The southern press., 1851-07-30
OFFICIAL.
Des1e1pDs under ~ rev Pestage Act maAs
by the RostmastoT General.
Posr OFrIcE DErARrnEsr.
ORRlCIAL
FFIcE DEPARTMEET, }
July %, 1851. {

by tAs PestmasteF General.
PosT OFFICE DEPARrMEsT,
July 26, 1851.
The postage on sll bound books and on all
other printed matter, except neDspapers and per
iodicas published al inlerpais nct srceeding three
sostks, and 1sent from The office of publication to
AotaAl and bona fds subscribers" is required by
law to be prepaid.
II the amount paid or ma ked on such printed
matter u not sufficient to pay the whole postage
due, the excess Of weight beyond that paid for
u to be charged with double the rate which
woald have been charged if prepaid, and the
postage on such excess collected at the Office Of
delivery.
If by the neglect of a postmaster such matter
is sent without any prepayment, the double pre-
paid rate must be collected on delivery.
Postage must be charged on all letters and
other matter according TO the distance or the
route by which they are conveyed and this (un-
less 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 ba charged by postmas-
ters according to the tabular statements Of the
rates of postage, both foreign and inland which
have been lately forwarded to every postmaster
In the United States.
Subscribers 10 periodicals, to obtain the bene-
1T Of the provision in regard to prepayment
must pay the full quarters postage before the
delivery of the first number, when there nre sev-
cral numbers to be delivered during the quarter.
IT. by reason Of any increase In the size Of the
periodicals or otherwise, it sAall appear that the
whole quarters postage was not 80 paid in ad-
vance, the subscriber will lose the benefit of
prepayment, and the numbers received during
the whole quarter will be charged with the
double or unpaid 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 newspapers other than those
published tOeekly ONLY are entitled to circulate
free of postage in the counties were published
The office of publication is the office where the
newspaper is printed, and there can be no other
Office Of publication in another equity for the
purpose Of securing all additional free circua-
ton.
In determining newspaper postages, the dis
tances are to be computed from the office of pub
lication and not from the county line of the
county in which the paper is published and the
distance is also to be computed over the route
on which it is carried.
adjoining the Canada line may be sent free to
Canada, provided they do not leave the county
of publication until they cross the line into Cana
da
When such papers are sent out of the county
where published, to be delivered from post
Office in an adjoining county in the United
States, no matter how short the distance, full
postage must be charged.
Newspaper publishers may send and receive
their exchange newspapers to and from Canada
free Of charge.
Publishers of newspapers, pamphlets, periodi
Gals, and magazines, under the provisions of the
second section Of the new law, may interchange
their publications reciprocally free Of postage,
provided such publications do not exceed six
teen ounces in weight. Such interchange IN us.
be confined to single copy Of each publication;
but is not limited to an exchange Of newspaper
and periodical for periodical; but publishers of
newspapers have the right to exchange with
publishers of periodicals under the late act Of
Congress. Such publishers may also enclose
in their publications the bills for subscriptions
thereto without any additional charge for post
age; and this privilege extends also to the
transmission of receipted bill after the same
has been paid.
newspaper is not periodical within the
meaning and intent Of the provision which re-
quires the postage on periodicals to be paid in
advance, and declares that the postage thereon
shall be one-half Of the rates previously speci
fled in the second section of the act: but all
subscribers to newspapers were and still are re-
quired by the provisions of the thirtieth section
of the net Of March, 1925, to pay one quarters
postage in advance by so doing, however, they
are not entitled to have the postage reduced
below the established rates.
The postage on newspapers weighing less
than three ounces, 4" sent from the Office Of pub
licaton to actual and bona hde subscribers"
is fixed by iaw by the quarter only and is re-
quired to be paid in advance. Hence, no person
can be considered an actual and bona jide sub.
scriber to newspaper, and entirely to pay
postage thereon at the quarterly rates, who
shall only take a newspaper for less time
than three months. Actual and bonn fde sub
scribers to papers for three months or mere,
who change their residences temporarily, may
have their papers sent without prepay ment, but
must pay quarters postage in advance at
the Office of delivery, or else pay the unpaid
transient rate.
Publishers cannot send specimen numbers of
their papers to postmasters and others Gas has
been much practiced heretofore under the old
law without preparing the postage thereon.
Publications borrowing the name, having the
form and some of the characteristics Of a news
paper, printed for gratuitous circulation and de-
pending on their advertisements for support
cannot be sent by mail graiuitousy to per.
sons not actual and bona fde subscribers upon
the footing Of newspapers "seBt from the of
fee Of publication to actual and bona 6de sub.
scri6ers;" but must be charged with the tran
sient rates, which must be collected at the mail
ing Office. To enttle actual and bona fde sub
scvibers to n reduction i'm the rate of postape on
periodicals sent them from the office of publca-
ton, payments must be made by them in ad-
vance at the post Office where such publications
are to be delivered
The United States postage on newspapers.
periodicals, and other matter not chargeable
with letter postage when sent out Of the United
States, must be prepaid at the full rate.
Publishers of periodicals may prepay the post
age on their issues, but can have no deduction
Of postage on account Of such prepayment
When periodical is published only quarterly,
the actual and bona tids subscriber for such pc.
iodical may pay in advance and have the benefit