The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-29

New Postal Provisions.

embodied in pamphlet issued from the P. |
O. Department. For the information of the /
people we give summary of these changes
so far as they are of interest to the public
at large in this part of the country.
Regular dealers in newspapers and peri
odicaIs are entitled to receive such newspa-
pers and periodicals as they furnish to sub
seribers or SELL at the same rates as regular
subscribers pay for such matter direct from
the Offices of publication-Viz.: half tran
sient rates--to be paid as they get the pub
locations from the Post Oeice.
Maps, engravings, Autographs, or pho
Geographic prints, on rollers or in paper COW
era, books bound or unbound, Photographic
paper, and letter envelopes, shall be deemed
mailable matter, and charged with postage
by the sOeight Of the package, not i1s any case
TO exceed four pounds, at the rate OF one cent
an ounce or fraction of an ounce to any
place in the United States under l, 800 miles,
and two cents an ounce or fraction of an
ounce over !, 800 miles, to be prepaid by
postage stamps.
"Cards, blank or printed, blanks in pack
ages 0eighing at least eight ounces, and seeds
or cuttings in packages not exceeding eight
ounces IN tUeight, shall be deemed mailable
matter and charged with postage at the rate
Of one cent an ounce or fraction of aD
ounce to any place in the . nited States I'M
der 1900 miles, and two cents an ounce or
fraction of an ounce over !, 500 miles, to be
prepaid by postage stamps"
All packages referred to in the two sec
tions quoted above, must be plainly mark
ed, showing their contents, and Excepting
those containing seeds) so packed that their
true character may Be seen. Cutting must
be so secured as not to endanger other pack
| ages contained in the same mails. No writ
ten or printed matter, except the address
and description of the contents, can accom-
pany packages of seeds or cuttings without
separate postage thereon "and to guard
against attempted fraud in this respect, post
masters shall exercise the privilege of open
ing and examining packages OF seeds and
cuttings as provided by Section l39 of the
| Regulations in reference to all printed mat
| ter"
No letter can now be sent for less than
ten cents, pre- paid by stamps, whatever the
distance, from any point in the United
States, east of the Rocky Mountains, to any
State or Territory on the Pacific, or from
any State or Territory on the Pacific to any
point in the United States east of the Rocky
Mountains. Heretofore the rate was three
cents within the distance of 5000 miles
This provision is now repealed so far as let
tiers between points East and West of the
Rocky Mountains are concerned.
Drop letters mist be prepaid by stamps
at one cent each. Heretofore prepayment
has been optional.
All dead letfsis a.r nov sent to the Dead
Letter Office in Is =tiHl ton, whereas, form
erly. letters sent q, ,.lit0rnia, and not call
ed for were opened and disposed of at the
branch Dead Letter Office in San Francisco
All persons other than the Postmaster
} General or his authorized agents, are pro
: hibited from setting up any foot or horse
I post for the conveyance of letters or packet:
upon post routes which have been, or may
hereafter be, established in any town or city
e by the Postmaster General. This is intended
: to apply to the delivery and collection o
u letters in cities and large towns.
The contractors for mails between st. 10
z,essa-45S :; 4fser ;vueuuTg rIEns OF ten uags d1
ring eight months of the year, and o
twelve days during four months of tn
: year. They are also to carry for the Gov
q ernment, on this line, free of charge, fv
pounds of mail matter, with the liberty O
charging the public beyond the reguIa
: rate of postage, to be pre- paid) for trans
portation of letters, by said express, an.
: sum not exceeding one dollar per hal
! ounce.
Il IL Is not WltDln the QQLleS OF ROStm as
tiers to see that the payment to contractor
D is made, but only to see that the UniIel
States postage is in all such cases prepaid
! Unless the contractors charge is shown f
be prepaid, all such letters, although
marked Z" per pony express, will be for
q warded by the regular Daily Overland Mail
1 Letters or packages intended to go by DO
. ny express and so marked, should be direct
ed to the agent of the pony express at St
: Joseph or Placerville whichever end of th,
: route the letter or package is mailed att
: Provision is made for furnishing to tn,
public, sheets of letter paper with postag,
stamps impressed thereon, combining in on,
I both sheet and envelope, and for adopting
T from time to time, such other improve
!. ments as may be deemed advisable, in con-
nection with postage stamps or stamped en-
Velopes, for letters or newspapers provided
that snch stsmps or envelopes shall be solo
r at the cost of procuring and furnishing thu
: same, as near as may be-
r The Department is not yet prepared t.
: furnish stamped letter sheets or newspapel
! envelopes. Letter envelopes, official size o
| larger denominations than any now in use,
are expected soon to lie issued" The De
: partment now issues 1, 8, g. 10, II, "a 80
e and 90-cent stamps; and envelopes of the fol
lowing kinds: Official, Scent; letter, l, 3, 4
: ana lucent; note, 3-cent-ruled and IN
I ruled.
The same penalty "a fine Of $50 for eacf
offense) is inflicted for using a stamp Gu
t from a stamped envelope as that which i,
: imposed for using stamp or stamped en-
, velOpe second time.
change is made in the manner of dis
posing of dead letters. Formerly they
3 were sent to the Dead Letter Office, if no
taken out, three months or longer after they
: were advertised now the time they ar,
kept on hand is reduced to tleo months T Al
this Office letters uncalled for are advertised
every two weeks-at the commencement
and middle of each month. Letters, there
fore, uncalled for remain in this Office abou
two and half months before BEING sens tc
the Dead Letter Office
2 Formerly, when letter for mailing was
r dropped into an Office with postage unpaid
notice thereof was sent to the party tc
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