Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-06-05

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The following Laws have been enacted by
the Congress OF the Confederate States OF
Amelicg
Lettei Postage.
AN ACT TO prescribe the Rates of Postage in
the Confederate States Of America, and for
other purposes.
Tie Congress ciMe Confederate States Of
America do enact. That from and after such
period as the Postmaster General may by
proclamation announce, there shall be charged
the following rates of postage. to wit: For
every siuglc sealed letter, and f1r every let
ter in manuscript or paper Of any kind, upon
which information shall be asked for or COM
municatcd in writing or by marks or signs,
conveyed in the mail for any distance between
within the Confederate States Of America,
not exceeding five hundred miles, five cents !;
and for any distance exceeding five hundred
miles, double that rate: and every letter or
parcel not exceeding half an ounce in weight
shall .bc deemed u single letter, and every ad-
ditional weight of half an ounce, OF additional
weight of less than half an ounce, shall be
charged with additional single postage; and
all packages containing otter than printed or
written matter-and money packages are in
cluded in this cass-shall be rated by weight
as letters arc rated, and shall be charged the
rates Of postage on letters; and all drop let
ters, or letters placed in any postotiice not for
transmission but for delivery only, shall be
charged with postage at the rate of Two cents
the postage must be prepaid by stamps; and
all letters which shall hereafter be advertised
as remaining over Or uncllled for in any post,
Office shall be charged with two cents each in
addition to the regular postage, both to be
accounted for as other posta,e Of this Con-
(ederacy.
Postage on :AemSpaperS, Pamphlets, and other
printed matter, including Books.
And be it further enacted, That all news.
papers published wilhinthe Confederate States,
not exceeding three ounces in weight, and
sent from the office Of publication TO actual
and bona tide subscribers within the Con
tcderate States, shall be ch rgcd with postage
as folows-yiz: The postage on the regular
numbers of g newspaper published weekly,
shall be Ten cents per quarter; papers pub
lished Scmi-weckly, double that amount; pa.
pers published thrice a week, treble that
amount papers published six times week:
six times that amount, and papers publ shed
daily, seven times that amount. And on
newspapers weighing more than three ounces,
t7eFS sai c 1
ounce in addition to the foregoing rates, on
those published once i Week, five cents per
ounce, or fraction OF III ounce; per quarter;
on those published three times il week, fifteen
cents per ounce. per quarter: on those pub
lishrd six times week. thrt.' cents per
ounce per quarter; and on those published
daily, hirty.tivc cents per ounce per quarter.
And periodicals published ottener than
bi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers.
And other periodicals, sent from the Office
of publication to actual ard bona iide sub
scribcrs, shall be charged with postage as
follow<-viz: The postage on the regular
numbers Of a periodical, published within the
Confederate States, and exceeding one and u
half ounces in weight, and published month
ly, shall be two and half cents per quarter;
ard for every additional ounce, or fraction of
an ounce, two and a half cents additional; if
published semi-monthly double that amount.
And periodicals published quarterly or bi
monthly, shall be charged two cents un ounce;
and regular subscrib rs to newspapers and
periodicals shall DC required to pay one quar-.
ters postage thereon in advance, at the oce
of delivery, unless paid at the office where
published.
g And there shall he charged upon every
other newspaper. and each circular not sealed.
hand b.I, engraving. pamphlet, periodical and
magazine which shall be unconnccted with
any manuscript Or written matter, and not
exceeding three ounces in weight and pub.
ishcd within the Confederate States, two
cents; and for each additional ounce, or irac-
tion ut an ounce, two cents additional: and
in all cases the postage Shall be prepaid by
stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster Gen
cral shall direct.
And books, bound or unbound, not weigh
ng over four pounds, shall be deemed malta
bic matter, and shall be charged with post.
age, to be prepaid b. stamps CT otherwise,
as the Post Master General shall direct, at
two cents an ounce for any distance
And upon all newspapers, periodicals and
books, as aforesaid, published beyond the
limits of the Confederate States, there shall
be charged postage at double the foregoing
specified rates.
The publisl!ersof newspapers Or periodicals
within the Confederate States, may send and
receive to and from each other, from their
respective Offices 0: publication, one copy of
each publication, free of postage.
All newspapers, unsealed circulars or other
rlnsealrd printed transient matter, placed in
any post office, not Tor transmission but for
delivery only, shall be charged postage at the
ra!e Of one cent each
Fiwnhiag PricHcm.
And be Il .t"rther enacted, That from and
after the day when this act goes into effect
the frankng privilege shall be abolished:
Provided, That the Postmaster General and
his chief clerk, the chief Of the Contract Ap,
pointment and Finance Bureaus, and the
Aditor Of the Treasury for the Post office De-
partment, shall be and they are hereby au
thorzed to transmit through the mail free of