Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-29


The act to amend the Post Office Laws,
passed by Congress, March Sd, 1868, will
60 into effect on and after July 1st 1868.
This act provides among other things
that newspaper postage, box and drawer
rent should invariably be paid quarterly
in advance; for the establishment Of
system of free delivery of letters by letter
carriers; it authorizes the Post Master
General to establish pillar boxes; also au- |
thorizes him to allow letter carriers to de- |
liver packages; for reducing the rate Of
postage on letters to the Pacific coast from
ten to three cents: that letters accidental
ly not prepaid, should be forwarded on,
charging double postage for the same, and
that the fee for registering letters should
be increased from five cents to twenty cents.
The third section of the law is as fol-
lows:
SEC. 8 And be IL further enacted, That 30
mail matter shall be delivered by the post
master until the postage due thereon shall
have been paid and no box at any post
Office shall be assigned to the use Of any
person until the rent therefor has been
paid for at least one quarter, for which the
postmaster shall give receipt and Keep
record thereof in his office, which record
shall be delivered to his successor.
The following is the instruction issued
by the Post Master General in regard to
this section of the law:
DESTRUCTION No. g. This section abso-
lutely prohibits the delivery of any letter,
newspaper, pamphlet, or package what
ever, until the postage charged thereon
, shall be paid. POstmasteTs must strictly
: conform 10 it. Printed matter must be
retained until it is paid for, either as a
transient package or for quarter, as pro-
I, Yided il sections Is and 35.
r The law provides that the Post Master
B. General may establish a system Of free
; delivery of letters by carriers, wherever
and whenever in his judgment it is re-
quired. The compensation of letter car
riers will be fixed by receiving salary, to
be paid cut Of the proceedt of postage on
i local drop letters He is forbidden from
a receiving any fee for delivering letters.
g The law also provides for the establish
n ment of Pillar Boxes for the purpose efre
IS ceiving letters designed to be mailed; which
l. letters shall be gathered up by the letter
L carriers, and conveyed to the PostOffice
is 1t also provides for empowering the Post
s master to establish system of carrying
and delivering packages BY letter carriers
IS within their respective beats, subject to
n tariff Of rates to be fixed by the POstmaste
st General. ....... ....
[e Under this law, local drop letters vii
ID be charged two cents postage on ever
half ounce weight instead of one cent
h Circulars will be charged two cents pro
m vided they do not ex,eed in number thre
copies in the same wrapper or envelopes,
Of be unsealed.
w Where the Postmaster has reason to bC
lieve that the omission to put a stamp o
ed letters mailed at his Office was asaeeidsntay an
W not intended, he is authorized by the ne
p law to forward the letter, and charg
\ - double rate of postage, to be collected &
IS, othce or delivery. f-
IN Below we copy the new tariff Of rate
10 of postage. It will be seen that rates
90 postage on newspapers are decided in
st provement on the old sesle-substitutin
IS, 5, 10, Is, 20, 80 and S5 cents for the 81, 6
pl- %, Is, 102, ae and 90 cents.
No TRANSIENT MATTER. s.ea
&c Section 34-Rates of postage to to be prepa
20. by stamps on transient and miscellaneous ma
as able matter, except unsealed circulars az
m books Cent
as One package to one address, not exceeding
an 4 ounces in weight t............... ..........
cd One package to one address, over and not
exceeding s ounees-........-......-
rsJ One package to one address, over and not
ID exceeding Il Ounees........--.....-
n; | One package to one address, over y and not
- exceeding l6 ounces.
IN Cent
he Books, not exceeding ounces in weight, to
IN. BooFs. over and not exceeding ounces
'as Books, over and not exceeding L ounces
M Books, over u and not exceeding 16 ounces
aW rfr. U UEsEALED CIRCULARS
er- Unsealed circulars, not exceeding in num-
IL Der, to enc address
tie Unsealed circulars, over and not exceeding
Unsealed circulars, over sand not exeeealng
III
,en | Unsealed circulars, over and not exceeding
Ion
~ POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS
Weekly papers within the county where pu
,ed lished, one copy only to a bona tide subscrit
,en free; out of the county where published five eel
the per quarter
at Semi-Weelly, per quarter 10 cents
Tri-Weekly 10
ore Daily (6 times 9weel)" 80