Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-01
New PoEtge Law.

Very important changes were made in
the postal laws by the last Congress-
The public are particularly interested in
the following;
SEC 3, and be it further enacted,
That no mail matter shall be delivered by
the Postmaster until the postage due there
on shall have been paid and no boz at
any post office shall be assigned to the use
Of any person until the rent thereof has
been paid for at least one quarter, for
which the Postmaster shall give receipt
and keep a record thereof in his office,
which record shall be delivered to his
successor
This section absolutely prohibits the
delirery of ang letter, newspaper, pamph-
let, or package whatever, until the post
age charged thereon shall be paid Post
masters must strictly conform to it Print
ed matter must be retained until it is paid
for, either as a transient package, or for
quarter.
On and after July l, 1868, the single
letter rate of postage will be three cents,
throughout the United States The Pa
cifc rate Of ten cents is abolished The
postage on local or drop letters will be
two cents for each half ounce, to be pre-
paid by stamps.
Any newspaper, or periodical 80 mark
ed or written upon as to give any other
information than that conveyed in the
print; or so enclosed that il caunot be
examined without destroying the wrapper,
will be charged at letter rates
If any matter on which by law the
postage is required to be prepaid at the
mailing Office shall reach its destina-
ton without such prepayment, double the
prepaid rates shall be charged and collect
ed on delivery.
The rate of postage on transient news
papers and periodicals, and on miscella-
ueous mailable matter, embracing pamph-
lets, occasional publications, book manu-
scripts and proof sheets, whether correct
ed or not, maps, prints, engIavinss, blanks,
flexible patterns, samples and sample
cards, photographic paper, letter envel-
opes, portal envelopes or wrappers, cards.
paper, plain or ornamental Photographic
representations Of different types, deeds,
cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions; will be
two cents for each four ounces or fraction
thereof contained in any one package to
one address, and such postage must, in
all cases be fully prepaid by stamps
plainly affixed to the wrapper
Double these rates are charged for
books Unseaied circulars. not exceeding
three in number, are charged with the
single rate of two cents and in that pro-
portion for greater number, adding one
rate for three circulars or less number
thereof directed to one address No ex-
ira postage shall be,charged for card on
an envelope or wrapper, These rates
must in all cases be prepsid by stamps.
The quarterly postage on newspapers
not exceeding four ounces in weight.
when issued weekly, is FIVE cents; semi
weekly, ten cents; tri-weekly, fifteen cents;
daily. thirty cents ; and such postage
must he prepaid for q term not less than
one quarter. nor more than one year.
The quarterly postage on periodicals.
published less frequently than once week
VII be at the rate of one cent per copy
for each four ounces, or fraction of four
ounces, to be prepaid for at least one quar-
ter Hereafter all correspondence ad-
dressed 70 any executive department, or
any officer in it, unless written by an Off
Ger of the departments, all communications
to the President not written by nubiic
officer, and all to the Vice President.
--ust :. prepaid