The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-22

Sec. IA. And be it further enacted, That all
expenses for the lcttcr-clrricrS, branch offices,
and receiving boxes, or incident thereto, shall be
entered and reported in seperate account IRON
the ordinary postal expenses of such post office,
nVd shall be SiI;twu i'll comparison with the pro
ceeds of tile pOetacS local mail matter at each
Office, in order that the Postmastcr-G u cncral may
be guided in the expenditures for that branch of
the postal service by the income derived there
from; and all such expenses shall be paid out of
the income of the post-otfict at the district in
which they incurred.
Sec To- And be it further enacted, That the
postmaster of any office where lettcr-carricrs are
employed may controct with the publishers of a.
ny Circulars Tor tie delivery hy postacarricrs
within his postal district, OF any such publica-
tins not coming through the mails, at rates and
anu upon terms 10 DC agreed upon, such arr;n-
cement and terms being equally open to all like
publishers; but SUCH contract snail have no force
or effect until approved by the PoStmistcr-iiene-
raj. Fac Posi- tr- General NAV also provide
10y regulation for tile delivery by sucn carriers OF
small packets OtGCr taan letters ps: DcrS, and
not ccccdlng tue maximum weight OF maIlaDlr
packages; bUt such packages must be prepaid by
postage stamps ut the rate OF Two cents tor
fuur ounces or fraction thereof.
Stc- 10 And DC 1t furtner enacted, That no
postmaster STALL receive TO be conveyed 10y the
maIi amy pacNct or package which s.lail wcign
h!trc titn lOur pounds except books puDlis.icu
of cifCGiatcd by o der OF Congress.
SCI IL And bt ii iurtuer cnactcd That up
OIL lie following mlaablc the postage
must DC prepaid at TIc time of mailing, by stamps
hhiees UtnCrWisc expressly provided i'll this
act -
rirst. Upon all domestic letters, whether pas
snS tlfoiSi the malls, or collected, or delivered
by tios al agents carriers.
StcJhd On ali transient printed matter.
Ttisd ON all seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, and
scIons; all pam ;.Icts, books, book manuscripts,
and proof siiects, maps, prints, engrLvinSs,
o'anNs, flexible patterns, samples, ANA sample
Cards phono5rap.ic paper, letter envelopes, pos
tai envelopes, paper, and Photographic rcprescn-
tatiOnS OF different types.
Fourth. L pom all other things in the mali not
Otherwise herein provided for.
Sec. Is. And be iurtrr enacted That
on the following mailabic matter tue postage
Shall he paid before delivery for not .sS than
Quarter nor more t!lun one year: and such pay
nient tor term may bc made either at the mdii-
Ing Office Or III the office of the delivery Ii the
term commences at any other time than AT the
ginning of Il quarter, sucn payment must be
nldde to cover sucn fractional quarter, and also
lor the ncXt following quarter; Otherwise the
postage siiai DC collected thereon transient
matter. Upon regular weekly, try weekly, semi
weekly, and dayly publications, and all otner re
GUAR publca- ions issued from IA known office of
publication at stated periods and sent to regular
subscribers.
Sec. 49, And be further enacted, That mla-
able matter shall be divided into three Glasses,
haieiy: Irst, letters; second, regular printed
matter; third, miscellaneous matter.
See. 70. And be it further enated. That the
hrst CLASS embraces all Responsiveness, wholly
of partly Ill writing, except that mentioned in the
Iird CLASS. Ghe second class embraces ali mail
iHS" ioe matter exclusively i'll print, and re- uiary
WI MmiitllS, mark, or sign The third class embraces
al al other matter which is may hereafter be by
Id" declared mailable: embracing all PAM mpncts,
oecaSlontl publications, books, book manuscripts,
anu proof sheets whether corrected or not, maps,
prints, engravings, blanks, flexible patterns,
tcs ana sample cards, photographic paper, let
uIi envelopes, postal envelopes, Wrappers,
ealus' paper, plain or uLnamcntal, pIotoy oyrupnic
representations of different types seeds, cuttings,
oui3S, roots, and scions.
sue Il And be it further enacted, That the
nmlaNliia ma standard weight for the sing gie rate Of
i'.ter postage 10 one half ounce ,irdupois
oec- - And be ii further enacted, Fiat the
az c VI postage on all domestic letters transmit
wv wv III III tue Mails of the United States and not ex-
f5 one half ounce in weight, shall be uni
t,; % at tiree cents; and for each half ounce, or
teiloh thereof of additional weight, there shall
w % %af@ee an addtio, ,al rate of three cents, to be
f'd ti eases prepaid by postage stamps plainly af
hAeu 10 such letter.
Sc, eec. 70 And be it further enacted, That the
tG vi postage on all let ers not transmitted
ii iTiiouSh the mails Of the United States, but de-
nn through the post-Offce its carriers,
NJ. n.ilohly described as local drop letters, and
exceeding one half ounce in weight, Snail be
ei i"l IN at two cents and additional rate for
stSt, 10 be 1t ali prepaid by postage
n nPs afnxed TO the envelope of such letter, but
clrs postage or carriers fee shall hereafter
seu or collected upon letters delivered by
m!;i!eIs, nor upon letters cole, ted by them for
AiiSllng or Tor delivery
dc. oec. Il And be it further enacted That the
oil Inestc letter rate of postage is established for
WI ail'nlc matter which is wholly or partly in
f"IitlnS, f or so marked to convey any other or
liter intelligence or Information than is CON
'9eu ny the original print in case of printed mat