The Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America: Published in Accordance with the Act of Congress |
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... addressed to box - holders " read " addressed to box num- bers . " Page 107 , section 414 , for " Division Superintendents " read " their Division Super- intendent . " Page 114 , section 443 , line 8 , for " d " read " c . " Page 115 ...
... addressed to box - holders " read " addressed to box num- bers . " Page 107 , section 414 , for " Division Superintendents " read " their Division Super- intendent . " Page 114 , section 443 , line 8 , for " d " read " c . " Page 115 ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... addressed to fictitious names , how disposed of ........ 331-333 333-335 6. Sureties upon contracts ; their ... address ; validity of power of attorney after decease of grantor ..... 337-339 9. Fraudulent use of the mails .... 339-340 10 ...
... addressed to fictitious names , how disposed of ........ 331-333 333-335 6. Sureties upon contracts ; their ... address ; validity of power of attorney after decease of grantor ..... 337-339 9. Fraudulent use of the mails .... 339-340 10 ...
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... address legible and complete , giving the name of the post - office , county , and State . The name of the street and number of the house should also be given on letters addressed to cities where letter - carriers are employed ; while ...
... address legible and complete , giving the name of the post - office , county , and State . The name of the street and number of the house should also be given on letters addressed to cities where letter - carriers are employed ; while ...
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... addressed . When such letters are returned to the post - office they should be redirected for forwarding , and in the absence of more definite information as to where the person addressed may be found , the new address may be taken from ...
... addressed . When such letters are returned to the post - office they should be redirected for forwarding , and in the absence of more definite information as to where the person addressed may be found , the new address may be taken from ...
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20 Stat Act March Act of March advertising advice affixed amount application Auditor bidder bond carriers carrying the mail centimes cents certified charge clerks commercial papers contract contractor correspondence Curaçoa Dead-Letter Office delivered delivery deposited direct dispatch distribution Division Superintendent dollars drop letters duplicate duty employé exceeding exchange post-office foreign countries forwarded franking privilege free of postage furnished indorsed international money-order letter or parcel letter-carriers mail-bags mailable matter master-General ment money-order funds newspapers paid paper payee payment Penalty person Post-Office Department postage due postage-due stamps postage-stamps postal cards postmark postmaster pouch prepaid prepayment printed matter publication railroad railway mail service rate of postage receipt received registered matter registered package regulations remitter route Second Assistant Postmaster-General second-class sender sent Special Agents steamboat sureties thereof tion transmitted unclaimed United Universal Postal Union unmailable matter weekly statement
Popular passages
Page 49 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers and property appertaining to it.
Page 47 - State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Page 324 - Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
Page 327 - Union, shall have the right to construct, maintain, and operate lines of telegraph through and over any portion of the public domain of the United States, over and along any of the military or post roads of the United States...
Page 90 - ... shall not be conveyed in the mails nor delivered from any post-office nor by any letter-carrier; and any person who shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited...
Page 195 - ... to the postmaster at the office at which they were originally mailed, with the word
Page 327 - An Act to aid in the Construction of Telegraph Lines, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military and other purposes...
Page 95 - That it shall be lawful to transmit through the mail, free of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States: Provided, That every such letter or package to entitle it to pass free shall bear over the words "official business...
Page 86 - ... and manuscript copy accompanying the same, and postage shall be paid at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall fully be prepaid by postage-stamps affixed to said matter.
Page 83 - It must regularly be issued at stated intervals, as frequently as four times a year, and bear a date of issue, and be numbered consecutively.