Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-05-28

visions Of the law against such as shall incur
us penalties, you will be sustained by the De.
psrtment; but no Post master can expect 10 re.
IAN the confidence OF the Department, who
shaIi vaEtoniy violate his ranking privilege,
or Who knowingly shall suffer IL an Others with
IMMUNITY.
In many instances Pos,masters have injured
the revenue by extending their privilege be
yone be weight prescribed by law Wheneves
sieiter to or from Postmaster exceeds half
an ounce in weight. The Postmaster receiving
or delivering j, ia bound by law, and BY bis oath
to account Tor the excess. In every instance
that shall come to your knowledge of Post
master mailing letter free, with the frank OF
Postmaster. or receiving one free, in virtue OF
nis privilege, which shall weigh more than half
an ounce. you are TO report the fact % the De
Patmenl, that the remedy may be promptly ap.
piled
Many persons appear TO be under the erro-
neous impression, that printed sheets Of paper
are net chaTgeable with letter postage You
VII use diligence TO correct this error. Every
thing that goes in the mail is cbareeable with
letter postage, except newspapers, pamphlets,
and legislative journals, which are rated as
pamphlets. Proposals tor publications print.
&c circulars, special advertise ments, and. 10
deed, every species Of hsRdbills, are to be
charged with letter postage. Whenever such
printed articles come to your Office, without
beng entered on the post bills, and rated With
letter postage, It is expected that you will cor
rect he error, aud report TO the Departmen nj the
= smsster who mailed them. Numbers OF
handbllls, printed proposals, and special adj.
vertisements. have sometimes been sen, to
Postmssters, to be received and circulated IN
DER their privilege. Every such case Is requir-
cd to be reported to the Department that such
POSTMASTER may be deprived Of the means OF
repeating the abuse. In some instances, these
articles have been headed with the name of the
ONCE of an editor, and called an extra newsps-
per, with the evident design Of reducing the
postage Such design il is your duty to coun
'efact. supplement always accompanied the
newspaper to which IT belongs, as part OF the
same pspef, snd an extra newspaper is sheet
or part OF sheet, issued between the reeu.
lar times Of publishing the paper, tor the pur
pose of az ester annunciation of interesting
news. You viii not send nor deliver printed
sheets or bills OF any other character. as sup.
PIGMENTS OF as extra newspapers There has
also been want OF sufficient care in rating let.
tiers. Many double, some triple, and even
quadruple letters are rated as single. If Let.
ter encloses a bank note, it is double; il it en-.
closes three bank notes, it is quadruple, and
should be rated accordingly. It may sometime,
be difncut to determine the proper rate; but il
the letter has the appearance Of being double.
you will be careful to mark it as such: and IL
the person receiving it shat question its correct
ness. he can open Il iD The presence sf The Post
Master, or his sssissnt. The want of proper
attention to these several points has been nigh.
" injurious TO the Department Each case may
seem lite matter, scarcely worthy OF regard;
but II should be RENE mbered that the whole
revenue OF the Department is made up Of these
little items, and il is their combination that
gives life and energy 10 the whole mschiue.
II IS, at all times, the duty of Pestmasters TO adj.
here strictly 10 bolh the letter and spirit of the
law, and especially at this crisis when the cur
rent engagements Of the Department already
entered into greatly exceed the amount Of its
ordinary revenue. w. T. BARRY.