US Post Offices & Postmasters in 1866 - Perquimans County Page

;ment'.mittedjXXLAWS RELATING TO THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.be prepaid for a terra not less than one quarter, nor more of postage at the mailing office, to the. effect thatthan one year, at either the office of mailing or of delivery,at the option of the subscriber, of which payments ploye, within his knowledge, has sent, or caused or per-'neither h> nor any other proprietor, clerk, agent, or emarecord shall be made and preserved in the post officeto be sent, through the mails, without prepaymentby postage stamps, any copies of such paper orwhere paid; and no such publication shall be deliveredfrom the office until such payment is made ; but the publishersof weekly newspapers may send to each actual fide and regular subscribers thereto. And if it be ascer-periodical (naming it), except the same were sent to bonasubscriber within the county where their papers are tained that such papers or periodicals have been thusprinted and published, one copy thereof free of postage. unlawfully sent, with the knowledge or consent of suchSr.o. 36. And be it farther enacted, That the rate ofpostage upon mailable matter of the second class, issuedless frequently than once a week from a known office ofpublication, and sent to regular subscribers, shall be asfollows: Upon newspapers, magazines, and other periodicalpublications, each not exceeding the standardweight of four ounces, and passing through the mails orpost offices of the United States between any pointstherein, the rate for each such paper or periodical shallhe one cent, and an additional rate of one cent for eachadditional weight of four ounces or fraction thereof:Provided, That the Postmaster General may provide bynewspapers inregulation for the transportation of smallpackages at the same rate by the standard weight of thepackage when sent to one address ; and the rates hereinprovided must be prepaid at either the office of mailingor of delivery, at the option of the subscriber, for aterm not less than one quarter, nor more than one year,except that newsdealers may pay the postage upon theirpackages as received at the same rates pro rata as yearlyor semi-annual subscribers who pay postage quarterly inadvance.Sec. 37. And lie it further enacted, That publishersmay enclose in their publications sent to regular subscribersthe bills for subscription thereto without any additionalcharge for postage, and may write or print upontheir publications, or upon the wrappers thereof, thename and address of the subscribers thereto, and thedate when the subscription will expire ; but any otherenclosure or addition in writing or inprint shall subjectthe same to letter postage, which shall be collected beforedelivery thereof.Seo. 38. And be it further enacted, That the PostmasterGeneral mas, from ^mB t0 time, provide by orderthe rates and terms upon which route agents may receiveand deliver at the mail car or steamer packages of newspapersand periodicals delivered to them for that purposeproprietors, or of the agent or clerk in charge of thatbusiness ; or if such affidavit, when required by the PostmasterGeneral, or by a special agent of the Post OfficeDepartment, shall be refused, the person guilty of suchoffence, or refusing such oath, shall be liable to a fine offifty dollars in each case, to be recovered by suit beforeany court of competent jurisdiction, one-half of which,when recovered, shall be paid to the informer.Seo. 42. And be it further enacted, That authority tofrank mail matter is conferred upon and limited to thefollowing persons: First. The President of the UnitedStates, by himself or his private secretary. Second. TheVice-President of the United States. Third. The chiefsof the several executive departments. Fourth. Suchprincipal officers, being heads of bureaus or chief clerksof each executive department, to be used only for officialcommunications, as the Postmaster General shall by regulationprescribe. Fifth. Senators and representativesin the Congress of the United States, including delegatesfrom Territories, the Secretary of the Senate and Clerkof the House of Representatives, to cover correspondenceto and from them, and all printed matter issued by authorityof Congress, and all speeches, proceedings" anddebates in Congress, and all printed matter sent to them ;their franking privilege to commence with the term forwhich they are elected, and to expire on the first Mondayof December folio wiug such term of office. Sixth.All official communications addressed to either of theexecutive departments of government by an officer responsibleto that department : Provided, That in all suchcases the envelops shall be marked "official," with thesignature thereto of the officer writing the communication.Seventh. Postmasters have also the fnnking privilegefor their official communications to other postmasters:Prodded, That in all such oases the envelopeshall be marked "official," with the signature of thewriter thereto ;and for any and every such indorsementby the publishers, or any news agent in charge thereof, of " official" falsely made, the person making the sameand not received from, nor designed for delivery at, any shall forfeit and pay three hundred dollars. Eighth.post office.Petitions to either branch of Congress shall pass free inSeo. 39. And be it farther enacted, That the Postmaster the mails. Ninth. All communications addressed to anyGeneral has authority to prescribe by regulation the of the franking officers above described, and not exceptedmanner of wrapping and securing for the mails all matternot charged with letter postage nor lawfully franked, stamps.^ The franking privilege hereinbe.ore granted shalliu the foregoing clauses, must be prepaid by postageso that the same may be conveniently e'xamined by postmasters;be limited to pacbiges weighing not exceeding fourand if not so wrapped and secured, the same ounces, except petitions to Congress and congressional orshall be subject to letter postage. He may also provide executive documents, and such publications or books asby regulation for ascertaining by furnished lists, by aftV hare or may be published, procured, or purchased' bydavit or otherwise, whether publishers send or have sent order of either house of Congress, or a joint resolutiontheir publications unpaid through the mails to other than of the two houses, which shall be considered as publiotheir regular subscribers.documents, and entitled to be franked as such ; and except,also, seeds, cuttings, roots and scions, the weightSko. 40. And be it further enacted, That postmasters,at the office of delivery, are authorized, and it shall be of the packages of which may be fixed by regulation oftheir duty, to remove the wrappers and envelopes from the Postmaster General.printed and other matter not charged with letter postage, Sec. 4.j. And be it further enacted, That all publishersnor lawfully franked, for the purpose of ascertaining whetherthere is upon, or connected With, any such printed not exceed sixteen ounce.; in weight, shall be allowed toof periodicals, magazines and newspapers which shallmatter or in such package any matter or thing which interchange th -ir publications reciprocals tree' of postage: .Provided, That such interchange shall be confinedwould authorize or require the charge of a higher rateof postage thereon.to a single copy of each publication.Sko. 41. And be it further enacted, That the PostmasterGeneral may require an affidavit in form, to be pre-be in force and take effect from and after the thirtiethSeo. 44. And be it further enacted, That this act shallscribed by general regulation, to be taken by any publisher,or any clerk, agent, or servant of such publisher Seo. 45. And be it further enacted, That all acts andday of June, eight-en hundred and sixty-three.of any paper or periodical, which, by the terms of this parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this actact, may be sent to regular subscribers without prepay- are hereby repealed.