The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.

Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat
ter.-Domestic mail matter,-that is
mail matter sent in the mails from soma
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 OF unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the aSanles1 All INST
ter sealed CT 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., when bear d
date of issue, and are numbered consecutiyely,
are issued from a known Office republication.
are formed ofprintd 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 lndl 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
ether matter wholly in print (not included IN
proof-sbeets and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
Printed NATTER is defined by statute to ba
1.-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 tho
character of aniactual and personal correspon
A"clrcular" is defined by statute to be
printed letter, wnich, according to internal eN
al persons" and does not lose Its character al
such by writing therein the date, name of thu
addressee or of the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
4th Class Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
classwhich Is not in its form or nature liable to
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tents OF the mail bag, or harm the person OF
any one engaged in the postal service. andnos
above the weight provided by law
Limit of Weight of Mail Mdtter.--No package
weighing more than tour pounds snail pc re-
beiVed for conveyance by mail. except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount and
circulated by order of Congress- or official
DEPARTMENT. Of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
so Second-class matter mailed In packs ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the II ur-
pound limitation.
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
postals conventions.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Motter.-The rate
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter
except that specially authorized to pass al
thirdclass 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.
g. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, and one cent Tor eacn ounce or
fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
On Second Class Matter. The rate OF
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the publisher thereof, and from the ONCE OK
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-elas5
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 i'll weight, whenthe same afedeposltedin
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, TWO cents
each.
posted by the publishers or news agent in !.
letter-carrier Office for general or box delN cry
are subject 10 pay postage at the rate OF Que
cent per pound when deposited by other than
publishers or news agents, tor general Tor box
delivery, the rate Is one cent for four 9ymees or
Weekly newspapers when Deposited by tile
publisher or news agents i'll Il T lrtcr-carrier
Office for delivery by carriers. Or Otherwise are
subject only to the rate OF ole gent pound or
fraction the eof.
All second-ciaSs publications.; wien sent by
the publisher or a neWS-agent{ by mail 10 Il LET
ter-carrier office located either in TIE count
of publication or elsewhere. are subject
postage at the rate of one cent pound wis
entities them to delivery by, the carriers
on Third Class lEuttSr.--rhe rate of p0stas
on thiEdSeass matter is one cent for each tW
ounces or fractional part thereof.
On Fourth Class Mdttea.-The rate OF posta.
on fourth-class matter is one cent an ounce