The southern press., 1851-04-09

ceeded $1,000, the postmaster shall advertis
once week.
| .. Such advertisements are to be inserted il
one newspaper only, which must be printed il
the city, town, or village in which the post Of
hce is situated, and must have the largest circu
aton within the range of delivery Of said Of
hce OF any paper issued weekly or oftener print
cd in such city, town. or village. Should the
publisher Of such paper refuse TO give such lisl
Of letters one insertion. at one cent for eac
letter, the postmaster will designate some other
paper for this service He is also required to
post in a conspicuous place in his office copy
of such list on the day or day after the publica-
ton thereof.
| 3. III there is no newspaper printed N The
city, town, or village where the post office Is
| kept or il the publishers OF all the papers so
printed shall refuse TO advertise the letters for
the price above mentioned then manuscript lists
| of them are to be made out, and posted at such
public places in the town and neghborhood as
shall appear best adapted for the information
of the parties concerned
a. Refused letters are not TO be advertised,
nor those which the postmaster expects will be
Immediately taken from the office.
8. Drop and box letters, circulars, free packets
containing printed documents, speeches, or other
printed matter, are not to be advertised
6. In case of question or dispute as to the
circulation of any paper claiming the advertise
ment of the uncallcd for letters, it shall be the
duty of the postmaster, as soon as convenient
after the publication of this regulation, and on
the first Monday Of January in each year here
after, to receive evidence and decide upon the
fact Such decision shall remain for one year
unless, for good cause the Postmaster General
shall otherwise order; and the evidence upon
which the postmaster decides to give the print
ing to particular paper, shall always be open
to inspection
In all such cases the postmaster shall, at least
one week prior to the day of receiving such evil
dence, fix and define the limits and boundaries
of the territory deemed by him to be embraced
within the range Of the delivery of his Office by
a plain and Ineligible written statement, to be
signed by him and filed in his Office, and Of which
every person claiming the advertisement shall
be entitled to take copy Such postmaster
shall require, as part of the evidence on which
he is to make his decision, an affidavit Of the
proprietor or printer of such newspaper for
which the advertisement is claimed, or of the
clerk or foreman in the office of such paper,
showing his means of knowledge in respect to
the circulation Of such newspaper within the
limits Of the district so embraced in the range
of the delivery Of such Office, and stating the
average, actual, ordinary, and bona fde circula-
ton of each regular issue of such paper within
such district, for the four weeks next ending on
the Saturday next prior to the day on which
such evidence is received and that such circu-
lation has not, during said four weeks, been in
creased by any gratutous circulation, by re-
duction in price below the ordinary and usual
price of such paper, or by any other extraordi-
for tho rpn in, yuhnla or IN no ri
of obtaining any list or lists of uncalled-for
letters for publication and such average, actual
ordinary, and bona fde circulation of each regu-
lar issue Of such paper for such four weeks, as
established by such affidavit, and the other evil
dence submitted to such postmaster, shall be
deemed the circulation on which the question of
the greater circulation shall be determined
Other evidence, in addition to such affidavit, in
corroboration thereof, or in contradiction of the
same, may be submitted by any party Interested
in the decision.
T. When authority for the publication of lists
Of foreign letters in a newspaper printed in a
foreign language is deemed advisable, the post
master must make a special application for the
necessary order to publish in such paper.
s. All orders for publication of these lists of
uncalled-for letters in more than one newspaper
are vacated and annulled by the passage of this
act, which authorizes single publication in one
paper only. <
weekly papers are issued from the same office,
the proprietor must not be allowed to aggregate
the circulation Of such papers, bu. the single
circulation of each issue of the particular paper
for which he claims the publication. Whether
the paper is issued daily, tri-weekly, semi week
y, or weekly. must be shown, and the advertise
ment inserted in the particular paper which has
| the largest circulation.
The foregoing regulations are to take imme.
date effect. Very respectfully,
| FITZ HENRY WARREN,
| Second Assistant Postmaster General