Postal Laws and Regulations Applicable to the Rural Mail ServiceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 - 144 pages |
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... form , quality , and weight as the stamped postal card now in general use in the United States . 51619 ° -152 Sec . 403. Requirements for post cards . - Private RURAL MAIL SERVICE . 17 Sec. 400. Rate of postage on postal cards....
... form , quality , and weight as the stamped postal card now in general use in the United States . 51619 ° -152 Sec . 403. Requirements for post cards . - Private RURAL MAIL SERVICE . 17 Sec. 400. Rate of postage on postal cards....
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... weight of paper be substantially like the Government postal card . ( c ) It may be of any color not interfering with a legible address and postmark . ( d ) It may or may not , at the option of the sender , bear near the top of the face ...
... weight of paper be substantially like the Government postal card . ( c ) It may be of any color not interfering with a legible address and postmark . ( d ) It may or may not , at the option of the sender , bear near the top of the face ...
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... weight of each package and prepaid by post- age stamps affixed , and copies of such publications ad- dressed for delivery from the same post office may be placed in one package , addressed to such post office 20 POSTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ...
... weight of each package and prepaid by post- age stamps affixed , and copies of such publications ad- dressed for delivery from the same post office may be placed in one package , addressed to such post office 20 POSTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ...
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... weight , when the same are deposited in a letter - carrier office for delivery by its carriers , shall be uniform at one cent each ; periodicals weighing more than two ounces shall be subject , when deliv- ered by such carriers , to a ...
... weight , when the same are deposited in a letter - carrier office for delivery by its carriers , shall be uniform at one cent each ; periodicals weighing more than two ounces shall be subject , when deliv- ered by such carriers , to a ...
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... weight ( when mailed for delivery within the first and second zones , nor exceeding twenty pounds in weight when for delivery in any of the other zones ) , nor greater in size than seventy - two inches in length and girth combined , nor ...
... weight ( when mailed for delivery within the first and second zones , nor exceeding twenty pounds in weight when for delivery in any of the other zones ) , nor greater in size than seventy - two inches in length and girth combined , nor ...
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accepted for mailing addressee amount application authorized cents charge of rural clerks in charge collection boxes delivered delivery book delivery of registered deposited dispatch distributing office Division of Rural dollars duty Form forwarded Fourth Assistant Postmaster fourth-class matter fraction thereof furnished inclosed indorsed injured leave of absence letter or parcel lottery mail addressed Mail matter addressed mailable money order money-order name and address office or station ounce or fraction ounces or less package patrons payee payment of postage pension person Post Office Department postage stamps postal cards postal service prescribed printed Railway Mail Service rate of postage receive reduction in rank registered mail registered matter regulations request residence riers rural carrier rural mail boxes rural route rural stations rural-delivery service sender special-delivery matter stamps affixed star routes substitute tion United States collection units of area unless unmailable voucher wrapper written order
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Page 16 - ... of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States...
Page 9 - 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 This section does not authorize withholding information from the public or limiting the availability of records to the public.
Page 40 - ... at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 17 - ... 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 14 - 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 18 - No officer or employee of the Government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction of any person or classes of persons, with a view to their special preparation for the examinations of the boards of examiners for the diplomatic and consular services.
Page 53 - States, or whoever, operating any such station, knowingly permits the broadcasting of any advertisement of or information concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Page 40 - Whoever shall knowingly deposit, or cause to be deposited for mailing or delivery...
Page 40 - 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 material...
Page 40 - 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...