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Chapter 1-ESTABLISHMENT OF POST-OFFICES AND APPOINTMENT OF POST-

MASTERS OF BONDS AND SURETIES-Continued...

SEC. 108. Who may be appointed postmaster. 109. When new bond

is required. 110. Limit of time of sureties' liability. 111. Re-

sponsibility of sureties upon postmaster's death. 112. Renewal of

bond. 113. Application of sureties for release, to whom made. 114.

Changing name of post-office necessitates new bond. 115. Sureties

on bonds, how released.

Chapter 2-SALARIES OF POSTMASTERS AND EXPENDITURES AT POST-

SEC. 116. Salaries of postmasters at Presidential post-offices. 117.

Salaries of fourth-class postmasters. 118. Penalties for false returns,

unlawful sales of stamps. 119. Biennial readjustment of salaries. 120.

Orders affecting salaries to be reported to auditor. 121. Allowance

for clerks at separating post-offices. 122. Limit of salaries. 123.

Application for readjustment of salaries. 124. Allowances for clerks

and incidental expenses. 125. Allowances for extraordinary busi-

ness. 126. Allowances to be fixed by order. 127. Allowances can-

not exceed surplus revenues. 128. Receipts required for pay of

clerks employed. 129. Extra allowances to first and second class

post-offices. 130. Appointment of clerks in post-offices. 131. Roster

of clerks, their duties and salaries. 132. Salaries and expenses may

be deducted from receipts. 133. Vouchers for deductions to be sent

to the auditor. 134. No postmaster to retain more than his salary,

etc. 135. Compensation of postmasters pro tempore.

Chapter 3-POSTAGE-STAMPS, STAMPED ENVELOPES, AND POSTAL CARDS...

SEC. 136. Postage-stamps for prepayment of postage. 137. Postage-

stamps, denominations of. 138. Stamped envelopes to be provided.

139. Stamped envelopes of how many kinds. 140. Postal cards to

be provided. 141. Postal cards for use in Postal Union correspond-

ence. 142. Exclusive issue of postal cards by the department. 143.

Letter-sheet envelopes, double postal cards, etc. 144. Improve-

ments in stamps and envelopes. 145. Sale of stamps at post-offices.

146. Postmasters to keep a supply of stamps. 147. Requisitions for

stamps, etc., how to be made. 148. Requisitions, when to be made.

149. Requisitions for special-request envelopes. 150. Postmasters

not supplied with stamps until commissioned. 151. Postmasters to

count supplies when received. 152. Damaged supplies, how to be

treated. 153. Mistakes in printing special-request envelopes. 154.

Postmaster to charge himself with stamps, etc. 155. No quarterly

returns, no stamps. 156. Postage-due stamps, newspaper and period-

ical stamps.
157. Moneys received for sale of stamps, how paid

over. 158. Stamps for unpaid postage to be used, etc. 159. News-

paper and periodical stamps, how used. 160. When supplies ex-

hausted how to proceed. 161. Postmasters to report postage col-

lected from publishers. 162. Monthly report of supplies by post-

masters at Presidential offices. 163. Postmasters to turn over

supplies to successor. 164. Discontinued post-offices, disposition of

supplies. 165. No percentage to postmasters for sale of stamps, etc.

166. Rates governing sale of stamps, etc. 167. Affidavit by post-

masters claiming credit for stamps destroyed. 168. No credit to be

allowed where office is robbed of stamps. 169. Exchange of post-

age-stamps prohibited. 170. Postage on spoiled stamped envelopes,

when refunded, etc. 171. Postal cards when spoiled to be redeemed.

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Chapter 3-POSTAGE-STAMPS, STAMPED ENVELOPES, &C-Continued......

SEC. 172. Stamps, etc., redeemed to be sent to department with letter.

173. Postmasters held to strict accountability for stamps.

Stamped envelopes, etc., to be sold at cost. 175. Postage-stamps

sold at discount to designated agents.

Chapter 4-CLASSIFICATION OF DOMESTIC MAIL MATTER AND RATES OF

POSTAGE THEREON...

SEC. 176. Mail matter divided into four classes. 177. First-class mat-

ter defined. 178. Postage on first-class matter. 179. Soldiers',

sailors', and marines' unpaid letters forwarded. 180. Prepayment

required on officers' letters. 181. Postage on delivered postal cards

re-posted. 182. Other than first-class matter must be open to exam-

ination. 183. Sealed packages, etc., to pay letter-rates. 184. Sec-

ond-class matter defined. 185. Essential characteristics of second-

class matter. 186. A known office of publication defined. 187.

Advertising sheets defined. 188. Decision upon doubtful publica-

tions. 189. Postmaster's entry of second-class publications. 190.

Postage on second-class matter. 191. Weighing of second-class

matter. 192. Manner of prepaying second-class matter. 193. Reg-

ular subscribers defined. 194. Evidence of subscription-list may

be required. 195. Sample copies at second-class rates. 196. Ad-

mission of new publications to second-class rates. 197. Penalty for

submitting false evidence as to a publication. 198. Postmasters to

report the submission of false evidence. 199. Entry of second-class

publications. 200. News-agents applying for second-class rates.

201. Evidence required of news-agents. 202. News-agents defined.

203. Sample copies defined. 204. Extra numbers not sample copies.

205. Sample copies to be mailed separately. 206. Supplements ad-

mitted as second-class matter. 207. Definition of supplements.

203. Hand-bills and posters not supplements. 209. Prohibited ad-

vertisements in second-class matter. 210. Examination of second-

class matter. 211. Detention of suspected second-class matter.

212. Foreign publications admitted as second-class matter. 213.

Examination of foreign publications. 214. Infringement of copy-

right by foreign publication. 215. Third-class matter and postage

thereon. 216. Proof-sheets defined. 217. Circulars defined. 218.

Postage on circulars mailed in bulk for postmasters to distribute.

219. Printed matter defined. 220. Manifolding and type-writing

not printing. 221. Fourth-class matter defined. 222. Unmailable

matter. 223. Precautions against injury to the mails. 224. Post-

masters responsible for admission of improper matter. 225. Ob-

scene matter prohibited in the mails. 226. Lottery-circulars pro-

hibited in the mails. 227. Lottery advertisements in second-class

matter. 228. Postmasters responsible for admission of obscene

matter to the mails. 229. Postage on fourth-class matter.

Treatment of unmailable matter reaching its destination. 231. Per-

missible additions to other than first-class matter. 232. Personal

correspondence negatively defined. 233. Letter-postage charged on

prohibited writing or printing. 234. Form of bills accompanying

second-class matter. 235. Newspapers to be wrapped and suffi-

ciently dried. 236. Manner of presenting second-class matter for

mailing. 237. Manner of presenting third-class matter for mailing.

238. What a package of third-class matter may contain. 239. Free

county publications. 240. Postage on second-class matter at free-

delivery offices.

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Chapter 4-CLASSIFICATION OF DOMESTIC MAIL MATTER AND RATES OF

POSTAGE THEREON-Continued....

SEC. 241. Second-class matter at free-delivery offices, how separated.

242. Free county publications must be mailed by themselves. 243.

Publications with offices in two counties free in neither. 244.

Sample copies of free county publications subject to postage. 245.

Congressional documents free of postage. 246. Congressional Record

and extracts therefrom free. 247. Seeds and Reports from Agri-

cultural Department free. 248. Remailing of Congressional docu-

ments after one delivery. 249. Letters etc., on government business

free. 250. Penalty envelopes for official matter. 251. Extension of

two preceding sections.

Chapter 5-SHIP AND STEAMBOAT LETTERS.

SEC. 252. Letters on vessels to and from foreign ports. 253. Letters

on inland steamboats. 254. Payment for ship letters. 255. Double

postage on ship letters. 256. Definition of ship letters. 257. Man-

ner of collecting ship fees. 258. Rating up postage on ship letters.

259. No fee on foreign-addressed letters. 260. No fees to passengers

or sailors. 261. Letters on mail steamboats, how disposed of. 262.

Account of ship and steamboat letters to be kept. 263. No fees to

mail vessels. 264. Printed ship matter, how to be treated.

Chapter 6-DELIVERY OF ORDINARY MAIL-MATTER; WITHDRAWAL BY

SENDER FROM POST-OFFICE OF MATTER BEFORE ITS DISPATCH...

SEC. 265. Opening of mails; placing matter on delivery. 266. Post-

masters may remove wrappers of packages. 267. Double postage

on unpaid matter. 268. Matter cannot be delivered until postage

due is paid. 269. Weight of matter determined at post-office of mail-

ing. 270. Postage-due stamps for insufficiently paid matter. 271.

Penalty for failing to affix postage-due stamps. 272. Time of affix-

ing postage-due stamps. 273. Treatment of undelivered matter

with postage-due stamps thereon. 274. Postage-due stamps on for-

warded matter, how refunded. 275. What persons are entitled to

receive mail-matter. 276. Letters addressed to fictitious persons.

277. Proof of identity required in doubtful cases. 278. Letters

opened through mistake. 279. Mail-matter addressed to other

post-offices, not to be delivered; exceptions. 280. Mail-matter ad-

dressed in care of another. 281. Letters from the Pension Office.

282. Under no pretext are letters in the mail to be opened. 283.

Mail-matter to be delivered according to official designation. 284.

Mail-matter addressed to minors. 285. Mail-matter addressed to

deceased persons. 286. Mail-matter to be delivered to assignees,

etc. 287. Mail-matter addressed to defunct firms or corporations.

288. Postmaster to require appointment of receiver. 289. Decision

of disputed claims to mail-matter. 290. Injunction of courts to be

respected. 291. Withdrawal of letters from mailing post-office.

292. Proof of identity of letter required. 293. When to refuse ap-

plication for withdrawal. 294. Mail-matter beyond mailing post-

office cannot be withdrawn.

Chapter 7.-LETTER-BOXES IN POST-OFFICES.............

SEC. 295. Postmasters may erect boxes at their own expense. 296.

Lock-boxes, etc., for box-holders at their expense. 297. Friends of

owners of box to use the same, when. 298. Postmasters to keep a list

of box-holders. 299. Failure of postmaster to make report of box

rents. 300. Rent of boxes to be prepaid. 301. Payment for boxes

must be quarterly.

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Chapter 7-LETTRR-BOXES IN POST-OFFICES-Continued...........

SEC. 302. Box to be restricted to use of one family, etc. 303. Retiring

postmaster to leave record of box receipts with successor.

Postmaster should refuse to rent box for improper purposes. 305.

Rent for private boxes. 306. Postmasters not to disclose names of

Chapter 8.-CARRIERS, FREE DELIVERY AND BRANCH OFFICES AND STREET

SEC. 307. Letter-carrier post-offices. 308. Districting of cities. 309.

Classification of carriers. 310. Salaries of carriers. 311. Auxiliary

carriers. 312. Appointments and promotions. 313. Public build-

ings described. 314. Number of carriers limited. 315. Letter-car-

rier's bonds. 316. Applications for the carrier system. 317. How

carriers are appointed. 318. Qualifications for appointment. 319.

Form of application for appointment. 320. Return of oaths and

bonds. 321. Appointments of substitutes. 322. Postmasters may

fill temporary vacancies. 323. Employment of additional carriers.

324. Duties of carriers generally. 325. Leave of absence without

pay. 326. Penalty for absence without leave. 327. Carriers to be

uniformed. Penalty for wearing unlawfully. 328. The uniform pre-

scribed for carriers. 329. Carriers supply their own uniforms. 330.

Behavior required of carriers. 331. Carriers not to contract debts

on the route. 332. Carriers not to solicit contributions, etc. 333.

Establishment of street mailing boxes. 334. Penalty for injuring

street mailing boxes. 335. Carriers must report injuries to street

mailing boxes. 336. Establishment of branch post-offices. 337. No

carrier's fee permitted. 338. The general delivery to be discour-

aged. 339. Accounts required at carrier post-offices. 340. Post-

masters' reports of operations. 341. Postmasters' reports of ex-

penses. 342. Rules for delivery of matter. 343. Matter not to be

delivered at unoccupied premises. 344. Mail matter not to be deliv-

ered in the streets. 345. Transient or to be called for letters, how

treated. 346. City directory to be used to ascertain addresses, when.

347. Carriers to receive letters for mailing. 348. What carriers may

not do. 349. Return of undelivered matter. 350. Holiday and even-

ing delivery. 351. Tests of carriers' efficiency. 352. Prompt and

frequent deliveries required. 353. Limited sale of stamps by car-

riers. 354. Branch offices or postal stations. 355. Mails between

stations and the general post-office. 356. Advertised letters. 357.

Care of street mailing boxes. 358. Postmasters to inspect stations.

359. Carriers' daily return of property and mail. 360. Carriers

must not return deposited letters. 361. Delivery of registered let-

ters by carriers. 362. Postmasters to supervise carriers' service.

363. Arrest of persons found tampering with street mailing boxes.

364. "Cave Canem," beware of the dog. 365. Supplies for carrier

post-offices. 366. Manner of keeping books.

Chapter 9.-DISTRIBUTION AND DISPATCH OF ORDINARY DOMESTIC MAIL

SEC. 367. Postmasters to receive and dispatch mail matter. 368.

Time of closing the mail. 369. Preference given to letters over

other mail matter, when. 370. Penalty for unlawfully detaining

mail matter. 371. Prepaid matter to be forwarded if requested.

370. Erroneously delivered and re-directed matter to be forwarded.

373. Letters mailed under cover to postmasters how treated.

Chapter 9-DISTRIBUTION AND DISPATCH OF ORDINARY DOMESTIC MAIL

MATTER-Continued...

SEC. 374. Postmasters to receipt for copyright matter. 375. Postage-

stamps to be canceled. 376. Return-stamps on postal cards

and letter-envelopes. 377. Manner of canceling stamps. 378.

Treatment of matter bearing canceled or improper stamps. 379.

All mail matter other than second class to be postmarked. 380.

Impressions to be taken of the dated stamp. 381. How to secure

legible stamping. 382. Treatment of first-class matter received in

bad order. 383. Distribution and dispatch of mails. 384. No

changes except in case of emergency. 385. Distribution of mails

by schemes. 386. What States should be distributed. 387. Mail

to be made up by States. 338. Local mail for railroad and steam-

boat lines. 39. Other than local mail sent to railroad and steam-

boat lines. 390. Making up local mail for railway lines. 391. Make

direct packages for horse routes. 392. Making up mail beyond last

post-office on stage-route. 393. Letters for delivery and for distri-

bution in separate packages. 394. Direct packages. 395. Letters

must not be placed in pouch loose. 396. Facing slips to be used.

397. Checking errors. 398. Disposition of slips received. 399. Ab-

sence of slips on packages or in sacks. 400. Slips and schemes fur-

nished. 401. Report of unworked mail received. 402. Report of

all irregularities. 403. No through pouches by mail trains. 404.

Changes in forwarding mails. 405. Hooks prohibited in handling

mail bags. 406. Letters with stamps canceled not to be returned.

407. Letters not to be placed under straps of pouches. 408. Printed

labels furnished to be returned. 409. Application for printed labels.

410. Time of closing mails. 411. Pouches to be examined. 412.

Mails stopping over night.

Chapter 10.-SUPERINTENDENTS OF MAILS AT POST-OFFICES OF THE FIRST

AND SECOND CLASSES

SEC. 413. Appointment of superintendents of mails. 414. General

duties of superintendents of mails. 415. Record and report of

errors in distribution. 416. Examination of slips. 417. Postmas-

ters to be furnished with the record.

Chapter 11.-CASE EXAMINATION OF POST-OFFICE Clerks...

SEC. 418. Case examination of distributing clerks. 419. Nature of

case examinations. 420. Verbal examination of clerks. 421. Post-

masters' order-book. 422. Orders to be signed by clerks. 423. Slips
on which errors are noted to be compared with schemes. 424.
Reports at end of month to General Superintendent. 425. Incom-
petent clerks not to be continued, etc.

Chapter 12.-RECEIVING AND DISPATCHING MAILS AT CATCHER POST-

SEC. 426. Cranes and catcher pouches. 427. How to prepare pouches

and hang them on the crane. 428. Catcher ponches to be used for

no other purpose. 429. Only fifty pounds of mail allowed in catcher

pouches. 430. Special instructions to postmasters served by

Chapter 13.-DISPOSAL OF UNMAILABLE, UNDELIVERED, AND DEAD MAIL

SEC. 431. Unmailable matter to be sent to the dead-letter office-ex-

ceptions. 432. Definition and classification of unmailable matter.

433. Definition and classification of dead matter. 434. First-class

matter not to be held unmailable on mere suspicion.

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