The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-07-03
TLeNcw Post tOa;cc Inv.

| The act to amend the Post Oihee LnNs,
passed by Congress, March Sd. 1903, will 80
y into a fleet on aud after July lat, 1863.
This net provides among other things, that
newspaper pustagr, box and drawer rnl
should invariably be paid quarterly in nd
yunce; 4 also provides for :, duoing the tate
u postage ON l,tlcls to the Pacific coast from
ten To three cenlsi that letters accidentally
not repnid, should be forwarded on, charg.
| ing double Iostage for the same, and that the
fee for registering letters shouid be Increased
| lium five cents 10 twenty GEMS.
| The third s,rtiuh vi the Inv is follows.
SIC 3. And De il further enacted, That
no mail matter snull be delivered 10y the
ros,.mastri until the postage due thereon
shall have been paid; aud no box ~ any post
| , flee shull be ussign,d to the use vi any per
sun until the rent Va, itr has been paid TOT ~
least one quarter iUr Which the postmaster
shall give II receipt, ana Keep record there
Of IN his uiicr, which I,eOid shall be deliver
| cd 10 his suCce'sur'
The following is the instruction issued 10y
The Post Master GrLerul in regard 10 this sec
tliun OF the law
| NOs a. nlo SNN'lNh e'oN'"N~'l
prohibits The delivery ui any letter, news
paper, pamphlet, or package Whatever. until
! lie I,sinec chaIgtd lh,reOn shall be paid -
Posllnsslers must strictly e"ni"rm To it
| Printed mattei must be retained until 1t is
paid iyr, either as II Transient package or Tor
II quarter, as PROVIDED IN sections 10 ana J5'
Under Ills law, l,cal drop letters will be
charged two c,nts postage on every hall
ounce weight, instead OF one cent Chcalal 8
will be charged two cents provided they do
not exceed in LInbcr thIte copies in the same
wrapper OF envelopes, So unSealed.
| Where the Postmaster has reason to be.
lieye that the omission to put u stamp on let
tcrs mailed at his office was accidental aud
not intended, he is authorized by the new
law to forward the letter, and charge double
rate OF postage, ~ be collected ut Office oi
delivery.
Below we copy the new brif Of rates Of
postage. 1t will be seen that rates OF postage
on newspapers are decided improvement on
the old scale-suLstitutipg 5, 10, Is, ~, 80
and IS ceuts for the ia, Gls, 92i. 10, l91s
26 and 80 cents:
| 1EANslENI NATTER.
Section 34.-Rates of postage 10 be pre-.
paid by stamps Ou transient aud miscellaneO 70 US
nAi liable matter, except unsealtd circulars
and books.
Cents.
One package to one address, not exceed-
| ing 4 ounces in weight.
One package 10 one address, over and
| not exceeding ounces. 4
One package 10 one address, over and
not exceeding ~ ounces. G
One package ~ one address, over ~ and
not exceeding 10 ounces. es.......,...... s
BoOks.
Cents.
Books, not exceeding ounces in weight,
TO Onr address. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q
Books, over 4 and not exceeding { ounces 8
Books, over and not exceeding ~ ounces ~
Books, over ~ aud not exceeding 10
| ounces. neutrality-suspicious.. 10
USsEALLD CIRCULARS.
Gents.
Unsealed circulars, not xcetdirg in
number, to one address. .............. 2
Unsealed circulars, over and noteAc ed
| ing b........ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4
Unsealed circulars, over aud not exceed
! log 9................... ......... y
Unsealed circulars, over y anc not exceed
| ing 49,. ...........s,....... B
| POSTAGE ON HLwsPAFERs.
Weekly papers within the county where
published, one copy only 10 bona fide sub
scriber free; out OF the county where pub.
lished five cents per quarter.
Semi Weekly, per quarter, 10 cents.
Tn.Weekly is "
DAILY (6 times a weekl" 80 "
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