The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-17
POSTAL REGULATIONS.

The following important ruling was
made by the Postoffice Department undel
date of February 81: 1t is ordered that
Sec. 232 postal regulations be revoked,
and in lieu thereof the following order is
made: "Mailable matter of the first
class shall embrace all matter wholly OF
partially in writing, except as herein
provided"
The exception. are as follows: I, Cor
rected proof-sheets and manuscript COPY
accompanying the same.
2. Date and name of the addressed
and sender of circulars and the correc
ton of mere typographical errors there
in.
.. Bills, receipts, and orders for sub
scriptions inclosed in second class pub
lications, provided such bills, receipts,
and orders shall be in such form as to
cover no other information than the
name, location, and subscription price of
the publication or publications to whom
they refer.
4. The name and address of the person
to whom second class matter may be sent,
and index figure of subscription book,
and words or figures, or both, indicating
the date on which the subscription to
such matter will end.
8. Upon matter of the third class, or
upon the wrapper inclosing the same, the
sender may write his own name or ad-
| dress, with the word "from" above, and
proceeding the name, and in either case
may make simple marks, intended to
designate word, or passage of the text
to which it is desired to all attention.
6. There may be placed upon the blank
leaves or cover of any book, or any print.
ed matter of the third class, simple
manuscript dedication or inscription
such dedication or inscription must be
oona-,>I i---' -~-~-c-
ment of such book or other printed mat
ter, as mark Of respect, and must not
contain anything that partakes of the
nature of a personal correspondence.
Z. Upon matter of the fourth class, the
sender may write his own name and ad-
dress, preceded by the word ''from,"
and also the name and number of the
articles inclosed; he may also write upon,
or attach to, any such articles by tag or
label, mark or number, name or letter,
for purpose of Identification.
Section 231 of Postal Laws and Regu-
| lations says, in reference to permissible
additions to other than frst-class matter:
'Mailable matter of the second class
shall contain no writing, print mark, or
sign thereupon or therein in addition to
the original print, except as herein pro-
vided, to-wit, the name and address of
the person to whom the matter shall be
sent. and index figures of subscription
book, either rewritten or printed, the
printed title of the publication, the
printed name and address of the pub
Usher or sender of the same, and written
or printed words or figures, or both, in
dicating the date on which the subscrip-
ton to such matter will end. Upon mat
ter of the third class, or upon the wrap
per inclosing the same, the sender may
write his own name and address thereon
with the word ''from" preceding the
same, and in either case may make sim
Pile marks intended to designate word,
or passage of the text to which it is de
sired to call attention. There may be
placed upon the cover or blank leaves OF
any book, or of any printed matter o.
the third class simple manuscript dedi
cation or inscription that does not par
take of the nature of a personal cores
pondence. Upon any package of matter
of the frst-class, the sender may write Of
print his own name and address, preced
ed by the word ''from," and there ma,
also be written or printed the number
and names of the articles inclosed; anC
the sender thereof may write cr prin
upon or attach to any such articles b,
tag or label, a mark, number, name, O
letter for purpose Of Identification.
REv. GEo. II. Thayer, of Bourbon
Ind, known to every one IN that vicini
ty as most influential citizen, an,
christian minister of the NJ. E. Church