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39 § 4(9 GENERAL PROVISIONS
<br />Note 4
<br />The Postmaster Ueneral may not put
<br />loto operation A plan of a company, de'
<br />signed to relleve advertisers and others
<br />from paytnr postage on reflSra cards and
<br />envelopes until they are actually depoall•
<br />ed In (be mails sod reach the office of
<br />destination, and giving to It exclusive
<br />control of the sate of return envelopes
<br />and postal cards. Id.
<br />The original text of former section 274
<br />of this title only applied when mail mot -
<br />ter was deposited to the post office,
<br />chargeable with two or more rates, one
<br />Of which, at least, bad been paid; and to
<br />regard to such matter both the paid and
<br />the unpaid rates were governed by the
<br />same standard. 1873. 14 Op.Ally.Geo. IBA.
<br />Letters on which postage has not been
<br />fully, prepaid al the time of mailing them
<br />should be charged at the offlee of tie Is.
<br />err only with the amount of the deflclen•
<br />cy. Id.
<br />I. Catabllsinmeat Of past Office*
<br />The policy of the government has been
<br />to delegate to the toortaleattr General the
<br />power to designate the place* where the
<br />otsllu shall be received and delivered.
<br />ware v. V. S. Pa.ltld1, 71 U.S. till. 672, 4
<br />Wall. 817, 632. 18 L.td. 380.
<br />where S place has totem dcalgoaled
<br />where mail absil tot reoelved and delly-
<br />tried, then It a post office, over which a
<br />postmaster may to appololed, sod the
<br />post ornev cootioure until It Is dlrcoollo•
<br />ued. U. 4. v. Iloatan Zlevsted ity. Co.,
<br />C.C.%IAss.191o, I m 1% 907.
<br />It cannot trt doubted that the Postmsa.
<br />ter Georrol hat authority to r.taullsh a
<br />post office In the City of 11'A.hingtou.
<br />sod lu provide s place fur conduction the
<br />busl*eas of the ufflcr Skmutes v. V. N.
<br />IiDI.:V Ct.CI. 119.
<br />Immunity from local toolog ordloancea
<br />which extend- ill Totted Ptslea to esleh•
<br />Milling a Pont ufflct tartlily sppllea
<br />whether t'olted States owns the land or
<br />leases It. Tbaoet Corp. T. hoard of Ad.
<br />Juetmtst of Princeton, Tp., 190, 240 AN
<br />31, 104 Nj.euper. 180. attlrmed 200 AN
<br />1. 108 N.J.Bnper. o11
<br />ufflces, and thr lou.lmaaler Ucneral
<br />aulhorlxr4 Icy Impllcalloo It, discos
<br />okay po.t office whenever It should
<br />pear Id•hlio In Ile expedient sod pr
<br />Ware Y. V. S., 11s.180, 71 U.S. 617. t
<br />Neil. 017. 431, IN L.Fd. Seto.
<br />The power to discontinue post of
<br />was Incident to the power to ealabl
<br />them to the absence of statute restr
<br />Ing the exercise thereof, sad the po
<br />of the Postmaster General to discoothi
<br />a post office might be exercised, thoa.
<br />the postmaster had been appointed b�l
<br />the President by anti with the Advice of
<br />the Senate, and even to the absence of'j,
<br />statute expressly outhorlxlag the post.
<br />master General to discontinue a post of•
<br />flee, former section 2 of this title which
<br />required him to cause to be certified to
<br />the auditor of the toast Office Depart -
<br />meat [now United States Postal Servlctl
<br />all calm bllahmenta and dlscosllousacts of
<br />Pont offices, and providing that no post
<br />office to existence should be discontinued
<br />because of diminution of reremute, Con—
<br />strued In connection with the custom of
<br />dl.cootloulog post offices always exer•
<br />cised by the Postmaster General, had to
<br />be construed As giving the Postmaster
<br />General the power of discoatloulor a
<br />post office. Id.
<br />Within meaning of this oeetios ImPO4-
<br />Ing certain requirements tefort doting
<br />or coasolldsttno of post oftices, "closing^
<br />retera to complete elimination of post of-
<br />fice. while "cooaoll4slloo" boa character•
<br />Istle of subordinating day-to-day overall
<br />management of not office haying past -
<br />master to administrative personnel of on.
<br />,,,her office. Knapp y. 1]. B. Postal Sees.
<br />Ice It.'31131. D.C.NIth.1978, 449 V.SuPP.
<br />1 M.
<br />Trsoeters of bulls mall•sarliog opera•
<br />Ilona from certain past offlets to other
<br />pust•oftlee facilities did not constitute
<br />"cloalon" or ,conenlldation" whhis.00s.
<br />templttloo of this section imposlog cer-
<br />lain requirementa before closing or Call -
<br />validation. Id.
<br />Brea It "consolidation" occurred wilts
<br />post *tiles Allegedly lost Its postmaster.
<br />requlremist that Service glue 00 days'
<br />The Pootwasler General nay astabllah sotice 10 artecte4 postal patrons to par.
<br />A post otfica Is The Cheroka Country all 1►;da to present their view• would
<br />provided It bs as a road cometrutW uo. sot r pply ahem provision of this section
<br />der Act Mar. 3. I= e. _N. 4 _•tat. _IO2._,.oetrsg up such requirement was sot es•
<br />ltil2. 4 Op-AltyGss• 79• r.ted until such consolidation had al.
<br />ready takes place. Wilson v. U. B. Poet•
<br />al Berylee3.
<br />, D.C.CSLIM. 441 F.Supp. 80
<br />e. CI«lag K Ma►I.w of ps.e of -
<br />CIO"
<br />CIO" Transfer of certain mall precooslar
<br />rormer stenos 1 of This title recog• functions
<br />t s marina
<br />tlAfdount not racutconsty In
<br />■teed the eclatesce of the authority of
<br />te
<br />I►a Postmaster General to aatabit.ss pwt "comoolldatloa" such as to roqulr+ Bervkv
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<br />(,'h. 4
<br />GENERAL. A
<br />,,, give NO dare' notice to affected poMl.l
<br />I,,.,rons no that they might have opparl❑
<br />ally to present their view.. Id.
<br />ttraach post atticeo
<br />llranch otticea have curve to be callr.l.
<br />In departmental language, "mall statlou."
<br />sod to be designated by letters of rite sl•
<br />phatxt. Ksoc v. U. B.. IM. 34 CLCI. Sa.
<br />yM, also, Union Transfer Co. v. U. .4 .
<br />1901. 36 Ct.CI. 214.
<br />Merely designating a shop as a brsa'il
<br />i,o.t office or mall station without us1*K
<br />it for that purpose data not make It such.
<br />Kno% T. U. S.. 1990. 30 MCI. W.
<br />1, Mta.+npa—tlesartilly
<br />Former section 241 (sow oeetloo 81 of
<br />Title 18 made stamps an "obligation or
<br />other security of the United States".
<br />1910. 28 Op.Atly.Gea. 201.
<br />Pontegt stamps are supplies for the
<br />(lost Office Department lnow Ualied
<br />.Matte Postal Btrvlcel within section .s fit
<br />Title 41. sod not •'securllleo" within sec -
<br />Ilion 414 of Title 31. and the Postmaster
<br />Uentral need not have the oemrs of tier'
<br />toot whole portralte are placed on
<br />.temp• Isacribi d below such portrally.
<br />too`;. 26 Op.Atly.Gta. 231.
<br />In what cases postmasters e1+611 be held
<br />sod Is what eAeeG not for Statops scot to
<br />Ihem sod sot Gold or returoed to the
<br />Post OMCc Depa►tmeot (now United
<br />;hates Postal Senlcel. 1831, 9 Op.Attr.
<br />Ilea. 10S.
<br />e. — Caseeliallsa
<br />The Poatmosler General to authorised
<br />to substitute, for The black printing lake
<br />sod writing fluids used under regulation.
<br />any canceling loin -hieb to uniform and
<br />%hlch actual exPerlmtot Sod test 'love
<br />.huwa to big sSllahctioo to to beat CO"
<br />rulated to guard against fraud, sod to
<br />urder Its use to All post uftleto where
<br />.lamp• are eaoceled. ISM. 18 OP•Allr.
<br />Geo. 131.
<br />Ili. -- Iaaaaos
<br />laeoaacs of postage stamp bearing Pic-
<br />ture of Itsdonsa was sot Is violation of
<br />II.S.C.A.Cosat. Amend. I. Proleotenls
<br />and other Americans United for Ifepara•
<br />lion of Church and Blots V. O'Urleo, U.
<br />C.D.C.I981. 3Tf F.Supp. 112.
<br />It. — Bads
<br />A clerk is •barge of a branch poet of- l
<br />flee le "Istrrated by law" with the sale
<br />of stamps 6a4 stamped envelopes. U. 9, l
<br />v. Royer. D.C.C41.1903. 122 F. 044, 841.
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