MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

46. Addressing.-When addressing mail matter, the name, post office, and state must be given; the street address, when there is one; or the post-office box, if the number is known. If the addressee resides on a rural free-delivery route, the number of the route should be given. If the matter is intended for delivery through the general delivery at the post office, the words "General Delivery" should be added. To secure return, the sender's name and address should always be written or printed in the upper left-hand corner of all mail matter.

Postage stamps should be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the address side, care being taken to see that they are securely fixed. Do not place the stamps all over a package in irregular order or have them upside down; if the package is small but heavy, purchase stamps of a large denomination.

47. Complaints. All complaints should be addressed to the local postmaster, accompanied, whenever possible, with the envelope or wrapper about which the complaint is made. When manifestly improper to direct complaints to the local postmaster, address the Postmaster-General, at Washington, District of Columbia.

48. Concealed Matter. For knowingly concealing or enclosing any matter of a higher class in that of a lower class and depositing it in the mails, the offender will be liable to a fine of $10.

49. Lists of Names.-Postmasters are forbidden to furnish lists of names of persons receiving mail at their post offices.

50. Mail in Care of Another. When a letter arrives at a post office addressed to one person in care of another, in the absence of further instructions, the postmaster will deliver it to the first of the two persons named who may call for it.

51. Parent or guardian may control the delivery of mail addressed to minors, except when they do not depend on parent or guardian for support.

52. Revenue and Cut Stamps.-Postage-due stamps, internal-revenue stamps, or embossed stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or stamps cut from postal cards will not be accepted in payment for postage. Revenue stamps are neither good for postage nor redeemable by the Post-Office Department.

53. Permissible Additions. The words "Personal," "To be called for," and other directions as to delivery and requests for forwarding or return on prepayment of new postage, are permissible as a part, of the address on second-, third-, and fourth-class matter.

54. Redemption of Unused Envelopes, Etc.-Unused stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, when presented in a substantially whole condition, will be redeemed by postmasters at their face value, either in postage stamps, stamped envelopes, or postal cards, but stamped envelopes with printed return card will be redeemed only from original purchasers. Postmasters will redeem unused, uncanceled, and unserviceable postal cards at 75 per cent. of their face value. Redemption will be made only to original purchasers and value given only in stamps, stamped envelopes, or other stamped paper.

55. Government Printed Envelopes. When Government stamped envelopes are purchased in lots of five hundred, or its multiple, of a single size, quality, and denomination, the Department will, on request, print the purchaser's return card on them without extra charge. Return cards will not be printed on newspaper wrappers.

56. Forwarding Mail. The only kind of domestic mail matter that is returnable to the sender without additional postage for such service when undeliverable is letters and other first-class matter prepaid one full rate (2 cents), official matter mailed under penalty envelope or frank, and double postal cards; but not single postal cards nor post cards.

First-class matter indorsed "After

days, return to—" expiration of the time

if not delivered will be returned at the indicated on the envelope or wrapper. If no time be set, the matter will be returned at the end of 30 days. The sender has the right to lengthen or shorten the time set, by subsequent direction to the postmaster, but mail matter in any event must remain in the post office for delivery at least 3 days.

57. Postage Due.-Matter of the first class prepaid one full rate-2 cents-will be dispatched with the amount of deficient postage rated thereon to be collected on delivery; other matter will not be forwarded unless fully prepaid. The weight of matter at the mailing post office determines the amount of postage chargeable thereon.

58. Postal Cards.-United States Government postal cards are entitled to all the privileges of letters except that of return to the sender when undeliverable. They must not bear any printing or writing on the address side other than the name and address and such ordinary index marks as the sender may employ to identify the correspondent.

A postal card with a statement of account written thereon, or a legal notice that taxes are due or about to become due, may be transmitted in the mails when such statement or notice does not contain anything reflecting injuriously on the conduct or character of a person. Threats and like matters are prohibited by law from being written or printed on postal cards sent through the mails.

59. Unmailable Matter.-All matter concerning any lottery, or other enterprise of chance or relating to schemes for the purpose of obtaining money or property under false pretenses is unmailable.

60. Wrapping Mail.-All matter should be so wrapped that it will bear transmission without breaking or injuring mail bags, their contents, or the person handling them. Persons mailing liquids or other merchandise of a particular nature should secure a copy of the specified directions for wrapping prepared by the Post-Office Department.

Drawings, photographs, etc. should be backed by pieces of stout pasteboard; otherwise they are certain to be damaged. The pasteboard should be slightly larger than the drawing or photograph. In wrapping cuts, card plates, etc., place a piece of blotting paper or soft pasteboard over the faces before wrapping. Always use substantial paper and tie the packages with strong cord.

Second-, third-, and fourth-class matter must be so wrapped or enveloped that the contents may be examined easily by postal officials. When not so wrapped, or when bearing or containing writing not authorized by law, the matter will be treated as first-class.

61. Postage on drop letters is 1 cent for each ounce or fraction, but there is no drop-letter rate where the mail must be delivered by carrier.

62. Seeds, Bulbs, Roots, Etc.-By special legislation, seeds, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants are mailable at the rate of 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction, but are otherwise entitled to the privileges of fourth-class matter. Under this head are included samples of wheat and other grains in their natural condition.

Samples of flour, rolled oats, pearled barley, dried peas, and beans in which the germ is destroyed, cut flowers, dried plants, and botanical specimens, not susceptible of propagation, and nuts and seeds (such as the coffee bean) used exclusively as food, are subject to the regular fourth-class rate of 1 cent an ounce or fraction.

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