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Brady ..
237
1887
Oakwood .
Wayne. .
Ecorce .
*
1910
Olivet .
Eaton. .
Walton.
627
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 541; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 479; see L. A. 1907, p. 740.
Onekama
Manistee. .
Onekama.
324
1891
Onsted .
Lenawee ..
Cambridge.
398
1907
Ontonagon.
Ontonagon.
Ontonagon .. . .
1,964
1885
Orion .
Oakland.
Orion . .
717
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S. L. 1859, p. 529; repealed, S. L. 1863, p. 182; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 504; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 138; 1889, p. 622; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 99.
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 943.
Oscoda .
Tosco. .
Oscoda ..
864
1885
Otisville.
Genesee
Forest . .
312
1877
Otsego.
Allegan .
Otsego .
2,812
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; L. A. 1899, p. 553.
Otter Lake.
Genesee.
Forest ..
273
1883
Ovid .
Clinton.
Ovid
1,078
1869
S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 723; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1210; L. A. 1887, p. 126.
Owendale.
Huron
Brookfield
285
1905
Oxford .
Oakland.
Oxford.
1,191
1876
L. A. 1905, p. 111. By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 6.
*Population as a village not given.
263
INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
Ortonville.
Oakland.
Brandon ..
377
1902
.
.
.
.
[ Lapeer .
Marathon.
.
By supervisors.
·
.
.
.
. .
·
L. A. 1891, p. 667.
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1138.
L. A. 1885, p. 78; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 669.
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.
1871 1869
S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 744; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 102.
Brooks. ·
[ Macomb
Chesterfield.
1,182
1885
New Buffalo.
Berrien.
.
S. L. 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.
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·
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 309; reincorporated, L. A. 1881, p. 7. L. A. 1887, p. 44; amended, 1889, p. 626. Incorporated as a village December 17, 1910
L. A. 1885, p. 323.
L. A. 1877, p. 60.
INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.
Village.
County.
Township.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Parma .
Jackson .
Sandstone.
509
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 ...
1,643
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S. L. 1859, p. 292; repealed, S. L. 1863, p. 65; incorporated, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 1115; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 190; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1; L. A. 1881, p. 315; territory added, L. A. 1905, p. 1203.
Peck.
Sanilac.
Elk.
274
1903
L. A. 1903, p. 23.
Pellston. .
Emmet .......
Mckinley .
1,089
1907
L. A. 1907, pp. 728-31.
Pentwater .
Oceana ..
Pentwater.
1,129
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 438; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 424; L. A. 1881, p. 138.
Perrinton .
Gratiot .. . .
Fulton ..
288
1891
L. A. 1891, p. 881.
Perry.
Shiawassee .. .
Perry
720
1893
L. A. 1893, p. 968; see L. A. 1907, p. 485.
Petersburgh.
Monroe. .
Summerfield
490
1869
Pewamo
Ionia .
Lyons ..
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
L. A. 1887, p. 223.
Port Hope
Huron .
Rubicon.
344
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 134.
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
By supervisors; reincorporated L. A. 1887, p. 122; boundaries changed, L. A. 1899, p. 98.
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. 1877, p. 100.
L. A. 1907, p. 400.
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[ Parma . . .
...
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Maple River. . .
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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.
L. A. 1883, p. 111.
L. A. 1887, p. 704; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 738.
Redford
Wayne. Houghton .
Redford. Calumet ..
328
1907 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.
1,690
1872
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 527; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 385.
Reese
Tuscola .
Denmark.
465
1887
Richland .
Kalamazoo .
Richland .
278
1871
Richmond .
Macomb
Richmond
1,277
1879
River Rouge.
Wayne. .
Ecorce .
4,163
1902
Rochester. ..
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 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 ...
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
By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885. p. 308. L. A. 1891, p. 97; boundaries changed July 23, 1913.
Royal Oak
Royal Oak.
1.071
1891
Saline .
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
By supervisors: reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 17.
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.
[ Evergreen .
Sidney .
436
1877
L. A. 1877, p. 186.
Sheridan.
Montcalm
Bushnell .
.
Fairplain .
-
{ Bruce
1,787
1838
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.
INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
265
L. A. 1907, p. 102.
Red Jacket
4,211
S. L. 1885, p. 74; see L. A. 1907, p. 1061.
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INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Concluded.
Village.
County.
Township.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Sherman.
Wexford.
Springville.
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
Adams.
1,097
1906
L. A. 1883, p. 517.
Sparta .. .
Kent .
Sparta.
1,203
1883
Spring Lake.
Ottawa ..
Spring Lake.
802
1869
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
Springport.
Jackson .
Springport ..
584
1883
Stambaugh .
Iron .
Stambaugh . .
1,322
1890
Stanwood. .
Mecosta ..
Mecosta. . .
185
1907
St. Charles. .
Saginaw.
St. Charles .
1,451
St. Clair Heights
Wayne.
[ Grosse Point.
527
1898
By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 562.
Stevensville .
Berrien
Stephenson . 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 .
Colfax.
}
815
1892
Three Oaks.
Berrien .. .
Three Oaks. .
1,175
1867
Tower ...
Cheboygan
Forest ..
545
1906
Trenton .
Wayne. .
Monguagon ..
1,224
1855
Tustin ...
Osceola ..
Burdell ..
371
1893
Twining
Arenac.
Turner .. .
.
}
267
1903
L. A. 1903, p. 655.
Ubly . .
Huron .
Bingham.
442
1896
By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 556.
.
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Gratiot.
1,252
1903
By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 953.
Stephenson .
Menominee. .
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.
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{ Antioch
Hanover
.
·
Mason . . .
.
By supervisors; amended April 4, 1910.
L. A. 1907, p. 374.
Unable to find date; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 723.
( Weldon .
By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1134.
Wexford
Union City
Branch
Union.
1,340
1866
By supervisors; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1057; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 324; 1891, p. 9.
Unionville
Tuscola .
Columbia. .
456
1879
L. A. 1879, p. 79.
Utica .
Macomb .
[ Sterling .
496
1838
S. L. 1838, p. 91; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 444; 1881, p. 293.
Vandalia ..
Cass.
Penn ..
371
1875
L. A. 1875, p. 515; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 52; 1889, pp. 452, 453.
Vanderbilt
Otsego.
Corwith
523
1901
Vassar.
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. . .
[ 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
Washington Hts.
Calhoun.
Bedford.
*
1913
Watervliet.
Berrien.
Watervliet.
728
1891
Wayland.
Allegan .
Wayland .
725
1868
Wayne.
Wayne.
Nankin.
1,263
1869
Webberville ..
Ingham
Leroy .
349
Westphalia. .
Clinton.
Westphalia .
366
1883
White Cloud
Newaygo
\ Wilcox.
}
648
1879
Whitehall.
Muskegon . . .
Whitehall.
1,437
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. .
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 ..
Nunda .
794
1903
Wolverine. .
..
Cheboygan.
Wilmot
.
Woodland .
304
1892
By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 929.
Woodland. . . .
Barry . . .. ..
..
. .
*Population as a village not given.
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INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
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.
Incorporated as a village December 10, 1913.
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.
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Wheatfield . . ·
1,042
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.
[ Shelby . .
.
L. A. 1901, p. 761.
{ Brady.
Everett . .
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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. Letters mailed for delivery to patrons by star route carrier and those deposited in boxes along a star or rural route are subject to postage at the rate of two cents an ounce or fraction thereof. A letter which after a proper effort has been made to deliver it is returned to the sender, may not be remailed without a new repayment of postage. 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 completely adhere thereto; such sheets may bear both writing and printing. Advertisements, 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
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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 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, pamphlets, 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 (PARCEL POST) MATTER.
Fourth class mail matter shall embrace all other matter, including farm and factory products, not now embraced by law in either the first, second or third class, not exceeding 50 pounds in weight when mailed for delivery within the first and second zones, nor exceeding 20 pounds in weight when for delivery in any of the other zones, nor greater in size than 72 inches in length and girth combined, and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably required for transportation and delivery. The rates of postage on fourth class or parcel post matter-to be fully prepaid-unsealed-are as follows:
(a) Parcels weighing 4 ounces or- less, except books, seeds, plants, etc., one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, any distance.
(b) Parcels weighing 8 ounces or less containing books, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants, one cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof, regardless of distance.
(c) Parcels weighing more than 8 ounces containing books, seeds, plants, etc., parcels of miscellaneous printed matter weighing more than 4 pounds, and all other parcels of fourth class matter weighing more than 4 ounces are chargeable, according to distance or zone at the pound rates shown in the following table, a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound.
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MICHIGAN MANUAL.
TABLE.
. Weight in pounds.
Local.
1st-Up to 50
2d-50 to 150
3d-150 to
300 miles.
4th-300 to
600 miles.
5th-600 to
1,000 miles.
6th-1,000 to
1,400 miles.
7th-1,400 to
1,800 miles.
8th-Over
1,800 miles.
1.
$0 05
$0 05
$0 05
$0 06
$0 07
$0 08
$0 09
$0 11
$0 12
2.
06
06
06
08
11
14
17
21
24
3.
06
07
07
10
15
20
25
31
36
4.
07
08
08
12
19
26
33
41
48
5.
07
09
09
14
23
32
41
51
60
6
08
10
10
16
27
38
49
61
72
7
08
11
11
18
31
44
57
71
84
8
09
12
12
20
35
50
65
81
96
9.
09
13
13
22
39
56
73
91
1 08
10.
10
14
14
24
43
62
81
1 01
1 20
11
10
15
15
26
47
68
89
1 11
1 32
12.
11
16
16
28
51
74
97
1 21
1 44
13
11
17
17
30
55
80
1 05
1 31
1 56
14.
12
18
18
32
59
86
13
1 41
1 68
15.
12
19
19
34
63
92
1 21
1 51
1 80
16
13
20
20
36
67
98
1 29
1 61
1 92
17
13
21
21
38
71
1 04
1 37
1 71
2 04
18
14
22
22
40
75
1
10
1 45
1 81
2 16
19.
14
23
23
42
79
1 16
1 53
1 91
2 28
20.
15
24
24
44
83
1 22
1 61
2 01
2 40
21
15
25
25
22.
16
26
26
23
16
27
27
24.
17
28
28
25.
17
29
29
26
18
30
30
27
18
31
31
28
19
32
32
29
19
33
33
30
20
34
34
31
20
35
35
32
21
36
36
33
21
37
37
34
22
38
38
35
22
39
39
36
23
40
40
37
23
41
41
38
24
42
42
39
24
43
43
40
25
44
44
41
25
45
45
42
26
46
46
43
26
47
47
44
27
48
48
45
27
49
49
46
28
50
50
47
28
51
51
48
29
52
52
49
29
53
53
50.
30
54
54
The local rate applies to parcels mailed under the following conditions: (1) At any post office for local de- livery at such office.
(2) At any city letter carrier office, or at any point within its delivery limits, for delivery by carriers from that office.
(3) At any postoffice from which a rural route starts, for delivery on such route, or when mailed at any point on a rural route for delivery at any other point thereon, or at the office from which the route starts, or for delivery on any other rural route start- ing from the same office.
For further information as to zones and rates of postage, see sections 454 to 457, P. L. and R. as amended.
miles.
miles.
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS UPON POSTAL SUBJECTS.
C. O. D. SERVICE PERTAINING TO FOURTH CLASS (DOMESTIC PARCEL POST) MAIL.
The sender of a mailable fourth class parcel on which the postage is fully prepaid may have the price of the article and the charges thereon collected from the addressee on payment of a fee of ten cents in stamps affixed, provided the amount to be collected does not exceed $100. The C. O. D. service is applicable only to domestic unsealed parcels of the fourth class mailed at and addressed to money order offices. Such a parcel will be insured against loss, without additional charge in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $50.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS UPON POSTAL SUBJECTS.
REGISTRATION.
Domestic matter of the first, second and third classes, and all classes of international mail may. be registered, (except international parcel post mail addressed to Barbados, Curacao, Dutch Guiana, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guadeloupe, The Netherlands, Martinique and Uruguay) at the rate of ten cents for each package in addition to the regular rates of postage to be fully prepaid by stamps. Domestic fourth class matter (unsealed) is prohibited registration, but when sealed and not in excess of 4 pounds, it may be registered upon the payment of the fee of ten cents in addition to the first-class or letter rate of postage. 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 registration, place contents in envelope or seal them. Rural carriers are not prevented from acting as agents of patrons, without remuneration, to enclose money orders, procured 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 attached. 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 first-class 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.
INSURED MAIL.
A mailable fourth class parcel on which the postage is fully prepaid may be insured against loss in an amount equivalent to its actual value but not to exceed $25 on payment of a fee of five cents, and in amount equivalent to its actual value in excess of $25, but not to exceed $50, on payment of a fee of ten cents in stamps, such stamps to be affixed in addition to postage. A return receipt may be had for insured mail the same as for registered mail.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
By the affixing of a special delivery stamp of ten cents or ten cents' worth of ordinary stamps of any denominatlon 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
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