The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20
POSTAL INFORMATION.
RUIN GS
OF THE
POST-OFvICE DEPARTM ENT.
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Il U L I N q s
MISCELLANEOUS.
OF THE


Under no circumstances can postmaster
open u letter not addressed to himself.
Postmasters and assistants cannot be con
tractors, concerned in carrying the mails
Additional postage rated upon packages 20
be collected on delivery must be paid with
money.
When the departure Of the mai, is between
. O'Clock p. IN. and S a. M, the mail should be
Unpaid letters containing orders for goods
cannot be lawfully carried by the mail carrier
outside the mails.
to the business of private individuals except
as o matter of courtesy and when agreeable
to himself.
There is nothing contained in the Postal
Laws Regulations, which exempts post
masters or their assistants from working on
the public roads.
A postmaster is not obliged to accept In
payment Of postage any currency which may
be SO mutilated as to be unc"rrent. See
The Postal Laws place no restraint on com
mon carriers in conveying second and third
class mail matter outside Of the mails
Section 3, act July ~, 1876, p. 167, u. 3. o.
P. G., will give postmasters at fourth-class
Offices all necessary information in regard to
When two more kinds of mail matter are
lnclosed in the same package the entire pack
age is subject to a higher rate.
liver the mail into or take it from post office
which is located more than eighty rods Il. 800
fcetl from their depots or stations. :.
If under the laws OF his State 1t becomes
| necessary for postmaster to work the public
roads, he should leave his Office in charge Of
| a competent assistant while he is doing.
Parties addressed have the option to refuse
to take any package or packages out Of post
office the hands of letter carrier If for any
cause they do not see fit to receipt them.
Postmasters authorized to use official
stamps in payment of postage upon communi-
cations notifying publishers that their publica-
tons are refused or not called Tor Dy the
parties addressed.
Posmasters or other persons not per-
mitted to set apart for the sale of articles of
| Of n PREMISES
rented by the government for postomce pnr-
poses.
livered only to the person addressed or to q
member OF his family, or to q legal guardian
of the pensioner, and under no circumstances
to an attorney, claim agent, or broker.
Postmasters cannot deliver letters which
may be addressed to or deliverable from other
post offices, except in cases of letters addressed
to disc ontinued Office nearest the Office where
such letters are sent for delivery.
There is nothing in the Postal Laws or
his post ofnce while he is at dinner. A post,
Office should be kept open during the usual
: hours of business in the place.
The executive order of March 3, 1873, pro-
hibiting the holding of State and Municipal
: offices by persons holding civil offices under
the Federal Government, does not apply to
deputies assistants employed in postrofdces
by postmasters
When the mails arrive after the usual bns-
- mess hours the postmaster need not keep his
IS Office oren for its assortment or delivery he
- should, however, be ready to deliver all letters,
etc. Immediately upon opening the office in the
Undelivered printed matter should not be
returned to a publisher except he furnishes
tI ios
master should notify a publisher before he
places his uadel;vered papers among the wuste
to be sold.
A mail carrier should not receive mail matter
unless he is one mile or more from post Office,
and when received such matter should be de-
livered into the next post Office at which he
larr
matter properly inclosed in government
stamped envelopes
matter under the straps or within the staples
of mail pouches by mail messengers, con
tractors and pos.masters is regarded by The
provisions of section $40, Postal Regulations
cd. 1878, and notice is hereby given that sucl
practice must be discontinued. Letters in
closed in stamped envelopes of proper demon
nation may be carried outside the mail, bu
they must not be attached to the mail pouche
in the manner above Indicated.
Official postage stamps or stamped en-
vclopes must not be used by postmasters j.
30 payment of postage on Packages of mutilatet
DC currency addressed to the Treasurer OF tn
United States for redemption. Postmaster
rs are not obliged 10 accept in payment Tor post
oc age, stamps stamped envelopes, wrappers, etc
auy currency so mutila.ed as TO be uncurren
or the genuineness of which cannot be cfeari
. ascertained Ii they nevertheless take mutt
their own risk. Sending the same to the Unite
States Treasurer for redemption is not a
official Transaction, therefore they are on IT,
footing of private individuals, and must pre-
n pay the postage with the ordinary stamps.
- The insertion of new date or figure in
- circular subjects the same to letter rates
postage when sent in the mails.
box fastened by screws is held to be
package which cannot be conveniently exam
ned by postmasers, and is therefore subje'
to letter rates of postage.
Manuscript letters transmitted by mail NJ
subject to postage of three cents for each ha
rs ounce or fraction thereof, when sent in scale
or unseaicd envelopes.
A registered letter may be delivered to
,rc. person in whose care it is addressed. provid:
the person named the address has not o
- dered it not to be SO delivered.
Ordinary cards, having writing thereon
addition to the address, arc subject to postal
at the rate of three cents for each half oun
or fraction thereof.
Letters relating to the cargo being at Il
same time conveyed, may be carried by
steamboat outside the mails free of postage.
Catalogues are subject to postage at the ia
of one cent for each two ounces or fracti'
thereof
Packages of merchandise not prepaid in f,
at the rate of one cent for each ounce
- fraction thereof, should not be forwarded
the mails.
Tobacco may be admitted into the ma
r., when so wrapped RS to prevent its sitting o.
and at the same time not to preclude
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