Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-07-06
THE NEW POSTAL CODE.
Rcgui,ssons with which Livery body

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}, The following are the new portions
of the revived regulations just is.
sued under the new postal code BY the
PostmasterGcneral. The portions not
given below are mere repetitions OF
existing regulations
| Dropcr local letters at letters .c,rr;cr
Offices, for each half ounce or fraction
thereof prepaid by postage stamps.
cents. Drop or local letters, at other
than. lelter-carr:er Offices. for each
one-half ounce or fraction thereof
prepaid by postage stamps, cent
! Postal cards, with postage stamns
Impressed upon them | cent
NoTE.-By section l07 OF the new
postal code, the Postmaster General is
authorized and directed to furnish and
to issue postal cards" with postage
stamps impressed upon them, TO be
transmitted through the mails al one
cent each for messages, orders, notices
and other short communications and
until such cards are issued by the De-
partment, which will be done in due
time, the law cannot effect, as there is
nc, provision allowing of postal cards
other than such as may be furnished
by the Department, with stamps i'm
pressed upon them.
All domestic letters, deposited in
any post-oflice for mailing, on which
the postage is wholly unpaid or paid
less than one full rate, az required by
law, except letters lawfully free. and
duly certified letters of soldiers. sail
ors and marines in the service of the
United States, shall be sent by the
postmaster to the dead -letter officer in
Washington: Prorided, That in large
cities and adjacent districts of dense
population, having two or more most :
offices within distance of three miles
OF each other, any letter mailed / one
OF such Offices, and addressed to a local
ity within the delivery of another of
such offices, which shall have been in
advertently prepaid at the drop or To-
cal letter-rate Of postage only, may be
forwarded 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 deliver.
ed shall be charged with one cent adj
dition to the regular postage, to be
accounted for as part of the postal rev.
enue.
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
subject 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 sentto actual subscrib-
ers from known Office of publication:
Weekly newspapers one copy only }
sent by the publisher to actual sub
scrlbers within the county where print
ed and published free.
Newspapers and periodicals, not cx
ceeding 4 ounces in weight, sent to any
part of United States, weekly q cent?,
scmi-weckly 10 cents, tri-weckly Is
cents, six times week 80 cents, daily
30 cents; exceeding 4 ounces and not
exceeding 3 ounces, 10, 20, 80, 80 and
20 cents; exceeding 8 ounces and not
exceeding IL ounces, Is, 30, As, 80 and
Sl,O5; exceeding IL ounces and not
exceeding 10 ounces, 20, 40, GO, Sl.20
and S140.
The following are the quarterly rates
OF postage; when paid quarterly or
yearly In advance, on newspapers and
periodicals issued less frequently than
once week and sent to actual sub.
scribers from known Office of publ.
cation:
Newspapers, magazines, and other
periodical publications, not exceeding
4 ounces in weight, sent to any part Of
the United States, semi monthly 81
cents, monthly3 cents, quarterly | cent;
exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding
8 ounces, IL cents, cents, 2ccnts; ex.
ceeding II ounces, Is cents, 0 cents, 81
cents.
The rate of postage on newspapers,
excepting weeklies, periodicals not ex
ceeding two onccs in weight, aud cir
culars, when the same are deposited in
a letter carrier Office for delivery by tbs
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 prepaid by |
postage stamps.
Packages Of woolen, 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 prepaid, at the rate of ono
cent for each ono ounce or fraction
thereof, subject to such regulation as
the Postmaster General may prescribe.
Free matter will be governed by the
old regulations, except 20 far az they
may be modified by the following new
All publications sent or received BY
the Smithsonian Institution, marked
on each package "Smithsonian Ex-
change"
Weekly newspapers one copy to each
actual subscriber within the county
where the same is printed aud pub
lished but carriers shall not be re.
1uired to distribute such papers unless
postage is paid upon them at the usual
rates.
Medals, certificates Of thanks, or
other testimonials, which have been,
or may be, awarded by the Legislatures
Of the several States and Territories TO
he soldiers thereof; TO he sent by the
,djntant generals Of said States and d
under such regulations as
.he Postmaster General mayprescribo.
Free registrations for currency sent