The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-07-25
The New Postal Law.

Notable Ghanges havinp beea u.a.le ;s;n
the laws Of lhe Post ,OAiee Deihrtments II
vital impolAnee to the public, f have pre.
pared the following brief abstract from The
Regulations Of the Postmaster General.
which contain the principal and immediate
changes: roo 1si}'' 1tHs
l. On and after July LIST, 1868, the sin.
gle rate Of letter postage throughout the
United States aud Territories will be three
cents. The Pacific rate of ten cents Is
abolished.
2. To entitle letter to registration, the
regular postage must be prepaid, by stamps
In addition, registration fee Of twenty
cents. A return receipt will be sent to the
writer, from the Office of delivery, showing
to whom and when such letter was delivered.
8. AL drop letters are chargeable With
two cents postage, to be prepaid in all cases
by stamps.
4. Double the prepaid rates to be charg.
ed on all letters only partly prepaid. In
all cases where the failure to prepay pos
tage is evidently intentional, such letters
will be forwarded with other g unmailable"
matter to the Dead Letter Office.
5. The rate of postage on all transient
and mailable matter, except letters and reg.
ular papers and periodicals, is fixed by the
weight of the package: This standard
weight is fxed at four ounces and passes at
the rate of two cents, and an extra rate of
two cents for each additional weight or
fraction of it. Double this rate (that is,
four cents,) is charged for books by the
same standard of weight.
6. The postage on newspapers and peri
odicals, not exceeding four ounces in weight,
sent to regular subscribers, is, if published
once week, five cents per quarter twice
a week, ten cents and in that proportion,
adding one rate for each issue. And no
such publication shall be delivered from
the Office until the postage is paid at least
one quarter in advance. !. -.,.z...
Z. The franking privilege is restricted rs
follows: Official communications addressed
to either of the executive departments of
Government by an officer responsible to
such department: Provided, that in all
such cases the envelope shall be marked
=" Official" with the signature thereto of the
VAAOVA "AAsAOS soS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ftE
8. Postage on weekly newspapers, to
regular subscribers, 5 cents per quarter ;
on semi-weekly, ten cents; triweekly, ff.
teen cents; six times week, thirty cents;
daily, tbirty,five cents. Weekly papers to
persons residing within the county, free.
Postmasters at the Offices of delivery, are
and it shall be their duty, to
remove the wrappers and envelopes from
printed and other matter not charged with
letter postage nor lawfully franked, for the
purpose Of ascertaining whether there is
upon, or connected with the same any mat.
ter or thing which would authorize or
require the charge Of higher rate of pos
tage. If postmasters cannot make tho ex.
animation without destroying the wrapper,
they will rate the package with letter post.
age, and collect the same on delivery.
10. Postmasters must strictly conform
TO these regulations, under penalty of re-
moval for disregarding the same in any
particular. WM. MINER, P. NJ.
.Yunkton DdEotion.