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289
1871
Pierson.
Montcalm .
Pierson. .
183
1873
Pigeon .
Huron .
Winsor. .
687
1903
Pinckney .
Livingston ...
Putnam
477
1883
Pinconning
Bay .. .
Pinconning .
...
677
1887
Plainwell .
Allegan ..
Gun Plain.
1,493
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 .
1,671
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
533,
1887
Port Hope.
Huron .
Rubicon.
344
1887
Portland.
Ionia .
Portland ..
1,832
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. .
216
1877
Posen .
Presque Isle ..
Posen. .
263
1907
Potterville . .
Eaton.
Benton. .
430
1881
Quincy . .
Branch. . .
Quincy .
1,347
1858
By supervisors; reincorporated, S. L. 1869; Vol. 2, p. 7; L. A. 1885, p. 8; 1897, p. 20.
Reading .
Hillsdale. ..
Reading.
1,102
1873
S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 598; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 30.
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L. A. 1893, p. 968; see L. A. 1907, p. 485.
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. S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 207; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 460; 1879, p. 70; 1887, p. 550.
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 939.
I. A. 1883, p. 111.
L. A. 1887, p. 704; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 738.
I. A. 1887, p. 223.
L A. 1887, p. 134.
L. A. 1877, p. 100. L. A. 1907, p. 400.
By supervisors; reincorporated L. A. 1887, p. 122; boundaries changed, L. A. 1899, p. 98.
[ Parma . . .
.
.
L. A. 1907, pp. 728-31.
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 438; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 424; L. A. 1881, p. 138.
Redford Red Jacket .
Wayne .. Houghton ...
Redford. Calumet. .
328 4,211
1907 1875
L. A. 1907, p. 102.
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 .
1,690
1872
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 527; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 385.
Reese .
Tuscola . .
Denmark.
1887
Richland .
Kalamazoo . .
Richland .
}
1,277
1879
River Rouge.
Ecorce).
4,163
1902
Rochester.
Wayne .. Oakland ..
Avon.
1,516
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 708; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 464; 1883, p. 741; see L. A. 1907, p. 413.
Rockford
Kent ..
Plainfield. Į Algoma .
}
843
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 .
705
1877
L. A. 1877, p. 307; 1903, p. 287.
Romeo .
Macomb ..
Washington ..
}
1,787
1838
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.
Roscommon .. Oakland.
Higgins .
425
1882
Royal Oak.
Washtenaw. .
Saline ..
816
1866
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 449; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 438; territory annexed, L. A. 1907, p. 411. Territory detached. 1907, p. 728.
Sand Lake.
Kent .
Nelson .
370
1878
Saranac.
Ionia .
Boston.
845
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 137; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 317; L. A. 1883, p. 549.
Saugatuck
Allegan
Saugatuck
621
1868
By supervisors; revised, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 271; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 977.
Schoolcraft
Kalamazoo . .
Schoolcraft
816
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
1,347
1879
L. A. 1879, p. 40.
Shelby .
Oceana.
Shelby .
1,260
1885
Shepherd .
Isabella .
Coe.
835
1889
L. A. 1889, p. 176.
Sheridan.
Montcalm
1 Bushnell.
436
1877
L. A. 1877, p. 186.
Fairplain.
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INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
L. A. 1887, p. 45; see L. A. 1907, p. 708. S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 593.
Richmond .
Macomb.
[ Richmond .
465 278
1871
[ Lenox. .
·
Bruce
Royal Oak.
1,071
1891
Saline. ..
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 308. L. A. 1891, p. 97.
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 17.
S. L. 1885, p. 74; see L. A. 1907, p. 1061.
( Evergreen .
Sidney .
L. A. 1879, p. 47; territory annexed, L. A. 1901, p. 311. By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 949.
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INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Concluded.
Village.
County.
Township.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc. .
Sherman.
Wexford ...
j Hanover . .
260
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 575.
Sherwood ..
Branch.
Sherwood ..
346
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 131; 1897, p. 22.
South Lyon
Oakland.
Lyon.
615
1873
S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 927; L. A. 1885, p. 287; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 105.
South Range.
Houghton . . Kent ..
Sparta .
1,203
1883
Spring Lake .
Ottawa.
Spring Lake. .
802
1869
Springport.
Jackson .
Springport ..
584
1883
L. A. 1883, p. 23.
Stambaugh
Iron .
Stambaugh
1,322
1890
By supervisors; amended April 4, 1910.
Stanwood. .
Mecosta. . . .
Mecosta. .
185
1907
St. Charles.
Saginaw ..
St. Charles ..
1,451
St. Clair Heights ..
Wayne.
\ Grosse Point ... Stephenson . .
527
1898
By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 562.
Stevensville.
Berrien ..
Lincoln .
243
1893
Stockbridge. .
Ingham .
Stockbridge.
663
1889
Sunfield .
Eaton. ..
Sunfield .
385
1899
Sutton's Bay.
Leelanau .
Sutton's Bay ..
402
1898
Tecumseh. .
Lenawee .
Tecumseh .
2,332
1837
Tekonsha. .
Calhoun:
Tekonsha.
573
1877
Thompsonville .. . .
Benzie .
S Weldon .
815
1892
Three Oaks
Berrien.
Three Oaks.
1,175
1867
Tower .. .
Cheboyganl. ..
Forest ..
545
1906
Trenton .
Wayne. .
Monguagon.
1,224
1855
Tustin. .
Osceola.
Burdell ..
371
1893
Twining .
Arenac. ... .
Turner .
}
267
1903
Ubly.
Huron . .....
Bingham .
442
1896
Union City.
Branch .. .
Union. .
1,340
1866
.
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.
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Unable to find date; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 723. By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 953.
Stephenson .
Menominee . .
§ Gratiot ..
1,252
1903
Adams.
1,097
1906
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1134.
Sparta ..
[ Antioch . .
..
·
Springville.
.
| Wexford.
.
.
·
.
\ Colfax ..
.
[ Mason ...
·
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. 1907, p. 374.
Unionville .
Tuscola . . . . . Macomb.
Columbia. . Shelby .
496
1838
Vandalia .
Cass . .
Penn ..
371
1875
Vanderbilt Vassar .
Otsego . Tuscola .
Vassar
1,659
1871
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.
Vermontville.
Eaton. .
Vermontville .. .
650
1871
Vernon ..
Shiawassee .. .
Vernon. .
435
1871
Vicksburg.
Kalamazoo . .
l Schoolcraft .
1,624
1871
Wakefield.
Gogebic.
Wakefield .
714
1877
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.
Waldron
Hillsdale
Wright ..
435
1905
Walkerville
Oceana.
Leavitt ..
371
1908
Warren ..
Macomb.
Warren.
297
1893
Watervliet.
Berrien.
Watervliet
728
1891
Wayland .
Allegan.
Wayland .
725
1868
,
Wayne.
Nankin ..
1,263
1869
Webberville.
Ingham .
Leroy.
349
Westphalia.
Clinton ..
Westphalia .
366
1883
White Cloud
Newaygo. .
[ Everett .
1
648
1879
Whitehall.
Muskegon . . .
Whitehall
1,437
1867
1
White Pigeon . . .
St. Joseph. . .
White Pigeon. .
667
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 ..
1,042
1871
Wolverine .
Cheboygan ...
Wilmot.
794
1903
Woodland .
Barry . . ..
Woodland . . . . ..
304
1892
By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 929.
L. A. 1879, p. 79. 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.
Corwith
523
1901
L. A. 1901, p. 761.
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 310; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 239; L. A. 1871, p. 115; 1885, p. 70.
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, L. A. 1905, p. 1194. By supervisors, L. A. 1909, p. 37. 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.
Wayne .
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.
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.
[ Wheatfield .. ...
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.
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456
1879
Utica . .
[ Sterling .
f Brady. . .
\ Wilcox.
Nunda .
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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 ten cents, which, with the postage, foreign or domestic, 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 matter sealed or 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 postoffices or at offices having rural free delivery service, and one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof at offices where neither letter carrier nor rural delivery service 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 face of the card may be divided by a vertical line approximately one-third the distance from the left end; the space to the left to be used for message, etc., but the space to the right for address only. Addresses thereon may be either written, printed or affixed thereto. Very thin sheets of paper may be attached thereon upon condition they com- pletely adhere thereto; such sheets may bear both writing and printing. Advertise- ments, illustrations, or writing may appear on the back or the left third of the face. Postal cards are treated as sealed letters, except when undeliverable to the addressee they may not be returned to the sender. Postal cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel, or other similar substances, are unmailable, except when enclosed in envelopes with proper postage attached, or when treated in such manner as will prevent the objectionable substances from being rubbed off or injuring persons handling the mails. Cards mailed under cover of sealed envelopes (transparent or otherwise) are subject to first class rate; if enclosed in unsealed envelopes, according to the character of message.
Double reply postal cards .- Intact double postal cards should be folded before mail- ing. Either half may be used separately. If initial half is not detached when reply is mailed for return, card is subject to postage according to character of message.
Private mailing cards (post cards), must conform to the Postal Laws and Regulations. 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,
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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, hand-bills, engravings, lithographs, music, pamph- lets, photographs, proof sheets and manuscripts accompanying the same, reproductions by the electric pen, hectograph, metallograph, papyrograph, and, in short, any repro- duction 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.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS UPON POSTAL SUBJECTS.
REGISTRATION.
All kinds of postal matter may be registered at the rate of ten cents for each package in addition to the regular rates of postage, foreign or domestic, to be fully prepaid by stamps. Each package must bear the name and address of the sender. If the sender desires a receipt from the addressee or an authorized agent, such receipt will be obtained if the envelope or wrapper of the article is endorsed "Receipt Desired." Mail matter can be registered at all postoffices in the United States. All free delivery postoffices, letters or small parcels of first-class mail matter will be registered by letter carriers on their routes. Rural carriers will register letters and parcels of any class throughout their routes. City and rural carriers are forbidden to address matter tendered for regis- tration, place contents in envelope or seal them. Rural carriers are not prevented from acting as agents of patrons, without remuneration, to enclose money orders, pro- cured for the remitter, in addressed envelopes furnished by senders for the purpose, and seal and present the same for registration at office to which the rural carrier is at- tached. Registered matter must not be delivered to anyone but the person to whom it is addressed, without a written order from the addressee. Registered matter endorsed for delivery to the addressee in person, as "Deliver only to the addressee," or with words of similar import, must be delivered to no one but him, not even upon his written order; and if it cannot be so delivered, it must be returned, after the expiration of proper period, to sender. Undelivered registered mail may be forwarded without additional charge for registry fee, upon written request of addressee or his authorized agent, and in cases of emergency, where the postmaster is satisfied no fraud is intended, a telegraphic order from addressee may be honored. An indemnity-not to exceed $50 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
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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, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, NEWFOUNDLAND AND GERMANY.
Letters, two cents an ounce or fraction thereof.
Letters for Germany despatched only by steamers which land mail at German ports. two cents per ounce; otherwise at postal union rates.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO POSTAL UNION COUNTRIES.
[This includes nearly every foreign country.] 1
Letters, five cents for first ounce and three cents for each additional ounce.
Postal cards, two cents each, and four cents each, for double cards.
Registration fee, in addition to postage, ten 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 the first four ounces or less and one cent for each additional two ounces.
MONEY ORDERS.
A money order shall not be issued for more than one hundred dollars.
The fees charged for domestic money orders are as follows: For orders not exceeding $2.50, 3 cents; $2.51 to $5, 5 cents; $5.01 to $10, 8 cents; $10.01 to $20, 10 cents; $20.01 to $30, 12 cents; $30.01 to $40, 15 cents; $40.01 to $50, 18 cents; $50.01 to $60, 20 cents; $60.01 to $75, 25 cents; $75.01 to $100, 30 cents.
These fees apply to orders drawn on Canada, Cuba and possessions of the United States.
INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS.
The fees charged are as follows: For orders not exceeding $10, 10 cents; from $10.01 to $20, 20 cents; from $20.01 to $30, 30 cents; from $30.01 to $40, 40 cents; from $40.01 to $50, 50 cents; from $50.01 to $60, 60 cents; from $60.01 to $70, 70 cents; from $70.01 to $80, 80 cents; from $80.01 to $90, 90 cents; from $90.01 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
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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; matter of second class may also be "remailed" or forwarded, provided additional postage is prepaid at the rate of one cent for every four ounces or fraction thereof; 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, as subsequently amended, contains the following prohibitions and penalties against transmission through the mails of any matter concerning lotteries or gift enterprises: "No letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance; and no lottery ticket or part thereof, or paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance; and no check, draft, bill, money, postal note, or money order, for the purchase of any ticket or part thereof, or of any share or chance in any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme; and no newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any ad- vertisement of any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes de- pendent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or containing any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes, shall be deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or be delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, or shall knowingly send or cause to be sent, anything to be conveyed or delivered by mail in violation of the provisions of this section, or shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered by mail anything herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, and for any subsequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than five years Any person violating any provision of this section may be tried and punished either in the district in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed, or to which it was carried by mail for delivery according to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it was addressed."
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MICHIGAN MANUAL.
LIST OF POSTOFFICES IN MICHIGAN.
[Arranged alphabetically, corrected to September 26, 1912.]
Money-order offices are indicated by an asterisk (*). International money-order offices by the letter (I). County seats by (c h.). Figures after the offices indicate the number of rural routes emanating therefrom.
Offices of which the postmasters are appointed by the president, subject to confirma- tion by the senate, and whose tenure is four years, are denoted by the small figures (1, 2 or 3) following the county, indicative of the class to which they belong.
Salaries of postmasters in Michigan at offices of the first class range from $3,100 to $6,000; second class, $2,000 to $2,900; third class, $1,000 to $1,900. Those having no figures following the county are offices of the fourth class, postmasters at which are appointed by the postmaster general and their term of office has no specified limit.
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