Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-10-25
The Post Office.

We publish the following for the benefit of the
community generally. Scarcely a day passes in
which some person in this city is not mulcted
through the indiscretion of his friends.
Posr OFFIcE Laws AND INsTRUcTfoNs FROM THE
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMLNT, II RETERENcE TO
WRITING UPON NEWSPAPERS, DC.
I. Eriraci from, Ia act to reduce iafo the
sererat acts establishing aud regulating he Post
Office Departments Approved March ,, ls2j
SIC. l3. ANY memorandum which shall
be written on q newspaper. or other printed paper,
mpAlet or magazine, and transmitted by mail,
shall be charged It'll letter postage Prorlded, The
publisher vi a newspaper may send a printed or
written notice 20 a subscriber stating tie amount
due on his subscription which notice shall be at
tached 10 the margin of the newspaper, and the
postmaster who delivers the same shall charge for
such notice the same postage as for a newspaper.
SEC 30. Ii any person shall enclose
conceal n letter, or other thing, or any mem0ran-
dun in writing in newspaper, pamphlet or maya
zine, or IN any package Of newspapers pamphlets or
magazines, or make any writing or memorandum
therein, which he shall have delivered into any post
Office, TO any person for that purpose order that
the same may be carried by post free of letter post
age he shall forfeit the Of five dollars for every
such offence and the letter newspaper package,
memorandum, or other thing, shall not be delivered
to the person to whom Il IS directed, until the
Of single letter postage IS paid for each ar
tcle If 0hich The Packet IS composed
H. Extract from "a Instructions Of The Postmaster
CeaerqL IF The Un1fd States 70 Posfmasiers-
1871.
The wrappers Of all newspapers, pamphlets and
magazines, received by mail tor delivery, should BE-
taken Off Frauds very often attempted, by
conceaug letters or memoranda in these articles.
wrapper forms no part OF the paper or pamphlet.
neither Is postage paid it. and IS as much the
df If Poslmascrs 10 take he icrapperS from tran
sitHi Papers and eramae them IN reference 10 frauds
on Tie rtroAle ascertain ,vtether letters he
gle or G0able, or cbefhor nee postage BE- correctly
charged Naating can be more sujust than to cen
Postmaster far UigjtaUcc ip Hts JrGnch ~ ms
duy."
1T is a violation of law to enclose or conceal a
,ctter, or other thing, or any memorandum in writ
lng, IN any newspaper, pamphlet or magazine, or in
any package thereof, 10 make any writing me-
moraudam thereon, and deliver the same into any
post Office, IN order that it may be carried by post
free Of postage and many attempts are made to
eyade the payment Of legal postage by communicate
inc intelligence by means of dots or marks, desig-
mating particular words and letters contained IN
newspapers and pamphlets. In all such cases the
ne wspaper, pamphlet, magazine, should be
charged with letter postage and if the person to
whom the paper or pamphlet is addressed, refuses to
pay letter postage thereon, you Will immediately
enclose the paper or pamphlet to the postmaster
from whose oce it came, and request him to prose-
cute the person who placed 1t IN the Office for the
penalty Of five dollars prescribed by law
III. Ert, acts frota Circular datsl