Arizona citizen., 1875-08-14
SOMETHING ABOUT POSTAGE. A Few Sections of Law Which the People Should Read and Consider.

date those who are anxious to read and become posted regarding its provis- ions, we give the several sections of the various acts, bearing directly onI the questions under consideration. Here are two sections of the Act of June 8, 1872, to be found on pages 300I and 301 of volume seventeen of the Statutes at Large:
 Sec 133. That mailable matter off the third class shall embrace all pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, magazines, hand bills, posters, unsealed circulars, pros pectuses, books, book manuscripts, proof sheets, corrected proof sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blanks, fexi- ble patterns, samples of merchandise not exceeding twelve ounces in weight, sample cards, photographic paper, let ter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, photographic representations off different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, sciOns, and all other matter which may be declared mailable by law, and all other articles not above the weight prescribed by law, which are not, from their form or nature, lia- ble to destroy, deface, or otherwise in Iiure the contents of the mailbag or the person of any one engaged in the post al service. All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive materials, and obscene books
 shall be excluded from the mails. All matter of the third class, excepting books and other printed matter, book manuscripts, proofsheets, and correct ed proofsheets, shall not exceed twelve ounces ill weight, and all matter of the third-class shall be subject to examina- tion and to rates of postage as herein after provided. Samples of metals, ores, and mineralogical specimens shall not exceed twelve ounces in weight, and shall be subject to examination and to rates of postage as hereinafter provided.
 Sec. 134. That no package weighing more than four pounds shall be receiv- ed for conveyance by mail, except books published or circulated by order of Congress.
 Here are sections Of the Act of JuneI 23, 1874, to be found on pages 232 and 233, volume eighteen, Statutes at Large:
 Sec. ,. That on and after the firstI day of January, 1875. all newspapers and periodical publications mailed from known office of publication or news agency, and addressed to regular subscribers or news agents, pOstageI shall be charged at the following rates 1 On newspapers and periodical publica-I tiOns, issued weekly and more ire qaently than once a week, two cents for each pound or fraction thereof, and on those issued less frequently than once week, three cents for each pound | or fraction thereof: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be held to change or amend section ninety-nine of the act entitled An Act to revise, con solidate and amend the statutes rela- ting to the Postoftice Department" ap-i proved June s, 1872:
 Sec. 6. That on and after the 1st of January, 1875, upon the receipt of such newspapers and periodical publications at the office of mailing, they shall be weighed in bulk, and postage paid thereon by special adhesive stamp, to be devised and furnished by the Post master-General, which shall be affixed to such matter, or to the sack contain ing the same, or upon a memorandum l of such mailing, or otherwise, as the POstmaster-General may, from time to time, provide by regulation
 Sec. 7. That newspapers, one copy to each actual subscriber residing with in the county where the same are prin- ted, in whole or in part, and published, shall go free through the mails; but the same shall not be delivered at let ter-carrier offices or distributed by car riers unless postage is paid thereon as by law provided.
 Sec. $. That all mailable matter of the third class, referred to in section 133 of the act entitled An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes re- lating to the POStOffice Department" approved June s, 1872, may weigh not exceeding four pounds for each package thereof, and postage shall be charged thereon at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof; but noth- ing herein contained shall be held to change or amend section 134 of said act
 Section 134 referred to here is given in this article, and section 99 of the act of June 8, 1872, only refers to postage or papers and periodicals when drop ped into offices where such matter is delivered by carriers, and has no bear ing in Arizona. The next in order is z this paragraph from section 1 of the I act of March 3, 1875, and may be found I on page BIT of volume IS, Statutes at Large: 2
 That section eight of the act approv- ed June g, 1874, making apprOpria- tiOns for the service of the POstoffice Department for the year ending June 30, 1875, and for other purposes" be and the same is hereby amended as fol- lows: Insert the word "ounce" in lieu of the words 1.-two ounces"
 Anybody who can read the language understandingly, ought to get from the a correct idea of the method of mailing and rates of postage on third class matter, the kind under con- as well as what governs and periodicals mailed from an office of publication to actual or to and from dealers in T news periodicals.
 
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