The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-07-28
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
dovrrnins the Conduct of Rural Free
Delivery Carriers.

oofrfntnS kne lOnouct OF Rufa' fTee
Delivery Carriers.
According to recent ruling OF the
Postotfice Department, signed by
Postmaster General Payne, rural free
delivery carriers are restricted in
their conduct while in the discharge
OF their duties as such. Heretofore
they were permitted to do many
things which they are now prohibited
| from doing They cannot carry pas
sengers or parcels or packages for
compensation or accommodation.
The full text OF the order is as fol-
lows:
The act of Congress making appro-
priations for the service of the post Office
department, for the fiscal year beginning
July, 1904, in connection with the APP
preparation for the pay of rural carriers,
provides that:
''On and after said date July l, 1904
said carriers shall not solicit business or
| receive orders of any kind for any person,
firm or corporation, and shall not, dur
ing the hours OF employment, carry any
merchandise for hire. Provided, that
said carriers may carry merchandise for
HIlC iot duu upol tIIc IcQucsU VI pdCIOuS
residing upon their respective routes,
whenever the same shall not interfere
with the proper discharge of their official
duties, and under such regulations as the
postmaster general may prescribe"
In pursuance of the above provision
OF law, it is ordered:
That rural carriers are not permitted
to solicit business or receive orders of
any kind for any person, firm or corpora
ton.
No mailable matter may be handled
by rural carriers while serving their
routes, unless the proper postage has
been prepid, with the single exception
of county newspapers, which under the
law, are permitted to be carried free
throughout the county in which they are
published, to actual subscribers, resi-
dents on rural routes, must be deposited
at the pOstOffice the same as papers for
other subscribers.
The hire for merchandise carried on re-
quest of the patron of rural free delivery
must be paid by the patron. Carriers
will not be permitted to receive any COM
pensation from the seller of such mer-
chandise.
Articles or packages, which are mail
able. which are handed to the carrier or
deposited in the postoffice or in a rural
letter box or in collection box located
on a rural route, with request that the
rural carrier deliver same, are subject to
the rules regulating mail matter, includ-
ing the payment OF postage thereon.
Articles or packages, that are not
mailable, which the patron desires the
rural carrier to carry must be delivered
to the carrier in person, and in carrying
merchandise for hire rural carriers are
not permitted to leave their routes as
officially laid out or to accept anything
that will in any way delay the delivery
OF mail, or in any way interfere with the
efficiency of the service.
Carriers, while on duty, are not per-
mitted to carry spirituous liquors either
for themselves, for sale or for the &C
cOmmOdatiOn OF their patrons
Rural carriers are required to permit
postoftice inspectors. or other duly ac-
credited agents of the postOtfice depart
ment. to accompany them on their reg
ular trips over their routes. They must
not carry other passengers nor permit
any person, other than authorized postal
officials. to ride with them or to have
access to the mails.
Rural carriers must not engage in any
business during their prescribed hours of
| service, or conduct any business after
hours which offers the temptation to
solicit patronage on their routes, or
which, by reason of their position in the
! government service, gives them special
advantage over competitors, such as
book canvassing, soliciting insurance,
selling sewing machines, or other kindred
| occupations.
Carriers must not, either in person or
through others, directly or indirectly, by
| any method whatever, solicit money,
| gifts or presents; nor issue for profit,
souvenirs or postal hand-boOks; nor CO.
operate with or assist the publishers Of
same to secure the patronage of the
public; nor compile directories for public
| use or assist publishers to complete them
| nor furnish the names and addresses of
| patrons OF their routes, for pay or favor,
| to any business establishment, or to any
| individual, except to those departmental
| officials who, under the regulations, are
entitled to the same.
''H. c. PAYNE,
POSTMASTER General
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