The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-21


Y Portal Law 'sssiaa.e.ryssSsSss 3
The Richmond Diepa.eh fhp.
sAubN p@eub frolfS ngta
OHy aM tt laws otsthe Po5s H&
p4tmAnt Eow in fosoe. Ms8a6ts e e
ld& aaoonpiled jsateaapt 1fl
them as are just now OF eaIis jntgs'
rest to the public, and OF some oihsfgof;
more or; Less, imp portanoes sstoE different
Glasses of, people: - = 80 -:
The lE~ nov allows ;po matter, to be
sent free throug gh the mairs. SO weekly
teanare Mill: -:hereaftss.ntist- subject to 4
portage OF twenty .cents per tapqpm,
geven in the Counted wherein published
4 (and only twenty cents wherever de-
alivered). Newspaper editors will .havai
to pay twenty centS per- annum on their
weekly; forty on their seni-weekly, sixty
on their tri-weekly, 81 20 on their daily
exchanges. Nobody can frank letters
hereafter. Bpt Congress appropriated
money to pay POSTAGE upon dead lestors
to be- cent, to Washington, and upon
letters aid othsr mailabfe matter to be
sent ont by the President Of the United
States, and perhaps some of the heads
|:ef.' bureaus and the clerks of the two
|ihouBes OF Congress- No suoh appropri-
alton was made for congressman them
selves. : %f .i'i ~.
The postage On regularly sent news :.
papers and other periodicals is not re-.
quired to be paid at the office from
which they are sent, bnt. may ne paid
there. It must be paid lin advance at
the office Of delivery, if not paid at the
Office from wbieh sent. ...,.' '.as
Seeds, olttinga,,, seions and roots,
which were .heretpfore iuclnded nmong
artidles which could be sent only in
packages Weighing twelve ounces or less,
are now allowed by new law: {not here
quoted) to: be sent in packages not. over
four pounds each in weight. iw ~ -. !.
There shall be three Glasses of mail
matter: Latters, regular 0printed matter
and mlseellsneous matter. All liquids,
Poisons; glass, explosive materials and
obsce ene books snail be excluded from
gthe mails. No package weighing more
conveyance by mail, except books pub.
ltahed or circulated by order of Con
gress. No newspapers shall be received
to pc conveyed by mail, unless they nre
sufficiently, dried and enclosed in proper
3 SEoatage on 3 all mail matter must sd
pre- paid by stamps At tho time Of man.
.ip& unless'EheIein otherwise. GprostdAd
|, :, Thitd o1sss Ymtst 1spt excsBu twelve
.5of nces Ia tweiekt X x I x
!. Pdstmasters shall notify the publisher
.3f any newspaPeD Oft 0thar poriodiccL
when any subscriber shah refuse to take
tHgsame froR tho dfiok, 1r 1iegleok to
can for it for the period of one month.
When packages Of Newspapers or
|.otlier pHsiodfaalB are received ala post
office directed to, one, address, and the
Ehlhes Sf the Subscribers to Flom tbeg
belong, with tile postage Tor quarter in
aavahce, is handed to the postmaster, he
shall deliver apph papers OK peEiodiesls
to their respective owners. l. ,
The Rostmahter: General may provide
by order tho terms upon which ,roate
agents may receive from publishers or
any, news agent in charge thoreof, 4hl
deliver the same as diteethd if presented
and called Tor at the mail car o. Stea mer,
packages of newspapers and other peri
odicals not received from or intended for
delivery at any post office.
All mall matter deposited for mailing,
on which at least one full rate of postage
uas oeeA Ph4os AS required ny law, B0Hll
be forwarded to its destination, charged
With the unpaid rate, to be collected on
delivery.
If nny mail matter on which, by. law.
the postage is required to be prepaid at
the mailing Office shall, by inadvertence,
reach its destination without. such pre-
payment, double the pre.pnid rates shall
be charged and collected on delivery.
No mail matter shall be delivered until
the postage due thereon has been paid.
No box at any post Office shall bo as.
signed to the use of any person until the
rent thereof has been paid for at least
>one quarter in advance, for which the
postmaster shall give receipt.
!. .On all mail matter which is wholly or
partly in writing, except book manu-
scripts md corrected proofs passing be-
tween authors and publishers, and local
or drop letters; on ali printed matter
which is so marked as to convey any
other or further information than is con.
veyed by the original print. except the
correction of mere typographical errors;
on all matter which is sent in violation of
law or the regulation of the Department
respecting enclosures; and all matter tn