Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 10.djvu/59

THIRTY—-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 98. 1852. 39 or is paid yearly or quarterly in advance at the office where the same is mailed, and evidence of such payment is furnished to the office of delivery in such manner as the Post-Oilice Department shall by general regulations prescribe, one half of said rates only shall be charged. Newspapers and periodicals, not weighing over one ounce and a half} when circulated in the State where published, shall be charged one half ot' the rates before mentioned: Provided, That small newspapers and P . periodicals, published monthly or oftener, and pamphlets not containing mm` more than sixteen octave pages eachfwhen sent in single packages, weighing at least eight ounces, to one address, and prepaid by aflixing postage-stamps thereto, shall `be charged only half of a. cent for each ounce, or fraction of an ounce, notwithstanding the postage calculated on each separate article of such package would exceed that amount. The Transient martpostage on all transient matter shall be prepaid by stamps or otherwise, gif **° b°!g°§(‘:1‘} or shall be charged double the rates first above mentioned. bksbuge Sec. 2. And be itfun/wr enacted, That books, bound or unbound, not Postage on weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall b°°kS· bc chargeable with postage at one cent an ounce for 2.11 distances under three thousand miles, and two cents an ounce for all distances over three thousand miles, to which fifty per cent. shall be added in all cases where the same may be sent without being prepaid ; and all printed matter, chargeable by weight, shall be weighed when dry. The publishers of t C°**<*i¤;,P¤P°”1§ newspapers and periodicals may send to each other from their respective P°;,sg;;’_ m ° offices of publication, free of postage, one copy of each publication; and may also send to each actual subscriber, inclosed in their publications, bills {md receipts for the same, tree of postage. The publishers of weekly newspapers may send to each actual subscriber within the county where their papers are printed and published, one copy thereof free of s e. Fog. 3. And be it further enacted, That no newspaper, periodical, Above rms to magazine, or other printed paper or matter, shall be entitled to be sent °P[;lX my “’hgP at the rates of postage in this act specified, unless the following conditions gegnglnarc $2,,; be observed: First: It shall be sent without any cover or wrapper; or plied with. in a cover or wrapper open at the ends or sides, so that the character of the matter contained therein may be determined without removing such wrapper. Second: There shall be no word or communication printed on the same after its publication, or upon the cover or wrapper thereof] nor any writing or marks upon it, nor upon the cover or wrapper thereof] except the name and address of the person to whom it is to be sent. Third: There shall be no paper or other thing inclosed in or with such printed paper; and if these conditions are not complied with, such printed All F¤;*ii1¤:l¤t· matter shall be subject to letter postage; and all matter sent by mail f§;,$§OQ';;§t];g from one part of the United States to another, the postage of which is to gofmeistobu not Excd by the provisions of this act, shall, unless the same be entitled °h“'€°‘l 1°“·°' to be sent free of postage, be charged with letter postage. Pumgm Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the publisher of any pe- P¤>visi¤¤ fer riodical, after being three months previously notified that his publicat- gsinigf gmutgd tion is not taken out of the office to which it is sent for delivery, con- matter. tinue to forward such publication in the mail, the postmaster to whose office such publication is sent may dispose of the same for the postage, unless the publisher shall pay it; and whenever any printed matter of any description, received during one quarter of the fiscal year, shall have romained in the office without being called for during the whole of any succeeding qua.rte1·, the postmaster at such 0Hice shall sell the same and credit the proceeds of such sale in his quarterly accounts, under such regulations, and after such notice as the Post-Oilioc Department sha1' prescribe. . Sec. 5. And be it furtlwr enacted, That so much of the second sec- pmv{§g;‘;Sm°tQF tion of the act entitled “An act to modify and reduce the rates of post- pcalcd.