Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-12
The New Postal Code.

The following are the new portions of
the revised regulations Just issued under
the new postal code by the Postmaster
General. The portions not given below
are mere repetitons of existing regula-
tions:
Drop or local letters at letter carrier
offices for each half ounce or fraction
thereof, prepaid by postage stamps, two
cents. Drop or local letters, at other than
letter-carrier offices, for each one half
ounce or fraction thereof, prepaid by post
age stamps, one cent.
Postal cards, with postage stamps i'm
pressed upon them, one cent.
N0te.-By section 107 of the new postal
code, the Postmaster General is authorized
and directed to furnish ana ~ issue s.nos.
tai carus, with postage stamps impressed
upon them, to be transmitted through the
mails at one cent each for messages, or
ders, notices and other short communica-
tiOns; and until such cards are issued by
the Department, which will be done in
due time, the law cannot go into effect,
as there is no provision allowing of postal
cards other than such as may be furnished
by the Department with stamps impressed
upon them.
All domestic letters, deposited in any
poStoffice for mailing, on which the post
age is wholly unpaid or paid less than
| one full rate, as required by law, except
letters lawfully free, and duly certified
letters of soldiers, sailors and marines
in the service of the United States, shall
be sent by the postmasters to the dead
letter officer i'm Washington; Progided,
That in large cities and adjacent districts
of dense population, having two or more
postoflCes within u distance of three
miles OF each other, any letter mailed at
one of such offices, and addressed to a
locality within the delivery of another of
such offices, which shall have been in
advertently prepaid at the drop or local
letter-rate of postage only, may be for
warded to its destination through the
proper office, charged with the amount of
the deficient postage, to be collected on
delivery.
All letters published as non-delivered,
shall be charged with one cent additional
to the regular postage, to be accounted
for as part of the postal revenue.
The compensation for publishing the
nOn-delivered letters shall in no case exceed
one cent for each letter so published.
Manuscripts for publication in news
papers, magazines or periodicals, are sub
ject to letter postage
NEWSPAPERS.
The following are the quarterly rates Of
postage, when paid quarterly or yearly in
advance, on newspapers and periodicals
issued once week or more frequently,
and sent to actual subscribers from a
known office of publication:
Weekly newspapers lone copy only sent
by the publisher to actual subscribers
within the county where printed and
published, free.
Newspapers and periodicals, not ex-
ceeding ounces in weight, sent to any
part of the United States, weekly, cents;
semi-weekly, 10 cents; tri-weekly, 10
cents; six times week, 30 cents; daily,
30 cents; exceeding ounces and not ex-
ceeding s ounces, 10, 90, 30, go and 70
cents; exceeding 8 ounces and not ex-
ceeding IL ounces, 10, 80, 40, 80 and S1.05
exceeding 10 ounces and not exceeding is
ounces, 20, 40, 60, $1.20 and $1.40.
The following are the quarterly rates
of postage when paid quarterly or yearly
IN advance, on newspapers ahdperiodicals
issuing less frequently than once a week,
and sent to actual subscribers from a
known Office of publication:
Newspapers, magazines, and other
periodical publications, not exceeding A
ounces in weight, sent to any part of the
United States, semi-monthly cents,
monthly cents, quarterly l cent; ex-
ceeding ounces and not exceeding 3
ounces, i2 cents, @ cents, 2 cents; ex-
ceeding ounces and not exceeding 12
ounces, 18 cents cents cents.
The rate of postage on newspapers, ex.
cepting weeklies, periodicals not exceed.
ing two ounces in weight, and circulars,
when the same are deposited in letter
carrier Office for delivery by the Office or
its carriers, shall be uniform at one cent
each; but periodicals weighing more than
two ounces shall be subject to a postage
of two cents each, and these rates shall be
prepaid by stamps.
One cent per ounce shall be charged for
books, samples of metals, ores, minerals,
and merchandise prepared by postage
stamps.
Packages of wooden, cotton or linen
clothing, not exceeding two pounds in
weight, may be sent through the mail TO
any non commissioned officer or private
| in the army of the United States, If pre-
! paid, at the rate of one cent for each one
ounce or fraction thereof, subject TO such
! regulation as the Postmaster General may
! prescribe.
Free matter viii be governed by the
old regulations, except so far as they may
be modified by the following new para
! graphs;
! All publications sent or received by the
| Smithsonian Institution marked on each
package Smithsonian Exchange"