Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-07-24
RATES OF POSTAGE
IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

Sec l. The Congress Of the Confederate States
of america do enact That much of the first sec
ton of an Act entitled ian Act to prescribe the
rates of postage in the Confederate States of Amer
lea and fer other purposes" approved February %,
1861 asTelateS to scaled packages containing other
than printed written matter, including money
packages, be and the same is hereby amended as
to require that such packages shall be rated by
weight and charged the rates of letter postage.
Sec. 2. Ind be it further enacted That 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 bona
tide subscribers within the Confederate States shall
be charged with postage as follows, to wit: The
postage on the regular numbers of a newspaper,
published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter;
papers published Semweekly, 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 a week, fifteen cents
per per quarter; those published six times
week, thirty cents per ounce per quarter; and on
those published daily thirty 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 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
he two and half cents per quarter; and Tor every
additional ounce or fraction of an ounce two and
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
lshed within the Confederate States two cents; and
for each additional ounce or fraction Of an ounce,
two cents additional and in all cases the postage
shall be prepaid by stamps, or otherwise, as the
Postmaster General shall direct; and books, bound
unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall
be deemed maiable matter, and shall be charged
with postage, to be paid by stamps or otherwise,
as the Postmaster General NAV direct, at two cents
an ounce for any distance And upon all newspa-
perS, periodicals and books, aforesaid, published
beyond the limits of the Confederate States there
shall be charged postage at double the foregoing
specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or
periodicals within the Confederate States may send
tive offices of publication copy of each pubIca
ton free of postage All newspapers, unsealed cir
culars or other unseaed printed transient matter,
placed in any post office, not for transmission but
for delivery only shall be charged postage at the
rate of one cent each.
SEC 3. And he 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-General to provide and furnish ten cent stamps
and stamped envelopes; and that the provisions re-
sriconS and penalties prescribed by said section of
said Act, for violations of the same, i'll relation to
two, five and twenty cent stamps and stamped en-
veopeS, shall, IN all respects apply to the derom
nation of stamps and stamped envelopes herein pro-
vided for.
SEC 4. And lie 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-
lcrred upon the Postmaster General his chief Clerk
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 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 Is, 1861.
JEFF. DAVIS.