ATIONS.

ULATIONS, IN FORCE, MARCH 1, 1876.
tions, compiled from the latest Official Records of the United States
Post Office Department
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

EMENTS OF POSTMASTERS.
TMASTER MUST LIVE.
eside within the delivery of the office

WHAT POSTMASTERS ARE EXEMPT FROM.
The new Postal Code exempts Postmasters from serving on
jlries and militia duty, but not from working the public roads.
WHAT IS REQUIRED OF POSTMASTERS.
Postmasters are required to examine all matter passing by
mail at less than letter rates of postage, to see that it is prop-
erly rated and to detect fraud.
POSTMASTERS IN COURT.
There is no postal law or regulation relieving a Postmaster,
summoned as a witness in a civil or criminal case, from obeying
the order of the court.
HOLIDAYS.
Postmasters are required to keep their offices open for busi-
ness every day except Sunday, during the usual business hours
of the place.
POSTMASTERS CANNOT GIVE CREDIT.
Postmasters cannot give credit for postage, nor deliver any
letter, newspaper, pamphlet, magazine, or other package unless
the postage thereon is paid.
Postmasters in Ofioe.
The office of "Town Councilman" is one of a class which
the Executive crder intends shall not be held by Postmasters
whose salaries are $i,ooo and upwards.
MAILING LETTERS.
A Pstmaster is not required to mail letters after the regular
time f0hng the mail, nor should he delay a mail after the
time AWor its departure for the purpose of mailing or regis-
tering letters deposited after the closing of the mails.
POSTMASTERS AND LOTTERIES.
No Postmaster shall act as agent for any lottery, or under
any color of purchase, or otherwise, vend lottery tickets ; nor
shall he receive or send any lottery scheme, circular or ticket,
free of postage; and for any violation of the provisions of this
section the person offending shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars.
POSTMASTER DETAINING LETTERS.
Any Postmaster who shall unlawfully detain in his office any
letter or other  mail matter, the posting of which is not pro-
hibited by law, with intent to prevent the arrival and delivery
of the same to the person to whom it is addressed, shall, on

conviction thereof, forfeit and pay not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding six months, and
he shall be forever thereafter incapable of holding the office
of Postmaster.
POST OFFICE BOXES.
Postmasters are forbidden, by law, to assign a Post Office
box to any one till the rent has been paid in advance, for at
least one quarter. They are responsible to the Department
for all box rents, whether collected or not. Persons claiming
to own boxes in Post Offices may take them away, but so long
as they permit them to remain, parties using them must pay the
rent. If parties using boxes refuse to pay the rent, the Post-
master must put their mail in the general delivery.
POSTAL LAWS RELATING TO NEWSPAPERS.
NEWSPAPERS WITH WRITING ON THEM.
Postage should be charged at the mailing office, on a pack-
age of papers with writing on them, at the rate of three cents
for each half ounce or fraction thereof.
MARKS AND CHARACTERS.
There is no objection to a simple mark designed to call
attention to any article in printed matter, or the correction of
a mere typographical error.
bUITABLE WRAPPERS.
No newspapers will be received to be conveyed by mail,
unless they are sufficiently dried and inclosed in proper
wrappers.
NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE.
Contractors and mail-carriers may carry newspapers outside
of the mail for sale or distribution among subscribers, but when
they are placed in a Post-Office for delivery, postage must be
charged and collected..
WRITING ON CIRCULARS.
The addition of a date, in writing, to a circular, subjects it
to letter postage. There is no objection to an address being
written on the circular as well as on the envelope, provided
both addresses are the same.
PAPERS FOR GRATUITOUS CIRCULATION.
Papers printed for gratuitous circulation cannot be sent in
the mails to persons residing in the county where they are
printed and published, without being prepaid at the rate of
transient printed matter.

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