Richland beacon., 1875-01-23
Table of Rates of Domestic Pos
taTe.

The following are the rates Oh Pos'"So WI"
Domestic Nail Matter Of the different classes
Note-AlI domestic mail matter teXcept
newspapers, magazines and periodicals Sent
10 actual subscribers from a known office OF
publica,ion) must be prepaid Wy postage
stamps.
A letter on witch one full rate OF p" @"e
is prepaid bu on which further postage Is
chargeable, will ~ forwarded, when deposit
ed I'm a post office. charged with the unpali
hostage to be collected on delivery. ii me
postage is left wholly unpaid, or is prepaid
less Than one full rate, il will he held Tor post
aye and sent TO the Dead Letter Once.
should it reach its destination 10y Inadver-
tence, however, it will I've charged with
double postage on delivery. "One luii raie
means, in the case of mail letters or other hrst
class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts oil large
population, having two or more post-oihces
within a distance of three miles OF each other,
any letter posted at one Of such Offices ana
addressed to locality within the delivery oil
another of su"h offices, which shall have been
inadvertently prepaid at the drop or local
letter rate of postage only, may be forwarded
to its destination through the proper ONCE
charged with the amount of the deficient post.
age, TO be collected on delivery.
If articles chargeable with different rates OF
postage are sent together in One'packaSe, The
higher rate must be paid on the entire pack
age but two or more different articles. both
cbargeable with the same rate of postage
may be sent in one package on payment oil
that rate on the whole package.
The following articles are excluded from
the mails: Liquids, Poisons, GIass. Explo-
.ive Materials, Books, Pamphlets, Pictures and
Other publications Of an obscene or indecent
ch aracter all letters upon the envelopes OF
which. and postal cards upon which, scnrri-
lous eptI,ets are written or printed or ensrav-
ed, or disloyal devices printed or engraved !;
and all articles which from their form or ma
ture are liable to destroy, deface or inJure the
contents Of mail bags or the person of any one
engaged in postal business.
Postmasters are not allowed to give credit
for postage, nor TO deliver any mail matter
until all postage due thereon has been paid.
FIRST CLASS.
On letters, sealed packages, mail matter
wholly OF partly in writing Except book man
uscrprs and correct prooEsheets passing be-
cal or drop lettersr); on all printed matter
so marked as to convey any other or Mriher
information that is conveyed by the original
print Except the correction of typographical
errors); on all matter not otherwise chargeable
with letter postage, but which is, so wrapped
or secured that it cannot be conveniently ex-
amined by postmasters, withou, destroying
the wrapper or envelope, on all newspapers,
,,a,;nl;.al. h.
ers TO subscribers and inclosing any article
whatever, except bona fide supplements OF
bills and receipts for subscriptions and on all
package. or matter not in itself chargeable
with letter postage, but in which is inclosed or
concealed any letter or other thing chargeable
with letter postage-3 cents for each hall
ounce fraction thereof-weight Of packages
limited to four pounds.
On local or "drop" letters, at offices where
free delivery by carriers is not esiablished-I
cent per half ounce or fraction ihereof-weight
of packages limited to four pounds.
SECOND CLASS.
No,e.-Maiablh matter of this class embra-
ces all newspapers, magazines and periodicals
exclusively in print and regularly issued at
stated periods from known office % publica-
tlOf1, anu duuIcsStu 10 regular SuOScGlDeTS.
PREPAYMENT.
Sec 5. That on and after the first day of
January, 1875, on al; newspapers and period
icai publications mailed from a known office
adjudication or news agency, and address to
regular subscribers or news-agents, postage
shall be charged at the following rates On
newspapers and periodical publications, issued
weekly and Ofiener, two cents pound there
of; less frequently three cents a ponnd and
fraction thereof; Provided. That nothing in
this act shall be held TO change or amend sec
ton 90 of the act entitled, An act TO revise,
consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to
the Post-Ofiice Department" approved June
Sth. 1872.
Sec. 6. That on and after the LIST day of
January, 1875. upon the receipt Of such news
papers and periodical publications at the of
flee Of mailing, they shall be weighed in
bulk, and postage paid thereon 10y special
adhesive stamp, to be devised and furnished
by tho Postmaster General which shall be af.
fixed to such matter, or to sack containing the
same, or upon a memorandum of such mail
ing, or Otherwise. as the Postmaster Genera
may, fro..: time to time, provide by regulal
ton.
Sec. 7. That newspapers, one copy to
each actual subscriber residing within the
| county where the same are printed. in whole
or in part, and published, shall 90 free through
| the mails but the same shall not be delivered
at leiter-carrier offices distributed by carriers
unles postage is paid thereon as by law pro-
vided.
THIRD CLASS.
Note-Packages Of maiabe matter of this
class mus, be prepaid by stamps, and must
not exceed the weight prescribed by law
(which is four pounds). Packages exceeding
| the prescribed weight are unavailable.
All matter Of the third class must be fully
prepaid.
On pamphlets. occasional publications, tran.
silent newspapers, magazines and periodicals.;
handbiIls, posters, sheet music, unsealed circu-
lars, prospectuses book manuscripts and proof
sheets, printed cards, maps, Autographs, prints,
chrome. autographs and engravings, seeds.
cuttings bulbs. roots and scinns-l cent for
each two ounces or fraction thereof-weight
of package limited TO four pounds.
On flexible patterns, samples of ores, metals,
minerals and merchandise, sample cards,
photographic paper. letter envelopes, postal
envelopes and wrappers, imprinted cards,
plain and ornamental paper. photographs, and
all other articles for which other rates Of
postage are not prescribed in this table, and
which are not by law excluded from the
mails cent for each two ounces or fraction
thereof-weight Of packages limited to four
pounds.
On books cent for each two ounces or
fraction thercof-weisht Of packages limited
to four pounds
On unsaald circulars, newspapers, (wheih-
er transient or addressed to regular subscrib-
ers-exceptng weekly papers, which may be