Orwigsburg, Tamaqua, New Philadelphia and Middleport shall constitute the Third district and elect one member.

The boroughs of Pinegrove, Tremont, Minersville, Pottsville, Yorkville, Mount Carbon, Landingville, Palo Alto, Saint Clair, Port Carbon, Cressona, Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, and the townships of South Manheim, North Manheim, East Manheim, East Norweigan, New Castle, Norwegian, Pinegrove, Tremont, Porter, Frailey, Reilly, Branch, Washington and Wayne shall constitute the Fourth district and elect three members.

The county of Snyder shall elect one member. The county of Somerset shall elect two members. The county of Sullivan shall elect one member. The county of Susquehanna shall elect two members.

The county of Tioga shall elect two members. The county of Union shall elect one member. The county of Venango shall elect three members.

The county of Warren shall elect one member. The county of Washington shall elect three members.

The county of Wayne shall elect two members. The county of Westmoreland shall elect three members.

The county of Wyoming shall elect one member. The county of York shall elect four members. The Senators and Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the city of Philadelphia and the several counties of this Commonwealth, at the time, places and in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth.

Representatives shall be chosen at the general election in November, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, to serve for two years, and biennially thereafter. The Senators shall be chosen in the several districts at the following times, to wit:

At the general election in November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, Senators shall be chosen to serve for two years in the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, Twentysixth, Twenty-eighth, Thirtieth, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-Fourth, Thirty-sixth, Thirtyseventh, Thirty-ninth, Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth and Forty-eighth districts.

At the general election in November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, Senators shall be chosen to serve for one year in the First, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twentyfourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-eighth, Fortieth, Fortysixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-ninth districts.

At the general election in November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, a Senator shall be chosen to serve for two years from each of the even numbered districts, and for four years from each of the odd numbered districts, and thenceforward a Senator shall be chosen at the general election in November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, from each of the even numbered districts, to serve for four years; and at the general election in November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, a Senator shall be chosen in each of the odd numbered districts, to serve for four years.

DOMESTIC POSTAGES.

LETTERS.

Postage on letters passing from one post-office to another is, for each half ounce or fraction thereof, three cents.

DROP LETTERS.

Postage on drop, or local letters, at post-offices where letter-carriers are employed, for each half ounce or fraction thereof, two cents; at other than letter-carrier offices, one cent for each half ounce or fraction thereof.

POSTAL CARDS.

With postage stamp impressed upon them, one cent. (To be furnished only by the United States Post-office Department.)

NEWSPAPERS, CIRCULARS, &C.

By act of July 12, 1876, pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, magazines, books, periodicals, handbills, posters, sheet-music, (printed) prospectus, maps. proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, and regular publications, designed principally for advertising purposes or for circulation at nominal rates, are subject to postage at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, and printed cards and blanks, lithographs, prints, chromo lithographs, engravings, photographs and stereoscopic views, book manuscript, unsealed circulars, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions, flexible patterns, samples of ore, metals, minerals and merchandise, sample cards, photographic paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, unprinted cards, plain and ornamental paper, card board, and other flexible material, and all other mailable matter of the third class not herein enumerated is subject to postage at the rate of one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof.

The above articles must be prepaid in full at mailing office, by stamps attached thereto, or the same cannot be forwarded in the mails. Weight of packages limited to four pounds, and be so wrapped that they can be readily examined by postmasters.

The sender of any articles of the above enumerated matter may write his or her name or address thereon or on the outside thereof, with the word "from" above or preceding the same, or may write briefly or print on any package the number and names of the articles enclosed.

The postage on all regular newspapers and periodicals must be prepaid at the offices where mailed, at the following rates: Newspapers and periodicals, published once a week or oftener, two cents for each pound or fraction thereof. Published less frequently, three cents a pound or fraction thereof.

COUNTY PAPERS.

Newspapers, (without regard to frequency of issue,) one copy to each subscriber actually for the time being residing in the county where the same are printed, in whole or in part, and published, are entitled to pass free of postage through the mails; but the raté

of postage on the same, (excepting weeklies,) when deposited in a letter-carrier office for delivery by the office or its carriers, shall be uniform, at one cent each. Weeklies, and papers issued more frequently, when sent through the mails to a letter-carrier office in the county where the same are printed, in whole or in part, and published, to be delivered through the box or general delivery, or by carriers, shall be weighed in bulk and be subject to a postage of two cents per pound, and papers issued less frequently three cents per pound, to be prepaid at the mailing office by special adhesive stamps.

POSTAGE IN LETTER-CARRIER OFFICES.

The postage on newspapers, (excepting weeklies,) periodicals, and circulars deposited in a letter-carrier office for delivery by the office (through the box or general delivery) or by its carriers, is as follows:

1. On newspapers, (excepting weeklies,) whether regular or transient, and without regard to weight or frequency of issue, one cent each.

2. On periodicals, (other than newspapers,) whether regular or transient, not exceeding two ounces in weight, one cent each. 3. On periodicals, (other than newspapers,) whether regular or transient, exceeding two ounces in weight, two cents each.

4. Circulars, unsealed, one cent each. These rates to be prepaid by postage stamps affixed.

5. Weekly newspapers, (excepted above,) to regular subscribers, two cents per pound, to be weighed in bulk and prepaid at the office of mailing.

6. Weekly newspapers to transient parties, one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, to be prepaid by postage stamps affixed.