Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-24
RATES OF POSTAGE
IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

Sec /. The Congress of tho Confederate States
of America do enact That SO much Of the tirst sec
ton of an Act entitled ian Act to prescribe the
rates of postage in the Confederate States OF Amer
ica and fer other purposes" approved February ~,
1861 as relates to sealed packages containing other
than printed or written matter, including money
packages, be and the same is hereby SO amended as
to require that such packages shall be rated by
weight, and charged the rates of letter postage.
SEC. Q. And be it further enacted, Tha: the sec
ton of said Act be amended as follows, to wit: That
all newspapers published within the Confederate
States, not exceeding three ounces in weight, and
sent to the office of publication to actual and oon0
fde subscribers within the Confederate States, shall
be charged with postage as follows, to wit: Inc
postage on the regular numbers OF newspaper,
published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter;
papers published semiweekly, double that amount;
papers, published thrice week. treble that amount;
papers, published six times week, six times that
amount; and papers, published daily, seven times
that amount And on newspapers weighing more
than three ounces, there shall be going rates: On
those published once week, five cents an ounce or
fraction of ounce per quarter; on those published
twice week, ten cents per ounce per quarter; on
those published three times week, fifteen cents
per ounce per quarter; on those published six times
week, thirty cents per ounce per quarter; and on
those published daily thirty five cents per ounce per
quarter And periodicals published oftener than
bi-monthly shall BE charged as newspapers. And
other periodicals sent from the Office of publication
to actual and bona fde subscribers shall be charged
with postage as follows to wit: The postage on
the regular numbers of periodical published with
in the Confederate States, not exceeding one and
half ounces in weight and published monthly, shall
be two and half cents per quarter; and Tor 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
an ounce; and regular subscribers to newspapers
and periodicals shall be required to pay one quar-
ter thereon in advance, at the Office of delivery.
unless paid at the Office where published And
there shall be charged upon every other newspaper
and each circular not sealed, handbill engraving,
pamphlet, periodical and magazine, which shall be
unconnccted with any manuscript or written matter,
and not exceeding three ounces in weight, and pub
shed within the Confederate States, two cents; and
for each additional ounce or fraction Of an ounce,
two cents additional; and in all the postage
shall be prepaid by stamps, or otherwise, as the
Postmaster General shall direct; and books, bound
or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall
be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charged
with postage to be prepaid by stamps otherwise,
the Postmaster General may direct, at two cents
an ounce for any distance. And upon all newspa-
pers, periodicals and books, as aforesaid published
shall be charged postage at double the foregoing
specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or
periodicals within the Confederate States may send
and receive to and from each other from their respec
tive offices Of publication, one copy of each pubca-
ton free of postage, All newspapers, unseaed cir
culars or other unsealed printed transient matter
placed in most office, not for transmission but
for deliver shall be charged postage at the
rate of one Cent EACH.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the third
section of the above recited Act be and the same
is hereby so amended as to authorize the Postmas-
ter-Genera to provide and furnish ten cent stamps
and stamped envelopes and that the provisions re-
strctons and penalties prescribed by said section Of
said Act, for violations of the same in relation to
two, five and twenty cent stamps and stamped en-
velopes, shall, IN all respects, apply to the denomi
nation of stamps and stamped envelopes herein pro-
vided for.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the pro-
viso contained in the fifth section of the said Act
be so amended as to extend to the Chiefs Of the
Contract Appointment and Finance Bureaus of the
Post Office Department the privilege therein con-
and the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office
Department of transmitting through the mails, free
Of postage any letters, packages or other matters
relating exclusively to their official duties or to the
business of the Post Office Department, subject to
the restrictions and penalties prescribed by the said
proviso and that this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage
HOWELL COBB,
President of the Congress.
Approved May 10, 1861.