Litchfield enquirer., 1842-06-09
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
MAY. 1875 .-~c

posi- OFFICE REGULATIONS.
Accompanying the newlist of Post Offices
received this month, are several pages InzS
structions Of The Postmaster General~f taSUAes
ted States TO Postmasters-ls42," trdM which
the following summary is made; !&nUS sAracts
SELECTED &c and published f. the geqf4al be"e~
l. Gash for Nbf RajsSge.-"Youaa Ndiot ati-
thorized"in Niy. cGse TO- give CREDIT for
postage. or to &ceiye anything but SPECIE
q j. Ns~spspsT postqaE-"Att the beginning
of everysFbst Office quartz. you will require
the subscribers and others who mar" receive
newspapers regularly through your office.
| to pay the quarters postage thereon - aq:
| not deliver them any papers, evsp~though
they tendeEyou the postage on them singly \:
3. Route Of Mails Postage show! be
rated according to the1aistance on Tue route
by which letters and papers are Casually
1. Wrappers Of all Newspapers. fyskis,s,
dc. are required to be taken off by thss ost'nGs-
| ter, as the following positive orders from the
Postmaster General directs The wrappers
of all newspapers, pamphlets and magazines,
received by mail for delivery, should be ia
ken off. Frauds are very often attempted, by
concealing letters or memoranda 10 these ar
| tices. A wrapper forms no part of the pa
per or pamphlet; neither is postage paid on
| it as such, and it is as much the duty Of the
Postmasters to take off the wrappers from
transient papers and examine them in refer
ence to frauds on the revenue, as to ascertain
whether the postage IS correctly charged
Nothing can be more unjust than to censure
II Postmaster for vigilance in this branch of
his duty
S. All ,oriing on newspapers, dc. prohibited
| except the direction.-Every person is prohib.
tied from writing anything whatever on u
newspaper or pamphlet, or on either the in
| side or outside of the wrapper. Even has
oaon name or the iUstiais Of it, G'fythig else
ashateuer, is prohibited except the direction,
under a penalty of five dollars. Besides the
particular instructions on this head, the fol-
lowing circular ITO the Posmasters through
out the United States" has been received.
"The multiplied and increasing attempts
| TO violate the law and defraud the revenue.
! by writing on the wrapper or margin OF
newspapers and pamphlets sent by mail, en-
closing memoranda or other things within
them, understanding, dotting, or pricking let
tiers or words, and by various other devices,
with the view TO evade the payment OF legal
postage, force upon the Postmaster General
the necessity of directing me to call the spe-
cial attention of Postmasters to the untiinch-
ing discharge of their duty in this particular.
1.-The wrappers of all transient papers and
pamphlets, which have reached their desti-
nation, should be removed, and the papers
examined Those used in the manner above
alluded to, as the vehic les Of communication.
should be charged on delivery, with letter
| postage; if refused or not taken out, they
should be returned to the office where first
mailed, and the Postmaster there, should in
varabIy collect the legal penalty of FIVE
DOLLARS, OF the person who committed
the offence. Such papers should be stamped
when mailed, and marked with the rate OF
postage,
1.-The Postmaster General cannot bring
himself to believe that public sentiment,
when well informed, will fail to sustain you
in the faithful discharge Of this duty, as ini
perative upon yon as any other.
by the law Of 1925, any memorandum in
writing on newspaper or pamphlet, subjects
it to letter postage; and in the opinion of
the Department any words. however few.
other than the name the person addressed,
constitute a memorandum within the mean
ing of the law"
g. What letters tn printers may be franked BY
Postmasters.-"A Postmaster may enclose
money in letter to the publisher of neaos-
paper, to pay the subscription of third per-
son, and frank the letter, if written or signed
bv himself, but if the letter be signed by an
other person, the postmaster cannot frank it,
But this is a service not required OF him, and
he may perform it as a matter Of courtesy or
decline it, at his option. Such letters should
contain only, and relate solely to tine trans
mission of money from Individual subscri-
bers to publishers of newspapers, and not the
collections of agents OF others; and they
should not cover correspondence on any 9TH
er subject whatever"
! z. Postage required on all Handbills, Circu-
| lars, dfc. sent 10 PoStsnaSfcrS-"It Is the prac-
tice of many to address their handblls to
Postmasters, by which means they give them
an extensive circulation free Of postage
This is an abuse which must be corrected
In every instance where you receive a CON-
munication addresses to you as Postmaster.
which is of private character, and design
ed to promote private interests without pay
ing postage, you will return the same TO the
person who sent it, under new envelope,
with the charge Of letter postage endorsed"
| g. Forwarding letfeTe.-" Orders to forward
letters should be in writing, and fled by you.
This direction applies in all cases, be the dis
lance small or great"
8. Postmasters, Clerks, and Assistants
are by law exempt from Militia duty, or
from serving on Juries, or from any fine or
penalty for neglect thereof"
" Editors throughout the Union will
please copy