The Portland daily press., 1893-12-28
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.

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CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Mail Nat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is.
mail matter sent in the mails from some
post office within the United States to
some other post Office within the same.
is divided into four classes, as follows:
LIST class. Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards. and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat
tar sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
is also of the first class.
I'd class Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, which bear
date OF issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are formed OF printd paper sheets without board.
To be Of information Of public
character, or devoted to literature the sciences,
art or some special industry. and must have q
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
rates.
Sd Glass. Books. circulars, periodicals aud
other matter wholly in print (not included in
second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
sPrnted natter is defined by statute to be
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures OF images. or of any
combination thereof, not having the
dence."
A"circular" is defined by statute to be ia
printed letter, which, according to internal evil
dence, Is being sent in identical terms to sever
al persons." and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date, name of the
addresses or OF the sender, or the correction of
mere typographical errors
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
class which is not in its form or nature liable to
tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person Of
any one engaged in the postal service, andnot
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight of Mail Mdtter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
ceived for conveyance by mail. except single
books weighing in excess of that amount, and
circulated by order of Congress, or oficial
Departments. Of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
SO Second-class matter mailed in packages
pound limitation.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated 81
postals conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter,
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
2. On p0stel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold
3. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
traction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
on Second Class Matter. The rate of
postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the Office of
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per
pound or fraction thereof.
The rate Of postage on newspapers and
when sen: by other than the publisher or news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage OH newspapers excepting
weeklies) and ON periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight, when the same aredeposited in
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
each.
posted by the publishers or news agent in a
letter. carrier office for general or box delivery
are subject 10 pay postage Al the rate OF one
cent per pound; when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, for general or boz
delivery the rate is one cent for four ounces ar
fractional part thereon
Weekly newspapers when deposited by the
publisher or news agents in a letter-carria
office for delivery by carriers. or otherwise. are
subject only TO tne rate OF one cent pound or
fraction the eof.
All seeond-class publications. when sent hv
the publisher or news-agent by mail, to let
ter-carrier once located either in the county
OF puDlieatlon or elsewhere. are subject "a
postage at the rate OF one cent pound. which
entities them to delivery BY the carriers "A'en
OF Ihard-l9ass Matter.--The rate of postage