Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11
Postal Affairs Of the Confederate
~ aee States. -1

prescribe the ratcs of postage im til
Contcdcrotc Ss~tes gf -Aaserico, an'
| FIR 0thcr purposes.
SECrloN l.. TIE Congress Of the Con-
teder0te 4Stetcs Of america do enact
That from and after such period as tn,
POSTMASTER General may by precla
nation announce, there shall b. charg
ed the following rates Of postage, to
wit: For every single letter sealet
and for every letter in manuscript o1
paper Of any kind upon which infor
nation shall be asked for, or commu
nicate in writing, OF by marks or signs
conveyed in the mail for any distance
between places within the Confederate
States Of America, not exceeding SOC
miles, 3 cents; and for any distance
exceeding 500 miles, double that rate
and every letter or parcel not exceed.
ing half an ounce in weight, shall be-
deemed single letter. and every nd.
ditional weight Of half an ounce or ad-
ditional weight less than half an ounce
shall be charged with an additional
single postage; and allpackages con-
tanning other than printed or written
matter, and money packages in
cluded in this class, shall be rated by
wei ght as letters are rated, and shall
be charged double the rates of postage
on letters; and all drop letters or let
ters placed in any postotfice not for
transmission but for delivery only,
shall be charged with postage at the
rate of two cents each; and in all the
foregoing cases the postage must be
prepaid by stamps; and all letters
which shall hereafter he advertised rs
over or uncalled for in any
postoaice shall be charged with two
cents each in addition to the regular
postage, both to be accounted for as
other postages of this Confederation.
"SEC. 2. And be 1t fs,7her enacted,
That all newspapers not exceeding
three ounces in weight, sent from the
office Of publication to actual and Lo-
IA fde subscribers. shall BE- charged
with postage as follows, to-wit: the
postage on the regular numbers of a |
published weekly within
he State where published, shall be- Ct |
ents per quarter; and papers publish
d semi-weekly. double that rate;
nd papers published thrice week,
reble their rate; and papers publish
d daily, six times tha: rate; and
he postage on all newspapers to ac-
ual subscribers without the State
there published, shall be charged
ouble the foregoing rates; and peri
ideals sent from the offite of publ
alton to actual and bono 1fdc subscri-
ers, shall be charged with postage as
blows. to-wit; the postage on the F.,
sgular numbers of a periodical, not
one and half ounces in ,
eight, and published monthly, with
| the State where published, shall be t
cents per quarter; if published
,mi-monthly, double that rate; and /
II every additional ounce or fraction t
an ounce, double the foregoing a
ties shall be charged; and periodi- t
lis published quarterly or bi-monthly c
lall be charged one cent an ounce
I'd the postage on all periodicals $
ithout the State where published, Il
lall be double the above specified b
tes; and regular subscribers to 81
'wspapers and periodicals shall be n
CURED to pay one quarters postage f;
advance. And there shall be charg- n
upon every other newspaper and p
ch circular not sealed, handbill. en- Z
aving, pamphlet, periodical and a,
agazine which shall be unconnected ii
tn any manuscript or written mat fir
r, not exceeding three ounces in a:
Eight, 2cents: and for each addi- I'll
nal ounce or fraction Of an ounce, 2 to
nts additional; and in all cases the sl
stage shall be- prepaid by stamps ne
I'd books bound or unbound, not tn
irhinr 0yeH four ,,olndc .hau La ~