Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-06-05
Rates Of Advertising
Or on advertisements, business cards, post.
ters, signs, notices, &c.

Or on advertisements, business cards, post.
ters, signs, notices, &c.
IL. Newsdealers have the right to mail
newspapers to bohafie subscribers with or
without prepayment of postage, and to re.
ceivepackages ofthe same BY paying there
on pro rata subscribers rates, that is,5 cts
for every IS weekly newspapers, 40 cents
for lO46 times-a'week newspapers, and
40 cents for 100 daily newspapers.
II. Under the Executive order post.
master may also hold the Office of justice
of the peace, provided the duties of the
latter Office do not intofere with the regu.
lar and Efficient discharge Of his duties as
postmaster. ...-.
IS. A package Of printed matter weigh
ing over ! OF. made subject to lstter.rates
of postage by writing thereon in addition
to the address, and having one full rate
prepaid by stamps affixed is only subject
to the additional charge of three cents for
each ! OF. or fraction thereof not prepaid
at the mailing Office when It reachcs; the
Office delivery. If the additional postage
is not paid, it should be sent to the Dead
Letter Office, and not returned TO the
mailing Office for prosecution of the mail
ing party.
IA, A letter placed in the mail can
only be returned to the writer thereof,
and then not without the most satisfacto-
ry evidence that the person applying
therefor is the writer, -.-
IS. A postmaster whose gross receipts
are less than ffty dollars year is not en-.
titled to post-marking stamp and the
Department never furnishes them for mon
ey.
le. The practice Of the department is
not to interfere with the appointment
of clerks and other employees in local
post-offices. Such appointments are made
by postmasters, and all application made
to the Department are at once referred to
said postmaster for such action as they
may deem proper.
II. There is nothing in the postal law
TO prohibit the printing Of one or more
business card on United State postal card.
FOREIGN.
1. Iusuffcently prepaid letters are ex>
changed between the United States and
Canada are treated as wholly unpaid and
charged accordingly on delivery at the
rate of tea cents per OF.
2. Postage on letters from Italy is ten
cent per OF. prepayment optional.
8. Ouly United States postage stamps
can be received in payment of postage on
correspondence for foreign countries, for.
eign postage stamps not being recognized
by the Department for the prepayment
Of such postage.
A. Newspapers received from foreign
countries whether they are prepaid or un-
paid cannot be forwarded from the Office
to which they are addressed--the parties
addressed having removed-unless the
postage on the same has been prepaid at
the forwarding Office at domestic transient
rates. .r
5, The postage on letters for Australia
via southampton is sixteen cents per 4 OF.
BY our postal convention with Germa-
ny, packages exceeding The weight ofsl
ozs, cannot bo exchanged in The mails with
that country. Packages exceeding such
weight are, however, mailed in Germany,
but are turned oyer to the steamship com.
panieS at Bremen or Hamburg, by whom
they are forwarded to the United States
as express matter. The Post Office De-
partment therefore has no control Of such
packages.
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