The Ouachita telegraph., 1879-01-03
PoeTAl INFORMATION.
RULI n 6S
OF THE
POsT-OFv1CE DEPARTME MENT-

E' MISCELLANEOUS.
There il - Jaw authorizing tnf tet"Eo q:
money ;nr pos! Sr - ripaid. ..r.
Under ~, circumstances can u postn'aS!e'
,pen letter no, addressed 10 himself
Posimlsi..rs aud ussLstaiiis cannot DC con
rae tors. or cn.,ecrn-d in carrying The ina'ls
Adtiii nal postage. rated upon packages" 20
be cullcc,"u on delivery must he paid win
When ti. departure of the mai is between
y O'Clock p. III. und a. M, the mail should DE-
CLOSED ut 8 y. N.
Unpnid letters containing orders inr goods
cannot b. lawful, carried by the 'n"' carrier
outside the m,i~.
Ii is NO part q: 4 pos! masters duty to attend
to .he business OF private individuals except
as matter uf courtesy and when agreeable
to himself.
There is nothing contained In the Posta,
Laws or Regulations which ex+nPts post
masters or their assistants from working on
the public r..uds.
A postmaster is not Obliged to accept In
pay ymtut OF postage any currency which may
b. 90 mu,i'at. as ~ be unc"rrent. See
ruling No. lO3.
The Postal LAWS place no restraint on com
mon carriers in conveying second and third-
class mail matter outside of the mails.
Section 8, act July IL, 1876, p. l67, U. i: o.
P. G., will give postmasters at fourth Class
Offices all necessary information IN regard 10
their compensation.
When two or more kinds of mail matter are
,nclosed in the same package the entire pack
Railroad companies are not obliged to de-
liver the mail into or take it from post once Ice
which is located more than eighty rods Q'szo
feet) from their depots or stations.
If under the laws OF his State 1t becomes
necessary for postmaster to work the public
roads, be should leave his on Sfiee IN is charge OF
Parties addressed have the option TO refuse
| to take any package or packages out Of post
Office or the hands Of a letter carrier If tor any
Postmasters are authorized to use ofhclal
stamps in payment Of postage upon comm9nl-
cations notifying publishers that their PnbliSa.
parties addressed.
Posmasters or other persons arc not per-
| mitted to set apart for the sale of articles of
MERCHANDISE, any part of premises owned or
| rented by the government Tor Post-onlce Pur'
| poses.
| livered only to the person addressed or to
| member OF his family, or to q legal guardian
Of the pensioner, and under no circumstances
Postmasters cannot deliver letters which
| may be addressed to or deliverable from other
post Offices, except in cases Of letters addressed
such letters are sent for delivery.
There is nothing. in the Postal Lave or
Regulations authorizing q postmaster to close
Office should be kept open during the usual
hours of business in the place.
The executive order r. Of March 3 1879 Pro;
Offices BY persons Holding civil otices under
the Federal Government, does not apply to
deputies or assistants employed in post-ot6ces
bY pOstmaSterS.
When the mails arrive after the usual bns-
liness hours, the postmaster need not keep bis
lofice open for it's assortment or delivery he
should, however, be ready to deliver all letters,
etc. Immediately upon opening the Office In the
Undelivered printed matter should not be
, returned to q 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 undclivered papers among the waste
to be sold.
A mail carrier should not receive mail-mattel
unless he is one mile or more from postoftice
and when received such matter should be de-
arrives. This ruling does not refer to mail
matter properly inclosed 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-ofice Department as violation Of the
provisions of section $40, Postal Regulations
ed. 1873, and notice is hereby given that sucf
practice must be discontinued. Letters in
ination may be carried outside the mail, bu
they must not be attached 10 the mail pouche,
in the manner above indicated.
| Official postage stamps stamped en-
velopes must not be used by postmasters ir
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, cto.
any currency so mutilated as to be uncurren
or the genuineness of which cannot be clearly
ascertained. If they nevertheless take mutil
ated or uncurrent money they must do so q
their own risk. Sending the same to the Unite<
States Treasurer for redemption is not al
official transaction, therefore they are on tn,
footing of private individuals, and must pre-
pay the postage with the ordinary stamps.
The insertion of a new date or figure in
circular subjects the same to letter rates O
postage when sent in the mails.
A box fastened by screws is held to be
package which cannot be conveniently exam
ined by postmasters, and is therefore subjec
to letter rates OF postage.
VI Manuscript letters transmitted by mall ar
70 subject to postage of three cents for each hal
ounce or fraction thereof, when sent in sealed
Is or unsealed envelopes.
70 A registered letter may be delivered to
person in whose care it is addressed. provide,
the person named the address has not OF
dered it not to be so delivered.
Ordinary cards, having writing thereon il
addition to the address, are subject to postag
at the rate of three cents for each half ounc
or fraction thereof.
Letters relating to the cargo being at tn
same time conveyed, may be carried by
steamboat outside the mails free of postage.
, Catalogues are subject to postage at the rat
} of one cent for each two ounces or frsctio
thereof.
Packages of merchandise not prepaid in full
at the rate of cent for each ounce O
.c4,oD fborenf sbould ho fnrwarded T.