The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-08
How TO OBTAIN FREE DELIVERY.
Way in Which Rural rlail Routes rlay
Be Secured

The following instructions which
embody department orders and regu-
lations up to date, are issued for gen.
eral information:
Present a petition, addressed to
the First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral, signed by those who desire the
service. This petition should be
signed only by heads Of families, and
should mention the number in each
family over 16 years of age. 1t should
set forth the nature Of the country
where the delivery Is desired, whether
densely or sparsely populated, the
character of the roads and the dis.
tances which, under existing condi-
tions, each person has to travel to re-
ceiye his mail, and should be accom-
panied by map or plot indicating the
routes proposed.
The petition should read something
like this:
TO the First Assistant Postmaster
General. Washington, D. c.:
The undersigned heads of families
residing in..... county, State Of.
>, respectfully ask that the rural
delivery service be extended to them,
the delivery to start from ...... post
Office, ...... county, ...... State, or
such other points as the officers OF the
department may deem best adapted
for the service. A map or rough
sketch Of the proposed route is here
with inclosed. Your petitioners are
mostly (herc state avocations. such as
farmers, truck gardeners, dalrymen,
cattle raisers or what ever the chief
occupation of the people may be-.
The roads over the proposed route are
Estate whether pike, graVelled or
other wise).
There are no unbr:dged creeks and
the roads are passable at all seasons
of the year.
Following should be three columns
headed respectively: Name OF head OF
family, number over 16 years OF age;
distance in miles from nearest post.
office.
This petition, when properly signed,
should be sent to the Representative
in Congress, or to one Of the Senator'S,
with a request that he endorse there
on his recommendation of the service
asked, and forward the petition to the
department.
When a rural free delivery route
has been uniformly equipped with
boxes Of any one Of the above named
description the department Will con-
slider these boxes as entitled to the
protection Of the United States, which
provide severe penalties for wilful or
malicious injury to item or inter-
ference with their contests.
Rural carriers are not required 10
deliver mail to houses standing back
from the man road, except in the case
of registered mail,special delivery AMI
pension letters. The patrons are eX
pected to meet the department half
way by affording the carriers every
facility for the performance OF their
duties, b. keeping the roads clear a..
ter heavy snow falls, and using their
influence to maintain the condltion
Of the roads in all weather up to tns
standard required by the department
Rural carriers are permitted to de-
liver non-mailable packages proviGel
their. doing so does not interfere win
the prompt handling Of the mails
which must be made the first conSlG'
Grafton.
Rural carriers are required to take
with them on their trips for the ac
commodation of their patrons SUM-
cient supply of stamps. stamped en-
velopes and postal cards. Postmastera
may, II they chose, give credit to the
carrier for stamp supplies to the e%
tent of SIS. to be accounted for eaca
day and the carriers bond being re-
sponsible therefor. II the carriers
find an unstamped letter in a coilec'
ton box. and the requisite amount Oh
money also deposited, they are IN
structed to affix the necessary stamp
They are empowered to register let
ters or packages and to deliver the
same giving and taking receipts II
forms provided.
They are also authorized to accept
money orders, giving their receipt
therefor, and, if the patrons OF the DC
livery desire to make the carrier theli
agent for this purpose, the carrier
may enclose theorders, when issued
in addressed envelopes confided to his
charge and mail them without retufE
ing the orders to the sender.
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