New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-01

SEC. l91. That every postmaster shall
post, in q conspicuous place III his office, a
copy of each list of non-deliyered letters i'm
mediately after ITS publication.
SEC. l92. That the compensation for pub
fishing the list of non-deligered letters shall
in no case exceed one cent for each letter SO
published.
Sec 1913. That all letters published as
n0n-delivered shall be charged with one
cent in addition to the regular postage, to
be accounted for as part of the postal rev
enue.
SEC. 194. That the Postmaster General
may regulate the period during which I'M
delivered letters shall remain IN any post
Office, and when they shall be returned to
the dead-letter office; and he may make
regulations for their return from the dead
letter Office to the writers, when they can
not be delivered to the parties addressed.
SEC. 1885, That all domestic letters. de-
posted in any postottice for mailing, on
which the postage is wholly unpaid or paid
less than one full rate as required by law,
except letters lawfully Free and duly certi-
fed letters of soldiers, sailors and Marines
in the service of the United Stats, shall be
sent by the postmaster to the dead-letter
Office in Washington; provided, that in large
cities and adjacent districts of dense popu-
latlon having two or more postofhces with
in distance of three miles Of each other
any letter mailed at one of such offices and
addressed to locality within the delivery
of another of such offices, which shall have
been inadvertently 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 de-
livery.
SEC. 1906. That the dead letters containing
valuable Enclosures shall be registered in
the dead letter Office; and when they can
not be delivered to the party addressed nor
to the writer, the contents thereof shall be
disposed of, and a careful account shall be
kept of the amount realized in each case,
which shall be subject to reclamation by
either the party addressed or the sender,
for four years from the registry thereof; and
all other letters of value or of Importance
to the party addressed or to the writer, and
which can not be returned to either, shall
be disposed of as the Postmaster General
may direct
SEC. 1877. That the action of the Postofice
Department. respecting foreign dead letters
shall be subject to conventional stipulatiOns
with the respective foreign administrations.
SEC. 1888 That when the writer of any
letter on which the postage is prepaid shall
indOrse upon the outside thereof his name
and address, such letter shall not be adver-
tised but after remaining uncalled for at
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CT the time the writer may direct, shall be
returned to him without additional charge
for postage, and if not then delivered. shall
be treated as q dead letter.
SEC. 1879. That prepaid and free letters
shall be forwarded from one postotfice to
another, at the request of the party ad-
dressed, without additional charge for
postage
SEC. 200. That all the waters of the Uni
+oO Sh1lI no rnoHp EI1piDT tbn
time the mail is carried thereon, as pro-
vided in section two hundred and nineteen.
SEC. POI. That all railways and parts of
railways which are now or hereafter may
be put in operation are hereby declared to
be post roads
SEC. 202 That all canals during the time
the mail is carried thereon are hereby de-
clared to be post roads.
SEC. 203. That all plank roads during the
time the mail is carried thereon are hereby
declared to be post roads.
SEC. 204. That the road on which the
mail is carried to supply any court house
which may be without mail, as provided
in section two hundred and sixteen, and the
road on which the mail is carried, under
section two hundred and twenty-one. pro-
viding for extending the line of posts, shall,
during the time such mail is carried there
on, be post roads.
SEC. 205. That all letter carrier routes es-
tablished in any city or town, for the col
lection and delivery of mail matter by car
riers, are hereby declared to be post roads.
SEC. BOG. That when there is more than
one road between places designated by law
for a post road, the Postmaster General'
mag direct which shall be considered the
post road.
SEC. 207. That che Postmaster General
may change the terminus of post roads
connecting with or iHtersecting railways
when the service can be thereby improved.
SEC. 208. That whenever in the opinion
of the Postmaster General, the postal SER
vice can NOT be safely continued the rev.
enues collected. or the laws maintained on
any post road, he may discontinue the SER
vice on such road or any part thereof until
9he same can be safely restored.
Sec. 209 That the Postmaster General
may when he deems it advisable, contract
for the transportation of the mails to and
from any postOffice; but where such service
is performed over route mot established
by Jaw, it shall be his duty to report the
same to Congress at its n Getting next there
after, and said service shall cease at the
end of the next session OF Congress, unless
said route is established as % post route by
Congress.
SEC. 2l0. That the Postmaster General
shall arrange the railway routes on which
the mail is carried, including those in which
the service is partly by railway and partly
by steamboat, into three classes, according
to the size of the mails, the speed at which
they are carried and the frequency and i'm
portance of the service, SO that each rail
way company shall receive, as far as prac-
ticable, a propOrtiOnate and just rate of
compensation, according to the service per-
formed.
SEC. 2lI. That the pay for earring the
mail on any railway OF the first class shall
not exceed three hundred dollars per mile
per annum; on any railway Of the second
class it shall not exceed one hundred dol
lars per mile per annum; and on any railway
of the third class it shall not exceed Gfty |
dollars per mile per annum; but if one-hait |
the service on any Railway is required to be
performed in the night time, the Postmaster
General may pay twenty five per centum !
in addition to the above maximum rates. |
SEC. 2l2 That if the Postmaster General |
is unable to contract for carrying the mail |
on any railway route at compensation not |
exceeding the maximum rates herein pro-
vided, or what he may deem a reasona-
BILE and tair compensation, he may separate |
the letter mail from the other mail, and |
contract, either with or without advertis- !
ing. for carrying such letter mail by horse |
express or otherwise, at the greatest speed |
that can reasonably be obtained, and for
carrying the other mail in wagons, or other
wise, at slower rate of speed.
SEC. 2l3. That every railway company
carrying the mail shall carry on any train
which may run over its road and without
extra charge therefor, all mailable matter
directed to be carried thereon, with the
person in charge of the same.
SEC. GA. That all railway companies to
which the United States have furnished aid
" grant Of lands, right of way, or other
wise, shall carry the mail at such prices as
CONGRESS may by law provide; and. until