Show the new postal law the postal appropriation bill an approved r 0 ved march 3 1873 contained the eo lowing following i clause provided that all laws and parts parta of laws permitting tile til 0 transmission by mail of any free matter whatever be and the same are hereby repealed from and after june 1873 this abolishes tile tiie franking privilege held by congress and so many government off omm meers leers this also abolishes section 35 of the tho act of march 3 but the publishers of weekly newspapers may send to each actual subscriber within the county where their pa persape per sare saro printed and published one copy thereof free of postage 1 a and u d requires that after june all papers must gay pay postage this abolishes es section 45 of the same act all publishers of periodicals odi cals magazines and newspapers which shall not exceed sixteen ounces in weight shall be allowed to interchange their publications reciprocally free of postage provided that such interchange shall be bonfi confined ned to a single copy of such publication the laws remain unchanged which permit prepayment of postage oil on newspapers at the office of mailing or delivery at the option of the subscriber and prepayment by news dealers upon their packages a es as received no 10 reduction of postage rates ila has s been made Fam fab bill which allowed papers to go free to country subscribers and arid exchanges to go free passed the house and failed in the senate ex |