or papers, or is
allowed to have charge of the mail.

[Sidenote: Oath or declaration.]

On entering the service of the Post office it is necessary to make an
oath or declaration in the prescribed form before a Magistrate; and no
person can be permitted to perform any official duty until this oath or
declaration is signed. The following is the form of oath or declaration:

I, <i>(Name of person and capacity in which employed, to be inserted
here.)</i> do solemnly and sincerely promise and <i>(swear or affirm)</i>
that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me by my
employment in the service of the Post Office, and will abstain from
everything forbidden by the Laws for the Establishment and Government
of the Post Office Department in Canada.--So Help me God.

This <i>(oath or affirmation)</i> was taken and }
subscribed before me, the day }
of 186 }
______________, <i>J.P.</i>}

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POST OFFICE.

[Sidenote: Sign.]

The words "Post Office," in large and conspicuous letters, should be
exhibited outside every building in which a Post Office is kept.

[Sidenote: Letter Box.]

A Letter Box should also be fixed, with an opening accessible from the
road or street, the words "Letter Box" being painted over the same in
plain legible characters.

[Sidenote: Separate office.]

A separate office or apartment, conveniently fitted up for the purpose,
should be provided by the postmaster for conducting the business
wherever the duties are sufficiently extensive or important to require
such accommodation. The internal fittings of the office should vary
according to the nature of the duties.

[Sidenote: Lobby.]

At every principal office there should be a lobby or standing place
within doors for the accommodation of parties applying at the office.

[Sidenote: Where separate office not required.]

Where the Postmaster General may consider that a separate room may be
dispensed with, the letters and papers, both for delivery and despatch,
are to be kept in a secure place, and, if practicable, under lock and
key.

[Sidenote: Bar-room not to be used.]

A bar-room or public room in a tavern is never to be made use of as a
post office, nor should the entrance to a post office be through a
bar-room.

[Sidenote: Unauthorized persons.]

No person except the postmaster or his sworn assistant should,