Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-16
Postal A1atfs Of .thosC Confederate
g.f States. 81 !

prescribe tie vtsses'ef postage IN M'
Confcdeyute .Statcs ef -4meric0, 0ma
for othcr purposes.
4 tedcy0te States Ct -4mcvica do enact
! That from and after such period as the
Postmaster General may by procla
nation announce, there shall be oharg.
ed the following rates Of postage, to.
wit: For every single letter sealed
! and for .verS letter in manuscript o,
paper Of any kind upon which, infer
nation shall be asked for. or co,rn,,-
nicate in writing. or by marks or signs
| conveyed in the mail for any distance
between places within the Confederate
States of America, not. exceeding oO6
miles. ) cents; and for any distance
exceeding 800 miles. double that rat
and every letter or parcrl not exceed
in" half nh ounce in j" eight: shall be
doomed a single lette:, and every adj
ditional weight OF halt an ounce Grad
ditional wei ht1ess than half an ounce
shall be charged with an additional
single postage; aud Ill packages CON
tanning other than printed or written
matter, and meney packages in
cluded in this class. shall be rated bv
weight rs letters are rated, and shall
b. charged double the rates Of postage
on letters; and all drop letters ar let
ters placed in any postotficc not for
transmission but for delivery enly,
shall be charged with postage at the
rate of two cents each; and in ;ll the
foregoing. cases the postage must be
prepaid by stamps: and all letters
Which shal! hereafter he advertised aS
releainin,. over or uncallrd for III any
postotaice shall be charged with two
cents each in addition TO the regular
postage, botL to be accounted for aS
otl.4r hostages of this Contederation.i
"SkC. 2. -iUGJc 1t fu,fher enacfrd.
That all newspapers not exceeding
three ounces in weight. sent from the
Office OF publication to actual and..bo-
ma fdc subscribers. shall be charged
with postage as follows. to-wi.: the
postage OH the regular numbers OF a
newspaper published weekly within
the Stat. where published, sisaal be 6da
cents r.. n;uterI aud papers PUBLISH
ed semi-N ee5ly, double that rate;
and papers published thrice !, week,
treble their rate; and papers publish
ed daily, six times that rate; and
the postage on all newspapers t" tc-
tual subscribers without the State,
wLer. published, shall be charged
double the foregoing rates: and peri
odtsls sent from the Office al publi-..
cation to actual and houa fdt ~u!.@ri
bers, shall be charged with pessass us
follows, to-wit; the postage on The.
regular numbers of a periodical, not
exceeding one and a half ounces in,
weight, and published monthly, with
in the State where published, shall be
3 cents per quarter: if published
semi.monthly, double that rate; and
for every additional ounce or fraction
Of an ounce, double the foregoing
rates shall be charged; and periodi-
calspublished quarterly or bi-monthly
shall be charged one cent an ounce
and the postage on all periodicals
without the State where published.
shall be doable tile above specified
rates; and regular subscribers to
newspapers and periodicals shall be
required to pay one quarters postage
in advance. And there shall be- charg
ed upon every other newspaper and
each circular not sealed, handbill, en-
craving, pamphlet, periodical and
magazine which shall be unconnected
with any manuscript or written mat
ter, not exceeding three ounces in
weight, cents; and for each addi-
tional ounce or fraction of All ounce, 2
cents additional; and in all cases the
postage shall be prepaid by stamps.
And books bound or unbound, not
o,.a. Eonr ,aoMals Shall he