The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-27
POSTAL INFORMATION.
RULyN 08
THE
POsT-OFvICE EMIT.
POSTAL INFORMATION.
MISCELLANEOUS.

MtscELLANEoUs.
There is II" law authorizing th., return a.
money Tor postage rrpaiI.
Under no circumstances can y pnstinaste~
open letter not addressed to himself.
P"slIn"s'ers and assistants cannot be- Cor
tractors. or concerned in carrying the mails
Adaiii nal postage rated upon package. 60
be collected On delivery must be paid with
money.
When the departure Of the mai is between
. o'cs"ck y. III. and S IL. IN, tue mail should be
CLOSED at 9 y. III.
Unpaid letters containing orders for goods
cannot tie Lawful ly carried by the mail carr Ter
outside the mails.
IT. is no part 81 Il posimas,ers duty to attend
to ;he business OF private individuals except
ns . matter Of courtesy and when agreeable
to himself
There is nothing contained in the Postal
Laws or Regulations, which rxempts post.
masters or their assistants from working on
the public roads.
A postmaster is not obliged to accept in
payment OF postage amy currency which may
be- 40 mutiatei M to be uncurrent. See
ruling No. lO3.
The Postal Laws place no restraint on COM
mon carriers in conveying second and third
class mail matter outside Of the mails.
Section 8, act July IL, 1876. p. 1877. U. s. O.
r; t., will give postmasters at fourth-class
their compensation.
When two or more kinds of mail matter are
lnclosed in the same package the entire pack.
age is subject to a higher rate.
Railroad companies are not obliged TO de-
liver the mail into or take it from post once
feet from their depots or stations.
If under the laws of his State It becomes
necessary for postmaster to work the public
| q competent assistant while he ia 80 doing.
Parties addressed have the option to ref,
total TO take any ny package or packages out ofar
cause they do not see fit to receipt the,
Postmasters are authorized to IL.
stamps in payment Of postage upop
cations e;nno notifying publishers that d
parties addressed.
Pos masters or other persons are n
mitted to set apart for the sale Of article.
merchandise. any part of q premises owned
rented by the government for postofice pur-
poses.
Letters from the Pension Office shall be de-
llVered only to the person addressed or to u
member OF his family, or to 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 efhces, 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 ohice while he is at dinner. A post
Office should be kept open during the usual
hours Of business in the place.
,;h hs ex ,S n, order Of March 1873 pro-
Offices by persons holding civil Offices under
the Federal Government does not apply to
deputies or assistants employed in post-ohices
by postmasters.
When the mails arrive after the usual bns-
mess hours, the postmaster need not keep his
| Office open for its assortment or delivery he
should, however, be ready to deliver all letters,
etc. Immediately upon opening the Office in tho
morning.
returned to publisher except he furnishes
postage at regular rates to prepay such return
Under section 457, Postal Regulations, post
! master should notify publisher before he
| unOelly9roO yuafA
! to be sold.
A mail carrier should not receive mail-matter
and when received such matter should be de-
livered into the next post Office at which he
arrives. This ruling does not refer to mail.
matter properly inciosed in government
The practice Of placing letters or other mail
matter under the straps or within the staples
tractors and postmasters is regarded by The
! Post-ofice Department violation Of the
provisions of section $40, Postal Regulations,
ed 1873, and notice is hereby given that such
practice must be discontinued. Letters in
closed in stamped envelopes of proper denom-
nation may be carried outside the mail, but
! they must not be attached to the mail pouch.3
| in the manner above indicated.
! Official postage stamps stamped en-
velopcs must not be used by postmasters in
payment Of postage on packages Of mutilated
currency addressed to the Treasurer OF the
United States for redemption. Postmasters
are not obliged 10 accept in payment Tor post
|
ANY currency SO mutilated as 10 be uncurrent
or the genuineness of which cannot be clearly
ascertained II they nevertheless take multi
ated or uncurrent money they must do 80 at
their own risk. Sending the same to the United
States Treasurer for redemption is not IN
official transaction, therefore they are on tie
footing of private individuals. and must pre-
pay the postage with the ordinary stamps.
The insertion of new date or figure in a
circular subjects the same to letter rates Of
postage when sent in the mails.
| A box fastened by screws is held to be n
package which cannot be conveniently exam
med by Postmasters, and is therefore subject
to letter rates OF postage.
Manuscript letters Transmitted by mail are
or unsealed enyeiopas.
A registered letter may be deliyered to 2
the person named IN the address has not or
dered it not to be so delivered.
| Ordinary cards. having writing thereon in
addition to the address, are subject to postage
at the rate Of three cents for each half oupEs
or fraction thereof,
| Letters relating to the cargo being at the