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

Eighth. Petitions % either branch OF
Congress shall pass free in the mails.
Ninth All communications addressed 10
any Of the ranking officers above de-
scribed, and not excepted in the forego-
ing classes, must be pre- paid by postage
stamps. The frankiug privilege herein
before granted shall be limited TO pack
ages, weighing not exceeding four ounces,
except petitions 10 Congress and con-
gressional or executive documents, and
such publications OF 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 az public doc
uments, and entitled 20 be franked 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. ~.
First. Communication may be ranked
by the President, 10y himself or Secre-
tary,) by tue Vice President, and by
each member of the Cabinet, without be-
ing certified to be "ofIlcial"
Second. The fourth class of franks can
only cover official correspondence, and
this words "oflcial business" must be
upon the envelope and signed by the Of
| fetal ranking. For such official cores
pondence the Thanking privilege is al
| lowed 10 the following officers The
1 First and Second COmptrollers Of the
| Treasury the Solicitor Of the Treasury;
the Auditors Of tue Treasury; the Treas
urv of the United States; the Regist ,r
/ of the Treasury the Assistant Secre tary
of State; the Assistant Secretary of the
| Treasury the Assistant Secretary of the
| War Department the Assistant Seere-
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 I;
tho 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 AL, corr,s-
pondence addressed TO any Executive
apartment, or any officer in it, must now
be pre- paid except official communica-
tons written by some officer of the de-
partmeDt, or an officer under its control
or responsible 10 it and in such cases,
under the words "oflicial business" ON
| the envelope, the officer must sign his
name with his Official designation. All
other persons, and all officers writing 70
departments with which they are NOT
connected, must prepay their postage
All communications to the President not
written by public officer, and all to the
Vice President, must be re-paid.
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
"ofiicial business" signed by the post
master writing.
Postmasters can no longer receive
| printed matter free.
Fifth. The weight Of packages of
seeds, cuttingAe roots, and scions, to be
fraDked, is limited to iwelye ounces.