Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-05

|. Dry goods may be mailed under the
rules governing third-class matter, pack
ages limited 10 four pounds, wrapped SO as
to admit of examination without destroy
any writing In addition 10 the address:
postage, one cent for each two ounces or
fraction thereof.
3. The eth of July being q legal holiday,
postmasters can close their Office on that
day the same as on Sundays. lSee see. 80,
u. i61, Reg. 1S73.l F-sF "a - ~
5. Publishers oil newspapers cannot send
copies of their papers 20 other than regu-
lar subscribers, without prepayment of
postage attransfent rates, nomatferwheth-
er the parties addressed live In the same
county or not.
II postmaster has information that q
the publisher TO take the oath prescribed
by section lf6, page l77, Reg, Ed. 1873, and
II he refuses 10 do SO. advise the Depart
ment.
4. All third-class matter should be pre-
paid in full, or the same shauld not be for
warded but If the same reach its desttna-
ton. not having. been prepaid in full,
double the prepaid rates must be collected
on the unpaid portion.
When parties refuse 10 pay the postage on
merchandise, and to take IL out OF post
office, it should be sent to the Dead Letter
Office.
5. When newspapers are sent in bulk
from one post Office to another with the
intention of having them distributed
through the boxes or RtnSrdi uellttfy Ol
the Office 10 which they are addressed, they
should be prepaid in full at the mailing
I Office, at the rate OF one cent for each two
! ounces or fraction thereof; and, in addition
to such prepayment, the postmaster at the
Office of delivery must be furnished with
postage sufficient TO pay the drop rate on
/ ca n paper.
When an Official package arrives at an
I office OF delivery, having been iDsu fficient-
I ly prepaid with official stamps at the mail
ing Office. ana the party addressed tenders
official stamps in payment OF the amount
due the postmaster should receive said
stamps affix them 10 the package, cancel
/ them, and then deliver the package.
Z. United States postal cards, when adj
dressed 10 Canada, must have one-cent
] usited States postage stamp afnxed, In ad-
/ dition to the stamp impressed on the card.
8. From and after July lst, 1874, news
| papers, one copy 10 each actual SUBSCRIBER
residing cfthin The couaty where the same
are printed. in whol,scr in part. and pub
lished, shall go free through the mails; but
! the same shall not De delivered at letter
carrier offices or iii attributed by carriers,
unless postage is pad thereon as by law
! provided.
8. The FASTING or cumming of printed
address on "A postal card renders IL unmail-
/ able as postal card, and subjects 1t to let
ter postage.
lO. Ii is a violation of the postal laws to
/ incioSe circulars. hand-biils, advertise
ments. or any other such matter in the
regular issue of newspaper sent TO sub
( scribers, and such enclosure subjects the
I entire package to letter rates of postage,
and the sender TO fine of five dollars for
each offence. tSee sec. 81, l2l and LIS. Reg,
Ed. 1873.
IL. The postal laws do not exempt post
masters from working on the public
roads.
4 II. "A person holding an office under the
United States Government" is not prohibit
4 ted by the postal laws from serving as as
! sistant postmaster.
Is. Written arguments ofcounsel, wheth-
I er in sealed or unsealed envelopes, must be
! charged at letter rates of postage.
Il. The law makes no distinction in the
( rate of postage be tween official and private
I letters, so the same rules govern the rate
/ of postage on all letters or. packages,
! whether official or otherwise.