Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-10-09

shall deliver such papers Or periodicals
to their respective owncrs.
Sec. 140,g The postmasters shall notify
the publisher ofany newspaper or'other
periodical when. any subsefiber shall re-
fuse to take the same from the Office, or
heglect,to call for it for the period. of on
month. # -f7tsiri 6'aaI .
sec. 141. That the publisher, ot,fr news.
papers orperiodicals may print or write
upon their publications, sent. % regular
subscribers, the address of the subscri-
Der and the. date when the subscription,
expires, and enclose therein,bills and resI
ceipts for subscription theyeto without,
subjecting such matter.to extra postage,
Sec 142. That any person who shall
enclose or cogeeal any7 9s.ser, memoran-
dum, or otfics t.s;ng iii any mail MATTER.
moi charged with letter postage, or make
any wiring or memorandum thereon, and
deposit or cause the same to be deposited
for conveyance by mail; for less than le.-
ter postage, shall, for every such offence
forfeit sh{f pay five dollars, :. and .sdeh
newspaper or periodical, shall not be dc.
livertd until the postage thereon is paid
Mt letter rates.
Sec. That OH newspaper and peri
odieal publications, not exceeding four
ounces in weight, sent from known
Office of publication to resuklrl ,snbscri-
bers. postage shall be charged at the fol
lowing rates per quarter, namely
On publications issued less frequently
than once week, at the rate of cent
for each, issue; issued once II week 5 cents
additional FOR each Issue more frequent
than. once a week. An additional rate
shall be charged for cacl, additional four
ounces or fraction thereof IN weight,
Sec. 150. That on newspapers and
other periodicals sent from q known office
of publications to regular subscribers, the
postage shall be paid before delivery, net
less than onc-quartcr nor more than one
year; which payment may be made either
Mt the office of mailing or delivery COM
mencng at amy time, and the postmaster
shall account for said postage inthc quar-
term which it was received. ~
Sec. 100. That the Postmaster Gene
ral may provide, by regulations for car-
rying small newspapers, issued less frc-
qucntly than once week, iii packages
to one address from il known office or
| publication to regular subscribers, ut the
rate of one cent for each fur ounces or
portion thereof.
Sec. 1Gl. That persons known as re-
gular dcale in newspapers and pcrodi-
Gals may, ,rcceiyc and transmit by mail
such quantities of either rs th=y may
require, and pay the postage thereon as
received at the same rates pro RATA as re-
gular subscribers TO publication who
pay quarterly in advance.
The continual changes in the postn'
laws of the country require persons to
keep continually on the qui vivc, or else
to run the risk of hnvng their corres-
pondcncc quietly dumped into the dead
letter Office
Under the old law tho rate of postage
for mail matter was three cents per half
ounce for letters, and the regulation Iro
yidetl thatin case the requisite number
of stamps to pay the full postage was not
attached to a letter, the postmaster III
the place Of destination WAS required TO,
collect the remainder. For instance, if
a letter which weighed one ounce only.
hdd a three cent stamp attached, it went
to its destination and the remaining three
cents due upon it was collected thctc.
| The law iii this respect has been matcri-
ally changed. Under decision of.the
Post Office authorities postmasters are
required 0to collect ,dtmbleT the amount
which remains unpaid Double p7stagc
must of course be collected on wholly
unpaid matter which may by chance