Letter Carrier

A person employed to carry letters from the post office to the persons to whom they are addressed. Provisions were made by the act of March 3, 1851 (11 U. S. St. at Large, 691), for the appointment of letter carriers in cities and towns, and by chapter 21, § 2, of the same act, for letter carriers in Oregon and California.

A penson employed to carx'y letters from the post-oi Bce to the persons to whom they are addres.sed. See various provisions in U. S. Rev. Stat. Eight hours constitute a day’s labor for letter carriers; 1 Supp. R. S. p. 587. For time employed In excess of eight hours a day, he Is entitled to extra pay; U. S. v. Post, 148 U. S. 124, 13 Sup. Ct. 567, 37 L. Ed. 392; and time worked in excess of eight hours In one day cannot be set off against a deficiency on another when he worked less than eight hours; U. S. v. Gates, 148 U. S. 134, 13 Sup. Ct 570, 37 L. Ed. 396. See Eight-Hour Laws.

An employe of the post-office, whose duty it is to carry letters from the post-office to the persons to whom they are addressed.
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Defined under Letter in Black's Law Dictionary.