Resolved
That the Committee of POffices & P Routes inquire into the expediency of graduating
the rates of newspaper postage according the number of miles over which they are transported.
Also into the expediency of restoring to Post Masters the privilege of receiving a
certain number of newspapers free of postage.
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Mr Wentworth.
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To graduate newspaper postage and to allow Post Masters to receive a certain number
free
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Mch 20th ‘48
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Agreed to.
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Postage Resolution
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Wentworth
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Handwritten Document, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB,