The Portland daily press., 1894-09-14

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Classification of Domestic Mail Mat
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:
1st class. Written matter. namely. letters
postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
proa sheets df TIE sae All mat
ter 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 a
date Of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known Office of publication,
are formed ofprintd paper sheets, without board
cloth, leather or other substantial binding,
To- e be OF Information Of =. a public
art, or some special industry, and must have q
legitimate list. of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Class Books. circulars, periodicals and
second.cIass mattsr}, brSoof- sheets, corrected
pToG IFS sms and copy accompany
Printed matter is defined by statute to be
the reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that Of handwriting, OF any words,
letters. characters, figures or images, or Of any
combination thereof, not having the
character Of aniactual and personal correspon
dence."
printed letter, which, according to internal eyi
dence, Is being sent In identical terms to sever
alpersons.u and does not lose Its character as
such by writing therein the date, name of the
addressee or Of the sender, or the correction Of
mere typographical errors
4th Class Merchandise, namely all matter
cIasswhich is not in its form or nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
tents of the mail bag, or harm the person Of
above the Weight provided by law. ~
Limit of Weight of Mail Motter.--No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
cooks weighing In excess Of that amount, and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or of1cial
psss ct e Sm any OF Of ths
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packages
at the, pound rate is not subject to the four
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-The rate 0
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matter,
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
On postel cards one cent each, the price
for which thew are sold.
8. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post Offices and one cent for each ounce OF
fraction 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
periodical publications OF the, Second-class
when sent 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, whenthe same aredeposited in
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
each.
Newspapers and periodicals when de
posted by sne o publishers ISL OF news agent , IN
ioueoi otAoS AVA SohCi "i "a 80 wy
are subject 10 pay postage At the rate OF one
cent per pound; when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, for general or box
delivery, the rate is one cent for four ounces or
fractional part thereof
Weekly newspapers when deposited by the
publisher or. news agents In a letter-carrier
Office for delivery by carriers. otherwise, are
subject only to the rate Of one cent pound or
fraction the eof
All second-class publications. when sent by
the publsner or news-agent by mail to let
ter-carrier office located either in the county
postage at the rate Of one cent a hound, which
entities them to delivery by the carriers.
OF h: I n Matter.-The rate of postage
ounces or fractional part thereof.
on Fonfte-Ctdss lfotter.-The rate of postage
on fourth,class matter is one cent an ounce or
fraction tharec: