Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-05-24

CIRCULAR FROM the PosT MASTER GENERAL.
For carrying into effect the Sd section Of Lh,
Act Of March Sd, 1855. providing for ths
registration Of valuable letters. G.. /.
! SEoTroE 7. On the receipt Of registered let
ters at the office Of delivery, if it be large one
the clerk who opens the mail will apply fol
the post bin, and otherwise proceed in the same
manner as prescribed in Article 8. The clerk
who keeps the accounts of registered letters re.
ceived, will, on receiving the letter bill, enter
its contents In his account, make duplicate
thereof on the blank return bill which accom-
panies it, and have endorsed thereon the word
correct il il be So or note the error, if there
be one, he will pass 1t to the postmaster or his
principal assistant, Vho will enclose it in seal
ed envelope, and mail it direct by 6rst mail TO
the address Of the postmaster from whose
Office the bill was received sa-a s. .s.a #,
8. On the receipt Of registered letters at
smaller Offices Of delivery. the postmaster OF
bis assistant will compare such letters with their
letter bill make duplicate upon the blank re.
turn bill annexed, and will then mark the re-
turn bill correct or note upon it any error
found in the original bill, and enclose II in a
sealed wrapper or envelope, and mail it direct
by 6rst mail to the address of the postmaster
at whose Office it was originally mailed.
8. When the duplicate letter bill! of any reg
istered letter or letters is returned from the Of.
fee OF distribution or delivery to the Office
where it was originally mailed, that fact shall
in each case be noted by a check k-marked on
the margin of the account of registered letters
sent. opposite the original entry; and il it be
not duly returned; the failure shall in like man
per be noted by a different check mark, and
such failure shall in all large Offices be imme-
diately reported by the clerk who keeps the &C.
count OF registered letters sent. TO the pOstmas.
ter or his principal assistant. and each postmRs-
ter will give Immediate nolice to the chief clerk
ofthis department. Of every such failure noted
in his Office faa ,aFA taf a,Eihh ie tHH d
If upon the receipt Of any duplicate or re-
turn letter bill 1T be found on examination that
letter originally mailed with il is missing, OF
that any important error or discrepancy en-
do1sed on it, the fact will be duly noted on ac-
count Of registered letters sent, and Immediate
ly reported to the chief clerk of this depart
msn.; and if the discrepancy implies robbery
of the mail, or If a money letter or package OF
considerable value il found to be missing. such
report will be made by telegraph, ifpossible.
1t will also be the duty Of the postmaster to
report by telegraph any mail robbery Of
which be may otherwise receive early informa.
tion. L
10. On tlle delivery Of registered letter at
the office of its destination, sreceipt therefor
will be taken from the person authorized to re-
receive it, and auch receipt will be carefully 6l
ed and preserved at that office.
The blank receipts furnished by this departs
dnen' can be used for this purpose. but pOstmas-
ters may adopt any other certain method of
verifying the delivery ofTegisteEed letters.
-, H.. Each postmaster will see That his &C.
counts Of registered letters are legibly and ac-
curately kept; and at the end Of each qaa Fter,
he will forward with his quarterly returns full
and perfect transcripts Of such accounts, With
the letter bills pertaining to them. retaining
the original accounts in his office for reference
JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster General.
: PostOffice Department 10th May, 1855,
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