The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
POSTAGE MATTERS.
No More Free Matter Ia he sent Through
the Mails-The Postal Rates as They
Now stand.

the Mails-The Postal Rates as They
Now stand.
[From the Postal Record
The recent Congressional legislation
provides 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and the same are hereby, repealed from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, 1873"
This cuts off the free exchange of
newspapers between publishers, and the
the free circulation of papers within
counties of publication.
No changes in the rates of postage
have been made, consequently postage
charges will be as follows:
LETTERS.
To all parts of the United States,
three cents per half ounce.
PAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
Pamphlets, occasional publications
transient newspapers, magazines, hand
bills, posters, unsealed circulars, pros
pectuses, book manuscripts, proof
sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blanks,
flexible patterns, sample cards, photo
graphic paper, letter envelopes, postal
envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain
and ornamental paper, Photographic
representations of different types, seeds,
cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions can be
transmitted through the mails at 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 mail in packages not ex
ceeding twelve ounces, at the rate Of
ton thereof; to be left open at the ends
for examination, and to contain no
writing other than the address.
All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive
material, obscene books, and all other
material liza BILE to iniure the mails or
those having charge thereof shall be
excluded therefrom.
REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.
Newspapers sent by mail must be
prepaid by stamps, unless regularly
issued and sent to regular subscribers"
by publishers or newsdealers, when the
following rates are charged, payable
quarterly in advance, either at the mail
ing or delivery office
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Six times week. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 80 cents.
Tri-weekly. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lib cents.
Semi-weekly Observation-Disclosures. 10 cents.
week.-Mrs.. ...................... cents.
Semi-monthly, not over ozs...... cents.
Monthlies, not over oZs ........... 3 cents.
Quarterlies, not over ozs........... l cent.
Newspapers and circulars dropped
into the Office 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 and periodicals weighing
more than two ounces are subject to
two cents, prepaid at the letter-carrier
offices.
The postage on regular papers, etc. +,
must be paid in advance, either ut the
place of delivery, to the carrier, or at
the office, otherwise they will be
chargeable at transient rates.
BOOK MANUSCRIPT.
Book manuscript passing between
authors and publishers requires pre-
payment at the rate of one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof.
Manuscript intended for publication
in newspapers, magazines, pamphlets,
ETC., is subject to letter rates of post
age.
GENERAL RULES.
Full prepayment by stamps is re-
quired on all transient printed matter,
foreign and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps, all
such as are received in the Office with
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or
with such postage stamps as were in
use prior to 1861, or with revenue
stamps on them, are treated as I'M
mailable" and sent to the Dead Letter
Office.
Letters which have not been delivered
can be forwarded, without additional
charge, upon written request.
Letters once delivered from a post
office cannot be remailed without pre-
payment of postage.
Departmental postage after June 30,
1873, will be prepaid by special stamps,
prepared and furnished by the Postoffice
Department.
1t will, nevertheless, become impor-
tant for correspondents of the several
departments and bureaus to fully pre-
pay their postage after the Goth of June
next. OF course, the local officers and
agents of the departments will be in
structed to this effect.