Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-20
An IMPORTANT NEW POSTAL REGU-
IATION

Postmaster VIC Hopping some time since
recsiyed from the Postmaster General the
new instructions regarding the amendment to
the present regulations Of the Postal Depart
ment, prescribing the different modes OF
treatment for unpaid fret, third and fourth
class matter, mailed at the free delivery OH
css. Some misapprehension has gone abroad
because Of incorrect publications regarding
the new regulation. The regulation, Sec
ton 437a, provides that whenever any
short-paid matter is deposited st free
delivery office to any address within
the United States, the Postmaster
must by postal card notify the addressce
Of the detention and REQUIRED him to remit
the postage due before the matter can be for
warded. This applies only to matter which
does not bear tine card or address OF the
sender. Such card matter is to be returned to
the party mailing it. All regulations IN con-
hict with this new order are now resclnded,
80 far as letter-clrrier offices are concerned,
but they remain in full f1rce at all other
offices. The new order is not to take effect
until July l, 1882. The use Of the notices
provided for giving notification OF packages
held for postage by the Postmasters at San
Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland and Fort,
land, Oregon, is restricted TO such unpaid
matter as may be addressed to persons resid.
ing west Of the eastern boundaries oil
Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri, Arkansas
and Louisiana. Unpaid matter directed
to points east Of such line have to be sent to
the Dead letter Office daily. An official
postal card for giving the notice referred to
is to be furnished to Postoffices to which the
regulation applies.
The moius operandi of working under the
new regulation is that when letter Is under
paid the Postmaster stamps it received,
and also with the words Held for postage
in the upper Iight-hand corner Of the enve-
lope. The same day notice is sent to. the
addressee. The whole amount OF deficiency
will be asked for on overweight letters mot
lust the deficiency of one rate) When
stamp is returned to supply the deficiency
the Postmaster is 10 afix fresh
stamp from his stock at the upper right-hand
corner Of the envelope, so as to about hall
cover the words " held for postage" and the
letter will then be forwarded as usual. II
letter is partially prepaid the words held for
postage" will be put closely to the stamp rs
may be. Ii the writer of q letter INSULT
GENTLY paid calls and pays the postage before
the addressee replies to the notice sent to
him, the letter is to be stamped postage
sUDsei pdiQ ny INC tucu
it will be forwarded. Then if the addressee
sends on the delinquent amount, it will be re-
turned TO him in fresh stamps in an official
envelope. Short-paid letters will be held
two weeks, subject to the order of
the addressee after the notice is
sent If it Is not then responded
to, it will be sent TO the Dead-letter Office
except the office address is So rsmots that an
answer could not be had in two weeks, in
which casa the short-paid letter may be held
not longer than four weeks. Short-paid
packages of books, magazines. pamphlets,
sheet music and other printed matter of OBJ
vious value lthird-class matter, will be SIM
larly treated, except that it will be held four
weeks before going to the Dsad-letter Office
Snort. paid packages of merchandise, wearing
apparel, samples etc. tfourth-clsss matter,
will be treated in the same way as third class
matter. If person (addressee) receives a
notice that matter short, paid is held, and
wishes to pay the postage, he must affix the
stamp to tbs official notice as directed and
put both into an envelope and return it, pre-
paid, to the Postmaster.