Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 45 Part 1.djvu/993

 942 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 856. 1928 . and factory products), and all other mailable matter not included in the first or second class, or in the third class as defined in section 206 . Pound r ate estab- "(b) On fourth-class matter the rate of postage, except as herein lished . Vol . 37,p .557,amend . provided for library books, shall be by the pound as hereinafter ed. provided, the postage in all cases to be prepaid by stamps affixed thereto or as otherwise prescribed by the Postmaster General . Rates . " The postage on matter of the fourth class shall be as follows Mailed at rural route " On all matter mailed at the post office from which a rural route ofHees for delivery on starts, for delivery on such route, or mailed at any point on such route, city delivery for local delivery, etc . route for delivery at any other point thereon, or at the office from which the route starts, or on any rural route starting therefrom, and on all matter mailed at a city-carrier office, or at any point within its delivery limits, for delivery by carriers from that office, or at any office for local delivery, 7 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and 1 cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof. within first zone. " For delivery within the first zone, except as provided in the next preceding paragraph, 7 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction of a pound Extra distance (and except where the distance by the shortest regular mail route charge . from the office of origin to the office of delivery is three hundred miles or more, in which case the rates of postage shall be 8 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and two cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound) . within s econd zone . " For delivery within the second zone, 7 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound, and 1 cent for each additional pound or Extra distance fraction of a pound (except where the distance by the shortest regu- ch arge . lar mail route from the office of origin to the office of delivery is three hundred miles or more, in which case the rates of postage shall be 8 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 2 cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound). Within third zone. " For delivery within the third zone, 8 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 2 cents for each additional pound or frac- tion of a pound . within fourth zone. "For delivery within the fourth zone, 8 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 4 cents for each additional pound or frac- tion of a pound. Within fifth zone. " For delivery within the fifth zone, 9 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 6 cents for each additional pound or frac- tion of a pound . With in si xth zone . " For delivery within the sixth zone, 10 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 8 cents for each additional pound or frac- tion of a pound. within seventh zone . " For delivery within the seventh zone, 12 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 10 cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound . and Within eighth Phil-zone,- " For delivery within the eighth zone and between the Philippine ippines and united Islands and any portion of the United States, including the District states, etc. of Columbia and the several Territories and possessions, 13 cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and 12 cents for each Pr additional pound or fraction of a pound. Lo wer rates when

Provided, That the rate of postage on matter of the fourth class mailed on rural routes. when mailed on rural routes shall be, for local delivery and for delivery within the first, second, and third zones, 2 cents less than the rates prescribed in this section, and for delivery within the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth zones, 1 cent less than the rates prescribed in this section. Authority to reform a The classification of articles mailable, as well as the weight limit, classification rates, etc ., of parcel post articles. the rates of postage, zone or zones, and other conditions of maila-

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