The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-12-10
Instructions Relative to the New Postal
Law.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.
| The following instructions have been ap-
| proved by Postmaster Gen. Jewell in relation
to the prepayment of postage on papers and
other printed matter on and after Jan !, 1873.
under the act of June %, 1874:
Section of said act divides the matter
! therein described into two classes and
fixes the rate of postage on each as fol-
lows: On all newspapers and periodi-
Gals issued weekly or oftener two cents
/ per pound or a fraction thereof; and on
| all those issued less frequently three cents
| per pound or fraction thereof. Under Sec
! b, upon the receipt of such matter at the
| mailing Office, properly assorted into the two
classes, it must be prepaid (after deductng
the weight OF the SACK by special adhesive
this purpose. Ordinary postage stamps
cannot be used for this purpose, nor
! can these stamps be used for any other
! purpose. Postmasters will make the fol-
| lowing deduction for the weight of sacks
| viz. No Jute sack, two and half pounds !;
Mo- jute sack, two pounds; No. / cotton
sack, three and "A quarter pounds; No. = cot
| ton sack, three and half pounds. On re-
ceipt Of the postage the Postmaster will give
] a receipt from q book of blank forms fur
nishcd by the department. The stamps will
| then he affixed to the stub of the receipt and
Cancelled by perforating them with punch,
| and the blank spaces in the stub be filed
TO correspond with the receipt. The stub
| books are to be kept permanently in
| the office, to be ready to be produced when
ever demanded by the department The
Postmaster will render promptly al the end of
each quarter, in blank forms furnished for
the purpose, a statement of the postage col
lected from each publisher or news agent
during the quarter. These special stamps
VIII be charged to PoStmaSters, aud account
ed for IN the same manner as ordinary post
age stamps.
Newspapers, periodicals and circulars de-
posted IN a Iettcr-carrier office for delivery
| by the office or its carriers are subject to
| postage at the following rates: On news
papers, regular or transient not exceeding
two ounces in weight one cent each; on peri
| odlcals, regular or transient, not exceeding
TWO ounces in weight, one cent each {;
on periodicals, regular or transient, ex-
ceedlng two ounces in weight, two cents each (;
| circulars, unsealed, one cent: weekly
newspapers TO transient parties, one cent for
each Two ounces or fraction thereof These
rates must be prepaid by postage stamps
| aiflXed. Weekly newspapers to regular sub
scrlbers will be five cents per quarter. Tn
der this section county papers pass by
mail free to subscribers. actually residing
within the county, but when delivered at let
ter-carrier offices, cr by IA letter-carrier they
are subject to t',c res of postage fixed in
! the laws and regulations, page 81, See. 15S,
namely: On publications not exceeding four
ounces in weight, issued less frequently than
once week, one cent for each copy, and
when issued once week five cents addition
al per quarter, and five cents additional per
quarter for each issue more frequent than
once week. An additional rate shall
be charged for each additional four
ounces or fraction thereof These
rates must be paid quarter
ly before delivery Of such matter, either at
the office of mailing or delivery. When not
so paid, postage must be collected on delivery
! of each copy at transient rates, viz: One
cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof
The foregoing instructions are to take effect
the lst day of January, 1875, and to continue
in force until modified or superseded by the
department.
In regard to the question where newspa-
pers and other printed matter must be
weighed for prepayment ofpostage under the
new law on and after Jan. |, 1873, it may be
stated, by authority of the Postoffce De
plrtment, that the general rule re-
quiring the weighing to take place at the
| Postoffice where the matter is mailed will
| be modified for convenience of publishers
in any locality where it is shown to be
desirable that weighing should be permitted
elsewhere than at the Postoffice 1t is under
stood that New York newspaper publishers
prefer the weighing to be done at the Postof-
| flee, while at Chicago and other cities it is
weighed at the railway depot. Each applica-
ton for a modification of the rule will be de-
cided on its individual merits.