The Portland daily press., 1895-07-06
CLAss1F1cAT1ox OF MAIL MATTER.

ALASSlF1CAIlON OF MALL M AIIER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mot
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
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
Is also OF the 1irSt 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, when bear
date of issue, and are numbered consecutiyely,
are issued from a known office capitalization.
are formed ofpriilrd 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 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
other matter wholly in print mot included in
seGond-class natter, proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheetS and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
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.''
A"clrcuar" Is defined by statute to be
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
ADDRESSED or OF the sender or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced IN the nrst second or thlro
ciasswheh is not IN It's form or nature IA liable 10
tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal service, andnor
above the weight provided e1 BY by law No .o,,ac.
weighing more than four pounds shall be rs
beiyed for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount mount; ana
circulated by order of Congress, or official
matter emanating from any o. of the the
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packs geS
at the pound rate is not subject to the Il ur-
= 81. Tile above limit of weight does not APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter-The rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matters
except thaS specially authorized t0 pass as
third-class rates and on So led matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof.
On postel cards one cent each, the price
fol which they are sold.
g. On 'drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent for each ounce or
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 ONCE o.
publication, including samples copies, or When
sent from news agency to actual subscribers
thereto OF to other news agents. is one cent per
The trate 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 1our ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers (exceptlng
| weeklies) and on perlodicals not exceeding two
| 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
fetter-carrier Office for general or box delivery
| are subject 70 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 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 news-agent by mail, to a let
ter-carrer Office located either in the county
OF publication or elsewhere are subject to
postage at the rate of one cent pound, which
entities them to delivery by the carriers.
On Third Class Mdtter.-The rate of postage
on thirdcass matter is one cent for each two
| ounces or fractional part thereof.
o., Fou7th-Closs Mdtter.-The rate OF postage
| on fourth-class matter is one cent an ounce o