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 340 Rates. Accounting. Registered official mail. Ru les, etc ., to he pro. scr ibed. Effective date. June 28, 1932. [11. R.10247.] [Public, No. 203.] Postal service. In su red and colleet- on- deli ver y ma il. Vol. 43, p. 1000; Vol. 40 p. 1048. b. S. a., p. 1251 ; Supp. V, p. 684. Insurance fees. Schedule of rates . Rece ipt to be ob. tained. Dispo sition. Provisos. Receipt of delivery. Refunding of fees. 72d CON GRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 287, 288 . JUNE 28, 1932. maximum indemnity covered by the registry fee pa id by not mor e than $50, 1 cent ; by more than $50 but not more than $100, 2 cents ; by. more than $100 but not more than $200, 3 cents ; b more t han $2 00 but not mo re th an $400, 4 cents ; by more than $400 but not more than $600, .5 cents ; by more than $600 but not more than $800, 6 cents ; by more than $800 but less than $1,000, 7 cents ; and if the excess of the declared value over the maximum indemnity covered by the registry fee - paid is $1,000 or more, the additional fees for each $1,000 or part of $1,000 on articles destined to points within the several zones applicable to fourth-class matter shall be as follows " For local delivery or for delivery within the first zone, 8 cents ; "For delivery within the second zone, 9 cents ; ~` For delivery within the third zone, 10 cents ; "For delivery within the fourth zone, 11 cents ; " For delivery within the fifth or sixth zones, 12 cents ; " For delivery within the seventh or eighth zones, 13 cents . "All such fees shall be accounted for in such manner as the Post- master General shall direct. Mail matter upon the official business of the Post Office Department which requires registering shall be registered free of charge, and pass through the mails free of charge ." SEC. 3. The Postmaster General may make such rules and regu- lations in accordance with this Act as he may consider necessary or -advisable . This Act shall become effective July 1, 1932 . Approved, Ju ne 28, 1932 . (CHAP TER 288.1 AN ACT Prescribing fees and corresponding indemnities for domestic insured and collect- on -de liv ery mai l of the third and fourth c las ses, and for other purposes . Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, T hat pa ragr aph (a) of section 211 of Title II of an Act entitled "An Act reclassify- ing the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for ether purposes," approved February 28, 1925 (43 Stat. 1069;U.S. C ., title 39, sec .' 245), as amended (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 39, sec . 245), is further amended to read as follows : "SEc. 211. (a) The fee for insuranc e shall be 5 cents for indemni- fication not to exceed $5) ; 10 cents for indemnification not to exceed $25;15 cents for indemnification not to exceed $50; 25 cents for indemnification not to exceed $100 ; 30 cents for indemnification not to exceed $150 ; and 35 cents for indemnification not to exceed $200. Whenever the sender of an insured article of mail matter shall so request, and upon payment of a fee of 3 cents at the time of mailing, or of 5 cents subsequent to the time of mailing, a receipt shall be obtained for such insured mail matter, showing to whom and when the sam e was de livered, which r eceipt s hall be returned to the s ender and be rece ived in the irou rts as p rima fac ie e vide nce of such deliver y : Provided further, T hat upon payment of the additional sum of 20 cents at the time of mailing by the sender of an insured article of mail matter, a receipt shall be obtained for such insured mail matter, showing to whom, when, and the address where the same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such deliver y : Provided further, That no refu nd shall be made of fees paid for return receipts for registered or insured mail where the