Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-19
RATES OF POSTAGE.
IN TIE CONFEDERATE STATES OF
kNfEDJrA

AMERICA.
SEC. !. Tie Congress Of tie Coptel,
rate States of Imcrica do enact, That $
MUCH Of the first section of an Act entitlr
AN Act 10 prescribe the rates Of postage
the Confederate States Of America, and 70
other purposes, approved February %
1861, as relates 10 sealed packages contain
ing other than printed or written matte,
including money packages, be and the sasn
is hereby 80 amended as to require tha
such packages shall DO rated by weight, an,
charged the rates of letter postage.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, Tha
the second section OF said Act Lc amended
as follows, TO wit That all newspapers
published within the Confederate States
not exceeding three ounces in weight, ane
sent from the Office Of publication to actua
and 6ons .aae Subscribers within the Con-
federate States, shall be charged with pos
tage as follows to wit: The postage on tho
regular numbers Of newspaper, published
weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter; pa
pers, published semi-weekly, double tina
amount; papers, published six times week
SIX times that omount; and papers publish
ed daily, seven times that amount. And
on newspapers weighing moro than three
ounces. there shall be charged on each ad-
ditional ounce, in addition to the foregoing
rates. C:n those published once week,
live cents an ounce or fraction Of an ouuce
per quarter; on those published twice
week, ten cents per ounce per quarter; on
those published three times week, fifteen
cents per oun:e per quarter; on those pub
llshed six t;aes week, tairty cents per
ounce per quarter; and on those ublishcd
daily, thirty FIVE cents per ounce per quar-.
ter. And periodicals published oitener Than
bi monthly shall be charged as newspapers.
And other periodicals sent from the office
Of publication to actual and bona fde sub.
sotibers shall be charged with poasstage
follows, to wit: The postage on the regu.
lar numbers Of period dical, published with
i'll the Confederate States, not exceeding
one and a half ounces in weight, and pub.
lShcd monthly, shall ba .wo aud half
cents per quarter; and for every additional
ounce or fraction Of an oun'e two and a
half cents additional if published semi
monthly, double that amount. And peri.
odicals published quarterly or bi.monthlv
shall be charged two cents an ounce; and
regular subscribers to newspapers and peri.
oicaiy shall be required TO pay one quar-
ters postage thereon in advance, at the Of
tice Of delivery, miles paid at the office
where published. And there shall be char.
ged upon every other newspaper, and each
circular not sealed, handbilI, engraving,
pamphlet, periodical and magazine, which
shall be unconnected with any manuscript
or written matter, and not exceeding three
ounces in weight, and published within the
Confederate States, two cents and for
each additional ounce or fraction O! an
ounce, two cents additional; and in all cas-
es the postage shall. be prepaid by stamps.
or otherwise, as the Iost,aaster-Generals shall
direct and BOOKS, bound or unbound, not
weighing oyer four pounds, shall be deemed
mailable matter and shall he charged with
postage, to be prepaid by stamps or other,
wise, as the Postmaster General may direct,
at two cents an ounce for any distance.
bnd upon all newspapers. periodical and
books, as aforesaid, published beyond the
limits of :he Confederate States, there shall
be charged postage at double the foregoing
specified rates. The publishers OF newsps-
pers or periodicals within the Confederate
States. may send and receiye to and from
each other, from their respective Offices Of
publication, one copy Of each publication
free Of postage. All newspapers uusealed
circsisfs3or o!her unsealed printed tran
sient matter, placed in any post office, not
for transmission but for deliuery only, shall
be charged postage at the rate OF one cent |
each.
SEC. 8. And be ii further enacted, That
The third section of the above recited Act
be and the same is hereby 50 stnended rs to
authorize the Postmaster General TO proyide
and furnish ten cent stamps and stamped
envelopes and that the provisions, rcstric.
'ioRs and penalties prescribed BY said seq
lion Of said Act, for violations of the same.
IN relation to two, five and twenty cent
stamps and stamped envelopes, shall, in all
respects, apply to the denomip stiou of
stamps and stamped epyelopes herein pro-
'ided for.
SEC. 4. And belt tturther ensctsa. Tia
ne Rroyiso contained in the fifth section oft
be said Act, be so amended ss to extend
Q the Chiefs Of the Contract, Appoint
nent and Finance Bureaus Of the Post
Office department, tie privilege therein
Conferred upon the Postmaster. General, his
hief CLERK, and tho Auditor Of the Treasu.
y for the Post nfade Department, oftnus.
pittipg throagh the mails, free Of postage
ny letters, packages or other nattess rsls.
ing esclssisely to their ofiioisl duties, or to
be business sf the Pest o#ee ss;ssa. l::t,,est