Chapter XI. *authorizing Publishers to print on their Papers the Date when Subscriptions expire, and in Relation to the Postage on drop Letters.* April 3, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the second clause of Act of 1852
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Chap. XI.— An Act *authorizing Publishers to print on their Papers the Date when Subscriptions expire, and in Relation to the Postage on drop Letters.* April 3, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the second clause of Act of 1852, ch. 98, § 3 (vol. x. p. 39), modified in part.section third of the act of thirtieth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. establishing the rates of postage on printed matter, is hereby so modified as to read as follows, namely:
Second: There shall be no word or communication printed on the Date of expiration of subscriptions may be printed on papers. *Post,* pp. 705, 707.same after its publication, or upon the cover or wrapper thereof, nor any writing nor mark upon it, nor upon the cover or wrapper thereof, except the name, the date when the subscription expires, and the address of the person to whom it is to be sent. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That on all drop letters delivered within the limits of any city or town by carriers, under the authority of Postage on drop letters delivered by carriers. *Post,* p. 705.the Post Office Department, one cent each shall be charged for the receipt and delivery of said letters, and no more.
Approved, April 3, 1860.