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PUBLIC LAW 85-426-MAY 27, 1958

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following: ", but the same shall be in such form as to convey no other information than the name, place of publication, subscrijption price of the publication to which they refer and the subscription due thereon. STUDIES A N D REPORTS W I T H RESPECT TO THIRD-CLASS B U L K RATE INCREASES

SEC. 209. (a) The Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration each is authorized and directed to initiate and conduct, through the facilities and personnel of his department or agency, as soon as practicable after July 1, 1959, a separate study of the increases in the rates of postage in third-class bulk mail matter under the amendments made by section 205(3)(A) and (B) of this title, in order to determine the effect of such increases on small business enterprises and on the users of the mails and the national economy generally. Reports to Con(b) The Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Small gress Business Administration each shall submit to the Senate and House of Representatives on or before March 1, 1960, a separate report of the results of the study conducted by him under subsection (a) of this section, together with such recommendations as may be necessary and appropriate. INVESTIGATION AND STUDY BY POSTMASTER GENERAL OF D I M E N S I O N A L CATEGORIES FOR F I R S T - A N D THIRD-CLASS M A I L ENVELOPES

SEC. 210. (a) The Postmaster General is authorized and directed to conduct a thorough investigation and study of the feasibility and desirability of— (1) the establishment, by regulation of the Postmaster General, of such number of categories (but not less than two categories) of specified length and width dimensions for envelopes to be used for the transmission of first-class and third-class mail, as the Postmaster General may determine to be necessary or desirable to increase the efficient handling of the mail; and (2) the establishment of an additional charge on any such mail transmitted in an envelope which does not conform in length and width to one of such dimensional categories for envelopes. Report to Con. (b) The Postmaster General shall submit to the Senate and House gress of Representatives, on or before February 1, 1959, a report of the results of such investigation and study, together with his recommendations with respect thereto, including his recommendations for any necessary legislation. DETERMINATION OF CLASS OF POST OFFICE A N D COMPENSATION POSTMASTER A N D CERTAIN E M P L O Y E E S

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SEC. 211. No part of the gross postal receipts of any post office, which are determined in accordance with estimates of the Postmaster General to be attributable to the increases in postage rates provided by this Act, shall be counted for the purpose of determining the classes of the respective post offices and the compensation and allowances of postmasters and other employees whose compensation or allowances are based on the annual gross receipts of such post offices. Nothing contained in this section shall operate to relegate a post office to a class or receipts category below the class or receipts category to which such post office may be assigned on the basis of gross postal

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