The Portland daily press., 1895-07-11
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.

Classification Of Domestic Maa 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
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
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, whien bear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known Office OF publication.
are formed ofprntd paper sheets. without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding.
To be of information of public
character, or devoted to literature, the sciences
art. or some special indt stry, and must have a
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
other matter wholly in print (not included iu
second-class matter), proof-sheets, corrected
proof-Sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same
Printed NATTER is defined by statute to be
1.-THE reproduction upon paper, by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words.
combination thereof, not having the
character Of anlactual and personal correspon-
dence.'
A"clrcular" is defined by statute to be a
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
addressee or OF the sender, Or the correction Of
| mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all mattes
not embraced in the 1irst, second Or third
classwhch Is not in its form or nature fiable 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 lMatter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
| bei9ed for conveyance by mail. except single
| cooks weighing In excess OF that amount. AND
| except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress, OF oficial
Of Tie amy OF Of os
| the Smithsonian Institution. - =,
80 Second-cass matter mailed in packs ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the ft ur-
| pound limitation.
81 The above limit of weight does not ap-
| ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter. er.-The~rate
| postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
| l. On letters and other written matters
except thas 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.
| On postel cards one cent each, the price
| IoI which they are sold.
| g. On drop letters" two cents per ounce OF
| 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 q 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 on newspapers (eXcepting
| weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight whenithe same aredeposited in
| is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
| each.
Newspapers and periodicals wheR de
posted by the publishers or news agent in a
| etter-carrier office for general or box delivery
| are subject 10 pay postage at the rate OF one
cent per pound when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, tor 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 or otherwise are
| subject only to the rate OF one cent pound or
| fraction the eof.
| All second-class publications. when sent by
| the publisher or a neWsagent by mail 10 n LEFT.
| ter-carrier office located either in the county
| of publication or elsewhere. are subject to
| postage at-the rate OF one cent a pound, which
entities them to delivery by the carriers a..
On Third Class Mdtter.-The rate of postage
on thirdcass matter is one cent for each two
ounces or fractional part thereof.
! On Fourth Class Mtttter.-The rate of postage
| on fourth-class matter is one cent an ounce Q
cation thereof l.I