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

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registered At the Office Of mailing. on the ap.
plicatOu Of the persOu posting The same. and
The payment Of 9 Registrations fee Of Eve eents.4
2. Posimasters are instructed 10 enter al
such letters IN book, 70 be prepared s5d kept
for the purpose. 10 be called The Receipt Book.
which IN small Offices, viii be prepared BY
stitching together The several sheets Of blank |
receipts furnished BY this department. con-
taining blank receipts, with . vide margin for |
brief duplicate Of each, a. in bank check |
books. TIE postmaster will enter In this mar.
GIN the number Of the receipt, The date Of fl-
ing H. the name Of the person 10 whom The let
Ter is addressed, and the place 10 which Il is 70
be mailed. He will then GIL up the receipt 10
correspond with this marginal entry, separate
il from the margin, and deliver It 10 the person
who deposited the letter.
5. Registered letters will not be entered in
the ordinary accounts Of mails received and
sent, but separate accounts Of such letters viii
be kept at each pOstolfice, 10 be called account
Of registered letters received. and account Of
registered letters sent, blanks for which will be
furnished BY the department.
4. When letter has been received, regis
tered, and receipted for, as directed in section
2, the post master will enter its number, the
date Of mailing, the rate Of postage, the name
of the person TO whom il is addressed, and Of
the Office (whelher Of distribution or delivery
10 which It is to be sent. He will make q sep
arate letter bill for each registered letter or
parcel Of registered letters for the sans Office
Of delivery or distribution. entering therein the
number, address. registration fee and the rate
of postage Of each. He Will then mail such
letter or parcel OF letters. in O separate pack
ace from his unregistered letters, and will seal
each package, after tying it in the usual man
ner. The letter bills Of such registered let
ters will not be enclosed in the packages with
them, but such letter bills will be enclosed in
a separate wrapper or envelope, sealed and ad-
dressed to the Postmaster at the Office TO
which the corresponding package Of registered
Ietters is sent.
To prevent delay in the examination and
comparison Of letter bills, the postmaster at
each Of the larger Offices will assign to some
confidential clerk (not employed in Openingthe
mails) the duty Of opening, in his absence
official letters addressed to him.
nj s. In all large Offices, where letters are re-
ceived, entered and mailed by different per
sons. it shall be the duty Of the postmaster
! either to keep the Receipt Book provided fol
in section I, or to designate some one specially
q for that service.
The postmaster or receiving clerk, hatinl
, received letter for registry. will pass it to tht
clerk who keeps the account Of registered
Q letters sent. who will receipt for it BY
; writing bis name or initials across its marglna
entry in the receipt book. He will enter it IN
his account Of registered letters sent, and keeE
it in secure place of deposite until the hou
o Of mailing. He will then make up his lette
bill of registered letters, which is to be for
warded in a separate sealed wrapper or en-
:. velope, as provided in section 4, addressed t
the postmaster at the Office to which the cor
u responding package of registered letters is ;
!, be sent. 1t shall also be his duty to make u
l. each package of registered letters, seal tn
"A package with wax at the tie, address 1t to th
oise OF its destination, and see that it is place
l. IN he appropriate bag at the moment Whe
70 that BAG is to be finally locked and sent fror
Is the Office.
6. On the receipt at the distributing ofic
of registered letters for distribution, the cleT
who opens and distributes the mail, will appl
~ to the postmaster, or to such one Of his assl'
ht tants as may be authorized TO open official le
s. ters. addressed to him for the correspondent
o. letter bill. Having compared the letters vii
= the bill, he will endorse it correct il he fG
it so, or will note the error if there be one, al
Ok will pass it with the letters to the clerk VII
'se keeps the account Of registered letters rscei
be ed for distribution, who will enter it's conten
a in his account, and endorse upon It his sign
~ ture or initials. He will then Gil up the co
responding return bill, noting upon
lid whether correct or otherwise, and will psss
" TO the postmaster or his principal assistan
N Who will see thatit is returned by the fir
mail thereafter, with bis endorsement, to Il
e" Office of mailing.
IA Registered letters re-maed at distributir
ill Office for their respective offices Of deliver
IN. are to be passed from the charge of the Gle
who keeps the account Of registered lette
Nc received into the charge Of the clerk who kee
Is' the account of registered letters sent, il tV
he are employed 10 these duties. who will !
We ceipt for them by endorsing the original lett
mo bill, and afterward dispose Of them In q
- same manner az is provided in section
'fe letters originally mailed ct the Office.
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