756 IITLE x1.v1.——THE POSTAL SERVICE.——(fn. 3. CHAPTER THREE. HAIL-MATTER. Sec. 2 Sec. 3875. Division ofmail-matter. 3887. Inclosing letters in printed matter; 3876. First-class matter. ‘ penalty. 3877. Second-class matter. 3888. Farrying newspapers ont of mail. 3878. Third-class matter. 3889. Delivery of newspapers by ruine- 3870. Limit of weight of mail-package. agents. 3880. Metric posta balances. 3890. Detaining letters; penalty. 3881. Wrapping and securing matter. 3891. Detaining, opening, or destroying 3882. Removing wrappers. letters; penalty. 3883. Newspapers to be dried and in wrap- 3892. Intercepting or secreting letters; · pers. _ _ penalty. 3884. Papers and periodicals to one ad- 3893. Obscene books, &c., not to be ear- < ress. ried in mail; penalty. 3885. Notice of refusal to receive news- 3894. Gift enterprises, &c., circulars not papers. mai a. J e; penalty. 3886. Inclosures in regular printed mat- 3895. I.etle1és seized in he returned to ter. _ sen er. Division ofmail- Sec. 3875. Mailahle matter shall be divided into three classes: mmm- First. Letters. B3? g_“;‘3‘i; :8;;* Second. Regular printed matter. 2963 ’’Third. Miscellaneous matter. First-class mat- Sec. 3876. Msulahle matter of the iirst, class shall embrace all corre- [f*]__ i _ ___ spondenee, wholly or partly lll writing, except hook-manuscripts and cor- Ibid., s. 1::1. rected proof-sheets passing between authors and publishers. se(·Om1-(-im mu. Sec. 3877. Mailable matter of the second class shall ennbrace all matrer. gn- ter exclusively in print, and regularly issued at stated periods from a Ibid__ ,,_ ,31 known office of publication, without addition by writing, mark, or sign. 23 .I•mr·, 1874, c. 456, a. 12, r. 18, p. 237. 3 Jlar., 1875, 4-. 128, s. 2, r. 18,p. 3-lfl. l2.F1l,v, 1876, 7-. 179, .<. 15, r. 19, p. 82. Thiel-¢l¤#¤ mei- Sec. 3878. _Mailable matter of the third class shall embrace all paml""· _ phlets, occasnonal publications, transient newspapers, magazines, hand- A s June, 187;, e. b1lls, posters, unsealed circulars, prospectuscs, books, book-manuscripts, 3;:5.6-1-*6·\'·l·»P· proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings. blu.nl<s. ',, j a ,1-,,,,,.;,, (_· 2,, flexible patterns. samples ot merchandise not excecdingtwelve ounces in ,._ 1;, p_ 40,, weight. sample cards, phonograph1c paper, letter envelopes, postal en\‘el·
Jane, 1874, ¢·. opes and wrappers, cards. plain and ornamental paper, photographic
- ·*g;‘”·]*:l,¤;,1?}&gf·*—;· representations ot (lll10F1I11i types. seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions,
_,,.); ,3·'_.“;8jp; and all other matter which may be declared mailable by law. and all zgyt ’ other articles not above the weight dprescrihed bylaw, which are not. 03 ,mn·., 1s?:?, C. from their form or nature, liable to estroy, defaee, or otherwise injure l·§,¤{[$,;‘-1§£€·ii- the contents of the marl-bag or the person of any one engagecl in the ,30’;__,8l·P_37,;_ ·postal service. All liquids, \)O1SOl'1S., glass. explosive materials. and 12 h,,,,_ 1876, (._ oh<cenc books shall he exeludm from the mails. All matter of the third 179, x. 15, z·. 19, _". class, excepting books and other printed matter, book-manuscripts. proof- 82. sheets, an corrected {proof-sheets, packages of seeds, cuttings. bulbs. roots. and scions, shal not exceed twelve ounces in weight, and packages of seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, and scions, shall not exceed four pounds in weight; and all matter of the third class shall he subject to examination and to rates of postage as hereinafter provided. Samples ot metals, ores, and mmera ogicahspecinicns shall not exceed twelve ounces in weight. and shall he snlqeet. to examination and to rates of postage as hereinafter provided. Limit of weight bac. 3819. No package weighing more than four pounds shall be of ma1l—pa<·kage. received for conveyance by mail, except books published or circulated 8 Ju,,;"§,Z; by order of Congress. 335, s. 134, v. 17, p. 500. 23 J•me,1874,c. 456, :•. S ·. 18 . 233. "3 lv · IS'4 ·‘ l2` 10, p. 237. 3Mm·.,18T5,c·. 128,s. 2, •·. 18, p. 31lhn·.,]8T5, lllliio, it1’2;,`,l.0l))7'?i mia;?;' P0 W bg;`. 3850. The ITOStl11l\SlE€l-Gt‘D(‘1'2\l shall furnish to the post-ofhees 27 July, ISGBTE exc, urging lllilllel with foreign countries, and to such other offices as l\¢‘ 281'v_ 14, p_ 30, ma) ( eem expedient. postal balances denominated in grams of the mef1'l<'
