Griggs courier., 1898-07-08
NEW LAW.
Some important Change, to 60
Into Effect July lst as the
Result of the New Reve.
nue. Laws,

Result of the New Reve.
nue. Laws.
The internal revenue law that |
went into effect on the first of |
the month. will almost revolu-
tionize the manner of doing busi-
ness at the postoffices. banks,
railways, and in fact all kinds of |
business. The expense of MAIN
tanning the increased armies of
the country has to be made up|
and Uncle Sam calls on the peo-
pie by fixing a new rate of inter
nal revenue. and among other
things it will make change
necessary in the selling of post
Office money orders.
All orders for money must pay
q revenue tax of two cents. In
the case of bank checks or drafts,
or express money orders, the
revenue stamp must be affixed
and cancelled before the order
can be cashed, In the case of a
postoffice money order the buyer
of the order will be required to
pay the two cents to the post
master issuing the order. No
stamp will be affixed to the order
and the postmaster will keep
account of the orders sold and
will pay the internal revenue col
lector the amount in cash.
All registered mail will be in
sured for $40 and if a registered
letter or package is lost or stolen
the sender is entitled to $40.
Another important order has
to do with the forwarding or re-
mailing of second, third and
fourth class matter. Hereto
fore, all matter in any of those
classes has been remailed or
forwarded, or returned to tine
sender if not delivered. and the
postage collected on delivery.
On and after July 1 all such mat
ter remailed. forwarded, OF re-
turned to the sender, must have
the postage repaid. g
| Another order, which will go
into effect July 1, has to do
with publishers of periodicals
and news dealers who have been
accustomed to paying their post
age at pound rates. The custom
has been for the postmaster to
affix periodical stamps to the
stub of the receipts issued to the
publisher or dealers to the
amount of pounds of matter
mailed. AS the stamps were
never sold and we're never used
outside of the postofice; and had
to be licked and Cancelled by the
postmaster, and served no use
; full purpose as a check on newspa-
pers mailed or anything else.
their use has beer discontinued.
Still another act of congress
, which will go into effect July 1,
provides for the mailing Of pri-
vate cards bearing written mes
sages at the postage charge of 1
cent piece. To be entitled to
the privileges of this act, which
applied only to domestic mails,
users of mailing cards must con-
form to these rules. Cards must
not exceed in size what is known
as the ..H' postal card, which is
3 1-4x5 is inches. The quality
of the cards must be substantial
ly the same as that of the govern
ment cards, and should weigh
about 6 pounds 3 ounces to the
thousand. The color may be
, white. cream. light gray, or the
color of the government card
which is light buff.
The cards must bear these
} words in print on the address
side: ''Private mailing card.
: Authorized by act of congress of
) May 10, 1898." When prepared
by printers or stationers for sale,
they should also bear in the up
per right.hand corner of the ad.
dress side an oblong diagram
with these words: ''Place 1 cent
} stamp here" and in the lower
left-hand corner these words:
.'This side is exclusively for the
, address. Nothing else will be
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