Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-02
Postage.

by the terms Of recent legislation, the
ranking privilege is abolished, and it is
provided that, :" All laws, and parts of
laws, permitting the Transmission by mail
OF any free matter whatever, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed, from and after
June 80, 1879 This cuts off the free
exchange newspapers between publishers,
and the free circulation Of papers within
the counties Of publication.
No changes in the rates of postage have
been made, and, consequently, postage
charges will DO as follows
To all parts of the United States, three
cents per half ounce.
PAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
Pamphlets, occasional publications, tran
sicnt newspapers, magazines, handbills,
posters, uusealed circulars, prospectuses,
book manuscripts, prool.sheets, corrected
prooi'sheets, maps, prints, engravings,
blanks, flexible patterns, sample cards,
Photographic paper, letter envelopes pos
tai envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain
ana ornamental paper, Photographic repre-.
seniations Of different types, seeds, cuttings,
bulbs, roots, and scons, can be transmitted
through the mails at the rate of one cent
for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
Books, two cents for each two ounces or
fraction thereof Samples of merchandise,
metals, ores, and meteorological specimens
can pass through the mails in packages not
exceeding twelve ounces, at the rate of two
cents for each two ounces or fraction there.
Of; to b. left open at the ends for examin-
alton, and TO contain no writing other than
the address.
All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive ma
tornls, obscene books, aud all other mat
ter liable to njnre The mails or those hay
Ing charge thereof, shall be excluded there
from.
REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.
Newspapers sent by mail must be pre-.
paid by stamps uuless regularly issued and
sent to regular subscribers" by publishers
or noWsdealers, when the following rates
are charged, payable quarterly in advance,
either at the mailing or delivery Office
Dailies IS coats
Blk times a week 30 cents
Irl-weeklies Is cents
Scml-weeklies 10 cents
Weekles 5 cents
Seni-mouthly, not over 4 ozs 6 cents
MOuthlies, not over ozs 3 cents.
Qaarterlies, not over A oEs. cent.
Newspapers and circulars dropped into
the ofhce for local delivery must be prepaid
at the rate Of one cent for two ounces, and
an additional rate for every additional two
ounces or fraction thereof aud periodicals
weighing more than two ounces are subject
TO two cent?, prepaid at all letter carrier
Offices
Toe postage on regular papers, &c, must
be paid in advance, either at the place OF
delivery, 10 the carrier, or at the Office,
otherwise they will be ehargesble at tran,
hient rates.
BOOK MANUSCRIPT.
Book manuscript passing between au
thors aud publishers requires prepayment
at the rate Of one cent for each two ounce,
or fraction thereof.
Manuscript Intended for publication il
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, ETC., II
subject to letter rates Of postage.
GENERAL RULES.
Full prepayment by stamps required OF
all transient printed matter, foreign ant
domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps, al
such as are received in the Office Will
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or will
such postage stamps as we're in use prior L
1861, or with revenue stamps on them, ar,
treated ." as unavailable" and sent to III,
Dead.Letter Office.
Letters which have not been delivered
can be forwarded, without additional charge
upon a written request.
Letters once delivered from post cfiic,
cannot be remailcd without prepayment o
postage.