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§67 , 2'IILE 39.-——THE ixfctfcated by its ieceipts for Que lasf preceding quarter. (Feb 28, 1925, c. 368, 5}, 43 Stat; 1055; June 4, 1926, c. 476. 4-1 Stat ' _ Seetim -00 of Title S9 •¤e¤•d.·—The provision ,0f Act of _Feb.‘ 28 1§25, c, 368, { 1, 43_Sta;. 1055, coustituuqgj .60 of Title 39 or the Code, hnsbeeu nmendedby Abt of Jima 4, 1926; c. 476, 44 _Stat · _896, entitled, "An Act to amend the A‘ct_ of Feb1§uary·28, 1925 ` fhxiagfthe compenuticn of fourtmclasa pontmastersf tq read :1: 67. as o&cers in Afsskg.-—P0stinas ters may be d@;1pted by th; Postmaster Ggncral as disburstug 0§cei·s for the payment of contractors, emergency cqr;·iers ami temp0i·nry_cm·riers, fog performance of a11fh0ri?.ed.sg-zryice on wwe: boat midstar routcsin Alaska; (Apr; *23,.1926, 0. U4 44 Stat. 321.) ,_ ` " _ ’ New section`; Chapter 7.—POSTAGE. T ; 301; Special joiqt congrgssibnal committee to investigate postal 1gat¢¤ 302. Postage`o¤»_h0tcl anxisfegmship. room keys. [New.]‘ ._ U l _ ‘ ·_ 361. Spcciail jéint co11§·epsi9ua] committee to, investigate pcstnlrates. ‘ ‘ _, _ - `

 Sushi su •f 'rme ss imgueea,-4The péovisign or Act of Feb; 28

1925, c,`368,_Ti1;1e II, [217,4,3 Stat, 1079, constituting § 301 0 Title 39 of the Cade, pgs been amended. by resolution, of Dec. .17 1925, c. 2, 44 Stat. 1, as fquows: “That secgiou 217 of the Aer reclassifyiing the saldries of pcstmnstérs and egnpld§ees of. tm Postal Service, rcadjusting their salaries and compensation. on an equitable basis, iucrcasfngpqstat rafcs to provide fop -su¢h °rcad

 jusfmeut, and for other purposes ·( Public, Numbéred §0·6,·_ Sixfy

(iight}; Congress), approved February 28,_ 1925, is herebyegtendee aud. continued in full force had etfeet i1ntil_n0t later tham.th• end of. the second weék of the Second regular session of the _Sixty , ninth C<mgress." _ T " ‘ ‘- _ · 392. Pastgge lon hotel gud wstegmgship room ‘l&eys,———On hotgé and stmmship room keys with metal or fibef tags .sec11re.Iy at tacked thereto, there being iudc1i!1ly_ stamped up0n*"sm·h tag: explicit post-omce addrem and instructions clfrecting that kc; and `tégxbe (rammed- tcfthe hctelloxf steamship of their origin pcstpgc shg.11`bé chgrged at the rate. of 5 cents forleach; tw; ` cuxices {cg fyaétion thereof if postage be collected pu delivery ·(‘July.3, 1926, c, 778, 44_Stat. 890.")._ ° · _ . New iection. The `title of the Act cbusfituting the` sccticnfi:

  • f An Act fixing postage rates on hotel and steamqhipicom key:

gud tags? - _ . _. · _· ~ __ Chnpterl 12.·-€CONfI`BACI‘S‘FOR CARRYING THE MAILS 443. cc¤tnct0n.—·—·€l‘he Postmaéter Gfaneral may make ·d·educticm frqm the pay ct contractors for fgilure to pcnfforn service gccnrding to contract and · impose hues upqn mem fo1 othmagielinquexncies, wh1cl;_deductiu3i‘0r Bum may be changeé T or remitted, in his `discretion.- He y gzleeductkhe price of the - trip in aligases where the trip ié not performed nqdmot exceed ’ ing s/three fimgs the price if thp 1'qirlurq be occasioned by the fnul of the contractor pr carrier. (R. S. S 3982; May 11, 1926 c, 44 sm; 499.) . . . A Bowan 4454; Tide 39 •am¤ded.—»The,provi¤io1; or R. B. 1 396; constituting { 443\0f_1‘itlc 89 of tpe Cbqg, his beén amended bz Act of Mu 11, 1926, ¢. 284, 44 stat. 499, entitled _" An Ac= authorizing the Postmaster General to remit or chmgq deduc tions or Anas imposed umn ccptmctcfa for ¤;n|1‘¤ervi¤e," to read as abou. .· ‘ . _· . , l 1 - The amadmeqt nmcted the mst ngutcacc by innerting, after tm {ward “dc1i¤q&e¤c1u,".the words *‘whiéh dedueticns or Eng ma; {bg changed ur remitted, in. his discretion? ‘ B; 8.1 8952, here nmmdpd, wu deriyo¢ from ting Act of Jum » 8, 1872, c. 835, 17_8mt. 815.. ‘ ‘ ~ · ‘ ,Chspt§r» 13q-——AE‘ MAH.; _ ( [ . · 464. psaing for tiansmrtnticn nf sir maihé-—·'I?h¢ Postmastgr. Geneyal is authorized m coutrnct__wij:h any iqdi •f‘ Section 217 of the Act" would ·bq,ti—a¤¤1ated “·•¤c¤£o¤ 801 of this cme? ~ E °‘

V POSTAL SERVICE 1 , °_ .2086 t. vidnalj firm, or corporation for the transportation of airimail . by aircraft between suck; points as he may Qesignatey end to futther contract for the tfan@¤'tation_aby aircraft o£}Hi·ét·cIass_ , ~uiall othexvtlian air mail at axed rates fuer fxonnd,-including ° equipznenyunder such rates; mlm, and regulations aejhe may { l` prescribe, not exceeding $wper,jpound.for air mail fo; the mst Q one thousand miles and not to excwd 30 cents per ponndiaddi- - tional-for each additional one hnndredt-mlles for fractional poet , thereo; for rontes in Qexceee of. one thousand mllw in length]

_ and notzekceeding 60 cents per poand for Hretgelaea mail other

_ thannir lmail for the mst one thousand miles, and not to exceed - { ‘6% cents per pound additional for each additional one hundred l T miles or ftactional pai*t·therebffor roate·s`·»ln ,ex<:eee_·o£ one- ' `moueam1 miles in lengt};. r Existing eontracte may be amended » by the written consent of tlre conti·actorraud the P0et_maa:tex·— M Generalfto piovlde for a iixed {RTE pet pomxd,·_inc;lmllng equip- = ment, said rate to bei determined by puitieplyiag the /rate hereinabove provided `by a -fi·action, the numerator of which is the fj jnerfeentuxin ot revenues derived fromygair mall to which the Y contractor was previously entitled under the- eontract, and the B `denominator of which isieiglity. -(Ma1·.'1. 1921; e. 88, § 1.`41’ · · Stat. 1152; Feb. 2,,1925, c; 128, §. 4, 43 Stat. 805; Jane 3, l926, · ·· c. -160,44 Stat. .692.) . _ ‘ _ i ._ _' . ` { · ( Section 464_.o£_.’l‘itle 3Q ‘•me•ded.——'l‘be provisions ot Act of Feb. 2,_ , ’ 1925; c. 128, § 4, `43 Stat, 805, constituting § 464_ of Title 39 of _ E the Code, has been amended by Act ot June 3, 1926, e. 460, 44 1 ” Stat. 692, entitled "An Act to amend section 4 ot the Ate Mail i__ _ .4ct of February 2, 1Q25;`5o aa_to_enable·the Postmaster General to

 L make ·co,ntracts_·for`·the transmission of mall Jby airenft at Exec ~

» ·;·ates per pound," to read as above: — ’ e ~ ` ? 1 haptet l5.——RAILWAY SERVICE, ( _ Y ‘ 577. Lease of terminal railway poet oEc·es.—-The Postmaster! l Generalpnay apply apart ot_ the apnropriationfor rental of » space for texfihinul_ railway post ghzes for the distribution of " s` the `malls Vwhen- the furnishing of space for sneh distribution 7 can not properly be ijequired of railroad comganim witheat t,` additional `coxnpensatioxy to the onurgiose of leasing 1 tfor the usewot terminal railvtay poet o&·es at ·‘a lreaeonawe

 anhualrental, to be paid monthly, for a term not exceedingtwenty years. (Mar. 9, 191Q, c.. 33, 38 Stat: 301; Apr. 24,

é- 1920, c. 161\1,—$1 State 580; June 3, 1926,1:. 458, 44 Stat. ¤.oss.>°—x ‘ · A e — `· seam sw ·•:,·rm· ss manaaa.-qxiue pfovielonjof act exept. 24, ·. ·.1_920;"e. 161, _-s 1, 41 Stat. 580, eonetimttng §.é§_7·? or Tme 39 a' _, of the Code,] has been aqeaded by ·_A_ct of June 3; 1826, e. 456,_ “ ( ‘ ~ 44 Stnti 888, entitled “Aa Act onatbowising the Postnxaater General l to wake monthly V payment of rental for terminal railway pest- · r , =omce premises nnder { lease,". pzovlcllng an follows: “That * me { proviso attached to the appmprlation` available to: rental" of space _ for terminal railway poit omces in Post »OQeejXpproprtatloa ' Act, apguoved April 24, 1920 (Forty-arst Statute; page 689), is ‘ amendecl by striking out me " were Wmarterlyf and tnaettlgg to 2 . lieu thereof the word ‘moath.ly,’ so tliatjaid proelso will read as

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- The change haapeeu incorporated in the text. `

 Chapter _17.—-FOREIGN MAIL}—SERVICE._

f_ "··654.· Pay for tra.¤aportiag·.—-——·(a) Except as provjded in sub-

dlvlalon (li), for transpo;·tation_ or the mails, `(_1_) between the

,United States or its Tegritorlee o1·__ sione;and. any foreign , country, (2) between the- UnitedStates and ttepowexions 0F r its naval or milita1·$v.‘ferc& abroad, or (3) between any such · possession or naval or inllitary forces and any other each pos- `seieion or naval or military IorcesQ the ·Poetnxaste1·‘ General ·may allow, an the caé of a vewel ez the. United States, compensation not in exceea ot the amount or tpe poetage collected -* on the mall transperted on each vmeel, and in the case of a . · Iorelm vw!. Wmwnmtion not in excess of the sea transit

nm prescrloed ¤·om·u.mee¢o time by me Universal Postal ¢

Union Conventionh .