The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-10
POSTAL INFORMATION,
EULIN 0S
CT THE
PosT-OFrICE TENT.
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
There is no law authorizing the return Of
money for postage oyerpaid.
Under no circumstances can q postmaster
open o 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
When the departure of the mali is between
O'Clock p n and a. mr the mail should be
Unpaid letters containing orders for goods
cannot be lawfully carried by the mail carrier
to the business OF private individuals except
as q matter of courtesy and when agreeable
There is nothing contained in the Postal
Laws or Regulations, which excmpts post
masters or their assistants from working on
the public roads.
payment or postage any currency which may
De 30 mutiiated as to be uncurrent See
The Postal Laws place no restraint on COM
mon carriers in conveying second aud third
D section 9, act July II, 1876, p: 1s7. y. 8: O.
Z. IT,, Will give postmasters at fourth class
ott1ces all necessary information in regard to
their compensation.
When two or more kinds of mail matter are
lnclosed in the same package the entire pack
age is subject to q higher rate.
Railroad companies are not obliged to de-
liver the mail into Or take it from post ofics
which is located more than eighty rods Il 800
feet from their depots Or stations.
II under the laws Of his State it becomes
necessary for a postmaster to work the public
roads, he should leave his office in Charge OF
a competent assistant while he ia so doing.
Parties addressed have the option to refuse
to take any package or packages out Of post
Office or the hands OF 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 com%uni-
tons are refused or not called for by the
parties addressed.
Pos masters or other persons are not per.
mitted to set apart for the sale of articles of
merchandize. any part of a premises owned or
rented by the government for post Office pmr.
poses.
Letters from the Pension Office shall be de-
Hvered only to the person add: essed or to u
member OF his family, or to a 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 Oh deliverable from other
post Offices, except in cases Of letters addressed
to y 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
MS Post-offcc 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-
hibting the holding of State aud Municipal
offices by persons holding civil Offices under
the Federal Government. does not apply 10
deputies or assistants employed in post Offices
by postmasters.
When the mails arrive after the usual bns-
mess hours the postmaster need not keep his
office oDen for its assortment or delivery hs
should, however, be ready to deliver oil letters.
etc. immediately upon opening the office in the
morning.
Undelivered printed matter should not be
returned to publisher except he furnishes
postage at regular rates to prepay such return
Under section 457, Postal Regulations, a post
master should notify u publisher before he
places his undelvered papers among the waste
to be sold.
mail carrier should not receive mail-matter
unless he is one mile or more from post office,
livered into the next post-officc ut which he
arrives. This ruling does not refer to mail
matter properly incloscd in government
The practice Of placing letters or other mail
matter under the straps or within the staples
of mail pouches by mail messengers, con
Postolice Department Us a violation Of tho
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-
ination may be carried outside the mail, but
thev must not be alta hed to the mail pouches
in the manner above indicated
Official postage stamps stamped en-
relopeS must not be used by postmasters in
payment of postage on packages OF mutilated
currency addressed to the Treasurer of the
are not obliged to accept in payment tor post
age, stamps, stamped envelopes wrappers ETC.,
any currency SO mutilated us to be uncurrent
or the gennineness of which cannot be clearly
ascertaned. If they nevertheless take multi
ated 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 pro-
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 q
package which cannot be conveniently exam
ined by postmasters, and is therefore subject
to letter rates OF postage.
Manuscript letters transmitted by mail arc
subject to postage of three cents for each half
ounce OR FRACTION thereof, when sent in sealed
or unsealed envelopes.
A registered letter may be delivered to g.
person in whose care it is addressed provided
the person named the address has not or
dered it not to be 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 q
steamboat outside the mails free of postage