Postal Laws and Regulations, Seniority Rules, Service Rating System and Space Rulings Applicable to the Railway Mail Service, 1938 |
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... stamps at the time of mailing , unless herein otherwise provided for . 505. Mailable matter of the first class shall embrace letters , postal cards , and all matter wholly or partly in writing , except as hereinafter provided . 2 ...
... stamps at the time of mailing , unless herein otherwise provided for . 505. Mailable matter of the first class shall embrace letters , postal cards , and all matter wholly or partly in writing , except as hereinafter provided . 2 ...
Page 16
... stamps may be used . Air mail stamps may not be used on other than air mail . All mail intended to be carried by airplane should be plainly marked " VIA AIR MAIL " in the space immediately below the stamps and above the address ...
... stamps may be used . Air mail stamps may not be used on other than air mail . All mail intended to be carried by airplane should be plainly marked " VIA AIR MAIL " in the space immediately below the stamps and above the address ...
Page 17
... stamp or in writing , with his official designation , by a field or staff officer , post or detachment commander , to ... stamps . 519. Mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all newspapers and other periodical publications ...
... stamp or in writing , with his official designation , by a field or staff officer , post or detachment commander , to ... stamps . 519. Mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all newspapers and other periodical publications ...
Page 19
... stamps of equivalent value may be accepted in lieu of the special- handling stamps herein specified . ( b ) Fourth - class mail matter with the required special - hand- ling stamps affixed thereto , other than baby chicks , shall be dis ...
... stamps of equivalent value may be accepted in lieu of the special- handling stamps herein specified . ( b ) Fourth - class mail matter with the required special - hand- ling stamps affixed thereto , other than baby chicks , shall be dis ...
Page 20
... stamps affixed thereto , mail matter of the first class on which the postage has been fully prepaid at the rate provided by law : Provided , That such first - class matter on which the postage is paid in connection with a metered device ...
... stamps affixed thereto , mail matter of the first class on which the postage has been fully prepaid at the rate provided by law : Provided , That such first - class matter on which the postage is paid in connection with a metered device ...
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addressed air mail apartment car assigned Assistant Postmaster baggage car chief clerk clerk in charge closed-pouch space containing damaged deadhead delivered delivery dispatch receipt card distribution division superintendent duty failure feet forwarded full or apartment furnished grade handling inclosed indorsed label letter lock pouches mail bags mail keys mail matter manifold bill missent office or railway operated ordinary mail package parcels person Post Office Department postage stamps postal cars postal employee postal laws Postal Service postmark pouch or sack pouches and sacks railroad company Railway Mail Service railway post office railway post-office car railway postal clerks received record registered article registered jacket registered mail registered matter registry dispatch receipt regular REGULAR CLERKS regularly authorized return movement rotary locks route seniority special-delivery station storage car storage space storage unit substitute terminal railway post thereof train transfer clerk transit trip report
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Page vii - 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 5 - No person in the classified civil service of the United States shall be removed therefrom except for such cause as will promote the efficiency of said service and for reasons given in writing...
Page 27 - Whoever knowingly uses the mails for the mailing, carriage in the mails, or delivery of anything declared by this section to be nonmailable, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed...
Page 7 - ... to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay or time, on all days of any parade or encampment ordered or authorized under the provisions of this act.
Page 19 - All kinds of poison, and all articles and compositions containing poison, and all poisonous animals, insects, and reptiles, and explosives of all kinds, and inflammable materials, and infernal machines, and mechanical, chemical, or other devices or compositions which may ignite or explode, and all disease germs or scabs, and all other natural or artificial articles, compositions, or...
Page 24 - ... every written or printed card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information directly or indirectly, where, or how, or of whom, or by what means any of the hereinbefore-mentioned matters, articles or things may be obtained or made...
Page 8 - ... or promise or threaten to do so for giving or withholding, or neglecting to make any contribution of money or service or any other valuable thing for any political purpose.
Page 23 - Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious, and every filthy book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character, and every article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for preventing conception or producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use...
Page viii - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 97 - States, or person holding any place of trust or profit, or discharging any official function under, or in connection with any department of the Government of the United States...