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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 856 . 1928 . 943 experience that they or any of them are such as to prevent the ship- ment of articles desirable, or to permanently render the cost of the service greater than the receipts of the revenue therefrom, he is Subject to consent of hereby directed, subject to the consent of the Interstate Commerce Interstate Com merce Commission after investigation, to re-form from time to time such Commission. classifications, weight limit, rates, zone or zones or conditions, or either, in order to promote the service to the public or to insure the receipt of revenue from such service adequate to pay the cost thereof. Speci al rates on "(d) Books consisting wholly of reading matter and containing books from public g y reading b libraries, etc ., not or- no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books, ganized for profit . when sent by public libraries, organizations or associations not organized for profit and none of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual, as a service to county or other unit libraries or as a loan to readers or when returned by the latter libraries or readers to such public libraries, organizations, or associations shall be charged with postage at the rate of 3 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof, and 1 cent for each additi onal p ound o r frac tion t hereof, excep t that the r ates now or hereafter prescribed for third or fourth-class matter shall apply in every case where such rate is lower than the rate prescribed proviso. herein for books under this classification : Provided, That this rate Lim itatio n. sha ll apply only to s uch books as are a ddressed for local delivery, for del ivery in the first, seco nd, or third zone, or wit hin th e Stat e in which mailed. Evidence as to quail- " Pub lic l ibra ries, organizations, or associations before being fication of libraries, etc . ent itled to the foreg oing r ates s hall f urnish to the Postm aster Gen- eral under such regulations as he may prescribe, satisfactory evi- dence that none of the net income of such organizations inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual ." S PEC IAL DEL IVE RY AND SP ECIA L HANDLING handling delivery and SEC. 8 . Section 212, Title II, of the Act of February 28, 1925 aended4 3, n- lass, (Forty-third Statutes, page 1069, United States Code, Title 39, U.S. Code, p.1246. sections 165 and 167), is amended to read as follows : "SEC. 212 . (a) To procure the immediate delivery of mail matter for fist class mail o er of the first class weihing not more than two pounds stamps of the 2 pounds, eto- n value of 10 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage) matter weighing more than two pounds and not more than ten pounds, stamps to the value of 20 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage) ; and matter weighing more than ten pounds, stamps to the value of 25 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regu lar po stage) . Other than first class "(b) Mail matter of other than the first class bearing, in addition 'With special-delivery to the regular a special-delivery stamp of the de nomi - 't rea tme nt tamps to a re ce ive s first sa go postage, proper class. nation or the equivalent thereof in ordinary stamps, with the words `Spe cial deli very' wri tten or pr inted on the e nvelo pe o r wra pper when ordinary stamps are used, shall receive the same expeditious hand ling and trans port ation as i s acc orde d to mail matt er of the first class and shall be accorded immediate delivery at the office of address, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe. Rates for other than "( c) To procure immediate delivery of mail matter of other than first class matter . the first class weighing not more than two pounds, stamps to the value of 15 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage) weighing more than two pounds but not more than ten po unds, stamps to the value of 25 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage), and for matter weighing more than ten pounds, stamps to the value of 35 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regul ar pos tage).

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