Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-03-27
AN ACT 20 reduce and modify OF Postage ID
the United States, and for other purposes.


the United States, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
oil Representatives Of the United States of
America inCongress assembled, That from
and after the thirteenth day of June, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty -one, in lieu Of The
rates Of postage now established by law,
there shall be charged the following rates,
to wit: For every single letter in manu-
script, or paper Of any kind, upon which
information shall be asked for or commu-
nicated, in writing, or by marks or signs,
conveyed in the mail, for any distance be-
Tween places within the United States not
exceeding three thousand miles, when the
postage upon such letter shall be prepaid,
three cents, and five cents when the post
age thereon shall not have been prepaid:
and for any distance exceeding three thou
sand miles, double those rates. For eve-
ry such single letter or paper, when con-
veyed wholly or in part by sea, and to or
from foreign country, for any distance
over twenty-five hundred miles, twenty
cents; and for any distance under twenty
five hundred miles, ten cents, (excspting,
however, all cases where such pos,ages
have been or shall be adjusted at different
rates by postal treaty or convention alrea-
dy concluded or hereafter to be made;)
and for double letter there shall be charg-
ed double the rates above specified; and
for treble letter, treble those rates; and
for quadruple letter quad,uple those
rates: and every letter or parcel not ex-
ceeding half an ounce in weight shall he
deemed single letter, and every addition
al weight of half an ounce or additional
weight of less than half all ounce, shall be
charged with an additional single postage.
AND all drop pletters or letters placed in any
post office, not for transmission but for de-
livery only shall be charged with postage at
therate of one cent each;and all letters which
shall be hereafter advertised as remaining
over or uncaled for in any post office shall
be charged with one cent in addition 10
the regular postage, both to be accounted
for as other postages now are.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
all newspapers not exceeding three oun-
ces in weight, sent from the office of pub
lication TO actual and bona tide subscri-
bers, shall be charged with postage as fol-
lows, to wit: All newspapers published
weekly only shal! circulate in the mail free
of postage within the county where pub
lished, and that the postage on the regular
numbers Of a newspaper published week.
", for any distance not exceeding fifty
miles out of the county where published,
shall be five cents per quarter; for any
distance exceeding fifty miles, and not ex-
ceeding three hundred miles, ten cents per
quarter, for any distance exceeding three
hundred miles and not exceeding one thou
sand miles, fifteen cents per quarter; for
any distance exceeding one thousand miles
and not exceeding two thousand miles,
twenty cents per quarter; for any distance
exceeding two thousand miles and not ex-
ceeding four thousand miles, twenty five
cents per quarter; aud for any distance ex-
ceeding four thousand miles, thirty cents
per quarter; and all newspapers publish.
ed monthly and sent to actual bona fide
subscribers shall be charged with one
fourth the foregoing rates; ard all such
newspapers published semi mi-monthly shall
be charged with one-haf the foregoing
rates; and papers published semi-weckly
shall be charged double those rates; ,ri-
weekly, treble those rates; and oftener than
tri-weekly, five times those rates. And