Shreveport daily news., 1861-08-13
Postal Affairs Of the Confederate
States

AN ACT, to be entitled an act tt
prescribe the rates Of postage IN six
I Confederate States Of dmerica. ana
for other pu,posrs.
SECTION l. The Congress ef tic Con-
seaerate States Of Ame7ica do enact,
That from and after such period as the
Postmaster General may by precla-
nation announce, there shall be- chars-
ed the following rates Of postage, to-
wit: For every single letter sealed
and for every letter in manuscript or
paper Of any kind upon which infor-
nation shall be asked for, or commu-
nicatc in writing, or by marks or signs
| convcyedin in the mail for any distance
between places within the Confederate
States Of America, not exceeding 500
miles, 5 cents: and for any distance
exceeding 500 miles, double that rate );
and every letter OF parcel not exceed
ing half an ounce in weight, shall be
deemed a single letter, and every ad
ditional wei yht Of half an ounce or ad-
ditionalweight! less than half an ounce
shall be charged with an additional
single postage; and oil packages CON
tanning other than printed or written
matter, and money packages in
cluded in this class, shall be rated by
weight as letters are rated, and skall
! be charged double tn. rates OF postage
on letters: and all drop letters or let
tcrs placed in any pos;otiicc 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
hich shall hereafter be advertised As
remaining over or uneal,rd for in any
postotiice shall DE charged with two
cents each III addition to the regular
postage, both 10 be accounted for a.
other hostages OF this tonteatra,i ion.
"SEC. 2. And be It ,furtter cnactcd,
That all newspapers not exceeding
| three ounces in weight. sent from h,
Office OF publication to actual and 1o-
ma tide subscribers. shall be charged
with postage as follows, to-wi': the
postage Oh the regular numbers OF Il
newspaper published weekly within
the Stat where published, Shall be G !
cents per quarter: and papers publish
ed semi-Nceklv. double that rate
and papers published thrice q week,
treble thci: rate; and papers publish
| ed daily. six times that rate; and
the postage on all newspapers to az
tual Subscribers without the State
where Published. siaIl he charged
double the foregoing rates; and peri
odicals sent from the Office oi' publi-
cation to actual and bowo HGeSUhscri-
bers, shall be charged with postag" as
follows, to-wit; the postage on the
regular numbers ot u periodical, not
exceeding one and a half ounces III
weight, and published monthly, with
in the State W here published, shall be
3 cents per qHarter; II published
semi-monthly. c,nble that rate and
for every additional ounce on traction
Of an ounce, double the foregoing
rates shall be charged: and periodi-
Gals published quarterly or hi-,ron;hiy Y
shall be charged one cent an ounce
and the postage on all periodicals
without the State where y,,>bIished
I~hall be do'bir the aboye specified
rates; and regular subscribers to
newspapers and periodicals shall b
required to pay one quarters postaS.
in advance. And ther. shall be charg.
ed upon every oihcr newspaper and
each circular not scaled, handful, en,
craving, pamphlot, periodical anc
magazine which shall be uncon,lecteC
with any manuscript or written mat
ter. not exceeding three ounces il
weight, 2 cents; and Tor each add.
tionai ounce or fraction of an ounce, :
cents additional; and in all cases tn,
postage shall oe prepaid by stamps