The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-12
y EQUATIONS of the Post Oaice Department for

- EGULATioNS of the Post Office Department. for
the enforcement of the of Congress of the st I'd
and 3D. of March, 1917
l. All deputy posnraaos authorized send free,
through the mails all letters and packages weighing
over two ounces which they may have occasion write
send relating to te business of their Offices of the Post
and signing hs names ,hereto And Hose whose
did exceed $500 for the year ending the
letters written by themselves, and receive free all written
communications on their private business, not weigh
Members of Congress and delegates from TERRITORIES
days before the of each Congress- unt the
meeting OF the Congress- letters and packages not
exceeding three pounds in Weight Public documents are
those printed by the order of either house of Congress, and
or either house, for the use of the members
The same privilege allowed to members of Congress,
extended TO the Secretary Of the Senate aud The Clerk Of M
House Of Representatives during their Official terms which
en T Win the election Of be { :. ho
he may send and receive ree public documents during his
Persons entitled the privilege of fra,ting should
dorse all letters packages weighing under two ounces
hree and Sign the same desgna,lns e Office ahey m
weight should be designated by writing the words '.public
documents on ihem and signing them officially above
The character of public documents issued from the public
Offices N the city OF Washington and directed to persons au
specifying the office from which they issue, and the words
public documents such other evidence Of their char
master OF The City of Washington Any document folded
and sealed not having snch evidence of Us character
the envelope, will be rated with postage, which will be
nited by the delivering posunaste upon satisfactory evil
dence that is public document, transmissibe free
through the mails to The person addressed
All letters and packages from and to the heads of de-
Partmens or the other public officers who entitled to
3D. of March, 1876 in relation business Of their
spectve offices, viii be delivered the persons addressed
without any charge OF postage, appropriation has
been made by Congress for their payment All letters and
% e goes pc e ea
of the departments, under their direction by their chief
snEng privilege ppor to the act OF s5 desgnang he
official capacity But such officers have not the right to
send or receive, free, their private letters papers
T. All newspapers transmitted through the mails will be
hereafter rated with postage except exchange apsr be
persons enjoying the privilege: and may take
newspapers out of the mails, for sale or distribution among
g. Transient newspapers those from the Office
of publication subscribers, handb circular letters
win pay cents upon delivery the office and before they
pat in the mails and all such will be charged by depu
~ posnasters prepaid matter in tire way bills and upon
their accounts of mails sent, and stamped or marked
pail with the name of the office from which sent
g. Transient newspapers. handbis circulars, cannot
be received free by deputy os,nasers under their PRIV
ege II such should be addressed to the it is their duty
them sender under cover charged
with letter postage Ideposted post office nnsealed
any case be iorwafded by mail without prepayment Of the
postage scaled they viii be rated with letter postage
TO- Letters addressed different persons be
closed IN the sne envelope or package under penalty OF
ii. Letters, newspapers, and packages exceeding
weight, addressed any officer, musician,
private in the army of the United States in Mexico, at
post place the frontier of the United States bo
derng Mexico will pass free in the mails. Each letter
beonyns TO oG the THE aw viii Continue n ose
during the with Mexico and for three months after It's
termination.
IL. Extra commissions allowed deputy postmasers by
the order of the 9th oJuy 1915, superseded by the act
ID The commissions allowed by the 9th section of the
Of the 3D. of March, 1885, repealed and other rates
allowed by the l section ofhe of the LIST Of March
1917, in lieu of them, as follows;
l. On the OF letter postage exceeding 500 in
4 On any SUN between 800 and 500 in any year, ast
per
B. On any sum between 800 and 81, 400 in year, 30
per cent.
A. On any over $2. 400 in year, l2a per cent.
D. On the amount of letters and packets received for dis
tfbution offices designated by the Postmaster General
! for that purpose per
O The term letter postage includes all hostages received
except those which arise from newspapers, sent from the
offices of the publishers subscribers and from pamphlets
and magnzines-so that NIL prepaid postage upon transient
papers, hand bills. and circulars, printed hthogaphed
will be treated letter postage the settlement oil accounts
g. On all arising from the postage newspapers,
magazines, and pamphlets so per cent
T. As postInasers have be settled quar-
tery and their commissions allowed for that time, the post
will credit themselves with 40 per upon the first
twenty five dollars received in the quarter and Tor any sum
between twenty-five dollars and one hundred dollars IN the
quarter the OF 33t cent and upon sum be-
tween hundred and six hundred dollars received in the
quarter 80 per and on any six hundred
dollars received in the quarter, at the rate of i2a per cent
The commission accounts Will be settled as heretofore
except that the annual compensation to which postmasters
are limited win be computed for the fiscal year commence
ing the ls OF July, and ending the 3ot OF June and IN due
proportion for any period less than year.
g. No other allowances can be made to postmasters ex-
cep box-rents amount not exceeding S2O0o per an
mum, and the surplus of such receipts may be applied to
the expenses of the office under the direction Of the Post
master General The emoluInent or box-rent account
must be accounted for regularly the quarterly returns,
and for the quarter other proceeds of the office
Posmasiers their returns for the present quarter
ending 3lst of March, l5H will adjust their accounts
according to the above allowances
G. JOHNSON, Postmaster General.
March II. 1917.
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