Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-04-02

tive Offices will be delivered to the persons al.
dressed, without any charge of postage, as an
appropriation has been made by Congress for
their payment. All letters and packages from
the departments, should be marked or, the on.
velopc, s. official business" and sirned Inv fine
heads OF the departments. or. under their dircc
ton, by their chief clerks. and by the other off.
GERS who were entitled to the frankinc nrivileuo
prior to the act of 1917. designating their official
capacity. But such officers have not the righ,
to send or receive, free, their private letters or
papers.
Z. All newspapers transmitted through the
mails VIII be hereafter rated with postage. ey-
cept exchange papers between the publishers of
newspapers, aud those ranked by persons en-
Ioylng the privilege and contractors NAV take
newspapers out of the mails, for sale or distrbu.
ton among Subscribers.
/ 8. Transient newspapers, or those not sem,
from the office of publication to subscribers.
handbllIS or circular letters, printed or lithogrf
pied, not exceeding one sheet in size. will pav
three cents, upon delivery at the Office and before
they are put IN the mails. and all such will be
charged ny deputy post-masters As prepaid mat
ter IN the way bills and upon their accounts of
mails sent, aud stamped or marked " paid" with
the name of the office from which sent.
y. Transient newspapers, handbills or crcu-
lars, cannot be received free by deputy po,tm
tiers under their privilege, Ifsucn should be ad
dressed to them, it is their duty to return them
TO the sender under a new cover, charged with
letter postage. If deposited in "a post office un-
sealed addressed to deputy postmasters or others
thry VIII not IN any case be forwarded by mail
without prepayment of the postage. If sealed
they VIII De rated with letter postage, and for.
warded in the mails
10 .ottprs adj iros,oJ o., IL ..a..-..- -
not be enclosed in the same envelope or package
under penalty of ten dollars, unless addressed
to foreign countries.
II. Letters, newspapers. and packages moi
exceeding one ounce in weight, addressed tC
any officer musician or private in the army of the
United States, in Mexico, or at any post or place
on the frontier of the United States Bordering or
Mexico will pass free in the mails. Each letter
so addressed should specify, after the name o
the person, belonging to the army" The law
will continue in force during the war with Mex
leo, and for three months after its termination
II. Extra commissions allowed deputy pos
masters by the order OF the 9th of july. 1915 ar,
superseded by the act of the Sd of March, 1917
ID. The commissions allowed by the 2itl
section of the act of the Sd of March. 1915. ar,
repealed, and other rates allowed by the lst sec
ton o! the act of the lst of March 1917. in liel
/ OF them. AS follows
| l. On the amount of letter postage, not excee
ding 800 in any one year, 40 per cent
! . On any sum between 500 and 500 il
any year, 33 - per cent.
3. On any sum between 800 and $4,000 il
year, 30 per cent.
4. On any sum over $4,000 in a year, 2 /
per cent.
D. On the amount of letters and packets re
Cplypl for uIstrIbutipp NJ ptfirn. cd Ia
the Postmaster General for that purpose, pc
cent.
! The term letter postage includes all posta ge
received, except those which arise from newspa
pers, sent from the offices of the publishers t.
subscribers, and from pamphlets and magazine,
so that al! prepaid postage upon transient pa.
Pers; hand pills and circulars. printed or lithogra
Pheu' VIII be treated a. letter postage in the set
tlement OF accounts of po>,ma-tcrs.
D. oh all sums arising from the postage on
newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, fifty per
cent.
7. As the accounts of postmasters have to be
settled quarterly. ard their commissions allowed
Tor that time, the postmastcrs will credit them
selves wIte ~ per cent. upon the first twenty
ive dollars received in the quarter and for any
sum between twenty-five dollars and one hum
dred dollars in the quarter. at the rate of 33 -
per cent. and upon any sum between one hun
dred and six hundred dollars received in the
quarter, 80 per cent. and on any sum over six
hundred dollars received in the quarter, at the
rate of II - per cent
s. The commission accounts will be settled
as heretofore, except that the annual compcnsa-
ton to which postmasterS are limited will be
computed for the fiscal year commencing the
LIST of July, and ending the Both of June, and
in due proportion for any period less thana year.
9. No other allowances can be made to post
masters except boX-rents to an am cunt not en-
ceeding $4,000 per annum, and the surplus OF
such receipts may be applied to the expenses OF
the office, under the direction of the Postmaster
General The emolumcnt or box-rcnt accoun,
must be accounted for regularly in the quarterly
returns. and for the same quarter as other pro-
ceeds of the office.
TO- Postmasters, in their returns for the pre-
sent quarter, ending the 3lst of March. 1877
will adjust theraccounts according to shc aboy,
allowances.
G. JOHNSON, Postmaster General.
March l., 1917.