons not actual and BONA nae
subscribers upon the footing OF newspapers sent
the Office of publication TO actual and bona ede
suLscrbers" but must be charged with the TRANSIENT
rates, which must be collected at the mailing ONCE
To enttle actual and bona fde sabscrbds 10 reduc-
ton IN the of postage on periodicals sent them
from the Office of publication, payments must Dc
made by them IN adUdnce at the post once "nefc
such publications are TO be delivered. .
The United States postage on newspapers, periodi-
Gals and other matter not chargeabie win iettel
postage, when sent out OF the United states inuse
be prepaid 70 the full rate.
Publishers OF periodicals. may prepay the pos.sge
on their issues but can have no deduction OF posase
on account Of such prepayment when Perooic4
is publ she'd only quarterly the actual and oona FH
sujsrtJer for such periodical may pay In advance and
have the benefit Of the advance payment, PROVIDED
he pays TO the postmaster at the ONCE where ne Is
receive the periodical before Its delivery. pen-
oncal is published less frequently the postage must
be prepaid, and AT the full rate.
Fostmas.ers are not bound 20 receive from the
publishers weekly newspapers published IN the ciIy,
tow n or village where tue Post once IS KEPT, ana
deliver tbeD 10 subscribers Gaining AZ thef ounce IoI
them The night TO circulate IN the mail within
tie county where published" does not impose on
Postrastsrs the duty OF receiving and delivering
papers which DO not go into the mail and where .
pubhsher SEEKS 70 throw upon the Postmaster the
labor OF delivering his papers, for the purpose OF re-
heying h.m from The expense Of their delivery, Ihe
Postmaster viii be justified IN refusing 70 denver
them lie should, IN sucb cases, INFORM tne puoiish-
er Of MS determination not 10 receive such papers
II Postmaster receives and delivers such papers
for the convenience OF the publisher or supsch2eI,
he cannot charge any postage thereon ana tne Dy
ns,tTeni desires that Postmasters should act Win
courtesy IN this respect, and deliver sucn ie~ p
nerS as may be sent TO their obces fof tnc a,.x
niepce OF tie subscriber but they are Do' -
10 receive them when the nnfDDef ID 'u0n 49, PCT,
cate that II l. the intention 70 thIo" Spd nerforn
master a labor which the publisher snouu P1rot; -;
tio~a,rn newSnapers re-maed. or hrst inti'.In ia
III. country NUT be charged with tne ia'e ''' ~
s1ent uapers which must be prep . 90. - r. ..,a,,t