Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-09
-No.Is11

An act to amend an act prescribe the of postage
Confederate States America and for ether purposes
SECTION Ihe Congress OF the COnfHerae States Of Aer
DO Thatso much OF the first section Of an act ersd
ian prescribe tie rates Of postage 10 the Confederate States
Of America and for other purposes approvet February B.
1861 relates iead packages containing other than printed
matter, including packages te and the
hereby amended require that such packages ha Be
SIC p Ard further eosced That the second section Of
lows ThGJ all newspapers pub
isbei within the CondrS states not exceeding tSree ources
weight from The oce CT publication to actual and
lubscbGrs within the Conie1ersr States, shall be
cb4pei with postage as follows 10 Wit: the regu
lar number OF newspaper published weekly SHAH he
quarter papers published mi weekly double that amount
pers pab .he thrice week treble that uount pub
lished six times week that and faPeTs pub
sbed day, Zines thai amount And on Newspapers
weighing ounces there hall be charged each
additional addition h foregoing rates those pub
shei ek five cents rsGticn Of
per quarter those published three times fifteen
per per quarter those published times
thirty cents per quarter And Peo1cals published
oener than than bi y shall be charged Newspapers
periodicals. from Office OF publication to
hde subscribers shall be charged Eh postage
foows, to wiz The postage Oh Tie regular numbers OF pc
rOdica published En the Confederate States, not ding
and half weight and published monthly shall be
two and pr Tor every ounce Or
and half add tOna published
semno5thly doube thst mount and periodicals pueshtd
quarterly or n monthly snail oeehaIged Two Genus an aLa
regular Subscribers 10 and shall be required
t pay one quarters postage thereon, 10 az 9e once
oT delivery unless paid at the oise Where pnoshed ANA
there shall charg1 other and each cir
sealed hand BILL engravh phet periodical and
MAGAZINE which shall be unconDeced with sny manuscript or
natter aDd exceeding three ounces in weight and
additional fraction Of two cents additional
end all tie postage shall be prepaid BY stamps other
wise Genra shall direct. And books, bound
ornauen6d Weighing overour pounds, shall be deemed
masbe and shall be charged with postage to be pre-
paid by stamps otherwise Postmaster General shall d
for distance. And upon all
spapes per0dcae and books af Iead published Ond
Confedse states there shall be charged post
double the foregoing Specified rates The Publishers q
newspapers percas tn the Con derate states send
ani receive each other from their respective oces
pubic,t on c7py each publication fres Of pOsaEe All
neWpsp nnseaed ccnas other unsealed pnnid trans
Gent tier pacei post Office not for transmission, but
very vny, shall h charged postage at the rate Of
cent EACH
SEC And be further enacted That the third section ofbe
above cited act be- the ssme he eby amended to
authorize General provide and furnish ten cent
stamps and stamped euvelce and that provisions restrc
1ns and pna prescribed by said section OF SAL aetor vo
ia relation to twol i've and twenty cent
stamps shs all Tespte apply to the
deuona stamps and stamped enVeo e herein provided
for.
SFC it further enacted That the proYiSo contained
the fifth the te amended as to extend 10
the chiefs OF the contract appointment and fn2Lcs bureaus OF
Post Office Department the privilege therein conferred
Gensa his chief CLERK, and tie auditor OF the
Pcs0ce Departments Of aDmsttng through
the mails free OF postage any tters, packages other matters
relating exclusive the official duties to the business Of
department sutec to the restrictions and penal
presc ed said proys1 and that this act shall take effect
and Re in for frcm and after its passase-
Approved May l8, ls6l. jyl6-laT4W