Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-07

OCCASION cOuSlueTaple eApeuse WlCuOut co[-
responding profit or convenience. In this
way saving to the Department might be
readily secured to the amount Of, say $780,.
900.
The sums added, say by in.
creased receipts by raising
postage rates. $37o,S IS
By saving, as above indicated,
total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l,USl, III UU
Total. ......... 81 $3.50, ,5e5 s3
Present excess of expenditures
over receipts. ...............1 1860, ,595 50
Your Committee are of opinion that steps
should be Immediately taken to procure
postage stamps Of the denomination of two,
FIVE and twenty cents; and these. stamps
will be sufficient to meet the wants of the
Department for the present.
They would further suggest that imme.
diate steps should be taken f,r procuring a
supply of locks and keys for the mail SER
vice and for post-ofice blanks, such as are
now in use.
They would further recommend that all
the mail contracts within this Confederacy
be re-let at as early day as practicable,
and until they are re.let the existing con-
tracts remain of force, this government be-
coming responsible to such contractors from
the 9Th day of February, 1861.
Your Committee are unable to suggest
any plan until further arrangements shall
have been made for the transmission of
mail matter to and from other governments.
They believe, however, that until postal
treaties can be made, expeGients arising
from the necessities of the public, will
readily suggest themselves, which will in a
great measure, remedy the inconvenience.
The widespread ramifcations of the Ex-
press companies would furnish valuable
auxiliaries for communication beyond the
Confederacy, the mail matter bearing the
stamps of each government through which
it may pass by said Express.
All which is respectfully submitted.
W. P. Chiffon, Chairman.
An Act to be entitled an act to presci6e
rates Of Postage in the Confederate
States Of america, and for other pur-
poses.
SEC. l. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact that from and
after such period as the Postmaster Gener-
al may by proclamation announce, there
shall be charged the following rules of post
age, to wit : for every single letter sealed
and for every letter in manuscript or paper
of any kind, upon which information shall
be asked for, or communicate in writing, or
by marks or signs, conveyed in the mail for
any distance between places within the Con
federate States of America, not exceeding
500 miles, 5 cents; and for any distance
exceeding 500 miles double that rate and
every letter or parcel not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, shall be deemed single
letter, and every additional weight of half
an ounce or additional weight of less than
half an ounce, shall be charged with an
additional single postage; and all packages
containing other than written or printed
matter-and money packages are included
in this class-shall be rated by weight as
letters are rated, and shall be charged
double the rates of postage on letters; and
all drop letters or letters placed in any
Post-oHice not for transmission but for de.
livery 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 here
after be advertised as remaining over and
uncalled for in any post.ofice, shall be
charged with two cents each in addition to
the regular postage; both to be accounted
for as other postages of this Confederacy.
Sec 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
all newspapers not exceeding three ounces
in weight, sent from the Office of publica-
ton to actual and bona fde subscribers,
shall be charged with postage as follows,
to wit the postage on the regular num-
bers of newspaper published weekly with
in the State where PUBLISHED, shall be 81
cents per quarter, and papers published
semi-weekly double that rate; and papers
published thrice week treble that rate
and papers published daily six times that
rate; and the postage on all newspapers to
actual subscribers without the State where
published, shall be charged double the fore
going rates; and periodicals seut from the
Office of publication to actual and bona
fde subscribers, shall be charged with post
age as follows, to wit the postage on the
regular numbers of periodical, not exceed
ing II ounces in weight, and published
monthly within the State where published,
shall be 8 cents per quarter; if published
semi.monthly double that rate and for eve
ry additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce,
double the foregoing rates shall be charg-
ed and periodicals published quarterly or
bi-monthly, shall be charged one cent an
ounce and the postage on all periodicals
without the State where published shall be
double the above specified rates and regu-
lar subscribers 10 newspapers and periodi-
Gals shall be required to pay one quarters
postage in advance. And there shall be
charged upon every other newspaper, on
each circular not sealed, handbill, engra-
wing, pamphlet, periodical and magazine,
which shall be unconnected with any manu-
script or written matter, not exceeding
three ounces in weight, two cents; and for
each additional ounce, or fraction of an
ounce, two cents addition and in all cases
the postage shall be prepaid by stamps
And books bound or unbound not weighing
over four pounds shall be deemed mailable