The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-03
Table Of Rates Of Domestic Pestax..

Table Of Rates Of Domestic Postage. !.
The following are the rates Of postage on po.
mestic Mail Matter Of the different classes:
Note-An domestic mail matter Except nevs.
papers, magazines and periodicals sent to actuar
subscribers from known Office Of publication,
must be prepaid by postage stamps.
| A letter ON which one full rate Of postage =
prepaid, but on which further postage is charsa,
sble, win be forwarded, when deposited IN !
post-offce, charged with the unpaid postage 10
be collected on delivery. II the postage is lefk
wholly unpaid, or is prepaid less than one fu]l
rate, it will be held for postage and sent to thu
Dead Letter Office. Should it reach it's destina.
ton BY inadvertence, however, it win be charged
with double postage on delivery: "One full
rate" means, in the case OF mail letters or other
6rst class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts Of large
population, having two or more post:ofices with.
In distance of three miles Of each other, any let.
ter posted at one of such Offices, and addressed 70
q locality within the delivery Of another Of suOA
Offices, which shall have been inadvertently pre-
paid at the "rop" 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.
If articles chargeable with different rates d
postage are sent together in one package, the
higher rate must be paid on the entire package;
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.
The following articles are excluded from the
mails Liquids, Poisons, Glass, Explosive Ma.
terials, Books, Pamphlets. Pictures and other
publications of an obsceneor indecent character;
all letters upon the envelopes OF which, and pos.
tai cards upon which, scurrilous epithets ars
written or printed or engraved, or: disloyL de-
vices printed or engraved and all 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 fos
postage, nor to deliver any mail matter until al
postage due thereon has been paid.
First Glass.
On letters, sealed packages, mail matter wholly
or partly in writing Except book manuscripts
and corrected prosf-sheets passing between "a.
thors and publishers, and except local or drop"
letters); on all printed matter 80 marked - 10
convey any other or further information than h
conveyed by the original print Except the cor.
rection Of typographical errors); on all matter
not otherwise charge&ble with letter postage. but
which is, 80 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 subscribers and inclosing any srticls
whatever, except bona fds supplements or bills
and receipts for subscriptions; and on all pack
ages or matter not in itself chargeabae with letter
postage, but in which is inclosed or concealed
any letter or other thing chargeable with letter
postage-9 cents for each half ounce or fraction
thereof-weight Of packages limited to tour
pounds.
On local or "drop" letters, at Offices where
free delivery by carriers is established ia cents
for each half ounce or fraction thereof-weight
Of packages limited to four pounds.
On local or "drop" letters, at offices whsrs
free delivery by carriers is not established-I
cent per half ounce or fraction thereof-weight
OF packages limited to four pounds.
Second Glass.
NorE.-Msilable matter of this class embraces
all newspapers, magazines and periodicals ex.
clusively in print and regularly issued at ststsd
periods from known Office Of publication, and
addressed to regular subscribers.
PREPAYMENT.
Sec. s. That on and after the LIST day Of Jana.
airy, 1875, on all newspapers and periodical pub.
locations mailed from known Office OF publcar
t;ov M. In
subscribers or news-agents, postage shall b.
charged at the following rates. On. newspapers
and periodical publications, issued weekly and
oftener, two cents pound and fraction thereof;
less frequently three cents pound and fraction
thereof: Provided, That nothing in yhis act SHAH
be held to change or amend section 80 of the acl
entitled, Gan act to revise, consolidate, and
amend the statutes relating to the Post-Ohies
approved June 9th, 1872.
Sec. 6. That on and after the list day Of Janu.
ary 1875, upon the receipt of such newspapers
snd periodical publications at the Office of mail.
ing, they shall be weighed in bulk, and postage
paid thereon by special adhesive stamp, to b.
devised and fun nished by the Postmaster Gen.
oral, which shall be affixed to such matter or 70
The sack containing the same, or upon . memo
'andum OF such mailing, or otherwise, as the
Postmaster General may. from time to time.
provide by regulation.
&c., 2. That newspapers, one copy to each
Ictual subscriber residing within the county
where the same are printed, in whole or in part,
md published, shall 60 free through the mails;
,ut the same shall not bs delivered ut letter.
'arrier Offices or distributed by carriers unless
postage is paid thereon as by law provided.
Third Glass.
ALI matter of the third class must be fully pre-.
,aid.
NorE.-Packages OF maiable matter Of this
lass must be prepaid by stamps, and must nos