National news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??, 1915-11-20
MADE
TO POSTAL LAWS
AND REGULATIONS
fiftq Pounds Can Now Be
Sent BY the Parcel
Post
MAY INSURE PACKAGE MAIL

Paragraph 1. Section l5<. Postal
Laws and Regulations. edition Of 1918,
u amended to read ~ follows:
Section -. Fourth-class mail mat
ter shall embrace all other matter. in.
GLIDING farm and factory products
land books). not now embraced by law
In either the first or second class, or
with the exception Of books) in the
third class, not exceeding fifty pounds
In weight when mailed for delivery
within the hrst or second sones, nor
exceeding twenty pounds in weight
when mailed for delivery within any
Of the other sones), nor greater in size
than ~ inches in length and girth
combined. nor in form or kind likely TO
injure the person Of any postal en-
ployee or damage the mail equipment
or other mail matter and not Of char
eeter perishabls within . period res.
sonsbly required for transportation
and dslivery.-7-l3-16.
Paragraph !. Section 80, Postal
Laws and Regulation. is amended to
rcd - follows:
Section A64. II = parcel Of fourth.
elass matter exceeds the size, in
length and girth combined. prescribed
in paragraph ], Section asa. Il shall
not BE- accepted for mailing, no matter
how small the exceas may bel
1915.
Fourth Glass Mail.
Effective September l, 1915, para
graph 2, Section as. Of the Postal
Laws and Regulations 10 amended to
read - follows:
:. Fourth-class mail should not Be-
registered, but may be insured against
loss in an amount equivalent to il
actual value, but not TO exceed $500
in any one case, on payment Of . fee
Of three cents; not - exceed $500
on payment of . fee Of 1--WE cents; not
70 exceed 5000 on payment Of fee
Of ten cents, or not TO exceed $1,000
on payment Of . fee Of twenty five
cents. in addition TO the postage, both
70 be prepaid BY stamps afYixed; but
indemnity will not b allowed In cases
Of loss Of such mail addressed 70 Tie
Philippine Islands, unless the loss O.
CURED In the postal service Of The
United States.
There y 1t present no change in
Tie regulations applicable to c. o. D.
HssrsA-C,as Parcels.
The Postal Laws and Regulations
are amended BY the addition Of The fol.
lowing
section I5s.s. On and after Sep
tember !, 1915, the postmaster at the
mailing ONCE may, on payment Of one
cent, give the sender Of an ordinary
parcel Of fourth-class mail . receipt
therefor. A postage stamp 70 cover
the charge for tie receipt shall b
Affixed thereto. The name and address
Of the addressee Of the parcel shall Be
written in the receipt BY the sender.
'-7-13-l5.
The purpose Of this receipt
10 to provide senders Of the fourth.
class parcels, when desired, . record
evidencinG their mailing for which .
fee Of one cent 10 charged. Their 10
suance does not in any way insure the
parcel against Ices while in the mails
and no receipt 10 obtained from the i'd
dresses upon delivery. Patrons who
desire either Of thees latter facilities
must be advised 70 insure their parcels
Receipts will Be given on tag form
SSl7. an initial supply Of which will
be furnished to oil postmaster prior
70 September !, 1915, the date this ser
vice 10 inauGurated. The name and
address Of the addressee shall Be writ
tan on the tar By the sender, who may