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74 Stat. 674.

Certified mail.

PUBLIC LAW 87-646-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

" (d) The limit of weight on parcels mailed under this section is To x)oiinds. " (e) The postage rates prescribed in this section shall continue until otherwise provided by the Congress." SEC. 14. Paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 4552 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of Hawaii". SEC. 15. Subsection (a) of section 4553 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of Hawaii". SEC. 16. (a) Chapter 81 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section: "§ 5013. Return receipts for certified mail "The courts shall receive return receipts for the delivery of certified mail as prima facie evidence of delivery to the same extent as return receipts for registered mail." (b) The analysis of chapter 81, preceding section 5001 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding the following item: "5013. Return receipts for certified mail."

Mail transportation by railroad.

Copyrights. 65 Stat. 716.

74 Stat. 606. Effect of laws superseded.

Effective date.

SEC. 17. Section 6202 of title 39, United States Code, exclusive of the catchline, is amended to read as follows: "This chapter applies to mail transportation performed by a railroad by rail or combination of rail and vessel, or by motor vehicle as provided by section 6213 of this title." SEC. 18. Subsection (c) of section 6303 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of Hawaii and". SEC. 19. Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 6409 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Territory of Hawaii,". SEC. 20. The schedule of laws repealed in section 12(c) of the Act of September 2, 1960, Public Law 86-682 (74 Stat. 709-730), is amended as follows: (1) in the "U.S. Code" title column corresponding to the Act of March 4, 1913, chapter 142, insert "31", and m the "U.S. Code" section of the same item, insert "57"; (2) in the "U.S. Code" section column corresponding to section 1 of the Act of April 9, 1958, Public Law 85-371, insert "272a"; and (3) in the "U.S. Code" section column corresponding to section 7 of the Act of April 9, 1958, insert "272a note". SEC. 21. The first paragraph of section 8 of title 17, United States Code, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "No copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which is in the public domain, or in any work which was published in this country or any foreign country prior to July 1, 1909, and has not been already copyrighted in the United States, or in any publication of the United States Government, or any reprint, in whole or in part, thereof, except that the Postmaster General may secure copyright on behalf of the United States in the whole or any part of the publications authorized by section 2506 of title 39." SEC. 22. Orders, rules, and regulations in effect under provisions of law superseded or amended by this Act shall, to the extent they would have been authorized under this Act, remain in force and effect as the regulations and orders under the provisions of this Act and shall be administered and enforced under this Act as nearly as may be until specifically repealed, amended, or revised. SEC. 23. (a) This Act shall become effective on November 1, 1962. Laws enacted after January 9, 1962, that are inconsistent with this Act shall supersede it to the extent of the inconsistency.

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