POSTAL LAW-IMPORTANT

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 20, 1879

POSTAL LAW—IMPORTANT.

We understand that our brethren in some places have difficulty in mailing as third-class matter that which evidently belongs under that class, as postmasters decline to receive it as such. The following is that portion of the present postal law which refers to that point. All should preserve it, and, if need be, submit it to the postmasters themselves:—

“SEC. 17. That mail matter of the third class shall embrace books, transient newspapers and periodicals, circulars, and other matter wholly in print (not included in sec. 12), proof sheets, corrected proof sheets, and manuscript copy accompanying the same; and postage shall be paid at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall fully be prepaid by postage stamps affixed to said matter.”

“SEC. 18. That the term ‘circular’ is defined to be a printed letter which, according to internal evidence, is being sent in identical terms to several persons. A circular shall not lose its character as such when the date, and the name of the addressed and of the sender, shall be therein written, nor by the correction of mere typographical errors in writing.”

The 12th section referred to above reads as follows:—

“That matter of the second class may be examined at the office of mailing, and if found to contain matter which is subject to a higher rate of postage, such matter shall be charged with postage at the rate to which the inclosed matter is subject; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prohibit the insertion in periodicals of advertisements attached permanently to the same.”