By
Mr
Dixon
of
Conn.
A Bill To abolish the Franking Privilege
A Bill To abolish the Franking Privilege
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in
Congress assembled:
That from and after the passage of this act, all Letters, News papers, Documents,
and other mailable matter passing through the mails, shall be charged with the existing
legal rates of postage for the time being, and that the franking privilege (so called)
be and the same is hereby wholly abolished in all cases whatsoever, and all Laws,
or parts of Laws, inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
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A Bill to abolish the franking privilege.
Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB ,