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FRANKING , a See also:term used for the right of sending letters or. postal packages See also:free (Fr. See also:franc) of See also:charge. The See also:privilege was claimed by the See also:House of See also:Commons in 166o in " a See also:Bill for erecting and establishing a See also:Post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office," their demand being that all letters addressed to or sent by members during the session should be carried free. The clause embodying this claim was struck out by the Lords, but with the proviso in the See also:Act as passed for the free See also:carriage of all letters to and from the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and the See also:great See also:officers of See also:state, and also the single inland letters of the members of that See also:present See also:parliament during that session only. It seems, however, that the practice was tolerated until 1764, when by an act dealing with See also:postage it was legalized, every peer and each member of the House of Commons being allowed to send free ten fetters a See also:day, not exceeding an See also:ounce in See also:weight, to any See also:part of the See also:United See also:Kingdom, and to receive fifteen. The act did not restrict the privilege to letters either actually written by or to the member, and thus the right was very easily abused, members sending and receiving letters for See also:friends, all that was necessary being the See also:signature of the peer or M.P. in the corner of the envelope. Wholesale franking See also:grew usual, and M.P.'s supplied their friends with envelopes already signed to be used at any See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. In 1837 the See also:scandal had become so great that stricter regulations came into force. The franker had to write the full address, to which he had to add his name, the post-See also:town and the day of the See also:month; the See also:letter had to be posted on the day written or the following day at the latest, and in a post-town not more than 20 M. from the See also:place where the peer or M.P. was then living. On the loth of See also:January 184o See also:parliamentary franking was abolished on the introduction of the See also:uniform See also:penny See also:rate.
In the United States the franking privilege was first granted in January 1776 to the soldiers engaged in the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence. The right was gradually extended till it included nearly all officials and members of the public service. By See also:special acts the privilege was bestowed on presidents and their widows.
By an act of the 3rd of See also:March 1845, franking was limited to the See also:president, See also:vice-president, members and delegates in See also:Congress and postmasters, other officers being required to keep quarterly accounts of postage and pay it from their contingent funds. In 1851 free See also:exchange of See also:newspapers was re-established. By an act of the 3rd of March 1863 the 'privilege was granted the president and his private secretary, the vice-president, chiefs of executive departments, such heads of bureaus and See also:chief clerks as might be designated by the postmaster-See also:general for See also:official letters only; senators and representatives in Congress for all See also:correspondence, senders of petitions to either See also:branch of the legislature, and to publishers of newspapers for their exchanges. There was a limit as to weight. Members of Congress could also See also:frank, in matters concerning the federal See also:department of agricul, See also:ture, " seeds, roots and cuttings," the weight to be fixed by the postmaster-general. This act remained in force till the 31st of January 1873, when franking was abolished. Since 1875, by sundry acts, franking for official correspondence, See also:government publications, seeds, &c., has been allowed to congressmen, ex-congressmen (for 9 months after the See also:close of their term), congressmen-elect and other government officials. By special acts of 1881, 1886, 1902, 1909, respectively, the franking privilege was granted to the widows of Presidents See also:Garfield, See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, See also:McKinley and See also:Cleveland.
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