The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-29

70 30 mutilated as to De unc"''e"'' ~
o The Postal Pos Laws place restraint on com
non carriers in conveying second anu 'nllo
''a sea %o g. s act july 70, 1876, p 1871
p o a. viii rive postmasters at fourth-c!ass
offices ali necessary information in regard 70
'nS Wh e two OF more kinds of mail matter are
lnclosed in the same package the enure pack
age SailroaG sV companies are not obliged to de-
liver the mail into or take it from posi- aSe
which is located more than eighty roos tA''1o
Ifnnder the laws of his State it becomes
necessary for postmaster to work the ponne;
ao comn ns assistant while he is doing
Parties addressed have the option to Eetuse
to take any package or packages out ct post
office or the hands of q letter carrier II Ior any
cause they do not see at to receipt them. a,;,,
Postmasters are authorized to use Official
e ea%Ps n 1% publishers that pubca
tons are refused or not called for by the
parties addressed.
| mitted to set apart for the sale OF articles OF
| merchandise any part of a premises owned OF
rented by the government for postomce P"f-
Letters from the Pension Office shall be de-
livered only to the person addressed or 20
| Of the peneioner, and under no circumstances
to an attorney, claim agent. or broker. -.
NAV be addressed to or deliverable from other
post Offices except in cases of letters addressed
to discontinued Office nearest the ONCE where
such letters are sent for delivery.
There is nothing in the Postal Laws OF
Regulations authorizing a postmaster to close
while he is at dinner the
: hours of business in the place. 1910
The executive order Of March g. 1873, pro,
hibiting the holding of State and Municipal
; Offices BY persons holding civil offices under
the Federal Government, does not apply 10
deputies or assistants employed in post'ofhces
When the mails arrive after the usual bns-
:, mess hours, the postmaster need not keep ms
s Office open for its assortment or delivery ne
" should however, be ready to deliver all letters,
. etc. Immediately upon opening the Office in the
morning: ..,, ,o+ h.
returned to a publisher except he furnishes
postage at regular rates to prepay such return
Under section 457, Postal Regulations a post
master should notify publisher before he
places his undelivered papers among the waste
to be sold.
unless he is one mile or more from postotnce,
and when received such matter should oe de-
arrires TRis sn runs does not refer to mail
matter properly inclosed In government
stamped envelopes.
matter under the straps or within the staples
Of mail pouches by mail messengers, con
tractors and postmasters IS regara tt oy Tue
provisions of section $40, Postal Regulations
ed. 1878, and notice is hereby given that such
Closed in stamped envelopes of proper demon
ination may be carried outside the mail, bu
they must not be attached to the mail po"cne'
Official postage stamps or stamped en-
veiopes must not be used by postmasters il
be currency addressed to the Treasurer Of tn
=, United States for redemption. Postmaster
ade are not obliged to accept in payment ior posi-
~ age, stamps, stamped envelopes, wrappers etc.
auy currency mutilated as to be uncurren
. or the genuineness of which cannot be clear!
- ascertained. If they nevertheless take multi
ofo6 nncnrrent mODeV theV must do SO 9
their own risk. Sending the same to the Unite
States Treasurer for redemption is not a
official transaction, therefore they are on tn
footing of private individuals, and must pre-
& pay the postage with the ordinary stamps.
y The insertion of a new date or figure in
circular subjects the same to letter rates
postage when sent in the nails
A box fastened by screws is held to be
package which cannot be conveniently exam
ined by postmasters, and is therefore subJe
to letter rates OF postage.
subject to postage of three cents for each hs
,ES ounce or fraction thereof, when sent in scale
or unsealed envelopes.
tore. person in whose care it is addressed provid
the person named the address has not {
. dered it not to be 80 delivered
Ordinary cards, having writing thereon
addition to the address, are subject to posta
at the rate of three cents for each half oun
or fraction thereof.
Letters relating to the cargo being at t
same time conveyed, may be carried by
steamboat outside the mails free of postage
of one cent for each two oucces or fracti
thereof.
Packages of merchandise not prepaid in +
at the rate of one cent for each ounce
- fraction thereof, should not be forwarded
the mails.
Tobacco may be admitted into the me-
, when so wrapped as to prevent its sitting 9
,. and ut the same time not to preciud
ready examination Of the package without
stroying the wrapper.
A business card may be sent in the n,
, without any envelope, prepaid with one c
stamp, provided such card contains no writ
matter in addition to the address. 1t may
be sent in an unseaed envelope under
same rules.
IS the To paste or attach anything whatever to
iii Sc upon q postal card, except the name and I
5,,,ui- dence of the person addressed, renders
Lskcts same unavailable postal card.
olates, Anything other than an address written
Grand printed upon the side of a postal card WI
RS. side. the message on the other" renders
If same unavailable postal card
- Cutlery, including all edged tools is
to be unavailable under section lS3, 70
Laws, as liable to injure persons handling
E. mails when put up rs thrd-class matter.