CIRCULAR TO POSTMASTERS


Post-Office Department, !
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MAY ~ III, lo~c.


Sirs--Complaints have lately been ma0s
OF the delay and sometimes loss of NewSpa-
pers sent by mail. These may be atsrlD".
able In some cases to the careless manner y.
which papers are prepared for the mall ou,
others, they are believed to arise from ".
inattention of Postmasters. 1t is feared th'.
some of them are so forgetful of their dn'y'aa
to consult the convenience of contractors "
horse routes, by retaining part OF the pach,,
cts when the mail is so large that the usui,
number OF bags cannot contain it. Others,
is said, being more cuipable, retain ne%sP"
pers to read them. A moments reilec.'I'
must convince every Postmaster guilty oi ~ -
ther of these charges that he trifles with t''s
obligation imposed by his oath OF ofl'ce' a'"
should be held responsible for such gross '
olation OF duty. eh.


Publishers Of Newspapers and their oN!
scrbers, us we'll as their Postmasters' az
requested to report to the Department :.
irregularities in the reception OF papers ~
warded in the mail, and an assurance IS 81
ell, that where the irregularity shali .
proved to have been produced by the me-
gence o. design of any Contractor, Pos'",ai
ter, or Clerk, the most effectual means '''..
be taken to prevent its recurrence