The Portland daily press., 1895-07-12
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.

CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
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:
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
corrected proof sheets OF the sanle.l All mat
is also of the first class.
Cd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
frequently as four times year.. wnicn bear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office Of Of gublitcatoa
cloth; leather or other. substantial binding
To be of information of public
character, or devoted to literature. the sciences
art or some special industry, and must have
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
second-class NATTER, prooffsheets, corrected
proofsheets 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 OF images, or OF any
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 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 Ct the
addressee 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
classwhich is not in its form OF nature liable to
destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
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 Matter.-No package
weighing more than four pounds shall pc re
beived for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF tnat am0un.; ana
matter emanating from any of the
Departments OF the. Government or rom
the Smithsonian Institution.
80. Second-class matter mailed in packs ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the ttur-
81. The shove limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated Dy
poStalS conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-The rate o
postage on matter of the first GLASS is as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matters
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
fol 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
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 Irate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications OF the Second-ciaSS
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 on newspapers excepting
Weekes) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight, ,whenthe same aredepoSlted 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
fetter-carrier office for general box delivery
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.
publisher or news agents in a letter-earrier
Office, for delivery by carriers. or otherwise are
subject only to the rate OF one cent pound or
fraction the eof.
the publisher or a news-agent by mall 10 a let
ter-carrier office located either in the county
OF publication or elsewhere. are subject TO
postage at the rate Of one cent pound, which
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