Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-09-15

cced that amount. The postage on all tram
sient matter shall be prepaid by stamps or
otherwise, or shall be charged double the
rates first above mentioned.
Sec. 2. And be Il further enacted, That
books, bound or unbound, not weighing over
four pounds. shall be deemed maiIab!c mat
ter, and shall be chargcable with postage ut
one cent an ounce for all distances under
three thousand miles, and two cents an
ounce for all distances over three thousand
miles, to which fifty per cent shall be added
in all cases where the same may be sent
without being prepaid, and on all printed
matter chargeable by weight shall lie weigh
ed when dry. The publishers of newspa-
pers and periodicals may send to each other
from their respective Offices Of publication,
free Of postage, one copy of each pnblIca.
ton and may also send to each actual
subscriber, enclosed in their publications,
bills and receipts for the same free OF post
age. The publishers Of weekly newspapers
may send to each actual subscriber within
the county where their papers are printed
and published one copy thereof free Of post
age.
Sec. g. And be il further enacted, That
no newspaper, periodical, magazine, or other
printed paper or matter, shall be entitled to
be sent at the rates of postage in this act
specified unless the following conditions be
observed:-
First. 1t shall be sent without any cover
or wrapper. or in 4 cover or wrapper open
at the ends or sides, so that the character OF
the matter contained therein may be deter
mined without removing such wrapper. Sc
cond There shall be no word or communi.
cation printed on the same after its publlca-
ton, or upon the cover or wrapper thereof,
except the name and address OF the person
to whom it is to be sent. Third. There
shall be no paper or other thing enclosed in
or with such printed paper; and il these
conditions are not complied with, such print
ed matter shall be subject to letter postage
and all matter sent by mail from one part ol
the United States to another, the postage OF
which is not fixed by the provisions Of this
act, shall, unless the same be entitled to be
sent free of postage, be charged with letter
postage.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That il
the publishers of any periodical, after being
three months previous y notified that his
publication is not taken from the office to
which it is sent for delivery, continue to for
ward such publication in the mail, the post
master to whose Office such publication i:
sent, may dispose of the same for the post
age, unless the publisher shall pay it; ant
whenever any printed matter of any descrp
ton, received during one quarter of the lis
cal year, shall havo remained in the office
without being called for during the whole o
any succeeding qnarter, the postmaster a
such office shall sell tho same and credit the
proceeds of such sale in his quarterly ac
counts, under such regulations and alter sucl
notice as the Post. Office Department sl'al
prescribe. -,
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, Iha
so much of the second section OF the ac'
entitled can act to modify and reduce the
rates of postage in the United States, an9
for other purposes" approved March third
; eighteen hundred and fiIty.one, as relates l'
the postage or free circulation or franSm's
sion of newspapers, periodicals and othe
printed matter, and all other provisions o
law inconsistent with the provisions OF TIT
act. are hereby repealed