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- Foreign mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, pursuant to the resolution of the House of the 17th instant, a report of such measures as are rendered necessary by the present state of our foreign mail service. January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Reduction of postage, &c. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying a reduction in the rate of letter postage ; and showing the evils and gross injustice, as well as the injudicious policy, of the present rates of postage. March 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Business reply cards in the mails. December 8, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of post routes which have not produced, within the past year, one third of the expense of transporting the mail on the same. February 20, 1824. Read, Ordered that it lie upon the table
- Report of the Postmaster General, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information illustrative of the operation of the British post office system, and the effect upon its revenues of the reduced rates of postage. January 16, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed ; and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 1,000 additional copies for the use of the Post Office Department
- Post Office operations -- 1833. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting a report of the operations of the department for the year 1833. June 30, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to postage. January 24, 1849. Ordered to be printed
- Postal rates. May 11, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, for the alteration of the post office law, so as to allow newspapers to pass through the post office free of postage in the state in which they are published. December 30, 1845. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Reduction of postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, relative to the reduction of the present rates of postage. February 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Postal salaries and postage rates. February 17 (calendar day, February 24), 1925. -- Ordered to be printed
- Postage on newspapers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the postage laws. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Postage on newspapers and pamphlets. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, respecting postage received on newspapers and pamphlets for six months, ending June 30, 1837. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Report of the Postmaster General, communicating the particulars of the postal arrangement with Bremen. February 6, 1849. Ordered to be printed
- Transportation of mails between the United States, its possessions, and any foreign country. June 16 (calendar day, June 18), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed
- Letters, &c. by express mail. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 11th January inst. in relation to postages paid on letters transmitted by the War Department by the express mail. January 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Reduced postage. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st instant, a communication from the First Assistant Postmaster General in regard to a system of reduced postages, &c. December 22, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Mail steamships between the United States and Great Britain. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) January 25, 1859
- Readjustment of postal rates. June 11, 1951. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- H.R. 22, the Postal Reform Act of 1997, hearing before the Subcommittee on the Postal Service of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives; One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session; on H.R. 22, to reform the postal laws of the United States; April 16, 1997
- Postage rate on private mailing cards or post cards. December 8, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, showing the postage received at the office in Washington City for two years, ending on the 1st May, 1830. May 20, 1830. -- Read. February 1, 1831. -- Ordered to be printed
- Estimates -- mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
- Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan against any increase of the rates of postage. February 22, 1859. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed
- Letter carriers -- of fees. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 28th of February last, information relative to the reduction of the fees of letter carriers in the cities of the United States. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Unproductive post routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes. January 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the franking privilege and the postage on newspapers. January 25, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Postage accruing in the U.S. -- 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, in each state and territory, for one year ending 31st March, 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table
- Report from the Postmaster General, in reply to certain resolutions of the Senate of the 10th April, relating to that Department. May 5, 1830. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New York, against an increase of the rates of postage. February 5, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
- Report of the Special Joint Subcommittee on Postal Rates. December 18, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed
- Postal rate readjustment and policy. May 29, 1956. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Report of the Postal Commission authorized by Congress to make inquiry regarding second-class mail matter with hearings October 1--November 28, 1906 and index-digest of the testimony
- Fixing postage rates on hotel-room keys and tags. Mr. Metcalf submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 92) fixing postage rates on hotel-room keys and tags. June 28 (legislative day, June 23), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to the franking privilege, and the postage on newspapers. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Postage on letters and newspapers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to postage and newspapers. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- John D. Colmesnil, President of the Ohio and Mississippi Mail Line Company. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 12.) April 11, 1850
- Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1855, calling for copies of the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, relative to the postal treaty with the British government. March 2, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed
- Mail contracts to foreign countries. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating copies of contracts for the transportation of the United States mail to foreign countries. December 15, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed
- Postal rates. Report of the Special Joint Subcommittee on Postal Rates submitting recommendations for a permanent schedule of postal rates pursuant to Section 217 of the Act of February 28, 1925, and Public Resolution No. 2, approved December 17, 1925. Presented by Mr. Moses. May 10 (calendar day, May 11), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed
- Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department, by states, for 1860. Letter of the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department, by states, for the year ending June 30, 1860. January 28, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Postage. Joint resolution of the Legislature of State of Michigan relative to postage. February 22, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed
- Graduated special-handling postage charges and special delivery. December 8, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- To authorize the Postmaster General to charge an additional fee for effecting delivery of domestic registered, insured, or collect-on-delivery mail, the delivery of which is restricted to the addressee only, or to the addressee or order. May 10 (calendar day, May 24), 1934. -- Ordered to be printed
- Communication from Pliny Miles, of New York, in favor of a reform of the postal system, accompanied by a bill. February 23, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
- Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements shewing the amount of postage received at each of the post offices in the United States and the territories thereof during the year 1822. February 26, 1824. Read, Ordered that it lie upon the table
- Postage for one year -- ending March 31, 1832. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the amount of postage accruing for one year, ending on the 31st March, 1832. December 19, 1832. Read, and laid upon the table
- Maryland Legislature -- franking privilege. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, upon the subject of an extension of the franking privilege. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Letter postage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) May 18, 1838
- Post Office Department -- receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his account of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department, for the year ending June 30, 1847. January 5, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
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