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New Baltimore ...
{ Macomb. [ St. Clair.
Ira ..
}
903
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 791; revised, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 482; amended. S, L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1269; L. A. 1875, p. 463.
Newberry.
Luce.
McMillan .
1,256
1885
L. A. 1885, p. 161; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 118.
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1133.
Montgomery
Hillsdale.
Camden .
1,021
1883
L. A. 1883, p. 442.
Montague ...
Washtenaw ..
York ...
Minden ..
373
1882
L. A. 1877, p. 63. L. A. 1882, p. 9.
.
By supervisors, L. A. 1901, p. 756.
By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 926.
[ Mt. Morris ..
·
By supervisors, L. A. 1905, p. 1192.
By_supervisors, L. A. 1897, p. 1220.
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 744; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 102.
[ Castleton. . .
Chesterfield.
.
Ætna
New Buffalo. . . .
Berrien .. .
New Buffalo. . .
640 b. s.
Macomb.
Lenox ..
481
1869 1881
North Adams .. . .
Hillsdale.
Adams.
471
North Branch ..
Lapeer.
North Branch. .
620
1881
Northport.
Leelanau.
Leelanau .
545
1903
Northville.
Wayne.
Northville.
1,627
1867
Oakley
Saginaw.
Brady.
241
1887 L. A. 1887, p. 44; amended, 1889, p. 626.
Olivet.
Eaton.
Walton.
776
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 541; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 479; see L. A. 1907, p. 740. L. A. 1891, p. 667
Onekama.
Manistee.
Onekama.
323
1891
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1138.
Onsted.
Lenawee ..
Cambridge
*
1907
L. A. 1885, p. 78; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 669.
Ontonagon.
Ontonagon ..
Ontonagon.
1,601
1885
Ortonville.
Oakland.
Brandon.
361
1902
Orion ..
Oakland.
Orion ..
764
1859
S. L. 1859, p. 529; repealed, S. L. 1863, p. 182; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 504; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 138; 1889, p. 622; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 99.
Oscoda. .
Iosco.
· Oscoda
1,023
1885 L. A. 1885, p. 323.
Otisville.
Genesee.
Forest.
306
1877 L. A. 1877, p. 60.
Otsego ..
Allegan.
Otsego.
2,045
1865
S. L. 1865, p. 297; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 287; 1869, Vol. 2, p. 811; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 478; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 87; revised, L. A. 1889, p. 558.
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[ Lapeer.
Marathon ..
244
1883
Ovid. . .
Clinton.
Ovid
1,232
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 723; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1210; L. A. 1887, p. 126.
Owendale ..
Huron ..
Brookfield .
*
1905
Oxford ..
Oakland.
Oxford ..
1,323
1876
Parma ....
Jackson.
Sandstone ...
}
504
1864
By supervisors; originally called Groveland; changed to Parma March 16, 1849, S. L. 1849, p. 101; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 241.
Paw Paw ..
Van Buren .. .
Paw Paw ...
1,747
1859
S. L. 1859, p. 292; repealed, S. L. 1863, p. 65; incorporated, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 1115; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 190; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1;1L. A. 1881, p. 315; territory added, L. A. 1905, p. 1203.
Peck. ..
Sanilac. . . . ..
Elk.
291
1903
Pellston. .
Emmet. ....
\ Mckinley ..
*
1907
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, pp. 728-31.
Pentwater.
Oceana. .. . .
Pentwater ..
1,193
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 438; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 424; L. A. 1881, p. 138.
Perrinton
Gratiot. . . . .
Fulton.
284
1891
L. A. 1891, p. 881.
* Population as a village not given.
181
.
INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
By supervisors.
Otter Lake.
\ Genesee ..
Forest ..
.
}
L. A. 1905, p. 111.
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 6.
Parma ....
1836
New Haven ... ..
S. L. 1836, p. 184; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1272; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 802; repealed, L. A. 1879, p. 216; reincorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 300. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1606; charter revised, L. A. 1877, p. 37. L. A. 1881, p. 18. L. A. 1881, p. 17; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 414; see L. A. 1907, pp. 800, 1017.
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 941.
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 309; reincorporated, L. A. 1881, p. 7.
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 943.
L. A. 1903, p. 23.
[ Maple River ....
182
INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.
Village.
County.
Township.
Popula- tion, 1904.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Perry.
Shiawassee ..
Perry.
772
1893
L. A. 1893, p. 968; see L. A. 1907, p. 485.
Petersburgh
Monroe ..
Summer ierfield ..:
517
1869
Pewamo
Ionia ..
Lyons. .
353
1871
Pierson ..
Montcalm ...
Pierson.
225
1873
S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 207; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 460; 1879, p. 70; 1887, p. 550.
Pigeon.
Huron.
Winsor. .
582
1903
Pinckney.
Livingston. .
Putnam.
485
1883
Pinconning.
Bay.
Pinconning.
677
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 704; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 738.
Plainwell
Allegan ..
Gun Plain.
1,324
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 827; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 156; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 223; 1877, p. 27; 1881, p. 294; 1883, p. 440.
Plymouth ..
Wayne.
Plymouth
1,663
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 172; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 34; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 996.
Port Austin.
Huron ..
Pt. Aux Barques
555
1887
Port Hope ..
Huron ..
Rubicon. .
339
1887
Portland ..
Ionia.
Portland ..
1,833
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1037; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 585; L. A. 1877, p 29; 1883, p. 429; 1887, p. 631; 1893, p. 26; see L. A. 1907, p. 458.
Port Sanilac.
Sanilac.
Sanilac.
262
1877
Posen. .
Presque Isle ..
Posen. .
*
1907
Potterville.
Eaton ..
Benton. .
447
1881
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 122; boundaries changed, L. A. 1899, p. 98.
Quincy ..
Branch .. .
Quincy. .
1,344
1858
By supervisors; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 7; L. A. 1885, p. 8; 1897, p. 20.
Reading.
Hillsdale ..
Reading.
1,007
1873
Redford ..
Wayne. .
Redford.
*
1907
Ped Jacket.
Houghton.
Calumet.
3,784
1875
L. A. 1875, p. 73; amended, 1877, p. 21; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 676; 1891, p. 996; territory annexed, L. A. 1907, p. 537.
Reed City.
Osceola ..
Richmond
1,908
1872
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 527; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 385.
Reese .
Tuscola ...
Denmark.
427
1887
Richland ..
Kalamazoo ...
Richland ..
318
1871
Richmond ..
Macomb.
Richmond ..
3
1,332
1879
River Rouge.
Wayne.
Ecorce.
2,474
1902
Rochester ..
Oakland ..
Avon.
1,618
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 708; amended, L. A. 1877 p. 464; 1883, p. 741 . see L. A. 1907. p. 413.
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
L. A. 1887, p. 223. L. A. 1887, p. 134.
L. A. 1877, p. 100. L. A. 1907, p. 400.
S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 598; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 30. L. A. 1907, p. 102.
L. A. 1887, p. 45; see L. A. 1907, p. 708. S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 593.
Lenox. .
L. A. 1879, p. 47; territory annexed, L. A. 1901, p. 311.
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 949
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 489; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1442. S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1232; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 5.
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 939.
L. A. 1883, p. 111.
Rockford.
Kent ..
Plainfield. . . .. Algoma ..... .
783
1871
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1274; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 96; 1873. Vol. 2, p. 365; L. A. 1879, p. 10; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 858.
Rogers.
Presque Isle ..
Rogers. .
566
1877
Romeo.
Macomb. . . .
Washington ...
}
1,572
1838
L. A. 1877, p. 307; 1903, p. 287. S. L. 1838, p. 87; amended, S. L. 1839, p. 158; amended, S. L. 1855, p. 59; authorized to incorporate under general laws, S. L. 1863, p. 51; boundaries changed, S. L. 1863, p. 87; re- incorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 29.
Roscommon.
Higgins ..
407
1882 1891
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 308. L. A. 1891, p. 97.
Royal Oak
Roscommon . Oakland .. . . Washtenaw. .
Royal Oak .... Saline.
733
1866
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 449; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 438; territory annexed, L. A. 1907, p. 411; ter- ritory detached, 1907 p. 728.
Sand Lake.
Kent .. .
Nelson ..
357
1878
Saranac ..
Ionia ..
Boston. .
777
1869
Saugatuck ..
Allegan ..
Saugatuck.
633
1868
By supervisors; revised, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 271; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 977
Schoolcraft ..
Kalamazoo ...
Schoolcraft.
826
1866
By supervisors; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 343; re- vised, L. A. 1875, p. 834; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 143.
Sebewaing.
Huron.
Sebewaing.
1,431
1879
Shelby ....
Oceana.
Shelby ..
1,226
1885
Shepherd.
Isabella ..
Coe.
796
1889
L. A. 1889, p. 176.
Sheridan.
Montcalm ....
Bushnell.
Fairplain.
Antioch ..
403
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 575.
Sherwood.
Branch ..
Sherwood.
411
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 131; 1897, p. 22.
Sibley.
Wayne. .
Monguagon.
481
1902
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 951.
South Frankfort ..
Benzie.
Gilmore.
684
1894
South Lyon ..
Oakland. . . .
Lyon.
707
1873
By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 901. S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 927; L. A. 1885, p. 287; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 105.
South Range.
Houghton ... Kent.
Adams.
1,177
1906
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1134.
Sparta ...
Ottawa ..
Spring Lake. .
764
1869
Springport ..
Jackson ..
Springport.
534
1883
Stambaugh ....
Iron ... .
Stambaugh ..
667 *
1890
Stanwood. .
Mecosta. .
Mecosta.
1907
L. A. 1907, p. 374.
* Population as a village not given.
183
INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
L. A. 1879, p. 40. S. L. 1885, p. 74; see L. A. 1907, p. 1061 ..
Evergreen. Sidney ..
378
1877
L. A. 1877, p. 186.
Sherman.
Wexford.
Hanover.
Springville. Wexford.
Sparta.
1,081
1883 1
Spring Lake.
L. A. 1883, p. 517. S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 686; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2. p. 626; L. A. 1877, p. 278; reincorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 227. L. A. 1883, p. 23. By supervisors.
.
Bruce.
577
Saline. . .
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 17. S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 137; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 317; L. A. 1883, p. 549.
184
INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.
Village.
County.
Township.
Popula- tion, 1904.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
St. Charles .. St. Clair Heights ..
Saginaw.
St. Charles .. Gratiot. .
1,550
545
1903
Stephenson.
Menominee ..
Stephenson.
642
1898
Stevensville.
Berrien ..
Lincoln .. .
237
1893
Stockbridge.
Ingham.
Stockbridge .. .
686
1889
Sunfield. .
Eaton. . . .
Sunfield .
404
1899
Sutton's Bay.
Leelanau .. ...
Sutton's Bay ...
417
1898
Tecumseh.
Lenawee.
Tecumseh ..
2,525
1837
Tekonsha ..
Calhoun. .
Tekonsha ..
576
1877
Thompsonville. ...
Benzie ..
Colfax ..
879
1892
Three Oaks.
Berrien ..
Three Oaks ..
1,000
1867
Tower. . Trenton .
Cheboygan . Wayne ..
Monguagon. . .
1,201
1855
Tustin. .
Osceola ..
Burdell.
370
1893
Twining ..
Arenac. .
Turner.
484
1896
Union City
Branch.
Bingham ... Union.
1,333
1866
Unionville .
Tuscola ..
Columbia.
457
1879
Utica.
Macomb.
Sterling.
-
Vandalia.
Cass ..
Penn ..
347
1875
Vanderbilt.
Otsego.
Corwith
382
1901
Vassar.
Tuscola.
Vassar.
2,032
1871
Vermont ville.
Eaton. .
Vermont ville. . .
730
1871
Unable to find date; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 723. By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 953.
By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 562. L. A. 1893, p. 169. L. A. 1889, p. 71. L. A. 1899, p. 55.
By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 561.
S. L. 1837, p. 69; amended, April 5, 1838, p. 220; 1849, p. 224; reincorporated, S. L. 1859, p. 183; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 715; boundary changed, L. A. 1905, p. 1197.
L. A. 1877, p. 271; see L. A. 1907, p. 516.
By supervisors; incorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 582.
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 644; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 33; 1891, p. 883.
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1130; see L. A. 1907, p. 439. S. L. 1855, p. 98; originally called Truago; name changed, S. L. 1847, p. 25; repealed, S. L. 1857, p. 201; incorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 546.
Incorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 583.
L. A. 1903, p. 655.
By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 556.
By supervisors; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1057; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 324; 1891, p. 9.
L. A. 1879, p. 79.
Shelby ..
520
1838
S. L. 1838, p. 91; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 444; 1881, p. 293.
L. A. 1875, p. 515; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 52; 1889, pp. 452, 453.
L. A. 1901, p. 761.
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 140; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 233; rein- corporated, L. A. 1877, p. 59; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 154; 1885, p. 324.
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 310; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 239; L. A. 1871, p. 115; 1885, p. 70.
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
Mason ..
341
1903
Ubly. . .
Huron ..
Forest .
*
1906
Wayne ..
{ Grosse Point ..
Weldon.
.
Vernon. .
Shiawassee .. . Kalamazoo ...
Vernon .. ..
522
1871 1871
Wakefield.
Gogebic ..
Wakefield.
868
1877
24 Waldron .. Warren Watervliet.
Hillsdale.
Wright. .
*
1905
Macomb
Warren.
336
1893
Berrien ..
Watervliet.
816
1891
Wayland.
Allegan ..
Wayland ..
657
1868
Wayne.
Wayne. . .
Nankin .. Leroy.
1,218
1869
Webberville.
Ingham ..
Westphalia.
371
1883
Westphalia
Clinton ..
Everett ...
}
630
1879
Whitehall ..
Muskegon ... .
Whitehall ..
1,557
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 572; originally called Mears; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 807; revised, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1088; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 578; 1877, p. 495.
White Pigeon.
St. Joseph .. .
White Pigeon ...
608
1837
S. L. 1837, p. 30; authorized to organize under general law, March 4, 1865, S. L. 1865, p. 182; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1287; L. A. 1893, p. 112.
Williamston ..
Ingham .... .
Williamstown ..
Nunda ..
Wolverine.
Cheboygan ...
Wilmot ..
614
1903
Woodland.
Barry. . . .
Woodland.
364
1892
By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 929.
* Population as a village not given.
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 628; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 498. By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 525; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 563; 1889, p. 983.
By supervisors; by legislature, L. A. 1893, p. 966; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 973; amended, L. A. 1895, p. 7; territory de- tached, L. A. 1903, p. 402.
By supervisors, L. A. 1905, p. 1194. L. A. 1893, p. 1019.
L. A. 1891, p. 573; amended, L. A. 1895, p. 8.
By supervisors; reorganized, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 901; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 87; repealed in part, 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 261; L. A. 1893, p. 155; 1901, p. 308. S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1096; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 26. Under general law; unable to find exact date. L. A. 1883, p. 403.
L. A. 1879, p. 9.
White Cloud.
Newaygo. . . .
Wilcox.
[ Wheatfield ..
1,106
1871
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1143; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 322; reincorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 554; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 228. L. A. 1903, p. 56.
INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
185
.
Vicksburg ..
Brady.
Schoolcraft.
1,212
345
186
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
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 correc- tion, if improperly addressed or insufficiently paid; and if it is not called for at its des- tination it will 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, and name and address of sender must be given on the outside of envelope or wrapper.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
First Class .- Letters and other matter wholly or partly in writing-except the writing, specially authorized to be placed upon matter of other classes-and on sealed matter or matter otherwise closed against inspection, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. "Drop letters," two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, when mailed at letter carrier offices or offices having rural free delivery service; and one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof at offices where neither letter carrier nor rural delivery ser- vice has been established and at offices where rural delivery service is in operation if person addressed cannot be served by rural carrier. Postal cards one cent each. The right-hand half of the address side of postal cards is reserved for the address, postmarks, etc .; the left-hand half may be used to contain a message, or a picture on very thin paper may be pasted there; also a label not exceeding two inches by three- quarters of an inch in size may be pasted there. On the back of the card a picture on very thin paper may be pasted. With the exception of postage stamps, the labels and pictures on very thin paper, nothing may be attached to a postal card.
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 publications 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 inclosed 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, hand-bills, engravings, lithographs, music, pamph- lets, photographs, proof sheets and manuscripts accompanying the same, repro- ductions by the electric pen, hectograph, 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 class matter must be fully prepaid or it will not be forwarded.
Fourth Class .- All mailable matter not included in the three preceding classes which is so prepared for mailing as to be easily withdrawn from the wrapper and examined. Rate, one cent per ounce or fraction thereof. Limit of weight, four pounds; full pre- payment compulsory.
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS UPON POSTAL SUBJECTS.
REGISTRATION.
All kinds of postal matter may be registered at the rate of eight cents for each package in addition to the regular rates of postage, to be fully prepaid by stamps. Each package must bear the name and address of the sender, and a receipt will be returned from the person to whom addressed. Mail matter can be registered at all postoffices in the United States. At free delivery postoffices, letters or small parcels of first-class mail matter will be registered by letter carriers on their routes. An indemnity-not to ex- ceed $25 in any one case will be paid for the loss of first-class registered matter.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
By the affixing of a special delivery stamp of ten cents or ten cents' worth of ordinary stamps of any denomination in addition to the stamps required to transmit any letter or package with the words "special delivery," any mail matter whatsoever 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., and until the arrival of the last mail, provided this is not later than 9 P. M. Special delivery mail addressed to bona fide patrons of rural routes will be delivered by rural carriers at patrons' dwell- ings, provided they do not reside to exceed one mile from the routes.
MAIL TO ISLAND POSSESSIONS.
All mail sent from the United States to Guam, the Philippine Archipelago, Tutuila (including adjacent islands of the Samoan Group which are possessions of the United States) and the Canal Zone shall be subject to the United States domestic classification, conditions and rates of postage, and are included in the term "Possessions of the United States." The island of Porto Rico and territory of Hawaii are included in the term "United States." The term "Canal Zone" includes all the territory purchased of Panama, comprising the "Canal Zone" proper and the islands in the Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO CANADA, CUBA, MEXICO AND REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.
(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.
Rates of postage on other matter, see Postal Laws and Regulations.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
Letters, two cents an ounce or fraction thereof.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO POSTAL UNION COUNTRIES. [This includes nearly every foreign country.]
Letters, five cents for first ounce and three cents for each additional 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; commercial papers five cents for the first ten ounces or less and one cent for each additional two ounces and on each packet of samples of merchandise two cents for first four ounces or less and one cent for each additional two ounces.
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.
These fees apply to orders drawn on Canada, Cuba and possessions of the United States.
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MICHIGAN MANUAL.
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. The fees charged for orders payable in Bolivia, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, etc., are one-half the above rates, except for orders not exceeding $10, which are 8 cents. See Postal Guide for list of these countries.
PERMISSIBLE WRITING.
No writing is permitted on third or fourth class matter except as follows: The name, occupation 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 of 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 frac- tion 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 con- cerning lotteries or gift enterprises: "No letter, postal card or circular concerning any lottery, so called gift concert or other similar enterprise offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or concerning schemes devised for the purpose 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 chance in any such lottery 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 lottery 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 violation of this section, or who shall knowingly cause to be delivered by mail anything herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 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 imprisonment for each offense. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section may be proceeded against by information or indict- ment 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 ad- dressed."
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