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72d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS. 286, 287. JUN E 28,1932 . AN ACT June 28, 1932. [H. R . 4594 .1 To fix the rate of postage on publications mailed at the post office of entry for delivery at another post office within the postal district in which the head- quarters or general business offices of the publisher are located . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Postal Servi ce .
United States o Am eri ca in Congress as sem bl ed, That section 25 •
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of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the service amended . ' l 281 ' of the Post Office Department for-the fiscal year ending June 30, U.S . C.,p. 1254.
1880, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1879 (20 Stat . New matter.
361 ; U. S . C ., title 39, sec . 286), is hereby amended by the addition of the following sentence ; than stweekly npublca- " Copies of a publication, other than a weekly, hereafter admitted . tiers• to the second class of mail matter, when mailed by the publisher or registered news agent at a post office where it is entered, for delivery by letter carriers at a different post office within the delivery limits of which the headquarters or general business offices of the publisher are located, shall be chargeable with postage at the rate that would be applicable if the copies were mailed at the latter office, unless the If pound rate hig her . postage chargeable at the pound rates from the office of mailing is higher, in which case such higher rates shall apply, but this pro- vision shall not be applicable to publications already entered as second-class mat ter which retain their entry at the post office w here now entered ." Approved, June 28, 1932 . [Public, No .201.] Rate. Applicable to future entries only. Postal Servi ce . Domestic re gistered mail. R.S.,see.3926,p.762. Limited indemnity for losses . Vol.29,p. 599. Maximum flied at $160. Vol . 32, p. 1174 . Indemnity for lost third or fourth class matter. Vol.38,p.1337. Vol . 45, p. 46 9, amended . U. S. C° S upp .V, p . 587. Uniform system of registration . Amount of indem- nity. June 28, 1932.
AN ACT [H . R .10244 .]
Fixing the fees and limits of indemnity for domestic registered mail based upon [Public, No . 202 .]
actual value and length of haul, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3926 of the Revised Statutes of the United States as amended by the Act of February 27, 1897 (ch . 340, 29 Stat. L. 599), providing limite(- indemnity for loss of registered mail matter, and by the Act of March 3, 1903 (32 Stat . L. 1174), fixing such indemnity at not exceeding $100, and that portion of the Act of March 4 1911 (36 Stat . L. 1337), making appropriations for the service of the .Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, and for other purposes, and providing indemnity for the loss of third and fourth class domestic registered matter, which laws were ,ointly amended by section 3 of the Act of May 1, 1928 (45 Stat. L. 469; U . ,S . C ., Supp . V, title 39, sec . 381a), are hereby further amended to read as follows G0 For the greater security of valuable mail matter the Postmaster General may esta blish a uniform system of regist ration, and as a part of such system he may provi de rul es un der w hich the se nders or owners of any registered matter shall be indemnified for loss, rifling, or damage thereof in the mails, the indemnity to be paid out of the postal revenues, but in no case to exceed $1,000 for any one regis- tered piece, or the actual value thereof when that is less than $1,000, and for which no other compensation or reimbursement to the loser has been made : Provided, That the Pos tmas ter Gene ral may in his discretion provide for the payment of indemnity for the actual value of registered mail or insured mail treated as registered mail in excess of $1,000, but not in excess of $10,000, when such mail is not insured with any commercial insurance company or other insuring Prodises. Actual va lue meats. PAY - [CHAPTER 286 .] [CHAPTER 287 .]
