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.