Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-13
Important Post Office Regulations.

"eSAso"S ~ 1870 As~Sessss
The Postmaster General has issu-
ed a number OF instructions for the
guidance Of postmasters and the
public generally, under the new law
iof Congress. We subjoin such as
|are of general interest:
Books not weighing over four
pounds may be sent in the mail,
prepaid, ut one cent an ounce, any
distance in the United States, under
three thousand miles, provided they
are put up without a cover or wrap
per, or in cover or wrapper open at
the ends or sides, SO that their char
acters may be determined without
removing the wrapper. If not pre-
paid, the postage under three thou
sand miles is one cent and a half,
and over three thousand miles in
the United States, three. cents an
ounce. - !.
/ Letters enclosed in stamp envel-
opes may be carried out Of the mail,
provided such stamps are equal in
value and amount, to the rates Of
postage to which such letters would
be liable if sent in the mail; and pro-
lvided, also, that the envelopes are
duly sealed, &c.
4 A letter bearing a stamp, cnt or
lscraped from stamped envelope,
cannot be sent through the mail as
a prepaid letter. Stamps SO cut or
separated from stamped envelopes
lose their legal valne. Stamped en-.
velopes, as we'll as postage stamps
: on prepaid letters, should be cancel
led Immediately on the letters being
placed in the posteffiee.
Contractors and mail carriers may
carry newspapers out of the mails,
+ for sale or distribution among regu-
, lar subscribers; but when such pa
Epers are placed in post office for de-
livery, postage mast be charged and
collected. Contractors and other
; persons may also convey books, pam
l pblets, magazines and newspapers
(not intended for immediate distribu-
tony done up in packages as mer.
chandise, and addressed to some bo-
ma tide subscriber or dealer.
Publishers of newspapers may,
without subjecting them to extra
postage, fold within their regular is
suesa supplement. provided the weight
of the whole does not exceed one and
a half ounce, within the State where
printed, or three ounces when sent
out of the State. But in all cases,
the added matter must be a genuine
5 supplement or appeudage to the
newspaper in question, and Of the
same essential character, conveying
intelligence Of passing events Of gen.
eral interest.
Money and other valuable matters
sent by mail, are at the risk of the
owner. Daguerreotypes when sent
! in the mails should be rated and
charged withletter postage by weight.
Payment of postage on newspa-
pers, periodicals and magazines,
quarterly or yearly in advance, may
/, be made either at the Office of mail
ing or office of delivery,
1t is violation Of law to enclose
or conceal a. letter or other thing,
t(except bills and receiptsfor su5scrip-
ton, or to make any memorandum
10 writing,orto printany word Of COM
munication after it's publication, up
OH any newspaper, pamphlet, maya
zine or other printed matter. In all
such cases legal letter postage should
be demanded, and if the person ad.
dressed refuse to pay such letter pos
tage, the package should be returned
to the postmaster from whose Office
it came, 20 prosecute the sender for
the penalty of SIS; and all transient
printed matter should be distinctly
Ipost-marked at the mailing office.
Letters mailed in the cars can be
prepaid only by using postage
stamps or stamped envelopes; and
when not thus prepaid, it is The
duty of postmasters to treat all
: such letters as unpaid, although
8 marked paid @paid'-no route agent
being permitted to receive prepay
3 ment in money.
Circulars, advertisements, and
; business cards, not weighing over
4 three ounces, sent any distance in
: the United States, are chargeable
/ with one cent postage each when