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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 658 -JUNE 25, 1948 Penalty Mail Act of 1948. Procurement of en- velopes, etc. Annual statement to Postmaster Gen- eral. Annual report to Congress and Bureau of the Budget. Weight limitation. Fourth-class matter. strategic and critical materials, not to exceed in value the amount of $175,000,000, may be transferred to stock piles established in accord- ance with said Act. COAST GUARD Acquisition, construction, and improvements: For an additional amount under the title "Acquisition, construction, and improvements, Coast Guard", for replacement or rebuilding of aids to navigation and shore facilities, $300,000, to remain available until expended. TITLE II-CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS SEC. 201. For payment of claims for damages as settled and deter- mined by departments and agencies in accord with law, audited claims certified to be due by the General Accounting Office, and judgments rendered against the United States by United States district courts and the United States Court of Claims, as set forth in Senate Docu- ment Numbered 177 and House Document Numbered 690, Eightieth Congress, $15,231,868.15, together with such amounts as may be neces- sary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judgments or in certain of the settlements of the General Accounting Office or pro- vided by law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided, That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it shall have become final and conclusive against the United States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided further, That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of this Act. TITLE III-PENALTY MAIL SEC. 301. All envelopes, labels, wrappers, cards, and other articles, bearing the indicia prescribed by law for matter mailed free of postage under the penalty privilege by all executive departments and agencies, all independent establishments of the Government, and all other organizations and persons authorized by law to use the penalty privi- lege, shall be procured or accounted for through the Postmaster General under such regulations as he shall prescribe. The head of each such department, agency, establishment, or other organization, or each such person, shall submit to the Postmaster General within sixty days after the close of each fiscal year a statement showing the number of envelopes, labels, wrappers, cards, and other articles bearing such indicia on hand at the close of such fiscal year. SEC. 302. The Postmaster General shall report to the Congress and to the Bureau of the Budget within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year the number of envelopes, labels, wrappers, cards, and other articles bearing such penalty indicia procured or accounted for through him during such fiscal year by each executive department and agency, by each independent establishment, and by each organiza- tion and person authorized by law to use the penalty privilege. SEc. 303. No article or package of official matter, or number of articles or packages of official matter constituting in fact a single shipment, exceeding four pounds in weight shall be admitted to the mails under the penalty privilege, except (1) stamped paper and sup- plies sold or used by the postal service; and (2) books and documents published or circulated by order of Congress when mailed by the Superintendent of Public Documents or under the franking privilege. SEC. 304. (a) Official matter not within the provisions of section 303 which is over four pounds in weight, if otherwise mailable, whether 1048 [62 STAT.

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