The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-30

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4 TIA following - the rates Of postage on Do.
meath Man Mater Of the different Glasses:
Note-An domestic mail matter Except news
napers magazines and periodicals sent to acsual
subscrisers from known Office II publioAtonl
must be prepaid by postage stamps.
letter on which one full rate Of postage =
prepaid. but on which further postage il charge.
Able. win be forwarded, when deposited IN Q
post-oface, charged with the unpaid postage -
be collected on delivery. II the postage b leloi
wholly unpaid, or is prepaid less than one fau !
rate. it will be held for postage and sent to the
Dead Letter Office. Should it reach it, destinar
tion by inadvertence, however, it win be charged
with double postage on delivery. "Ons fuu
rate" means, in the case Of mail letters q othse
drst class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts Of largo
population having two or more post-omces Wisae
In distance of three miles OF each other any ~
ter posted at one Of such Offices, and addressed -
locality within the delivery Of another Of such
Offices, which shall have been inadvertently pre-
paid at the "drop" or local letter rate Of postage
only, may be forwarded to its destination through
the proper Office charged with the amount Of The
deficient postage, TO be collected on delivery.
II articles chargeable with different rates d
postage are sent together Ia one package the
higher rate must be paid on the entire packaSoS
but two or more different articles, both charge.
able with the same rate Of postage, may be sent
in one package ON payment of that rate on the
whole package. &. -..st al
The following articles are excluded rom The
mails Liquids, Poisons, Glass, Explosive Ma
terials, Books, Pamphlets, Pictures and othes
publications OF an obscene or indecent charscters
ell letters upon the envelopes of which, and pos.
tai cards upon which, scurrilous epithets are
written or printed or engraved. or disloyA do.
vices printed or engraved and al articles which
from their form or nature are liable to Destroy
deface or injure the contents Of mail bags or the
person Of any one engaged in the postal service.
Postmasters are not allowed to give credit for
postage, nor to deliver any mail matter until 81
postage due thereon has been paid.
~ First Class.
On letters, sealed packages, mail matter wholly
or partly in writing Except book manuscripts
and corrected proefsheets passing between au-
thors and publishers, and except local or drop"
lstters); o. all printed matter 80 marked ~ TO
convoy anyother or further information than b
conveyed By the original print (exoept tho cor
rection Of typographical errors) on all matter
not otherwise chargeSble with letter postage, but
which ia, ~ wrapped or secured that it cannot b
conveniently examined by postmasters, without
destroying the wrapper or envelope on all news
papers, magazines and periodicals sent from pub.
fishers to nbscribers and inclosing any article
whatever, except bona dds supplements or bills
and receipb for subscriptions and on all pack 4
ages or MISTER not in itself chargeable with letter
postage, but in which il inclosed or concealed
any letteror other thing chargeable with letter
postage cents for each half ounce or fraction
thereol-Ieight Of packages limited to foux
pounds.
On loel or "drop" letters, at Offices whore
free derery by carriers is established - cents
for c1half ounce or fraction thereof weight
Of packages limited to four pounds.
On loal or "drop" letters, at offices where
free dfivery by carriers is not estabishedj1
cent pr half ounce or fraction thereof-weight
Of pacAges limited to four pounds.
Not.-Mailable matter Of this class embraces I
al Newspapers. magazines and periodicals az.
clusnly IN print and regularly issued at eteto4
perios from known Office of publication, and
addrssed to regular subscribers.
PREPAYMENT. n9a
Seat. That on and after the LIST day Of Janu.
ary, BIS, on all newspapers and periodical pub.
icatjns mailed from known office OF pubhcA-
tionr news agency, and addressed to regular
subscribers or news-agents, postage shall b.
charged at the following rates On newspapers
sndperiodical publications, issued weekly and
oftser, two cents pound and fraction thereof;
lestrequenty three cents pound and fraction
thssof: Provided, That nothing in this act shall
be ED to change or amend section SO Of the act
entitled, "An act to revise, consolidate, and
anmd the statutes relating to the Post once
Dsartment, approved June 9Th, 1877.
be. 6. That on and after the LIST day Of Janu-
~ 1875, upon the receipt of such newspapers
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