Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-05
Aya.rS Of the Con .edcratc
States.

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SEcrl,N 1. Tae Congress Of the CDn-
,a!-ra,e .S.nAes Of Anerica do enac,,
Taa. tro n and after such period As ,iie
Pist II, ,ster General may 10y nTnca-
nation anaounc ce. there shall be cilarG-
ed the ioll wing rates Of postage. to-
wit: For every single letter sealed
anI for every letter III N .nuscrlpt or
paper OF any kind upon which intor-
N ,tlon shall be asked for. on comnn-
niaaae in writing. or by marks or slSn>
convened in the mail for any distance
between places within the ConieIrate
States Of 4 N ,riea. not exceeding 800
,niias. 6 cents; and for any distanc"
excse ling so miles. double that ra5e;
and every le ter or parcel not cXrrd'
:usr half an ounce in weight. shall be
deemed Il single letter, and every ad-
ditional weight of half an ounce or adj
aitionai wei :ht less than halt an ounce
shall be charged with an additional
single postag9; and ailpacka-es CON
tanning 9th II saaa printed or written
matter, AMI money packages IN
alu led in this class, shall be- rated by
wei sht as letters are rated. and shall
ba Oh lrgad double the rates OF postage
on letters; aud all drop letters OF let
ters plac d IN any post"tiicr not tor
trans nissiol but t,r delivery only.
shall be charged with postag,' III rnr
rate Of two cents each; and in all the
foregoing cases the pps;age must be
prepaid by stamps; and all letters
which shall hereafter b, advertised aS
remaining over ~ uAcaiicd for III any
p,stottce shall b. charg'd with two
cents each In addition to the regular
postage, both to be accounted toy "a
other postages of this C'ntederation.
"SEc. 2. AnI be 1t ,fNrther cnacted,
That ali newspapers not eXcerdlnS
.hree ounces III weight, sent from the
off 90 of pabIica ion to actual and bo-
za f le Subscribers. sh Ill IN, charged
with y stage as follows. to-w!t: the
ppssa 20 on the regular numbe OF Il
newspaper plollS.lr1 weekly wl'h"
the STAT. w1.re pabiished, shall be & !;
cents perqu lrter; and papers publish
ed seml-w eekly. double that rae; ;
and pap.rs published thrice Il week.
treble their rate and plpsrs publish
ed daily, six times that rate; ana
the postage on all newspapers to ac-
4ual subs scri bers without the State
where published. shall be charged
double the tore.oing rates; alh peri
od1cals sent from The oth,'e OF publ
cation to actual aod boao fde subscri-
bers, shall be- cnargs-. w tn post Sc IL
follows, to-wlt; the pos.aSe on tht
regular numbers OF 4 pericdlcal, noi
exceeding one and half ounces IL
weight, and published on'hly, with
IN the State where published, shall be
3 cents per quarter; If publsheI
semi-monohiy, double that rate; anc
for every additional ounce or ir;'ctloi
of an ounce, double the t"reSeins
rates shall be charged; and poiodl
Gals published quarterly or bl-ponthl,
shall be charged one cent an ounce
aud the postage on all periodical:
without the State where pub b.sIed
shall be double the above specitlrt
rates; and regular subscribers t.
newsp lpers aad periodicals shall b'
required to pay one quarters postag:
in advance. And there shall be cilarg
I'd upon every otlEer newspaper an'
each circular not sealed, handbill, en-
craving, pamphlet, periodical an'
nag lzlne which shall be unconnecte'
with any IN lnuscript or written mat
ter, not exceeding three ounces II
weight, 2 GEMS; at.d for each add
tional ounce or fraction Of an ounce,
cents alli, iona!; and in all cases tn
oostase shall be prep I'D by stamps
And books bound OF unbound. no
weighing over four pounds, shall b
deemed mail.lble matter; and shall b
charged with postage, to be prepa''