RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO CHEAP POSTAGE.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, in the Congress of
the United States, representing this State, be and they are hereby requested to vote
for and urge the immediate repeal of the act of Congress of the third of March, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, requiring Postage to be paid on all newspapers
circulating in the mail within thirty miles of the office of publication, and requiring
the Postage on transient papers to be pre-paid, and to propose and vote for such other
modifications in the laws relating to Postage and the Post Office, as shall more effectually
provide for a uniform system of cheap Postage on letters and newspapers.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby requested to cause a copy of
the foregoing resolution to be forwarded to each of the Senators and Representatives
in Congress from Pennsylvania.
WILLIAM F. PACKER,Speaker of the House of Representatives.WILLIAM WILLIAMSON,
Speaker of the Senate.
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Adopted in the House of Representatives, January 5, 1848.WILLIAM JACK, Clerk.
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Adopted in the Senate, January 24, 1848.SAMUEL W. PEARSON, Clerk.
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Resolutions of the Pa legislature in favor of the repeal of the act of congress of the 3 of March 1847
charging postage on Certain Newspapers
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February 2, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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referd to com. on post offices & post roads
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Printed Document Signed, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 367: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Committees, 1847-1849, NAB