Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-06-24
YOUR BUSINESS WITH YOUR
POST-OFFICE.
REGULATIONS THE PUBLIC OUGHT
TO KNOW.

We have received the United States Oil
cial Postal Guide for May. 1t is the official
organ of the Post-Ofice Department pub
lished monthly, and contains all the latest
rulings of that department, many OF which
are important to our readers. Here are
some of them
RULINGS.
81. When persons holding boxes in post
Offices refuse to pay the rent thereon, their
mail should be placed in the general delivery.
o. Mail matter upon which an INDEFINITE
address is written OF printed. such as 'The
Leading Vegetable Dealer" OF Amy lhtelll-
gent Farmer is not deliverable.
%. No post-office inspector, postmaster OF
any other person connected with the postal
service, except those employed for that pur-
pose in the Dead Letter Office, has authority
to break the seal of any letter passing through
the mails without legal warrant therefor.
o. A letter bearing the card of the sender,
if undelivered at the expiration OF the time
named in the card, should not be advertised.
1t should be returned to the sender qost" eHe
reason for ats mOn-deL5oe,y endorsed thereon.
90 Section 124s, Postal Laws and Regula-
tions, provides that postmasters at money or
der offices must not accept from any express
company, banking institution or other cofpo-
ration OF firm, any agency for the issue ana
payment OF money orders, drafts, bills OIL OK
change, or similar instruments for the Trans
mission of money, hence postmaster at IL
money order Office cannot serve as cashier oil
bank.
26. A post-office box rented by society OF
association is not available for the use OF III
dividual members of such society or assocla-
tion except the officers thereof when address
ed in their official capacity.
27. A postmaster whose annual compensa-
ton is less than one thousand dollars is not
prohibited by any provision OF the postal
Laws and Regulations from accepting and
holding another Office under the government
Of the State, Territory OF municipality i'll
which he resides provided his duties as post
master suffer no interference in consequence
thereof.
g. Letters addressed to GA, b. or other
initials or fictitious names, in care OF letter
carrier at free delivery Office, are not deliv-
cradle, and should be treated as improperly
addressed mail matter.
30. In the event that the holder of a lock
box forgets to bring his key, the postmaster
should upon application, deliver his mail to
him; but such mail must not be delivered by
the postmaster to any one other than the
holder of the box, except upon his written
order.
80. Distillers are not entitled to make use
of penalty envelopes in transmitting the
am0hnt of their taxes to collectors Of internal
revenue.
81 There is no provision Of the Postal
Laws and Regulations" under which post
masters, or assistant postmasters, are exempt
from the requirementof State laws to perform
duty on the public highways. When it be-
comes necessary for postmaster and his
assistant to be absent at the same time, for
such purpose, some duly sworn person should
be left in charge of the post-office to conduct
the business thereof.
49, The Post-Offce Department has no con-
troll over letters prior to their being deposited
for mailing, OF after they have been delivered
to the addressee OF according to his order.
49, An alien, who has in due form of law
declared his intention to become citizen of
the United States, is eligible to appointment
as postmaster.
a. A landlord cannot have his tenants
letters placed in his post-office box for deliv-
cry. The use of a box in a pOst-Office is cOnfin-
ed to lone family, firm OF corporation
So. When letter has been deposited in a
post-office for mailing, the. writer may, upon
identifying the same to the satisfaction OF the
postmaster, withdraw it from the post-office;
but if the stamp thereon has been cancelled, it
cannot be re-mailed without the prepayment
OF postage anew thereon.
Sc. There is no provision of the POSTAL
Laws and Regulations under which the adj
dressee of a newspaper OF magazine is made
responsible for the subscription price thereof
81. Zone having lien against horses for
their keep, cannot enforce the same in such
manner as to stop the United States mail in a
vehicle drawn by such horses; but it is not an
offense, under Section 1895, Revised Statutes,
to detain the horse in the stable until the
keep is paid" GU. S. US. Barney, 5 Hughes
e. ct. 545).
So. A mail carrier may receive letters while
on his route, to be mailed at the next post
Office at which he arrives. He must not, how
ever, receive letters in the vicinity of post
office for mailing at another Office, in order to
deprive postmaster of the benefit of the can
celIations of the stamps thereon.
80. When a letter is delivered to the person
named in the address, OF in accordance with
his order, the Post Office Department has full
filled It's contract for the conveyance and de-
livery of such letter; and, if the same be again
deposited in a post-office for mailing OF deliv-
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new postage, and if such new postage he not
prepaid thereon, by stamp affixed, the letter
must be held for postage, and treated in accor-
dance with the provisions of Sections 525 Pos
tai Laws and Regulations.
ATTEMPTS TO BLACKMAIL PEOPLE INTO
TAKING NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODI-
GALS.
For long time the following, purporting
to be compilation Of 1.-THE decisions of the
United States courts on the relation of sub
scribers to publishers has been going the
rounds and may be still found standing in
some reputable newspapers who copy it in
nocently from other papers thinking that
such decisions have really been made
OO SubScrlDerS who 90 not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to renew their subscriptions.
(2)sIf subscribers order the diScOntinuance
of their periodicals, the publisher may con-
tinue to send them until all the arrearages
are paid.
Is If subscribers neglect OF refuse to take
their periodicals from the post Office to which
they are directed, they are responsible until
thev have settled their bills and ordered them
discontinued.
az If subscribers move to other places with
out Informing the publisher, and the papers
are sent to the former address, they are held
responsible.
% The courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals from the office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is prsm@ J@cse
evidence of intentional fraud.
co If subscribers paid in advance, they are
bound to give notice at the end of the time II
they do not wish to continue taking it; other
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