Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-03-21

cI! IeVCr or parcel nOt exceeding hall an OnrCt
IN weight shall be deemed q single letter, ant
every additional weight of less than half AZ
ounce or additional Weigh, of half an ounce
Shall be charged with an additional single
postage. And all drop letters, or letter.
| placed in any pos. Office. not FOR transmission
but for delivery only, shaIl be charged viii
postage p, the rate of one cen, each and all
letters which shall hereafter be advertised As
| remaining over or uncallcd for in any post Of
fee shall be charged with one cent in addition
TO The regular postage, bo,h TO be accounted for
as other po5,age5 now are.
Sec. 9. and be ii further enacted, that all
news papers not exceeding TIRES ounces ia
weight, sent from tie oIhce uf publication tc
actual bona file subscribers, shall be charged
with postage az follows, 20 wit /: All newspa-
perm published weekly only shall circulate in
The mail free Of postage within the county
where published, aud that the postage on the
regular numbers Of newspaper published week.
ly, for any distance not exceeding fny miles
out Of the comfy where published. shall be Il. G
cents per quarter; for any distance exceeding
Gi,y miles, and net exceeding three hundred
"Ies, ten cents per quarters; for any distance
exceeding three hundred miles and rot exceed.
Ing one Thousand miles, fifteen cents per quar-
ter for any distance exceeding one thousand
miles and not exceeding two thousand miles
twenty cents per quarter for any distance ex-
ceedng two thousand miIes and not exceeding
tour thousand miles, twenty-five cents per quar-
ter; and Tor any distance exceeding four thou.
sand miles, thirty cents per quarter and all
neg pers published monthly and sent to ac.
tual aud bona hde subscribers shall be charged
with one fourth the foregoing rates and all
such newspapers published semi-monlhIy shall
be charged with one half the foregoing rates !;
and papers pub,hed ecm-week'y shall he
charged double those rates; t'weekly, treble
these rates and oitener than iri.wecklv, five
times those rates. And there shall be charged
upon every other newspaper, and each circular
not sealed, handii L. engraving. pamphlet, Pc
riOdiCul, magazine, book, and every other des-
criptjon OF printed matter which shall be uncon.
nectod with any Manuscript Or written matter,
and winch it may be lawful 10 trasmit through
HE mail, OF nc gres jcr wei ght than one ounce,
Tor any distance not exceeding five hundred
m''es, one cent; and for each additional ounce
or fract,Dn Of an ounce, one cent for any di,-
tance Exceeding five hundred ules aud not cx-
coaC!ns one thousand live hundred niles, double
those rates for any distance "Xteadinr one
thousand five hundred ules and no; exceeding
two Thousand FIVE hundred miles ireUle these
rates for any disisucc exceeding two ibcu-
sand five hundred III les and mo- exceeding three
thousand I've hundred milcs, tour times those
rates for any distance exceeding three thou
sand five hundred miles, fve times those rates.
Subscribers tc all periodicals shall be required
TO pay the one quarters postage in advance in
all su"h cases tue postage shaii be one half the
foregoing rates. Bound books and parcels uf
printed matter not weighing over thirty two
l,..ll .l,,
the provisions OF this section. And the postage
an all printed matter other than newspapers
aud period cal published at intervals not exceed.
lug three months, and sent from the Office OF
publication 20 absolute and boua file subscribers,
20 be pr paid and in ascertaung the weight
oI newspapers for 'he purpose Of determining
the amount Of postage chsrgrabe thereon.
they shall be weighed wien in Z dry STATE
Aud whenever any printed matter on wluch
the postage is required " ths section to be
pr paid shall, through the inalcntlon Of pos
masters or Otherwise b. sent with ut prepal-
ment, the same shall he charged with Guuhin
the amount Of postage winch worG have been
chargcab'e thereon il the pos:a.p had been pre-
paid bat nothing ia tbs act contained shall
subject to pos,a ge any matter wnIc'i is eXnmu'-
ed from the payment OF postage Uv any cXts'-
ing law. And tie POetna ier Gan"ral By, and
with the advice and consent Of tie President oi
e United States, sh4i be, aud hereby l., at
thoHzed to reduce Or 'n'hrgc, trcni time To
time, these rates OF post ge uppn u, letters
and other mliiaI'e ma,lcr conveyed between
The United States and any foreign country. ',r
the purpose ot making better postal arrang
m'nts with other governments, nr chunteract-
ng any adverse measures affecting our postal
Intercourse with foreign countries; and post
IN ,-tPrs al the nifice O. delivery arc hereby att
thlrized, and it shall be their dnty, to remove
tIP wrappers and envelopes from all printed
nat er ard pamphlets not charged with letter
''SlaGe tor tine purpose Of ascertaning wh,-
thnr there Is upon or connected WIFI any prju
ed matter or IN such package, any matter or
thng which would autho5iz. or require a
charge Of a higher rate OF postage thtreon.-
And al! publishers OF pamphlets, perioIictIs,
magazines, and newspapers winch shall not
exceed sixteen ounces in weight, shall be al
lnwe1 TO interchange their publications reci
procaliy, free OF postage: Pro,ilei, Tlat such
interchange SHAH be confined to a single copy
Of each publica;irni And yror,de I, a'so, sad
publishers NAV enclose in their puhlIcatiOu,
the b!l for subscription thereto, without any
addlunal ctarge tor postage; An! pro lid
tUrthrr, That in all cases where newspapers
shall NOT contain over fhree huud ed square
inches, they may be transmitted throngh t1c
NAL, by the publishers tn bona hde b,crlbers
at one.iourth The rates fixed by this act.
Sec. 3. And he il further endclcl. Thatit shall
be the duty Of the Postmaster General to pr ,vldp
and furnish TO AL deputy poslmlolers, aud 90
all other persons applying and paying thrrefor,
suitable postage stamps, ot the denomination
of three cents, ani q such other denominations
a. he may think expedient to facilitate the pre-,
payment OF the postage provided 'or in this act
aud any person who shall forge or counterfeit
any postage stamp provided or furnished under
the provisions OF TINS ora any former act, whether
the same are impressed, or printed on or al
,achrd TO, envelopes or not or any die, plate,
or engraving therefor, or shall MAKE, or print,
or knowingly use or sci any such false, torg..
ed, or couniettelcd die, plato, erg,avns. or
postage stamp, or who shsI make, or print, ~
authorize OF procure to b. made nr printed, al,'
postage stamps OF the kind provided aud lur-
nlshei OY the Pnstma-ter Geue raj As afore SAID,
without the special authority q, the Post Olfce
Departmrnt or vino, after such postage stamps
have been printed, shall. with intent to Getraud
lh' revenues OF the Pos; Ohce Department,
deliver any postage stamps To any person or
other than such shall no aut 1ad