Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-10


it is the duty of Postmasters to treat all such
letters as unpaid, although marked "paid"-
no Route Agent being permitted to receive
prepayment in money.
No. II. Circulars, advertisements and bust
ness cards, not weighing over three ounces, sent
any distance in the United States, are chargea-
BILE with one cent postage each when prepaid,
and two cents each when not prepaid. The
same rates apply when sent in packages, unless
the packages be sealed, SO as to prevent the
contents from being ascertained. If sealed,
they are chargeable with letter postage by
weight.
No. Is. Postmasters are allowed one cent
for the delivery of each free letter, except such
as come to themselves and two mills each on
newspapers Ito subscribers not chargeable
with postage. They are not allowed any COM
mission on printed matter made free by the
frank Of member of Congress-
No. 10 Properly ranked mail matter, or
mail matter addressed to person enjoying
the franking privilege is entitled to be carried
free in The mail when /" forwarded to the per-
son elsewhere as well as in transportation
simply to the Office to which originally ad-
dressed.
No. 20. Postmasters receiving letters re-
ferring to business not connected with the De-
partment, but designed to promote private in-
terest without payment Of postage, must return
said letters to the parties sending them under
a new envelope charged with letter postage.
No. 81. The Postmaster who collects the
postage on newspapers, periodicals, magazines,
DC, quarterly or yearly in advance. is entitled
to the commissions on the same, although he
may 60 out of office Immediately thereafter, and
the paper or periodical be delivered by his sue
cessor. He should, however, leave in the
Office record of all such payments.
No. %. Bona fde subscribers to weekly
newspapers can receive the same free of post
age, if they reside in the county in which the
paper is printed and published, even if the
Office to which the paper is sent is without the
county, provided it is the Office at which they
regularly receive their mail matter.
No23. Bills of lading and unsealed letters
relating exclusively to the whole or any part of
the cargo of vessel or steamboat, may be sent
on such vessel or steamboat outside Of the
mail, unless they are placed in an envelope
with other matter. In the latter case, the
whole package is subject to letter postage. i
No. "a. When newspapers or periodicals are
not taken out Of the Post Office by the persons
to whom they are addressed, the Postmaster
will, under his frank, give immediate notice to
the publisher, stating the cause thereof if
known.
No rs. Postmasters cannot deliver letters
from their respective offices which may be ad-
dressed to and deliverable from other Offices
No. 26. Postage cannot be prepared on
regular newspapers or periodicals for less
term than one quarter; and in all cases post
age must be paid on such matter at the com.
mencement of quarter.
No. 81 Under no circumstances can a
Postmaster open letter not addressed to him
self.
No. %. Exchange newspapers and periodi-
Gals cannot be remailed, without being charge
able with postage.
No. 20. The same person cannot act as
mail Contractor, or Mail Carrier, and as Post
master or Clerk in Post Office, at the same
time
No. 80. Postmasters will apply for blanks
as follows Those in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, California, and Oregon,
viii apply to the Blank agent at Neo York, ~
T. Those in the District of Columbia, Vir-
GINA, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama, and Florida, will apply TO the
First Assistant Postmaster General, Washing-
ton, ID. c. Those in Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Texas, New Mexico, and Utah, will apply to
the Blank agent at Cincinnati Ohio. Those
in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, and Minnesota, win apply to the Blank
agent at Buffalo, N. J.
No. 81. A pamphlet is a printed but un-
bound publication, relating solely, to some sub
ject Of local, ephemeral or temporary interest
or Importance only. Hence, with the excep-
tion Of those not containing more than sixteen
octave pages each, for which, under certain
conditions, the Act of August 80, 1852, has
made special provision, no publication, although
folded and unbound, can be permitted to
pass in the mail as a pamphlet, instead Of
book, unless its scope and subject are such
ms to bring it fairly within the distinctive def
milton above given.
No. 80. BY the act of March 3, 1856, requir-
ing the prepayment either by stamps, stamped
envelopes, or in money! Of all letters to places
acittin tie United States from and after April
lst, 1855, the single rate under 1900 miles is
three cents, and over 5000 miles, in the Uni.
ted States, ten cents. From and after January
lst, 1856, all such letters must be prepaid
either by stamps or stamped envelopes. The
ranking privilege is continued, and by another
net extended to Ex.Vice Presidents Of the Uni
ted States.
On drop letters prepayment is optional.
No. &c. The act of March g. 1856, making
no provision for unpaid letters to places pcahin
the United .SdteS-on the same or day follow
ing any such unpaid letter or letters being put
into post Office, the Postmaster thereof will
post up conspicuously in his Office list of the
same, stating that they are held up for postage.
IL not attended to, such letters must be returned
monthly to the Dead Letter Office Letters
part paid should be dispatched, charged with
the additional postage due at the prepaid rate,
according to distance established by said act,
except where the omission to pay the correct
amount is known to have been Intentional
when they should be treated the same as letters
wholly unpaid.
No. 81. Ship letters, as they cannot be pre-
paid, and are not supposed to be embraced in
the new act, will continue to be dispatched
agreeably to the provisions Of the fifteenth sec
ton Of the act of March 8, 1925.
No. 35 Copyright books, charts, &C., re-
raoufred 10 be delivered 10 the ibrarv If