The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-19
REGULATIONS Of the Post omee Department for

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and Sd of March, 1877;
All drputy postnaastcs are authorized to send free,
,ho,gh he malls all letters and packages moi weighing
which they may have occasion write
and relating the business Of their Offices or OF the Tos'
Office n egnnn her names thereto And those whose
COMPENSATION did not exceed $500 for The year ending e
h Of June 1886 may also send lree nf9Sgh NE n
communications their own private BUSINESS not wegh'
nbeys Of Congress and delegates from Territories
NAV send and receive free, through the mails rom thirty
days before the commencement OF each Congress- unt e
neetnp of Congress- letters and packages not eA-
cecdng ounces in weight and public documents not
exceeding three pounds in weight Public documents are
those printed by the order OF either house oil Congress ana
publications books procured purchased by Congress-
or either house, for the use of the members
3 The privilege allowed to members OF congress, Is
eyended Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk Of the
House of Representatives during their official TERMS which
tennnate with the election of their successors
The privilege of the Pcs President is enlarged that
he may send and receive iee public documents during his
5 Persons entitled the privilege Of famking should
dose all letters packages weighing under Two ounces
Efe" and sign the same, designating the office they fill
and ali public documents which exceed two ounces in
weight should be designated by writing the words public
ocnmen' on them and signing them officially above.
he character of public documents issued from the public
offices the city OF Washington and directed to persons a-
spccng the Office from which they sss,e and the words
pubc documents or such other evidence OF their char
meter as d Se o civ of WasInrton Any document folded
and sealed having such evidence OF its character
envelope, viii be rated with postage which viii be re-
dence that it is public document, transmlssibe Tree
through the mails to the person addressed
g. All letters and packages from and the heads of de-
parmen,s the other public officers who entitled TO
the ranking privilege prior to the Of the act OF the
81 of March, 1915, relation to the business of their
spectye offices will be delivered TO the persons addressed
without any charge Of postage as an appropriation has
packages issuing from the departments, should be marked
on the envelope ocal business, and signed by the heads
of the departments under their direction, by their chief
clerks and by the other officers who entitled the
ranking privilege prior to the act of 49, designating their
official capacity. But such officers have not the right to
send or receive free, their private letters papers
All newspapers transmitted through the mails will be
hereafter rated with postage except exchange papers be-
tween the publishers of newspapers and those ranked by
persons enjoying the privileges and contractors may take
subscribers.
Transient newspapers. those sent from the Office
Of publication to subscribers, handbs or circular letters
printed or autographed not exceeding one sheet IN SIZE
will cents upon delivery at the office and before they
put the mails and all such will be charged by depu
" posmasters prepaid in the way bills and upon
their accounts Of mails sent and stamped marked
paid" with the of the office from which cent.
g. Transient newspapers handbls, or circulars cannot
be received free by deputy postmasers under their privi
egc If such should be addressed them is their duty
then to the sender under new cover, charged
with letter postage. lfdeposited in post office nnseaed,
addressed to deputy posnasers On Others they VIII not IN
postage. fseaed they will be rated with letter postage
and forwarded in the mails.
TO- Letters addressed different persons cannot be
closed in the envelope package under penalty OF
ten dollars, unless addressed to foreign countries.
IL. Letters, newspapers, and packages exceeding
one ounce in weight addressed to any officer musician or
private in the amy of the United States in Mexico or at
deiing on Mexico will pass free in the mails Each letter
50 addressed should specify AFTER the name Of the person
during the with Mexico and for three months after its
r. Extra commissions allowed deputy postmasers by
of the I'd of March, 1917.
3 The commissions allowed by the 9th section of the
Of the Sd of March, 1915, repealed and other
allowed by the LIST section OF the of the LIST of March,
1871, in lieu OF them, follows
On the amount of letter postage, not exceeding 800 in
any one year, 40 per cent
On any between 500 and $500 in any year. s3l
g. On any between 500 and 81, 400 in year, 80
4 On any sum over So, 400 in a year, l2a per cent
On the of letters and packets received for dis
trbpton at Offices designated 10y the Postmaster General
w The postage includes all hostages received
except those which arise from newspapers sent from the
offices OF the publishers subscribers, and from pamphlets
and magazinesso that all prepaid postage upon transient
papers, hald bills and circulars printed or Autographed
wbe treated as letter postage In the settlement OF accounts
of postmasters.
8, On all sums arising from the postage newspapers
magazines, and pam phets, so per
As The accounts OF posnastcrs have TO be settled quar-
tery and their commissions allowed for that time the post
twenty-five dollars received in the quarter and for any
between twenty five dollars and one hundred dollars in the
tween one hundred and six hundred dollars received in the
quarter 30 per centlm and six hundred
oV received IN the Quarter at the rate OF iZs per cent
except that the annual compensation to which postmasers
are limited, will be computed for the fiscal year
ing the LIST of July and ending the 0h of June and in due
proportion for any period less than year.
No other allowances can be made to postnasters
ceP ooxen's TO an amount not exceeding $I000 per
mum, and the surplus of such receipts may be applied
the expenses of the Office ner the direction of the Post
master General The emolument or boxent account
must be accounted for regularly in the quarterly returns,
and Tor the same quarter other proceeds of the office
H. Postasters IN heir for the present quarter
ending the 3lst of March, lS7 will adjust their accounts
according 10 the above allowances.
G. JOHNSON Postmaster General.
March IL, 1917.
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