The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-13
POSTAL INFORMATION.
RUL1N GS
THE
POsT-OFrICE DEPARTMENT

money for postage o.erpnid.
Under no circumstances can postmaster
open letter not addressed to himself.
Postmasters and assistants cannot be cou-
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
9 O'Clock p. M. and u. ~, the mail should be
Unpaid letters containing orders for goods
cannot be lawfully carried by the mail carrier
outside the mails.
1t is no part Of a postmaster's duty to attend
to the business Of private individuais except
as matter Of courtesy and when agreeable
to himself.
There is nothing contained In the Postal
Laws or Regulations, which exempts post
masters OF their assistants from working on
the public roads.
A postmaster is not obliged to accept in
payment OF postage any currency which may
ruling No. lo3.
mon carriers in conveying second and third
class mail matter outside Of the mails.
Section 9, act July IL, 1876, p. 1877, u. 8. o.
P. G., will give posmasters at fourth class
offices all necessary information in regard to
their compensation.
When two or more kinds of mail matter are
Enclosed in the same package the entire pack
age is subject to higher rate.
:. Railroad companies are not obliged to de-
liver the mail into or take it from q post Office
which is located more than eighty rods t1.s20
feet) from their dcpots or stations.
II under the laws of his State it becomes
necessary for postmaster to work the public
roads, lie should leave his Office in Charge of
a 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 ola letter carrier if for any
cause they do not see fit to receipt them.
Postmasters are authorized to use official
stamps in payment Of postage upon communi-
cations cation notifying publishers that their Publica
parties addressed.
Pos;masters or other persons are not per-
mitted to set apart for the sale of articles Of
rented by the government for post.of6ce pur-
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, and under no circumstances
to an attorney claim agent: or broker.
may be addressed to deliverable from other
post otces, except in cases of letters addressed
to u discontinued Office nearest the Office where
such letters are sent for delivery.
There is nothing in the Postal Laws or
regulations authorizing q postmaster to close
his post office while he is at dinner. A post
office should be kept open during tho usual
The executive order Of March 5, 1873, pro-
hibiting the holding of State aud Municipal
offices by persons holding civil Offices under
the Federal Government. does not apply TO
deputies or assistants employed in post-ofaces
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 the
Undelivcrcd printed matter should not be
| returned to publisher except he furnishes
postage at regular rates to prepay such return.
master should notify II publisher before he
places his "ndelivered papers among the waste
to be sold.
unless he is one mi lie or more from post office,
and when received such matter should be de-
livered into the next post-office at which he
arrives. This ruling does not refer to mil.
matter properly inclospd 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 postmasters is regarded by the
Post-ofiice Depar tment a. a violation Of the
provisions of section $40, Postal Regulations,
ed. 1879, 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 10 the mail ponches
in the manner above indicated.
Ohclal postage stamps or stamped
velopcs must not be used by postmasters in
currency addressed to the Treasurer OF the
United States for redemption. Postmasters
are rot obliged 10 accept in payment for post
age stamps, stamped envelopes wrappers etc.
| auy currency SO mutilated as TO be uncurrent
or the genuineness of which cannot be clearly
ascertained If they nevertheless take multi
atcd or uncurrent money they must do so at
their own risk Sending the same to the United
States Treasurer for redemption is not an
official transaction, therefore they are on the
| footing of private individuals, and must pre-
pay the postage with the ordinary stamps
The insertion of date or figure in a
circular subjects the same to letter rates of
postage when sent in the mails.
box fastened by screws is held to be a
package which cannot be conveniently exam
ined by postmasters. and is therefore subject
to letter rates OF postage.
Manuscript letters transmitted by mail are
subject to postage of three cents for each half
| ounce or fraction thereof, when sent in sealed
or unsealel envelopes.
A registered letter may be delivered to a
person in whose care it is addressed. provided
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 ounce
or fraction thereof.
Letters relating to the cargo being at the
| same time conveyed may be carried by a
steam boat outside the mails free of postage,
Catalogues are subject to postage at the rate
of one cent for each two ounces or fraction
thereof
Packages of merchandise not prepaid in full
at the rate of one cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof, should not be forwarded in
the mails