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Show NW POSTAL blLLS- W.i.siiiiigliin, '. T'uc Ifijiire Fot-ofhee Fot-ofhee t ominittee liave agretti to re-jrt re-jrt a biii providing that uu news-Iapers news-Iapers and ieriodicals and p:ibiiea-tiona p:ibiiea-tiona niailc-d from the known office of I publication or from a news agency, and a Id reused to r-gular subscribers .or news agents, postage shall be charged at tiie following rates ; On newspapers ana penouic.oo. puunca-j tions issticxl weekly and mere fre-.jiiently fre-.jiiently than once a week, three cents for each pound or traction' thereof; on receipt of such pajwm and ptiriotlicals at the othec of mail- j ing, lliey arc to be weighed in hulk,' and the jioslage paid t)ierou by a special adhesive stamp. Newsp;i- i pers. one copy to each actual aubscri-1 ilc-r residing vvithm the county where printed, in' whole or in art.and published, pub-lished, go free through the mails, but the same shall not be delivered by j letter carriers, oincers, or distributed dis-tributed by carriers unless postage is ' paid thereon as by law provided, : and newspapers and magazines re- j ciprucally interchanged (Mwccn pub-j lishers, not excctling"sixU.en ounces I in wei jlit, to he conlincil to a single copy of each publication, go tree through the mails. Ail mailable matter of the third class may weigh ( not exceeding four pounds for each package there-., a Lid postage shall be charged thereon at tho rale of one cent lor each Iwo ounces or fraction thereof. But nothing herein contained con-tained shall be held to change or amend section 1H of said act. Affidavits Affi-davits arc to be made by publishers and news agents to secure their adherence ad-herence to these provisions for the violation of which peualties are prc-t scsibed. The ccmmittcc have also agreed 1 1 report an amendment to the statutes fixing and prescribing the method of adjusting salaries of postmasters. The commitlec have also agreed to report a Tji 1 1 to insure- a better execution of mail contracts. It provides among othor things that before the bond of a bidder is approved it must be shorn that sureties arc owners of real estate worth double the amount of the bond. If any rcgulir contractor shall fail or refuse to perform the service, the Postmaster (ieneral shall proceed to contract w-th the next lowest bidder unless the bid shall be considered too high; and on such an event tho Postmaster General Gener-al may contract with any of the next lowest bidders. Temporary cowtracts may bo made in certain eacs for not exceeding six months, until a letting under advertisement can take place. |