The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-15

any of the ranking officers above de-
scrihed, and not excepted in the forego.
lug classes, must be pre-. paid by postage
stamps. The ranking privilege herein
before granted shall be 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, OF
a Joint resolution of the two houses,
which shall be considered az public doc
uments, and entitled To- be thanked 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. Communication may be ranked
by the President, (by himself or Secre-
tary,) by the Vice President, and by
each member of the Cabinet, without be-
ing certified 10 be Official
Second. The fourth class Of franks can
only cover official correspondence, and
the words "~oficial business" must be
upon the envelope and signed by the Of
fetal Thanking. For such official CORES
pondence the ranking privilege is al
lowed TO the following officers: The
First and Second Comptrollers of the
Treasury the Solicitor of the Treasury:
the Auditors of the Treasury the Treas
ury of the United States the Register
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
States delegates from Territories the
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. All cores
pondence addressed to any executive
department, or any officer in il, must now
be prepaid, except official communica
tiOns 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 "~oGicial business on
the envelope, the officer must sign his
name with his official designation. All
other persons, and all officers writing to
departments with which they are not
connected, must prepay their postage.
All communications TO the President not
written by a public Sliicer, and all to the
Vice President, must be 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,
Postmasters can no longer receive
printed matter free.
Fifth. The weight of packages of
seeds, cuttings, roofs, and %sciOns, TO be
franked, is limited TO twelve ounces.