The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-05-30
MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED IN
NEW REGULATION TO BE
EFFECTIVE JULY
.CONSIDEREDBIG IMPROVEMENT
c. o. D. Parcels Will Be Handled BY
Carriers as Well as at OFFICES.
Cost VIII Be Only 10 Cents More,
This to Cover Insurance.

In view OF the great amount of in
terest being manifested in the new
parcel post regulation which will go
into effect July /. providing for send.
ing of parceis collect as well as pre-
paid, the regulation is published in
full below and may be preserved by
those interested and this will include
a number of the local merchants who
do a large mail order business as wen
as others interested in this popular
method Of transportation OF merchan-
disc that has proved great saving
and convenience.
Under the terms of the new regula-
tion parcel may be sent, collect by
| paying the amount of postage requir-
ed, together with fee of 10 cents, to
serve as an insurance fee as well as
for the purpose of having the value
OF the article and the charges collect
| ed
c. Q. ID. tags will be furnished and
the full value of the article mailed
must be designated on the tag. The
charges embracing the 10 cents fee,
the postage and the charges for re-
mittance by money order may also be
included and must be if they are to
be collected from the addressee.
G. o, D. packages win be handled
only between money order offices and
WIN be collected and delivered, just
as other parcel post packages, by par
eel post wagon or through the car
riers. The new amendment to the par
Gel post regulation, designated as Sec.
ST., is as follows
Sec. Sc. The sender Of mailable
parcel on which the postage is fully
prepaid may have the price of article
and charges thereon collected from
the addressee on payment of a fee OF
10 cents in parcel post stamps af-
fixed, provided the amount to be col
lected does not exceed $100. Such a
parcel will be insured against loss,
without additional charges in amount
equivalent to its actual value, but not
to exceed $50.
3. The sender Of a collect delivery
parcel will be given a receipt showing
the office and date of mailing, the
number of the parcel and the amount
due him.
3. A G. 0. d. parcel will be accept
ed for mailing only at money-order
office and when addressed to a money
order office. The postmaster at the
mailing Office will be held RESPONSE
BILE for postage required for the re-
turn Of a parcel addressed to a non
money-order office.
4. Ii a G. o. D. parcel is received at
a non-money-order office the postmas-
Iter will notify the office of mailing of
the amount of postage required for
its return. The postmaster at the Of
flee of mailing will ascertain from the
sender whether he desires the parcel
returned or delivered without collec-
ton of charges. If the sender notifies
him in writing that the parcel may be
delivered without collecting charges
he will attach the order to the office
coupon and notify the postmaster at
the office of address to that effect.
.. The G. 0. ID. tag must show the
amount due the sender, the money or.
der fee necessary to make remittance
and the total amount to be collected.
1t should be securely attached to the
parcel, which should be numbered to
correspond with the tag stamped C.
o. d. and the charges to be collected
plainly written thereon. The parcel
will be treated as ordinary mail until
it reaches the office of address, where
on payment of all charges, it will be
delivered to the addressee or, unless
otherwise directed by the addressee,
to the person, firm or corporation. in
whose care 1t is addressed, ior to any
responsible person to whom the ad.
dressee's ordinary mail is customari-
ly delivered. A receipt for the parcel
must be obtained on the tag attached
thereto.
6. A receipt signed by a person 9th
er than the addressee must show the
name Of the addressee, as well as that
of the person signing it. A signature
made by the mark (x) must be attest.
ed by a reputable witness.
Z. When a c. o. d. parcel is receiv-
ed without tag attached. the charges
shown on the parcel must be collect.
ed and the prescribed recesp, obtained