The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-21
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Complaints OF New Orders to Postmnstcrs
-HIksM 10 hKVlasSser9Sconstrucd In tho
III ISL lEHh nEXpw4Snd Cour,crI
4;khEaI ?s,i;lhM !"%s %"%s J;as;. ii ~""y ;s.
comfy iss,fcd " p0slmnstcr-Gcncrn
Key in regard to the trratmcn, Of mis-
directed letters. The first ortlcr, isSu-
cd the 20tl of Scptenbcr, directed Il
STREET construction OF TIC Regulations
,0Jl this, subject. and declared iilai mail
IllaahW hHatcSseI y places whic, are
not poStof!ic"s. on addressed other
wiso than to u postoilicc. must be con-
si,lcrcd nnmaiiabc. a later order
rt@ills the attention OF all postmnstcrs to
Section AG7 OF the Postal Regulations,
pHnI says that il must be strictly COM
IPlicd with. The postmastcr-gcn
SAYS:
"Aitcr a letter is mailed it is the
property OF the person to whom it is
| addressed. and must be sent to the
postUtficc TO which it il; directed, if
there be such an Office. But whether
there be such q postoilicc or not, tho
postmaster or his subortlinates have
no authority. in law or otherwise, to
change the direction or address Of The
| letter without the express authority of
tho party or parties entitled to the let
ter. n postmaster may complete or
perfect an address already made, but
he cannot change lis direction to u
different person or different office or
different State without authorily.'
Section lG7, referred TO above, is us
,llows:
"PoStmas.crs at whts, pos. offices
letters which have evidently been mis-
directed may arrive should not for
ward them to other poStotliccs for the
purpose Of trial, on the supposition
that they may reach the parties named
in The address. If they know the
proper direction to be given tic let
t",s, they may forward them without
additional postage, but otherwise they
should be sent to the Dcad-Lcttcr
Office rs miSdrcctHl matter, as dircc =
cd in Section !i2."
The new orders have been very
harshly interpreted in some ci,i"s. to
judge by the complaints which have
been published IN the local ncwspn-
pcrS. In Bosom. for Instance, il is
said: "A letter directed to Box 2,0l2,
Boston, cannot be delivered if it has
not tn" name Of the State, Mass. :.
upon it. HBos;on Highlands will not
; do: it must hr 'RoXbury, Mass 'Old
Cambridge, Mass. is not proper; i,
must be Cambridge, Mass Read,
Vile, Mass Is cun.raband: il should
be RCadyillr Station, Mass city
will not do Tor local letters; 'Boston,
Mass. must he the address in all
eases, even when mailed at the main
Office itself. New York City is
placed in tic prohibited list. the prop
or address being, according to thH or
der, New York. \. ~ simply and
the state must be dcSimnatcd.' -
Postmaster BoSCmHn Of this city
very scnsiblv takes The views that the
order is moi intended to delay all mail
matter except illat on which The dircc-
ton is cXactl;' and technically correct
Unless he receives explicit orders to
the contrary h" will continue to for
ward all matter 81 directed that the
intention of The writer as 10 its dc>ti-
nation is unmiStakHhlr, except to
points where 10 poStotlicc exists. For
instance he has b@cn in Tie habit Of
sending letters directed to EST lIolcna''
; to Beaufort. those directed to ''Pacfic
Landing" to CooSaw, those being Tie
nrnImSt; n;mmIGmSS j.; PqSt9iaicHS to those points.
! SinUrpS "