The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-03-19


.aI ,,non Nv the secretary of the treasury
and the postmaster general.
d. "a That the term circular is defined
10 he n printed letter which, according to in-
ternal evidence, is being sent IN ldentlcai terms
to several persons. Aoircular snail ho OF lts
character as such when the date anu tne name
Of the addressed and OF the sehaol snoaa pe
therein written, nor by the correo1lon - AAoAe
typographical errors in writing. :,
Sec. 10 That s'printed matter, within the
amendment of this act, is defined by tne re.
production upon paper, by any process excePo
that Of handwriting, OF any WORDS ietters,
characters figures, or images, or OF any oomo.-
nation thereof not having the character OF an
actual and personal correspondence.
Sec. 40. That mailsble matter of the fourth
GLASS shall embrace all matter not embraced In
the first. second or third class, which is not IN
it's form or nature liable to destroY, deface, or
damage the contents of the mAil bag,
or harm the person of SAY pne engaged IN tho
postal service, and is not aboye the weight pro
vided by law, which Il hereby declared to be
not exceeding four pounds for each pacfage
thereof, except in case Of single books weigh
ing in excess of that amount, and except Tor
books and documents published or circulated
by order of Congress, or official matter ema-
mating from any of the departments or the
government, or from the Smithsonian lnstltu-
ton, or which is not declared non-mallablo
under the provisions of section 8, 1893 OF the
revised statutes as amended by the act OF
July IL, 1876, or matter appertaining to LOT
teries, gift concerts, or fraudulent schemes OF
devices. q, = a%'a E@Hb faa 4'2t3T L1.,a 49,
Sec 81. That all matter of the fourth class
shall be subject to examination and to post
age charge 1T the rate Of one cent an ounce OF
fraction thereof, to be prepaid by stamps az
fixed. If any matter excluded from Inc Mans
by the preceding section of this act, e Exc
that declared non-mailable by section y, oso OF
the revised statutes as amended, snan, ny in-
advertence, reach the Office of destlnatlon, cue
same shall be delivered in accordance WIN Ats
address: Provided, That the party addressed
shall furnish the name and address of the
sender to the postmaster at the ONCE OF oe
livery. who shall Immediately report the facts
to the acknowledgement. If the person adj
dressed refuses to give the required lnforma-
ton, the postmaster shall hold the package
subject to the order of the postmaster-general.
All matter declared non-mailable by section g.,
1913 of the revised statutes as amended, which
shall reach the Office of delivery, shall be held
by the postmaster at the said office subject to
the order of the postmaster-general.
Sec. %. That mailable matter of the second
class shall contain no writing, print, marx or
sign thereon or therein in addition to the orig
inal print, except as herein provided, tO-wtt:
The name and address of the person to whom
the matter shall be sent, and index figures OF
subscription book either written or printed,
the printed title of the publication, the print
ed name and address of the publisher or sender
of the same, and written or printed words or
figures, or both, indicating the date on which
the subscription to such matter shall end.
Upon matter of the third class, or upon the
wrapper inclosing the same, the sender may
write his own name or address thereon, with
the word from above and preceding the
same, and in either case may make simple
marks, intended to designate a
sired to call attention. There may be placed
upon the cover or blank leaves of any book or
of any printed matter of the third class a
simple manuscript dedication or inscription
that does not partake Of the nature of per-
sonal correspondence. Upon any package of
matter of the fourth claes TIE sender may
write or print his own name and address, pre-
coded by the word 'from,' and there may also
be written or printed the number and names
of the articles inclosed; and the sender thereof
may write or print upon or attach to any such
article by tag or label mark, number, name.
or letter for purpose of Identification.
Sec. %. That matter of the second, third,
or fourth class containing any writing or
printing other than indicated in the preceding
section, or made in the manner other than
therein indicated. shall not be delivered except
upon the payment of postage for matter of the
first class, deducting therefrom any amount
which may have been prepaid by stamps affixed
to such matter; and any person who shall con-
ceal or inclose any matter of higher class in
h e Be 9d or
ut a less rate than would be charged for both
such higher and lower class matter, shall, for
every such offense, be liable to penalty of
$40: Provided, however That nothing herein
contained shall be SO construed as to
prevent publishers of the second class
and news agents from inclosing. in
their publications., bills, receipts and orders
for subscriptions thereto; but such bills, re-
ceipts, and orders shall be in such form as to
convey no other information than the name
location, aud subscription price of the pubica.
ton or publications to which they refer.
Sec. "a. That the postmaster general may pre-
scribe, by regulation, the manner of wrapping
and securing for the mails all packages of mat
ter not charged with frst-class postage, SC
that the contents of such packages may b
easily examined; and no package the contents
of which cannot be easily examined shall pas
in the mails, or be delivered at les
rate than for matter of the first class.
Sec. Is. That publications of the secone
class, one copy to each actual subscriber resid
| ing in the county where the same are printed
| in whole or in part, and published, shall go FREE
| through the mails; but the same shall not b.
delivered at letter-carrier offices, distributed
| by carriers unless postage is paid thereon a
the rate prescribed in Sec. ID of this act. Pro
| vided, That the rate of postage on newspapers
| except Weeklies and periodicals not exceeding
two ounces in weight, when the same are de
posted in letter-carrier Office for delivery b.
| its carriers, shall be uniform at one cent each
periodicals weighing more than two ounce
shall be subject, when delivered by such car
riers, to postage Of two cents each, and thes
rates shall be prepaid by stamps affixed
| Sec. 26. That all mail matter OF the hrs
class upon which one full rate of postage ha
been prepaid shall be forwarded to its destina
ton, charged with the unpaid rate, to be col
lected on delivery; but postmasters, before de
lvering the same, or any article of mail mat
ter upon which prepayment in full has no
been made, shall affix, or caused to be affixed
and cancelled, as ordinary stamps are Cancelled
| one or more stamps equivalent in value to tn
amount of postage due on such article of mai
matter, which stamps shall be of such specia
design and denomination as the postmaster
general may prescribe, and which shall in n
case be sold by any postmaster nor received b
him in prepayment of postage. That in lie
of the commission now allowed to postmaster
at offices of the fourth class upon the amour
of unpaid letter-postage collected, such post
masters shall receive commission upO
the amount of such special stamps 8
Cancelled, the same as now allowed upon pos
age stamps, stained envelopes, postal cards an
newspaper and periodical stamps, Cancelled {
hostages on matter actually mailed at their o.
fees. Provided, the acknowledgement ma!
in his discretion prescribe instead such regul,
ton therefor at the offices where free deliver
is established as, in his judgment, the good
the service may require.
Sec 81. That any postmaster or other perso
engaged in the postal service who shall colle'
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