wvnatever.

'TERS FORWARDED.
e Post'Office by the proper par-
out again being paid.

DOUBLE RATES.
-hed its destination with less than one
t must be ratel at double the prepaid

LD BE FORWARDED.
ounce in weight, deposited in
ate (3 cents,) should be for-
ed with double the unpaid rate.

ing a written communication can be sent by
tter rates, except postal cards, furnished by
ith postage stamps impressed upon them.
!RS WITH CANCELLED STAMPS.
iving a stamp affixed which has been pre-
iced in a post office, it should be held for
proper time sent to the Dead Letter Office.
I DROP LETTERS.
tage is 2 cents the half ounce at letter car-
cent the half ounce. at all other offices, and
for every additional half ounce or fraction
Unpaid Letters.
ich the postage is wholly unpaid should be
-etter Office ; but when by inadvertence
estination, double the prepaid rates should
livery.
PS TO THE P. 0. DEPARTMENT.

furnished Postmaster
with the Department
i writing to the Depa
luired to prepay postal
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charge sho
wrapper.

to cover their official cor-
and with other Postmasters.
rtment on official business
ge at the usual rates.
DE OF A LETTER.
the address, or print any-
iot subject it to additional
addition to the address on
passing at less than letter
in matter wholly or partly
letter postage ; but no addi-
card printed or impressed

PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING POSTAL LAWS.
RETARDING THE MAIL.
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully obstruct or
retard the passage of the mail, or any carriage, horse, driver or
carrier carrying the same, shall, on conviction thereof, forevery
such offense, forfeit and pay not exceeding one hundred dollars.
PRIVATE POST OFFICES.
Any person who shall, without authority of the Postmaster
General, set up or profess to keep any office or place of busi-
ness bearing the sign, name, or title of post office, shall forfeit
and pay, for every such offense, not more than five hundred
dollars.
USING OLD STAMPS.
Any person who shall use or attempt to use, in payment of
the postage on any mail matter conveyed, by mail or other-
wise, any postage stamp or stamped envelope, or any stamp cut
from any such stamped envelope, which has been before used
for a like purpose, shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars.
DESTROYING LETTER BOXES.
Any person who shall willfully and maliciously injure, tear
down, or destroy any letter box, pillar-box, or other receptacle
established by the Postmaster General for the safe deposit of
matter for the mail or for delivery, or who shall willfully and
maliciously assault any letter carrier, when in uniform, while
engaged on his route in the discharge of his duty as a letter
carrier, and any person who shall willfully aid or assist- therein,
shall, on conviction thereof, for every such offence, forfeit and
pay not less than one hundred nor more than* one thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one nor more than
three years, according to the circumstances and aggravation
of the offense.
PUNISHMENT FOR OPENING LETTERS.
Any person who shall take any letter, postal card or packet
which shall not contain any article of value or evidence thereof(
out of a post office or branch post office, or from a letter or
mail carrier, or which has been in any post office or branch
post office, or in the custody of any letter or mail carrier, before
it shall have been delivered to the person to whom it was
directed, with a design to obstruct the correspondence, or pry
into the business or secrets of another, or shall secrete, embez-
zle or destroy the same, shall, on conviction thereof, for every
such offense, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding one
year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
MISCELLANEOUS.
When mails Qre received on Sunday, the office shall be kept
open for one hour or more, if the public convenience requires it.
LETTERS TO FICTITIOUS PERSONS.
Letterp addressed to fictitious persons or finns, or to no
particular person or firm, are not deliverable, but should be re-
turned to the Dead Letter Office at the end of each month.
LOCAL RATES OF POSTAGE.
Postmasters should charge all matter deposited in their
offices for local delivery, on which the law fixes no specific