The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-07-23
POSTAL LAWS.

l. DfN goods may DE mallcu IN
der the rules governing third-class
matter, packages limited to four
pounds, wrapped 50 as to admit OF cx-
animation without destroying the
wrapper, and uaaccompanicd by any
writing in addition 10 the address ;
postage, one cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof.
2. The 4th of July beng 4 legal
holiday, postmastcrs can close their
offices on that day..the same As on Sun
days. (Scc sec. 36, p. 1854, Reg.
1879
3. Publishers Of newspapers can
not send copies Of thei? papers to 9th
cr than regular subscribers, without
prepayment Of postage at transient
rates, 10 matter whether the parties
addressed live in the same county or
not.
II a postmaster has information
that a publishers so doing, he should
require the publisher to take the oath
prescribed by section l 49,, page H.
Rec. Reg. Ia. 1873, and if he refu-
So to 10 so, advise the Department.
+. All third-claSs matter should
be prepaid il full, or the same should
not be forwarded; but if the same
reach lis destination, not having been
prepaid in full, double the prepaid
rates must he collected on tie unpaid
portion.
When parties refuse to pay the
postage on merchandise, and to take
il out Of a post Office, it should be sent
to the Dead Letter Office.
). When newspapers are sent in
bulk from one post office 10 another
with the intention Of having them
distributed through the boxes or gen
cral delivery Of the office to which
thew are addressed, they should be
pfcpaid in full at the mailing 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
mast be furnished with postage sutii-
cient 70 pay the drop rate on each pa
per.
6. When an official package ar
rives at IN Office OF delivery, having
been insutiicigutlyprepaid with official
stamps at the mating Office, and the
party addressed tenders Official stamp,
in payment Of TIE amount due, tie
postmaster should receive said STAMPS,
alIix them to the package, cancel
them, and thcn deliver the package.
I. United States postal c;uds,
when addressed 10 Canada, must have
Il one cent United States postage
stamp affixed, in addition TO tie stamp
Oh the caId.
s. From AMI after July 1st 1874,
newspapers, one copy to each actual
residing within the county
where the same are printed, in whole
or in part, and published, shall go
free through the mails but the same
shall not be delivered at letter carli-
er Offices or distributed by carries, un-
less postage Is paid thereon as by law
provided.
8. The Pasting or cumming Of a
printed address on postal card, rem
lers it unavailable rs postal card,
and subjects il to letter postage.
10. 1t is a violation Of the postal
laws TO mcloce circulars, hand-bills,
or any other such
matter in the regular issue Ola news
paper sent to subscribers, and such
enclosure subjects the entire package
to letter rates Of postage, and the
sender to a fine Of five dollars for
each offence. (See sec. 81, 121, and
l2S Reg, Ed. 1879
II. The postal laws do not eX-
ampt postmasters from working on the
pubic roads.
y. a person holding an Office
under the United States Government"
is rot prohibited by the postal laws
from serving as assistant postmaster.
IS. Written arguments ofcomsel,
in scaled or unseaied enyel-
,pes, must be charged Al letter rates
# stage.
if. lLt Lw makes 40 distinction
d tI.ar -.a Of postage between official
anu pgiy ale letters, SO the same rules
govern the rate Of postage on all let
-ers or packages, whether official or
otherwise.
Frank Devine, at Portsmouth, y,
H., being one day last week very hot,