The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-27
may be mailed under the same con

Candles, confectionery, yeast cakes.
soap in hard cakes. otc., must be In
closed In boxes and 80 wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mail mat
ter.
Sealed original packages OF propri
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco,
pills, tablets, etc, put rp In fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not in themselves unavailable. viii
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped
Fragile articles, such as millinery.
toys, musical instruments. ETC., and ar.
ticles consisting wholly or in part OF
glass, or contained in glass. must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
UNAVAILABLE Matter.
The following matter is declared un-
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd. OF
lascivious articles intended for pre-
venting conception; articles intended
for indecent or immoral purposes; all
matter otherwise mailable by law, the
outside cover or wrapper of which
bears and delineation or language OF
libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character All such mat
ter, when deposited inca post Office or
found in the mails, shall be withdrawn
and sent to the divisions of dead let
ters.
Intoxleants, PoIsons and Inflammable
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, matted. ferment-
ed or other intoxicating liquors Of any
kind; poisons of every kind, and artt-
cles and compositions containing pol
son. POISONOUS animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives of every kind: In
fammable materials (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil, gaso-
line, naphtha, benzine, turpentine. de-
natured alcohol, etc.,, Internal ma
chimes, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite of explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artih-
cial articles, compositions or mate
rails Of whatever kind which may
kill, or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
Pistols or revolvers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead land not stuffed animals, birds.
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro-
vided; raw hides or pelts, guano, or
any article having a bad odor will
not be admitted to the mails.
Treatment of Unbelievable Parcels.
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible but If such
matter can not be delivered and be-
comes offensive and injurious to
health, postmasters may destroy 1t, or
the injurious or offensive Vortion
thereof
Parcels Improperly Packed.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly In
dorsed or packed for safe shipment.
When parcels on which the postage
is wholly unpaid or insufficiently pre-
paid is deposited for local delivery
and the sender is unknown, notice of
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the deh-
cient postage collected from the ad-
dressee by the carrier If the ad-
dressee refuses to pay the postage
the matter will be sent to the Di-
vision of Dead Letters.
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
postage is fully prepaid may be In
sured against loss in an amount equiv
alent to its actual value, but not to
exceed $50, on payment of a fee OF
ten cents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps TO be affixed.
Forwarding of Parcels.
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment of additional
postage at the rate which would be
chargeable If they were originally
mailed at the forwarding office, In
which case the necessary stamps will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas-
ter. Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Preparation for Mailing.
Parcels must be prepared for mail
ing in such manner that the contents
can be easily examined. parcel will
not be accepted for mailing unless 1t
bears the name and address of the
sender preceded by the word From"
In addition to the name and address
of the sender, which is required, 1t
will be permissible to write or print
on the covering of a parcel, or on a
tag or label attached to it, the occu-
patton Of the sender, and to indicate
in small space by means Of marks,
letters, numbers, names or other brief
description, the character of the par
eel, but ample space must be left on
H. addraao eide for the full addraaz