The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-08

forfeit anh pay three hundred dollars
Eighth. Petitions to either branch Of
Congress shall pass free In the mails
Ninth. ALI communications addressed 10
any Of the Thanking officers above de.
soribed, and. not excepted in the forego-
ing classes, must be prepaid by postage
stamps. The ranking privilege herein
before granted shall DO limited TO pack
ages, weighing not exceeding four ounces,
except petitions to Congress and con-
gressional or executive documents, and
such publications or books as have or
may be published, procured, or purchased
by order Of either house of Congress, or
a Joint resolution Of the two houses,
which shall be considered ~ public doc
uments, and entitled to be ranked as
such; and except also seeds, cuttings,
roots, and scions, the weight Of the pack
ages Of which may be fixed by regulation
Of the Post Master General
Instruction No. AZ.
First. Communications may be ranked
by the President 10y himself or Secre-
tary,) by toe Vice President, and by
each member Of the Cabinet, without be-
ing certified to be "ofllcial"
Second. The fourth class of franks can
only cover official correspondence, and
the words "ofilcial business" must be
upon the envelope and signed by the Of
fetal franking. For such official cores
pondence the Thanking privilege is al
lowed TO the following officers The
First and Second Compirollers Of the
Treasury; the Solicitor Of the Treasury;
the Auditors Of the Treasury the Treas
ury of the United States the Regist r.
of the Treasury the Assistant Secretary
of State; the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury the Assistant Secretary of the
War Department the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy; the Commissioner Of
the General Land Office; the Commits
sioner of Customs the Commissioner of
Patents; the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs the Commissioner of Pensions /;
the Assistant Postmaster General; the
Adjutant General of the Army; the
Quartermaster General; the Inspector
General; the Commissary General of
Subsistence the Paymaster General !;
the Chief Engineer; the Surgeon Gener-
al the Colonel of Ordnance; the chiefs
of bureaus Of the Navy Department;
and the Superintendent and Assistant
Superintendent of the Coast Survey the
Superintendent of the Census the Com
missioner Of Agriculture the Commits
sioner and Deputy Commissioner of the
Internal Revenue; the Provost Marshal
General; the chief clerks of the Execu-
tive Department; Senators and Repre-
sentatives in the Congress of the United
2faA Il hs
Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the
House of Representatives.
Third. Attention is specially directed
to the sixth clause of this section, which
changes the former law. A II corr ~
pondence addressed to any exc n'ive
department, or any officer in it, must now
be pre- paid, except official communica-
tons written by some officer of the de-
partment, or an officer under its control
or responsible to it and in such cases,
under the words "oiIlcial business" on
the envelope, the officer must sign his
name with his official designation. All
other persons, aud all officers writing to
departments with which they are not
connected, must prepay their postage.
All communications to the President not
wlAt'en W p"oho sulceEi anu IA " tne
Vice President, must DO prepaid
Fourth. The seventh clause of this
section prohibits all ranking by post
masters, or to them, except upon their
official communications TO the depart
ment and to each other. In such cases
the envelope should bear the certificate
"official business" signed by the post
master writing.
Pos,masters can no longer receive
printed matter free,
Fifth. The weight of packages of
seeds, cuttings, roofs, and scions, to be
franked, is limited 10 twelve ounces.