The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-06
POSTAL INFORMATION.
RULIN dS
THE
POsT-OFFIC EPARTMEN
MISCELLANEOUS.

open letter not addressed to himself.
Postmasters and assistants cannot be con-
tractors, or concerned in carrying the mails.
Additional postage rated upon packages to
be collected on delivery must be paid with
money.
When the departure of the mail is between
O'Clock p. m. and a. m, the mail should be
closed at p. N.
outside the mails.
It is no part of postmaster's duty to attend
to the business of private individuals except
as matter OF courtesy and when agreeable
to himself.
There is nothing contained 10 the Postal
Laws or Regulations, which exempts post
masters their assistants from working on
the public roads.
A postmaster is not obliged to accept in
be so mutilated to be uncurrent. See
ruling No. l03.
The Postal Laws place no restraint on coin
class mail matter outside Of the mails.
Section 8, act July II, 1876. p. 1G7. u. 3. o.
r: G., will give postmasters at fourth class
offices all necessary Information in regard to
their compensation.
When two Or more kinds of nail matter are
lncloscd in the same package the entire pack
age is subject to q higher rate.
Railroad companies are not obliged to dc.
liver the mail into or take it from post Office
which is located more than eighty rods t1s20
fcet) from their depots or stations.
II under the laws OF his State it becomes
necessary for q postmaster to work the public
roads, he should leave his office in charge OF
competent assistant while he is so doing.
Parties addressed have the option to refuse
to take any package or packages out of a post
Office or the hands of Il 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 pnblica-
tons are refused or not called for by the
parties addressed.
Pos masters or other persons are not per-
mtted to- set apart for the sale OF articles Of
hn ~ rnSSno
rented by the government for postofice pnr-
poses.
Letters from the Pension Office shall be de-
livered only to the person addressed or to
member OF his family, or to legal guardian
of the pensioner, aud under no circumstances
to I an attorney claim agent: or broker:
may be addressed to or deliverable from other
post Offices, except in cases Of letters addressed
to discontinued office nearest the Office where
such letters are sent for delivery.
There Is nothing in the Postal Laws or
Regulations authorizing postmaster to close
his post office 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 8, 1873. pro.
hbiting 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 postoillces
by postmasters.
When the mails arrive after the usual bus
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 the
morning.
Undelvcrcd printed matter should not be
returned to a publisher except he furnishes
postage at regular rates to prepay such return.
Under section 457, Postal Regulations, post
master should notify a publisher before he
places his undelivered papers among the waste
A mail carrier should not receive matchmaker
unless he il one mile or more from a post office,
and when received snch matter should be de-
ft6s 0yf at NUh Inh tNs1
arrives. This ruling does not refer to mail
matter properly Enclosed in government
stamped envelopes.
The practice Of placing letters or other mail
matter under the straps or within the staples
| OF mail pouches by mail messengers, con
tractors and postmastcrs is regarded by the
Post-Oflce Department as a 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 pouches
! in the manner above indicated.
Official postage stamps or stamped en-
| veiopes must not be used by postmnsters in
| payment Of postage on packages OF mutilated
United States for redemption. Postmasters
| are not obliged TO accept in payment for post
! age, stamps, stamped envelopes, wrappers, etc,
| any currency mutilated as to be uncurrcnt
! ascertaned. If they nevertheless take multi
! nted or uncurrent money they must do so at
| tArlF own FlSh SenUlnS inc same 10 the tR2fsu
| States Treasurer for redemption is not an
| official transaction, therefore they the
| footing of private Individuals and must pre-.
| pay the postage with the ordinary stamps.
The insertion Of new date or figure in u
circular subjects the same to letter rates OF
| postage when sent in the mails.
a box fastened by screws is held to.be a
package which cannot be conveniently exam.
med by postmastcrs, and is therefore subject
to letter rates OF postage.
Manuscript letters transmitted by mail are
SnhIect npStnUn cents hall
ounce or fraction thereof when sent in sealed
or unscaled envelopes.
A registered letter may be delivered to E
person in whose care it is addressed. provided
the person named IN the address has not or
dcrcd it not to be delivered.
Ordinary cards having writing thereon in
addition to the address, are subject to postage
Mt the rate of three cents for each half onnc.
or fraction thereof.
Letters relating to the cargo being at the
same time conveyed, may be carried by
steamboat outside the mails free of postage.
Catalogues are subject to postage Mt the rate
OF one cent for each two ounces or fraction
thereof.
Packages of merchandise not prepaid in fml
at the rate OF one cent for each ounce oil
fraction thereof, should not be forwarded il
the mails.
Tobacco may be admitted into the mail.
when wrapped to prevent its sitting out
and ut the same time as not to preclude
ready examination of the package without dc