ThirtiethCongress,
FirstSession,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled.

That, from and after the first day of July next, all newspapers, of no greater size or superficies than nineteen hundred square inches, may be transmitted through the mail by the editors or publishers thereof to all subscribers or other persons within the county, or within thirty miles of the city, town, or other place in which the paper is, or may be printed, free of any charge for postage whatever.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all newspapers of the size aforesaid, sent from the office of publication, and which shall be conveyed in the mail any distance beyond the county or beyond thirty miles from the place at which the same may be printed, and not over one hundred miles, shall be subject to, and charged with a postage of one-half cent, and of one cent for any greater distance: Provided, That the postage of a single newspaper of the size aforesaid, from any one place to another in the same State, shall not exceed one-half cent.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon all newspapers of a greater size or superficial extent than nineteen hundred square inches, sent form the office of publication, there shall be charged and collected the same

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rates of postage as are prescribed by this act to be charged on magazines and pamphlets. And upon all newspapers of a less size or superficial extent than five hundred square inches, sent from the office aforesaid, there shall be charged and collected a uniform rate of one-fourth of a cent for all distances within or without the State in which they may be published: Provided, however, That they may be transmitted free of postage through the mail within the county and within thirty miles of the place of publication, according to the provisions of the first section of this act.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all printed or lithographed circulars and hand bills, or advertisements printed, or lithographed on quarto post, or single cap paper, or paper not larger than single cap, folded, directed and unsealed, shall be charged with postage at the rate of one cent for each sheet and no more, whatever be the distance the same may be sent.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, and every other kind and description of printed or other matter, except newspapers, which shall be unconnected with any manuscript communication whatever, and which it is, or may be lawful to transmit by mail, shall be charged with postage at the rate of two cents for each copy sent of no greater weight than one ounce, and one cent additional shall be charged for each additional ounce of the weight of any such pamphlet, magazine, matter, or thing with may be transmitted through the mail,

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whatever be the distance the same may be sent; and any fractional excess of not less than one-half of an ounce in the weight of any such matter or thing above one or more ounces, shall be charged for as if said excess amounted to a full half ounce.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the publishers of all pamphlets, magazines, and periodicals may send one copy of the same to each and every other publishers of a work of the like kind within the United States, free of postage, as is now provided for by law in regard to free exchanges between the publishers of newspapers, under such regulations as the Postmaster General shall provide.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all newspapers, not sent from the office of publication, and all hand bills, or circulars printed, or lithographed, not exceeding one sheet, shall be subject to two cents postage each for any distance, to be paid when deposited in any post office to be conveyed by mail, and all such postages shall be received and rated in the settlement of the accounts of Postmasters as newspaper, and not as letter postage.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts, or parts of acts, which come in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.