The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-30
For the Evansville Journal.
Changes in Post Office Laws and
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1862 amending the laws governing the
Post Office Department. Radical and
extensive changes are made. The off,
cial instructions, predicated on the act
alluded to, have just been received at
this Office; and for the information of
the public tie following summary is
given. All persons using the mails
should inform themselves of the provis-
ions of the amended postal law, and
carefully observe them, to prevent mis-
understandings. --
The amending Act goes into effect
July l, 1863
Postmasters are required to re tain all
kinds of unpaid mail matter until it is
paid for. Collections will be made on
delivery, as a rule; and in cases where,
owing to want of time, tickets for small
amounts are placed in the glass-boxes,
or changed to loek-boxes, holders will be
required to pay these averages promptly,
and not allow them to accumulate The
P. NJ would much prefer to have nothing
charged to boxes
Postmasters are required to effectu-
ally cancel all postage stamps; and there
is very severe penalty affixed to the
ofense of washing the cancelling marks
from postage stamps with the intent to
use the same again or cause them to be
SO used, or to buy or sell such stamps.
The system of advertlslng letters and
sending them to the Dead Letter ONCE,
is radically changed.
Letters at this Office will hereafter be
advertised areekly-on Tuesdays-the
German letters in that language as here
tofore. Unclaimed letters will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office euery ,ceek, and
about fire 1ceeks after their receipt, ex-
cept letters which their writers request
to have retained for them; or letters
bearing requests to be retained speci-
fed time; or letters which there is spe-
cial reason to believe can be delivered
by holding more than a month, and not
exceeding three months, from the date
of receipt
Letters of the following descriptions
must Uc utvl...- --vvfs s-r~--
to the Dead Letter Office:
l. Letters having on stamps previ
ously used or stamps cut from stamped
envelopes. 3 Unpaid letters for foreign
countries on which prepayment is re
quired by postal treaties. g. Letters moi
addressed, or so badly addressed that
their destination cannot be ascertained
4. Letters directed to places where there
are no post Offices. 8. Letters inten
tionally unpaid Except certified sol
diers and naval letters).
Valuable letters returned to the writer
or the person addressed, are rated at
cents each half ounce instead of 9 cts
as heretofore. Dead letters returned fo
delivery to the writer are rated at cts
each half ounce instead of 6 cts. as here
tofore.
When periodicals or newspapers are
refused or uncalled for, for month, tn,
publishers are to be notified.
The system of free delivery of letter
is to be introduced in the larger cite
where the population will justifylt. Tn
carriers will be selected with great care
and will not be subject to renovation tn
advent of a new administration. Fitnes
will be the only test in their case
Branch post offices and pillar boxes fo
large cities are also provided for. Pre-
vision is also made for the carriage an
delivery by letter-carriers, in large cities
of newspapers, periodicals, circulars
and small packages. Special effort wi
be made to render this carrier syster
effective and popular.
| No package over four pounds i
weight except public documents and pt
titions to Congress, can be conveyed i
| the mall
Under the new law all postage must b
prepaid except on
l. Matter lawfully .franked. 2. Fo
eign letters registered by special col
ventions. 8. Printed matter regularl
issued and sent to regular subscriber
t. Certified soldiers and naval letters.
Postage on regular publications mu:
be paid for an adUdncc for not less tina
three, or more than twelve months, eitht
at the mailing Office or Office of deliver
The postage on letters mailed will
three cents per half ounce or fractio
thereof to all places in the United State
including the Pacific coast Recolle
that, after July lst, letters to and fro
the country beyond the Rocky Mountain
within the United States, will be only
cents per half ounce or fraction thereC
instead of 10 cents as heretofore
Letters are .forwarded as heretofor
Drop or local letters will be 2 cents
each half ounce or fraction thereof
stead of cent as heretofore. Bear III
in mind especially.
Letters which are not prepaid as t
law requires, shall be sent (unless I
tentionally dropped into the post off
unpaid), and double postage charg
thereon, to be collected on delivery. I
practice of notifying the person addre
ed is abolished. If postage is partly p
paid, the unpaid postage will be charg
double rates. CERTIFIED soldiers and l
!, val letters do not come under this p
vision. They are sent, and 3 cents I
half ounce collected on delivery.
On regular publications, issued once
ueek or ofsener, the following rates "
I be charged:
K Weekly paper Zone copy only, sent
actual subscribers living in the couI
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