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JUSTICES' COURTS.
By an act adopted August 1, 1805, justices of the peace were given cognizance of all claims or penalties not exceeding twenty dollars. The manner of proceed- ing was by warrant, issued upon application, to bring the defendant forthwith before the justice. Appeal was allowed by a subsequent act to the court of the district. After the abolition of the latter court in 1810, justices were given juris- diction to try, by consent of parties, all cases of a civil nature wherein the demand did not exceed $100. Upon the establishment of county courts in 1815, an appeal thereto was allowed from justices' courts.
Justices of the peace were appointed by the governor during territorial times. The first state constitution, however, provided for their election for a term of four years. The constitution of 1850 contained the same provision.
THE STATE JUDICIARY.
THE SUPREME COURT.
CHIEF JUSTICE.
ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, Grand Rapids, .-
Term expires Dec. 31, 1901
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.
FRANK A. HOOKER, Charlotte, Dec. 31, 1903
JOSEPH B. MOORE, Lapeer, Dec. 31, 1905
CHARLES D. LONG, Flint,
Dec. 31, 1907 -
CLAUDIUS B. GRANT, Marquette,
Dec. 31, 1909
Clerk-CHARLES C. HOPKINS, Lansing. Reporter-JOHN A. BROOKS, Lansing. Crier-MOSES R. TAYLOR, Lansing.
The salary of each justice of the supreme court is $7,000, and the term of office is ten years. They are required to reside in Lansing during their terins of office, according to the provisions of §186, Compiled Laws of 1897, At the time of their election their residences were as given above. The salary of the reporter, $1,500 and expenses of attending court; of the clerk, $300 and fees. They are appointed by the court, and hold office during the pleasure of the latter. The court holds four terms annually in Lansing, commencing on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, April, June and October.
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THE STATE JUDICIARY.
JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURTS.
[Term, six years from January 1, 1900.]
Circuit.
Name.
Residence.
1
Guy M. Chester.
2
Orville W. Coolidge
William L. Carpenter.
Morse Rohnert ..
3
Joseph W. Donavon
George S. Hosmer.
Detroit.
4
Erastus Peck ..
5
Clement Smith.
6
George W. Smith.
7
Charles H. Wisner
8
Frank D. M. Davis
9 John W. Adams
Kalamazoo.
10
Emmet L. Beach.
Saginaw. Saginaw. Sault Ste. Marie.
11 12 Albert F. Streeter
13
Frederick W. Mayne.
14 15
Frederick J. Russell
George L. Yaple.
16 James Tucker.
§ Alfred Wolcott.
Willis B. Perkins.
Theodore F. Shepard
19 20
Philip Padgham.
21 Peter F. Dodds ..
22
Edward D. Kinnie.
Ann Arbor. Oscoda. Lexington.
23 24 25 26
Watson Beach
John W. Stone
Frank Emerick
27 28 29
Clyde C. Chittenden
30
Howard Wiest ..
( Frank Whipple (b).
31 32
Norman W. Hare ..
33 Frank Sheperd.
34 Nelson Sharpe.
35
Stearns F. Smith.
36
John R. Carr
Cheboygan. West Branch. Owosse. Cassopolis.
(a) Elected Nov. 6, 1900, for unexpired term.
(b) Elected Nov. 6, 1900, vice Samuel W. Vance, deceased.
Circuit judges are elected for a term of six years. Salary, $2,500. County clerks are clerks of the circuit courts of their respective counties. Their salary is fixed by the boards of supervisors.
Hillsdale. Niles. Detroit. Detroit. Detroit. Detroit.
Flavius L. Brooke (a).
Detroit.
Jackson. Hastings. Pontiac.
Flint. Ionia.
§ Byron A. Snow.
Joseph H. Steere.
Calumet. Charlevoix. Hart. Mendon. Mt. Clemens. Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids. Bay City. Ludington. Allegan. Mt. Pleasant.
Maine J. Connine.
Marquette. Alpena. Big Rapids. Cadillac. Ithaca.
Lewis G. Palmer
George P. Stone
{ Nahum E. Thomas (a)
Williamston. Port Huron. Port Huron. Ironwood.
James B. McMahon.
17 18
.
Robert E. Frazer.
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THE STATE JUDICIARY.
STATE COURT OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION.
Term expires
WILLIAM D. MAHON, Detroit,
- May 26, 1901
ALEXANDER B. MORSE, Ionia, - May 26, 1902
FREDERICK KLUMP, Cass City, - May 26, 1903
This court is appointed for the purpose of settling disputes and grievances between employers and employes. It has a clerk, appointed from its own mem- bers, and the office of such clerk is at the capitol building at Lansing. Disputes between employers and employed must be submitted in writing to the court, whereupon an investigation of the matter is made by the court and a decision rendered. In case of strikes or lock-outs the court makes its investigation where such strike or lock-out may occur .- Chapter 30, Compiled Laws of 1897.
MUNICIPAL JUDGES.
RECORDER'S COURT OF DETROIT. 1 ALFRED J. MURPHY and JAMES PHELAN, Judges. TERMS OF COURT .- January 2, March 6, May 1, July 3, September 4, November 6, 1901.
SUPERIOR COURT OF GRAND RAPIDS.
RICHARD L. NEWNHAM.
TERMS OF COURT .- March 11, May 6, September 9, December 9, 1901.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
SHOWING POPULATION, 1900 and 1894, AND SESSIONS OF COURT, 1901.
Population.
Counties.
Circuits.
Sessions of court for 1901.
1900.
1894.
Hillsdale
1
29,865 48,406
30,272 48,541
Feb. Jan.
1
Total
78,271
78,813
Berrien.
2
49,165
45,635
Feb. 11
Apr. 22
Sept. 16
Dec. 3
Total
49,165
45,635
Wayne
3
348,793
292,461
Jan.
1
1
July 3
Sept. 3
Total
348,793
292,461
Jackson
4
48,222
46,535
Jan. 7 2 Mar.4 S
May
6
Sept. 9
Nov. 11
Total
48,222
46,535
Barry
5
22,514
23,699 47,472
Mar. 15 Feb. 12 Jan. 7
June 10 May 13 Apr. 8
Oct. Sept. July
1
Dec. Nov. 11 Oct. 15
Total
103,497
103,789
Lapeer
6
27,641
Oakland.
6
44,792
28,879 42,676
Jan. 7 Feb. 4
Mar. 11 Apr. 8
June 10 Sept. 9
Nov. . 4 Dec.
Total
72,433
71,555
Genesee
7
41,804
40,553
Jan. 7
Apr. 15
Sept. 3
Oct. 14
Total
41,804
40,553
Ionia
8
34,329
Montcalm
8
32,754
34,820 34,158
Feb. 4 Jan.
May Mar. 18
6
Sept. 16 June 4
Nov. 11 Oct. 7
Total
67,083
68,978
4
Apr. 15 Mar. 11
Sept. 3 7 May
7
9
Calhoun
5
49,315
Eaton
5
31,668
32,618
3
Nov. 25 Oct. 15
Lenawee
1
. .
1
2
Apr.
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JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS .- Continued.
Population.
Counties.
Circuits.
Sessions of court for 1901.
1900.
1894.
Kalamazoo
9
44,310
42,056
Feb. 18
May 13
Sept. 16
Nov. 18
Total
44,310
42,056
Saginaw
10
81,222
81,847
Mar. 4
May 13
Sept. 16
Dec. 10
Total
81,222
81,847
Alger
11
5,860
1,385
Feb. 5*
May 21
Chippewa
11
21,338
15,322
Feb. 12*
June 7
7
10 00 00 10 Nov. 5 Sept. 3 Oct. June 25
Sept. 24
Total
38,070
26,182
Baraga
12
4,320
4,232
Jan. 7 Jan. 21 Jan. 14
Apr. 8 Apr. 15
8 5 July Aug. Oct. 14
-1 Oct. Nov. 4
Houghton
12
66,063
44,175
Keweenaw
12
3,217
2,805
July 15
Total
73,600
51,212
Antrim
13
16,568
12,427
Feb. 11
Charlevoix.
13
13,956
11,665
Feb. 18
Grand Traverse
13
20,479
17,515
Jan. 14
Apr. 15
Leelanau.
13
10,556.
9,572
Feb. 4
June 17
Total
61,559
51,179
Muskegon
14
37,036
37,324
Jan. 14 Jan. 7
Apr. 22 Apr. 1
Sept. 16 Sept. 2
Nov. 18 Nov. 4
Oceana
14
16,644
16,599
Total
53,680
53,923
Branch.
15
27,811
26,207
St. Joseph.
15
23,889
25,087
Jan. 4 : Mar. 25 Mar. 4 June 3
July Oct.
8 -1
Oct. 28 Dec. 2
Total
51,700
51,294
Macomb
16
33,244
32,387
Mar. 11
May 13
Sept. 16
Dec. 2
Total
33,244
32,387
Kent
17
129,714
121,938
Mar. 4
May
6
Sept. 23
Dec. 2
Total
129,714
121,938
Bay.
18
62,378
61,304
Mar. 4
May
6
Sept. 9
Dec. 2
Total
62,378
61,304
Dec. 3*
Luce.
11
2,983
2,348
Jan. 22*
May
Schoolcraft
11
7,889
7,127
Jan. 28
Apr. 16*
May 13 May 6
Aug. 13 Aug. 5 June 10 Oct. 14
2 Dec. Nov. 18 Sept. 16
* Non-jury term.
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JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS .- Continued.
Population.
Counties.
Circuits.
1900.
1894.
Lake.
19
4,957
5,897
Feb. 25 Feb. 4
May 13 May 20 1 Apr. June 3
Oct. 14 Sept. 3 June 17 Sept. 17
Nov. 18 Oct. 7 Dec.
9
Total
69,557
66,908
Allegan
20
38,812
39,189
Feb. 18 Jan. 7
May 20 Mar. 19
Oct. Aug. 5
7
Dec. 2
Ottawa
20
39,667
39,083
Nov. 4
Total
78,479
78,272
1
Clare
21
8,360
7,976
Jan.
7
Mar. 25 May 20
June 17 Sept. 3 Aug. 26
Oct. 21
Total
45,583
42,633
Feb. Mar.
4
1
June 3 Oct.
7
Dec.
Total
80,515
76,690
Alcona
23
5,691
5,418
Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 5
June 10 June 17 June 4
Sept. 9 ·Sept. 16 Sept. 3
Dec. 2
Oscoda
23
1,468
1,806
Total
17,405
19,564
Huron.
21
34,162
32,256
Jan. 21 Jan. 7
Mar.
4
June 10 May 27 Sept. 3
Oct. 21 Sept. 23 Dec. 3
Total
105,107
100,613
Delta.
25
23,881
19,262
Jan. 14
Apr. 15
Oct. 21
Dickinson.
25
17,890
14,700
Jan.
7
Apr.
8
July 22* July 15*
Oct. 14
Iron ..
25
8,990
5,293
Feb. 18
June
3
Oct.
7
Dec. 3
Menominee
25
27,046
23,740
Feb. 4
May
6
Aug. 12*
Nov. 18
Total
119,046
101,003
Alpena
26
18,254
17,717
Mar. 4 Jan. 14 Jan. 7
June July July
3
Oct.
-1
Dec. 2
Montmorency.
26
3, 234
2,438
Presque Isle
26
8,821
5,911
1
Total
30,309
26,066
Mecosta
27
20,693
20,729
Feb. 11 Mar. 4
May 13 June 3
Sept. 3 Sept. 16
Nov. Dec. 9
4
Newaygo
27
17,637
19,125
Total
38,330
39,854
7
Osceola
19
17,859
16,472
Jan. Mar.
4
Manistee
19
27,856
26,114
Mason ..
19
18,885
18,422
Sept. 16
Isabella
21
22,784
21,439
Feb. 25
Midland.
21
14,439
13,218
Jan. 21
Apr. 8
Monroe
22
32,754
33,181
Nov. 4
Washtenaw
22
47,761
43,509
4
Apr. May
6
Mar. 25
Sanilac ...
24
35,055
33,945
Tuscola
24
35,890
34,412
Feb. 12
May
7
Marquette ..
25
41,239
38,008
Feb. 25
May 20
Sept. 10
Iosco.
23
10,246
12,340
Nov. 25
.
* Non jury term.
Sessions of court for 1901.
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JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS .- Concluded.
Population.
Counties.
Circuits.
Sessions of court for 1901.
1900.
1894.
Benzie.
28
9,685
8,033 5,640
Feb. 11 Jan. 14
May 13 Apr. 8 Apr. 1 May 27
July 8 July 22
Oct. 21
Total
42,971
34,705
Clinton
29
25,136
26,262
Feb. 4 Mar. 11
Apr. 22 June 3
June 25 Sept. 9
Nov. 11 Dec. 2
Gratiot.
29
29,889
28,776
Total
55,025
55,038
Jan.
7
Mar. 4
May 13
Sept. 23
Total
39,818
39,689
St. Clair
31
55,228
54,321
Jan. 7
Apr. 1
July
1
Oct. 7
Total
55,228
54,321
Gogebic.
32
16,738
14,083
Feb. 18 Feb. 4
May 20 June 3
Aug. 26 Oct. 14
Dec. 2 Dec. 16*
Total
22,935
20,956
Cheboygan.
33
15,516
13,900
Jan. 8
Sept. 3
Emmet ..
33
15,931
10,382
Feb. 12
Apr. 9 May 14
June 25* July 10*
Oct. 16
Mackinac
33
7,703
7,237
Jan. 22
May 7
July 2 *:
Sept. 25
Total
39,150
31,519
Arenac.
34
9,821
6,943
Feb. 19
Crawford
34
. 2,943
2,710
Jan. 15
June 18 May 14 June 11
Oct. 15 Sept. 17
Gladwin.
34
6,564
4,900
Feb. 12
Oct. 8
Ogemaw
34
7,765
5,638
Feb. 26
June 25
Oct. 22
Otsego
34
6,175
4,794
Jan. 22
May 21
Sept. 24
Roscommon.
34
1,787
1,657
Jan. 8
May 7
Sept. 10
Total
35,055
26,642
Livingston
35
19,664 33,866
20,437
4 Feb. Feb. 25
Apr. 15 May 13
June 17 Sept. 9
Nov. 4 Nov. 25
Total
53,530
53,291
Cass
36
20,876
21,176
Van Buren
36
33,274
31,059
Jan. 14 Feb. 4
Mar. 18 Apr. 15
May 27 Sept. 9
Oct. 7 Nov. 18
Total
.. . .
54,150
52,235
Sept. 16 July 15
Nov. 18 Sept. 9
Kalkaska
28
7,133
Missaukee.
28
9,308
6,955
Sept. 3
Wexford ..
28
16,845
14,047
Jan. 7 Mar. 4
Ingham
30
39,818
39,689
Ontonagon.
32
6,197
6,873
32,854
Shiawassee
35
* Non-jury term.
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UNITED STATES COURTS IN MICHIGAN.
THE CIRCUIT COURTS.
The United States are divided into nine judicial circuits. The circuit courts in each circuit are held by the justices of the supreme court allotted to the circuit, or by a circuit judge of the circuit (salary $6,000), or by the district judge of the district sitting alone, or by any two of the above sitting together.
SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, Washington, D. C., associate justice of supreme court.
HORACE H. LURTON, Nashville, Tennessee, circuit judge.
WILLIAM R. DAY, Canton, Ohio, circuit judge.
HENRY F. SEVERENS, Kalamazoo, Michigan, circuit judge.
Districts of Northern Ohio, Southern Ohio, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and Western Tennessee.
Michigan Officers of the United States Circuit Courts in Michigan.
Clerk .- Eastern District-WALTER S. HARSHA, Detroit; salary, fees. Clerk .- Western District-CHARLES L. FITCH, Grand Rapids; fees.
Deputy Clerk .- FRANCIS M. MOORE, Marquette; fees.
THE DISTRICT COURTS.
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.
Southern Division .- The counties of Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Sanilac, Washtenaw, Wayne.
Northern Division .- The counties of Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboy- gan, Clare, Crawford, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Shiawassee, Tuscola.
Judge, Henry H. Swan, Detroit, salary, $5,000; attorney, William D. Gordon, Midland, salary, $4,000; assistant attorney, James V. D. Wilcox, Detroit, salary, $2,000; clerk, Darius J. Davison, salary, fees; marshal, William R. Bates, Flint, office at Detroit, salary, $4,000. Regular terms commence in Detroit on the first Tuesdays of March, June and November; admiralty terms first Tuesday of each month. At Bay City, first Tuesdays of May and October; admiralty term, first Tuesday in February.
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UNITED STATES COURTS IN MICHIGAN.
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.
Southern Division .- The counties of Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Cass, Charlevoix, Eaton, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Mus- kegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Wexford.
Northern Division .- The counties of Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickin- son, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Isle Royal, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Mar- quette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft.
Judge, George P. Wanty, Grand Rapids, salary, $5,000; attorney, George G. Covell, Traverse City, salary, $3,500; assistant attorney, Dwight Goss, Grand Rapids, salary, $1,600; marshal, A. Oren Wheeler, Manistee, salary, $3,000 and fees; clerk, John McQuewan, Grand Rapids, fees. Terms commence on the first - Tuesdays of March and October at Grand Rapids, first Tuesdays of May and Sep- tember at Marquette.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT.
The sixth judicial circuit of the United States comprises Michigan, Ohio, Ken- tucky and Tennessee.
One term of this court shall be held annually on the Tuesday after the first Monday of October, and adjourned sessions on the Tuesday after the first Mon- day of each other month in the year, except August and September.
All sessions of the court shall be held at Cincinnati, unless otherwise especially ordered by the court.
At the October, February and May sessions of the court, hereafter referred to as calendar sessions, there shall be a regular and peremptory call of a calendar containing all the cases upon the docket, which, under the rules, should then be ready for hearing.
At other than calendar sessions, except the June and July session, the court will hear any case upon the docket in which the record has been printed, and briefs for both parties filed, provided that there has been also filed in the clerk's office on the Monday preceding the first day of such session the written consent of counsel for both parties that such hearing may be had.
At other than calendar sessions, the court, on motion, will also hear appeals from interlocutory orders granting preliminary injunctions, appeals or writs of error in any cause given priority by the statutes of the United States, and appeals from orders in habeas corpus proceedings, where the petitioner is in jail, provided that the record has been printed, and the brief of the moving party, and due notice of the motion have been filed with the opposing counsel at least six days before the opening day of the session.
Appeals in habeas corpus cases, when the petitioner is in jail, will be heard at any time when the court is in session, after the record has been printed and the brief for the petitioner has been filed with the opposing counsel six days before the day set for the hearing of the motion.
At other than calendar sessions the court will also hear all motions and miscel- laneous business, and will announce opinions.
For good cause shown, ou motion of either party, the court may advance any cause upon the docket to be heard at any session, whether calendar or otherwise, even though the time permitted under the rules for the filing of briefs may not have expired at the day set for the hearing. Such motions for the advancement of causes will only be heard by the court upon five days' previous notice to opposing counsel.
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UNITED STATES COURTS IN MICHIGAN.
JUDGES.
JOHN M. HARLAN, of Kentucky, associate justice of supreme court.
HORACE H. LURTON, of Tennessee, circuit judge.
WILLIAM R. DAY, of Ohio, circuit judge.
HENRY F. SEVERENS, of Michigan, circuit judge.
In case either of the above named are from any cause unable to sit, any district judge in the circuit may be assigned to sit.
Clerk, Frank O. Loveland, of Cincinnati, Ohio, salary, $3,000; clerk's office at Cincinnati, Ohio.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
[C. L. 1897, §§ 4880-81.]
January 1-New Year's Day.
February 22-Washington's Birthday.
May 30-Decoration-Memorial Day. July 4-Independence Day. First Monday in September-Labor Day. December 25-Christmas.
"And any day appointed or recommended by the governor of this state, or the president of the United States, as a day of fasting and prayer or thanksgiving."
In case any of the holidays shall fall upon a Sunday, then, the Monday follow- ing shall be considered as the said holiday.
Saturday afternoons a legal holiday for banks unless voted to the contrary by the directors.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS UPON POSTAL SUBJECTS.
COMPILED FROM U. S. POSTAL REGULATIONS.
Direct your mail matter to a postoffice, and if to a city, add the street and number or postoffice box of the person addressed. If you are not certain that the place to which you wish to send is a postoffice, inquire of the postmaster. Matter not addressed to a postoffice cannot be forwarded. To insure certainty in dispatch of mail, give the county in which the postoffice is situated, and spell the name of the state in full. Write or print your name and address, and the contents, if a package, upon the upper left-hand corner of all mail matter. This will insure its immediate return to you for correction, if improperly addressed or insufficiently paid; and if it is not called for at its destination it can be returned to you without going to the dead letter office. If a letter it will be returned free. Register all valuable letters and packages. Registry fee eight cents, which with the postage must be fully prepaid. The name and address of sender must be given on the outside of the wrapper or envelope of all registered inatter.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
First Class .- Letters, and all other written matter, whether sealed or unsealed, and all other matter sealed, nailed, sewed, tied or fastened in any manner. so that it cannot be easily examined, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. "Drop Letters," two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, when mailed at letter carrier offices, and one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof at offices where free delivery by carrier is not established. Postal cards one cent each. Postal cards are unmailable with any writing or printing on the address side, except the direction, or with anything pasted upon or attached to them except an address tag or label.
Second Class .- The rate of postage on newspaper and periodical publications, when sent by publishers or news-agents, is one cent a pound or fraction thereof, when sent by others than the publishers or news-agents, one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof.
Third Class .- Printed matter (except newspaper and other periodical publica- tions issued as often as four times a year, which are classed as transient second class matter, rate one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof), in unsealed wrappers only (all matter enclosed in sealed envelopes notched on the sides or corners must pay letter rates), one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, which must be fully prepaid. This includes books, circulars, chromos, land- bills, engravings, lithographs, music, pamphlets, photographs, proof sheets and manuscripts accompanying the same, reproductions by the electric pen, hecto- graph, metallograph, papyrograph, and, in short, any reproduction upon paper by any process, excepting handwriting and the copying press, not in the nature of a personal correspondence. Limit of weight, four pounds, except for a single book, which may weigh more. Third elass matter must be fully prepaid, or it will not be forwarded.
NOTE .- For mail to Cuba see U. S. Postal Guide.
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POSTAL REGULATIONS.
Fourth Class .- All inailable matter not included in the three preceding classes which is so prepared for mailing as to be easily withdrawn from the wrap- per and examined. Rate, one cent per ounce or fraction thereof. Limit of weight, four pounds; full prepayment compulsory.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
By the affixing of a special delivery stamp of ten cents, any mail matter what- soever will be delivered immediately after arrival to any point within the carrier limits of any free delivery office, between the hours of 7 A. M. and 11 P. M., and within one mile of all other postoffices between the hours of 7 A. M. and 7 P. M.
MAIL TO ISLAND POSSESSIONS.
All mail sent from the United States to the Island of Guam, the Philippine Archipelago, or Tutuila (including adjacent islands of the Samoan group which are possessions of the United States), shall be subject to the United States do- mestic classification, conditions and rates of postage, and are included in the term of "Island Possessions." The island of Porto Rico and territory of Hawaii are included in the term " United States."
RATES OF POSTAGE TO CANADA.
(The Dominion of Canada embraces all the British North American Provinces except Newfoundland.)
Letters and Postal Cards .- Same rates and conditions of prepayment of postage as for domestic letters and postal cards.
Other Matter .- Same rates and conditions of transmission as for matter for delivery within the United States, except that merchandise is rigidly excluded. Samples of merchandise are mailable, but they must not exceed eight ounces in weight, and are subject to a postage of ten cents each. They must also be strictly specimens of goods for sale.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO POSTAL UNION COUNTRIES.
[This includes nearly every foreign country.]
Letters, five cents per half ounce or fraction thereof (fifteen grams being the postal equivalent of half an ounce.)
Postal cards, two cents each.
Registration fee, eight cents.
Printed matter and samples of merchandise, one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
MONEY ORDERS.
The fees charged for domestic money orders are as follows: For orders not exceeding $2.50, 3 cents; $2.50 to $5, 5 cents; $5 to $10, 8 cents; $10 to $20, 10 cents; $20 to 30, 12 cents; $30 to $40, 15 cents; $40 to, $50, 18 cents; $50 to $60, 20 cents; $60 to $75, 25 cents; $75 to $100, 30 cents.
Limited money order offices are offices authorized to issue money orders for sums not exceeding $5, but not to pay any money orders. By act of congress, approved January 27, 1894, a new schedule of fees for domestic money orders was prescribed. The postal notes were discontinued.
INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS.
The fees charged are as follows: For orders not exceeding $10, 10 cents; from $10 to $20, 20 cents; from $20 to $30, 30 cents; from $30 to $40, 40 cents; from $40 to $50, 50 cents; from $50 to $60, 60 cents; from $60 to $70, 70 cents; from $70 to $80, 80 cents; from $80 to $90, 90 cents; from $90 to $100, $1.
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POSTAL REGULATIONS.
PERMISSIBLE WRITING.
No writing is permitted on third or fourth class matter except as follows: The name and address of sender on the outside or inside of package, preceded by the word "from." On the wrapper may also be written the names and number of articles enclosed. The sender is further allowed to mark a word or passage in a book or paper to which he desires to call special attention. He may also write a simple inscription or dedication upon the cover or blank leaves of a book or pamphlet. There may be attached to articles or merchandise, by a tag or label, a mark, number, name or letter for purpose of identification. Printed circulars may contain the written name of the sender or of the addressee, and the date. Any other writing on third or fourth class matter will subject the package to letter rates of postage, and render the sender liable to a fine of ten dollars for each offense. Printed matter may be enclosed with fourth class matter, but the whole package is subject to the rate of one cent per ounce or fraction thereof.
REFORWARDING.
Letters will be reforwarded from one postoffice to another upon the written request of the person addressed, without additional charge for postage; but packages of third and fourth class matter cannot be forwarded or returned without new payment of postage.
LOTTERY MATTER.
An act of congress which took effect September 19,1890, contained the following prohibitions and penalties against transmission through the mails of any matter concerning lotteries or gift enterprises : "No letter, postal card or circular con- cerning any lottery, so called gift coneert or other similar enterprise offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or concerning schemes devised for the pur- pose of obtaining money or property under false pretenses. And no list of the drawings at any lottery or similar scheme, and no lottery ticket or part thereof, and no check, draft, bill, money, postal note or money order, for the purchase of any ticket, tickets, or part thereof, or of any share or any chanee in any such lot- tery or gift enterprise shall be carried in the mail or delivered at or through any postoffice or branch thereof, or by any letter carrier ; nor shall any newspaper, circular, pamphlet or publication of any kind containing any advertisement of any lottery or gift enterprise of any kind offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or containing any list of prizes awarded at the drawings of any such lot- tery or gift enterprise, whether said list is of any part or of all of the drawing, be carried in the mail or delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier. Any person who shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, or who shall knowingly send or cause to be sent, anything to be conveyed or delivered by mail in viola- tion of this section, or who shall knowingly cause to be delivered by mail any- thing herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- ineanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprison- ment for each offense. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section may be proceeded against by information or indictment and tried and punished, either in the district at which the unlawful publication was mailed, or to which it is carried by mail for delivery according to the directions thereon, or at which it is caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it is addressed."
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