Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-30
Postal Affairs Of the Confederate
States,

prescribe tAe rates Of postage iu III
Confederate States ef Anuerica, I'M
far othcr pu,7,oses.
SECTION l. TIE Congress 1f tie Co1
fe1crate States Of Ame7tca do cuuc
That from and after such period as tn
POSTMASTER General may by precla
nation announce, there shall be charc
ed the following rates of postage, to
wit: For every single letter scale,
and for every letter in manuscript o
paper Of any kind upon whicl, infor
nation shall be asked for. or conmu
nicatc i'll writing, or by marks or sign.
conveyed in the mail for any distanc,
between PLACES within the Contedrat.
States of America, not exceeding SOC
miles, ) cents; and tor any distanc,
exceeding 500 miles, double that rate
and every letter or parcel not exceed
ing half an ounce in weight, shall be
deemed a single letter, and every ad
ditional weight of haitian ounce or ad-
diti"nal weight less than half an ounce
shall be charged with an additional
single postage; and allpackages con-
taining other than printed or written
matter, and money packages in
cluded in this class, shall be rated bv
weight as letters are rated, and shall
be charged double the rates of postage
on letters; and all drop letters or let
ters placed in any postofiice not for
transmission but for delivery only,
shall be charged with postage at the
rate OF two cents each; and in all the
cases the postage must b.
prepaid by stamps; and all letters
which shall hereafter be advertised as
over or uncalled for in any
postotaice shall be charged with two |
cents each in addition to the regular
postage, both to be accounted for as
'th"r hostages of this Confederation.
SEC. 2. Ind be 1t ,furthev enacted,
That all newspapers not exceeding
hrec ounces in weight, sent from the
'ttlcr OF publication to actual and 'bo-
"a tide subscribers. shall be charged
With postage Is follows, to-wit: the
postage on the regular numbers of a
newspaper published weekly within
he Stat" where published, shall be 81
rnts perYuarter; and papers publish
d Srmi-weeklv, double that rate;
nd papers published thrice Il week,
'rblr their rate; and papers publish
q daily, six times that rate; and
he postage on all newspapers to ac- .
ial subscribers without the State ,
here published, shall be charged ,
"ublc the foregoing rates; and peri ,
ideals sent from the otiic. of publi- {
alton to actual and lana f1csubscri-
ers, shall be charged with posta g. as :
blows, to-wit; the postage on the I
':nlar numbers Of a periodical, not +
Sccedin@ one and half ounces in }
eight, and published monthly, with a
the State where published, shall be- t
cents per qrarter; if published I
'mi-monthly, double that rate; and Il
+ every additional ounce or fraction t
an ounce, double the foregoing a
ties shall be charged; and period t,
|ls lspublishcd quarterly Y or b-monthly c
'ali hc charged one cent an uuncu: |
ld the postage on all periodicals s.
|thont tn" State where published. Il
all be dosble the above specified b
ties; and regular subscribers to 81
"spapers and periodicals shall be n
lulrcd to pay one quarters postage ia
advance. And there shall be char" 81
upon every other newspaper and p.
ch circular not sealed. handbill, en- Z
aving, pamphlet. periodical and at
'gazinc which shall be ,mcounected th
tn amy manuscript or written mat fir
). not exceeding three ounces in az
light, 2 cents; and for each addi- tn
nal ounce or fraction of an ounce. 2 to
its additional: and in all cases the Sh
'tage shall be prepaid by stamps. ne
d books bound or unbound, not tn
'Shing over four pounds, shall be m,
'ined mailable matter, and shall b.. d,
Urged with postage, to be prepaid let