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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 368. 1925. 1069 of any registered mail matter, showing to whom and when the same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and £'°l·36·¥’-*l°·°’¤°¤d· be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery.” 6 Iivsonaxcn Aim Connuor·oN-Dnnrvnnr Smzvrons Sec. 211. (a) The fee for insurance shall be 5 cents for indemniii-, I¤S¤*¤¤¤**¤d¤¤¤¤i¤Y cation not to exceed $5; 8 cents for indemnification not to exceed $25; ces` 10 cents for indemnification not to exceed $50; and 25 cents for Re&ipt fe, deuvew indemniiication not to exceed $100. Whenever the sender of an °¤ P¤Y*¤°¤*°“°°· insured article of mail matter shall so request, and upon payment of a fee of 3 cents, a receipt shall be taken on the delivery of such insured mail matter, showing to whom and when the same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery. (b) The fee for collect-on—delivexy service shall be 12 cents for ,%§°ll°°*·°¤d°“v¤¤ collections not to exceed $10; 15 cents for collections not to exceed ` $50; and 25 cents for collections not to exceed $100. (c) The provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the insur— c,£§§1’§°° *° “**’d· ance and collect—on-delivery service to third-class mail, and for other anepissz. purposes," approved June 7, 1924, and of section 8 of the Act entitled va.31, p 558. “An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes " approved August 24, 1912, with respect to the insurance and collect-on-delivery services, are hereby continued in force. SPECIAL DEIAIVERY Special delivery. Sec. 212. (a) To procure the immediate delivery of mail matter rnéiiigilgtxizgiig weighing more than 2 pounds and not more than 10 pounds, stamps tha" ]° °°'”‘d“‘ of the value of 15 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage), and for the special delivery thereof 11 cents may be paid to the messenger or other person making such delivery. (b) To procure the immediate delivery of mail matter weighing M°'°“*¤¤*°¤°¤¤d¤· more than 10 pounds, stamps of the value of 20 cents shall be aflixe gin addition to the regular postage), and for the special delivery t ereof 15 cents may be paid to the messenger or other person making _ such deliver . (c) For the purposes of this section_ the Bostmaster General is BP°°*¤***°**¤*¤¤· authorized to provide and issue special-delivery stamps of the denominations of 15 and 20 cents. Src. 213. The Act entitled "An Act making certain changes in the sp;*g;;,h(‘;;§{§Qy;f *0* postal laws," approved March 2, 1907, is amended to read as follows; mpg, dm. p. 1244, " That when, in addition to the stamps required to transmit any dmaiaiymmpsmay letter or package of mail matter through the mails, there shall be gg“*;i*g,?'g§,°c;§g;g{;;{ attached to the envelope or covering ordinary postage stamps of any denomination equivalent to the value fixed by law to procure the immediate delivery of any mail matter, with the words ‘specialdelivery’ or their equivalent written or printed on the envelope or covering. under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe, said letter or package shall be handled, transmitted, and delivered in all respects as though it bore a regulation specialdelive stam .” ,, Snci?14. T liie Postmaster Genreal is hereby authorized to continue m,’§°§,'§§“§.§,€, Q':} the work of ascertaining the revenues derived from and the cost of  mei'- ·**¤~ carrying and handling the several classes of mail matter and of rforming the special services, and to state the results annually_as iiir as practicable and pay the cost thereof out of the appropriation for inland transportation by railroad routes.