| Show SPECIAL MAIL DELIVERY postmaster postmaster Post maiter general has issued a circular of information and instruct to all the concerning the extension of the special delivery sa system s to all and all mail matter the act of august ath in relation to this is to go into effect on the 1st ast of october following Yol lowing is the circular slightly condensed every post postoffice office in the United states and nd territories and the district of columbia now established and which will be established while tile the foregoing remains is hereby designated as a special delivery office these regulations shall take effect and be in force ou on and after oct abt woj on and after said date every postmaster will be held responsible tor for the immediate delivery of every article of matter which may be addressed to his ortice office properly stamped with wilh a special delivery deliver y stamp such immediate delivery must atias be made when the article is directed to an addressee residing or having a place of business within one mile anile of the it 0 st office the obligation to so deliver ver does not noc extend to an address addre s a beyond that distance but the pos postmaster t will be at liberty to make tuch such delivery beyond such limits and receive ceide e tile the compensation as in any tiler other case it is if commended to him as a proper and considerate thing tor for him to be done in accommodation ot tile the sender whenever it is reasonably convenient tile the hours couro within which immediate delivery shall be made shall be at least from 7 um am to 7 pa and further until the arrival of the last ruail mail provided that such arrival be not later than 9 rpm pm postmasters Postmaster sare are not required to make delivery of special delivery matter on sunday nor to keep their offic offices epen open inana different diffene n t wanner manner on that day from what is now provided ty by regulation postmasters will be at liti liberty erty however to deliver special delivery letters and parcels arriving on sundays such aucta immediate delivery made at third and fourth class offices may be made by the postmaster himself by any assistant or clerk or by any other competent person he ox may y employ as messenger the postmaster must provide the means and pay the expense of such delivery and will be allowed by whatever suitable pcr person on the delivery be made the full comp compensation a of 80 per cent of the face fac value evalue of all special delivery stamps oc at matter properly delivered from his bis office and recorded toe the service contemplated by the tae law requires that all special delivery i matter shall reach the addresses with tue the greatest possible expedition after it 46 arrives at the postmasters should therefore ther etore open all nalls at once on OB their ar arrival effial as s is required by the regulations and immediately pe separate parate them ibe matter bearing special del delivery lvery scamps and stamp or write on the en delope or wrapper the name of fit the office and the date and hour when the matter arrives next the mattor matter gowat be numbered and entered according accordi nR to number in a record us hereinafter provided alter af pr which it must be delivered without of time like inept be given to drop drap or local matter bearing special delivery stamps from the time it to i deposited deposited inthe ID tae post postoffice office special d delivery I 1 ivery matter must be delivered to the addressee or br to any one authorized autti omed to receive tiby bi mall mail matter in the case of registered matter received for lor special delivery registry receipts in addition to the special delivery receipts must mast be taken and all other re au irementa ot the registry must be observed for every special delivery article delivered the postmaster must take a receipt from the party receiving it and all receipts for matter delivered during daring any quarter must be sent as voli vouchers chers to the auditor at the end of a uch such quarter wath the postmasters account current for that quarter I 1 register matter will be entitled to special delivery the bame as ordinary matter when bearing a special delivery stamp in addition to the full postage and registry fee required by lawand law and the regulations dispatching in lu dispatch ina registered letters that bear special delivery stamps the postmaster should write conspicuously across the I 1 registered package envelope the words for special delivery sols 8 special ecial delivery stamps are to be sold by postmasters postmaster sin m any required amount and to any person persan who may apply for them but they cub can be used only for the purpose of securing the immediate delivery of matter andev no circumstances are they to be used in the payment of hostages po stages of any description or of the registry tee fee nor can any other stamps be employed to se I cure special delivery except trie special delivery stamp Theli the hours ours within which immediate delivery shall be made will be from 7 a m to 11 p al mi unless in special cases otherwise ordered by the postmaster general this requirement as to the hours of delivery does not necessarily extend to the transactions of any other postal business after the usual office hours hours the law provide that but the postmaster general may contract lor for thre the immediate delivery of all articles from any postoffice post office at any price less than 8 cents per piece when aa shall beem it expedient postmasters at free delivery offices will therefore forward a any ny propositions which they receive f ro or other reputable p 1 mutable p parties a s for performing the immediate imp e delivery of mail matter i at their re respective sp active offie offices eQ with a statement of all the facts ju each ease and such recommendations as tho they may see proper to make inthe matter |
