Southern shield., 1852-09-18
PUBLIC ACT-No. 5O.7

AIN ACT 10 amend the act entitled "An
 act to reduce and modify the rates oi
 postage in the United States, and for oth-
 CT purposes" passed March third, eigh-
 teen hundred and fftv-one
 Be 4 enacted 6y the Senate and House ot Representatives. Qf the Uaited SiafeS of Amer ca i'1 Congress assembled That from and after the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and fity-two, the postage upon all printed matter passing through the mail of the United States, instead of the rates now charged, shall be as follows, 10 wit: Each newspaper, periodical, unSeaed circular. or other article of printed matter, not exceed Ing three ounces in weight, shall be sent 10 add and f0r fRate eTary 0 me Hnt9d ounce Of ot an ounce, one cent additional shall be be charged; and when the postage upon any newspaper or periodical is paid yearly or quarterly in advance at the office where the same is mailed, and evidence of such pav- ment is furnished 10 the office of delivery in such manner as the Post Office Depart ment shall by general regulation prescribe, one-haIt ot said rate only shall be charged Newspapers and periodicals not weighing over one ounce and half, when circulated
 in the State where published, shall be char ged one-halt of the rates before mentioned: ProUided, That small newspapers and pe- riodcaIs, published monthly or oftener, and pamphlets not containing more than sixteen octave pages each, when sent in single pack ages, weighing at least eight ounces; to one address, and prepaid by afixing postage stamps thereto, shall be charged only half oi cent for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, not withstandng calculated on each separate article of such packages would ex- ceed that amount. The postage on all transient matter shall be prepaid by stamps or otherwise, or shall be charged double the rates first above mentioned.
 SEC. 2. And De t further enacted. That books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be chargeable with post age at one cent an ounce for all distances under three thousand miles, and two cents an ounce for all distances over three thou sand miles, 10 which fifty per cent. shall be added in all cases where the same may be sent without being prepaid, and all printed matter chargeable by weight shall be weighed when dry. The publishers of news papers and periodicals may send to each other from their respective offices of publi- eaton, free Of postoge, one copy of each publication; and may also send 10 each ac- tual subscriber, enclosed in their publica- tions, bills and receipts for the same free oi postage. The publishers Of weekly news- papers may send to each actual subscriber within the county where their 0pers are printed and published, one copy thereof free of postage.
 SEC. }. And De H further enacted, That no newspaper, periodical, magazine or oth- CT printed paper or matter, shall be entitled to be sent at the rates of postage in this actI specified, unless the following conditions be | observed: First, It shall be sent without any cover or wrapper; or in a cover orI wrapper open at the ends or sides, so that the character of the matter contained there in may be determined without removing such wrapper. Second. There shall be no word or communication printed on the same after it's publication, or upon the cov- CT or wrapper thereof, except the name or address ot the person to whom it is to be sent. Third. There shall be no paper or other thing enclosed in or with such printed pa per; and if these conditions are not con- piled with, such printed matter shall be sub- Ject to letter postage; and all matter sent by mail from one part of the United States