Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-02-07
NEW POSTAL RULES.
What May Legally DO Printed Upon Ger
tain Mailable Matter.

tain Mailablo Matter.
The Post.O Office Department has for
mulated now rules concerning tho
writing and printing which may bc
lawfully put upon mailable matter of
the second. third and fourth classes.
Second-class matter embraces all
newspapers and otLer periodicals is
sued at stated intervals, and as FREE
quently as four times n year from .
known publication office. that have q
legitimate list of subscribers, and arc
not designed for advertising purposes
primarily. or for free circulation, or
for circulation at nominal rates. b.
sides the original print, in matter of
this kind, there may not be printed or
writton any thing except the name
and address of the person
for whom the article is In
tended. index figures of subscription
book (iu print or writing) ;lhc printed
title of the publication. the printed
name and address of tho publisher or
sender; written or printed words or
figures or both. showing date of end
of subscription; return requests Any
article or item in n paper or other
publication may be marked for OBJ
servation, but not by written or
printed words. Bills, receipts and
orders for subscriptions printed or
written so rs to convey no other in
forn,o M, fhan tI,a mama location aud
subscription price Of The publications
to which they refer may be incloscd
in publications Of the second class.
Bona fide supplements may be in
closed with the particular issues of
second-cla publications which they
supplement-. The words sample
copy" must be either written or
printed on tho wrapper of every SAM
pie copy sent through.the mails by n
publisher
Third-clas matter embraces books.
newspapers and periodicals mot hav-
ing the essential characteristics of
sccond-class natter circulars, prints,
engravings. Autographs and other
matter wholly IN print; also proof
sheets. corrected proof sheets and
mnnuseript accompanying The same.
Printed matter, as dehna1. by law, Is
''tho reproduction upon Fo1 - NY
process except that of handwriting.
of any words. letters, characters, fig
ures or images, or of any combination
thereof, not having the character of
an actual or personal correspondence. "
Such productions include those made
by electric pen. papyrograph, metal
lograph, chirograph or similar me-
chanical processes, easy of recognition,
"blue prints reproduced only as
copies of the originals, photo
graphs, canvassing or prospectus
books containing sample chapters
Of, or other printed matter relating
10, the publications for which such
books are used, and copy books for
use in schools. with printed copy
lines and instructions in the art of
writing; but matter prepared by tho
typewriter and other like methods is
inadmissiblc as printed matter" un-
less so reproduced as TO be within tho
law, which defines circular to be "a
printed letter. which. according to in
tcrnal evidence, Is being sent in iden-
teal terms TO several persons. 1t is
not permissible to write or print upon
matter of the third-class The name,
nature or quantity of the article in
closed rs "books," magazines, "
music" "cngravings," or shipping
directions rs "by mail" etc, or tho
name of u patented envelope wrapper
or tag, or of its patcntee. Nor is it
permissible to wriio or print upon
third-class matter or its wrapper any
thing except the name or address
(but not tho business or occupatiOn)
of tho sender (thc address being
understood to include the name)
with the word "fro n" above and pre-
ceeding the same; also those of tho
addressee; simple marks intended to
designate a word or passage of the
text TO which it is desired to call at
tonton, a simple dedication OF inscrip-
tion that does not partake of the nat
ure Of n personal correspondence; tho
words personal or "to be called for, "
and return requests; Tin circulars)
dates, addresses, signatures. and cor
rections of mere typographical errors;
the dato here meant is the date of the
circular, not the date on which some-
thing is therein acknowledged TO be
received, the word patent" or ''patent-
cd'' followed by the date of the patent.
when the article sent is inclosed in q
patented envelope or wrapper or has
u patented tag attached thereto.
,Fourth-class matter includes all
mailablc matter not of the second or
third classes Oa the face or surface
of the package may be printed or writ
ten: A return request; the name and
address of tho sender but not his oc-
cupation or business, preceded by the
word "from;" also those of the adj
dressee; the number and names Of the
articles incloscd. There may be writ
ten or printed, upon INC Articles ln-
closed, or upon tag or label attached
thereto, one mark, number, name or
letter, for purpose of Identification.
There may be printed upon a patented
envelope or wrapper inclosing, or
upon patented tag attached to,
any article of the fourth class. tho
word patent or patented" fol-
lowed by the date Of the patent; but
neither tho name of such patented
envelope. wrapper or tag, or of its
patentee, may be written or printed
thereon. There may be inclosod with
any articles of merchandise printed
matter giving descriptions. directions
for use, or other information respect
ing the articles, as part of the orlgi-
nal packages of labels done up for
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