The Portland daily press., 1895-04-19
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.

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 unseaed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets fg & or
corrected proof sheets Of the same.l 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, whicn bear
date of ISSUE and are numbered consecutively,
| are issued from known office capitalization.
are formed printd paper sheets. without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding.
To be of information OF q public
character, 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 In
second-class matter), proof-sheets. corrected
proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
ne 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 my
combination thereof, not having the
character of anlactual and personal correspon
dence."
A"circular' is defined by statute to be
printed letter, which, according to internal evi
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
addressec 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
cIasswhich is not in its term or nature liable TO
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
any one engaged in the postal service, andnor
above the weight provided by law
| Limit of Weight of Mail Motter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall be re
| beived for conveyance by mail. except single
| cooks weighing In excess OF that amount, and
except books and documents puohshea or
| circulated by order of Congress, or 9Mclal
oso DEPARTMENTS Of tie Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
| 80. SecOnd-claSS matter mailed IN pacKa seS
at the pound rate is not subject to the Il ur-
81. The above limit of weight does not ap-
| ply to matter in foreign mails regulated oy
| postals conventions
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
/. 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.
On postel cards one cent each, the price
foI which they are sold.
5. On sdrop 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 of1ce Of
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency to actual subscribers
q rsosn to 9theE sso agents. IS 0s
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 whenlthe same aredepositedtn IN
Is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces. two cents
| each. ~sssrzH Q Rzs
Newspapers and periodicals when de
posted by the publishers or news agent in a
letter-carrier Office for general or box delivery
are subject To pay postage at the rate OF one
cent per pound; when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, f9r g general % or bog
fractional part thereof
Weekly newspapers when deposited by tile
publisher or news agents in letter-earrier
Office for delivery by carriers, or otherwise are
subject only to the fate OF one cent a pound or
traction the eof.
All second-class publications. when sentby
ter-carrier 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 third-cass matter Is one cent for each two
ounces or fractional part thereof.
On Fourth Class Mdtter.-The rate OF postage
on fourth-class matter is one cent an ounce