The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-12

General after consulting Nth the Attorney General
JUNE IL, 1851
The postage all bound books, and all other printed
matter except nsospaps aud periodicals published inter
pals not ercding three months and sent from the office of
publication to actual and bona fde subscribers must be
paid.
IL the amount paid and marked such printed matter
sufficient to pay the whole postage due. the
OF weight beyond that paid for is be charged with
double the which would have been charged prepaid
and the postage such excess collected at the office OF
delivery.
IT. by the neglect of postmaster, such is
without any prepay men the double prepaid be
collected on delivery.
Postage must be charged all letters newspapers and
other matter according to the distance the route by
ohich they forwarded and this (unles otherwise d
eced by sende must be the by which they will
reach their destination although that may not be
the shortest route.
of Europe ,rhen through England the Of postage
and modes OF rating will be the heretofore except
as to letters from California and Oregon, in respect
which special instructions will be hereafter given
On all letters to from The continent Of Europe, NOT sat
through England the United States inland and postage
will all cases, be combined and will be twenty cents the
single rate, without regard TO the distance the same
red within the United States. The mode of rating will
be the same heretofore. Full tabular in
gard to OF postage, both foreign and inland will
soon be pubished.l
Subscribers to periodicals. obtain the benefit OF the
proyson in regard prepayment, pay the full quar-
postage before the delivery OF the first number, when
there several numbers be delivered during the quar-
ter IT, by any increase in the size OF the period
ica otherwise il shall appear that the whole quarters
postage paid in advance the subscriber viii
lose the benefit of payment, and the numbers received
during the whole quarter will be charged with the double
or rate and the subscriber will be credited with
only the amount paid in advance
Under the provisions OF the I'd section OF the new postage
act NO rt,opapers other than those published ceeky only
entitled late free OF postage in the counties where
published The office OF publication is the office where
| the newspaper is printed.
|, dr,ermining newspa per hostages, the distances
be computed from the office of publications and not from
the county line OF the county ia which the paper publish
and the distance is also TO be computed over the route
on which il is carried.
Newspapers publ she'd weekly only in a county adjoining
the Canada line may be ee Canada provided they
leave the coun OF publication until they cross the
line into Canada.
change newspa and from Canada free OF charge
newspaper is periodical within the meaning and
intent OF the provision which requires the postage pc
rodcas 10 be % in advance and declares that the post
age shall be half of the rates previously sPec
fed in the second section of the act All subscribers TO
were and still required by the provisions
of the theth section of the act of March, 1922 to pay ore
quarters postage in advance but by so doing they are not
entitled TO have the postage reduced oeoW ue empheo
rates.
Payments in adpancs newspapers and periodicals
only be made by the subscribers at The post office mhsrs they
| to BE- delivered.
The postage on new spape periodicals, and other mat
ter not chaeabe with letter postage, when sent out OF the
United States be prepaid at the full rate Pubtsaers
may prepay postage on their issues but can have no de-
ducon of postage account Of such prepayment When
periodical is published only quarterly, the actual and
bonn fde subscriber for such periodical may pay in adj
vance, have the benefit of the advance payment pro-
yided he paws postmaster the office where he is to
receive the periodical before delivery I periodical
is published less frequently than quarterly, tho postage
must be prepaid, and at the full rate.
Letters mailed before the LIST day oil July though deliv
cred after will in all be charged with postage at the
rates In force at the time OF the mailing thereof.
". X. HALL, Postmaster General.