Public Law 900-80th Congress

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UBLIC
[CHAPTER 830-2D SESSION]
[H. R. 69161
AN ACT
To provide for permanent postal rates and to provide pay increases for Govern-
ment employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Haase of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall
`e cited as the "Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary
ct of 1948".
TITLE I-ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR POSTMAS-
TERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE FIELD SERVICE OF THE
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
SEC. 101. All postmasters, officers, and employees in the postal serv-
ice whose rates of compensation are prescribed by the Act entitled "An
Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of
the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing
compensation; and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1945, as
amended, shall receive additional, compensation at the rate of $450
per annum : Provided, That employees paid on an hourly or part-time
basis shall receive additional compensation at the rate of 25 cents per
hour: Provided further, That postmasters at post offices of the fourth
class shall receive additional compensation at the rate of a sum per
annum equal to 25 per centum of their basic annual compensation.
SEC. 102. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to skilled-trades
employees of the mail-equipment shops, job cleaners in first- and
second-class post offices, and employees who are paid on a fee or
contract basis.
SEC. 103. (a) Sections 17 (e) and 22 (d) of such Act of July 6,1946
as amended are each amended by striking out "6 cents per mile" and
inserting in*lieu thereof "7 cents per mile".
(b) Section 22 (d) of such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended, is
further amended by striking out "75 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof
"90 cents".
(c) The Act entitled "An Act to increase the equipment mainte-
nance of rural carriers 1 cent per mile per day traveled by each rural
carrier for a period of two years and for other purposes" (Public Law
467, Eightieth Congress), is hereby repealed.
SEC. 104. This title shall take effect on the first day of the first pay
period which begins after June 80, 1948.
TITLE II-POSTAL RATE REVISION
ASR MAIL
SEa. 201. The rate of postage on all domestic air mail as defined in
Public Law 730, Seventy-ninth Congress, shall, except in the case
of postal cards and private mailing or post cards, be 6 cents for each
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ounce or fraction thereof. The rate of postage on postal cards and
private mailing or post cards (conforming to the conditions prescribed
y the Act entitled "An Act to amend the postal laws relating to use
of postal cards" approved May 19, 1898 (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title
39, sec. 281) ), when sent by air mail, shall be 4 cents each.
THIRD-CLASS MAIL
SEC. 202. The rate of postage on third-class matter shall be 2 cents
for the first two ounces or fraction thereof, and 1 cent for each addi-
tional ounce or fraction thereof up to and including eight ounces in
weight, except that the rate of postage on books and catalogs of
twenty-four pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and
plants not exceeding eight ounces in weight shall be 11/2 cents for
each two ounces or fraction thereof : Provided, That upon payment of
a fee of $10 for each calendar year or portion thereof and under sucho
regulations as the Postmaster General may establish for the collection
of the lawful revenue and for facilitating the handling of such matter
in the mails, it shall be lawful to accept for transmission in the mails,
separately addressed identical pieces of third-class matter in quanti-
ties of not less than twenty pounds, or of not less than two hundred
pieces, subject to pound rates of postage applicable to the entire bulk
mailed at one time : Provided further, That the rate of postage on third-
class matter mailed in bulk under the foregoing provision shall be 14
cents for each pound or fraction thereof with a minimum charge per
piece of 1 cent, except that in the case of books and catalogs of twenty-
four pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants the
rate shall be 10 cents for each pound or fraction thereof with a mini-
mum charge per piece of 1 cent : And provided further, That pieces
or packages of such size or form as to prevent ready facing and tying in
bundles and requiring individual distributing throughout shall be
subject to a minimum charge of 3 cents each.
CONTROLLP,D CIRCULATION PUBLICATIONS
SEC. 203. Publications containing twenty-four pages or more issued
at regular intervals of four or more times a year, 25 per centum or
more of whose pages are devoted to text or reading matter and not
more than 75 per centum to advertising matter, which are circulated
free or mainly free, may, upon authorization by the Postmaster Gen-
eral and under such regulations as he may prescribe, be accepted for
mailing at the postage rate of 10 cents a pound or fraction thereof,
computed on the entire bulk mailed at one time, but not less than
1 cent per piece, provided the copies of such publications are pre-
sented for mailing made up according to States, cities, and routes
as directed by the Postmaster General: Provided, That publications
owned and controlled by one or several individuals or business con-
cerns and conducted as an auxiliary to and essentially for the
advancement of the main business or calling of those who own or
control them shall not be accepted under this section.
FOURTH-CLASS (PARCEL POST) MAIL
SEC. 204. (a) On fourth-class matter (limit of weight over eight
ounces to seventy pounds) the rate of postage except as herein pro-
vided for catalogs (limit of weight over eight ounces up to and includ-
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ing ten pounds), books, and library books, shall be by the pound as
hereinafter provided, the postage in all cases to be prepaid by stamps
affixed thereto or as otherwise prescribed by the Postmaster General.
(b) The rate of postage on matter of the fourth class shall be as
follows :
(1) On all matter mailed at the post office from which a rural
route starts, for delivery on such route, or mailed at any point on
such route for delivery at, any other point thereon, or at the office
from which the route starts, or on any rural route starting there-
from, and on all matter mailed at a city-carrier office, or at any
point within its delivery limits, for delivery by carriers from that
office, or at any office for local delivery, the postage shall be 10
cents for the first pound or fraction thereof, 1 cent for each addi-
tional pound or fraction thereof up to an including ten pounds,
and $/4 cent for each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten
pounds.
(2) For delivery within the first and second zones, except as
provided for in paragraph (1), and except when the distance by
the shortest regular mail route from the office of on in to the
office of delivery is three hundred miles or more in which case the
rates of postage shall be the same as for delivery within the third
zone, 12 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof, 2/1o cents
for each additional pound or fraction thereof up to and including
ten pounds, and 2 cents for each pound or fraction thereof exceed-
ing ten pounds.
(3) For delivery within the third zone, 13 cents for the, first
pound or fraction thereof, 3 cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof up to and including ten pounds, and 2sjro cents
for each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten pounds.
(4) For delivery within the fourth zone, 14 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof, 412 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof up to and including ten pounds, and 41/4 cents
for each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten pounds.
(5) For delivery within the fifth zone, 15 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof, 6 cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof up to and including ten pounds, and 51/2 cents
for each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten pounds.
(6) For delivery within the sixth zone, 16 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof, 71/2 cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof up to and including ten pounds, and 71/4 cents
for each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten pounds.
(7) For delivery within the seventh zone, 17 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof, 91/2 cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof up to and including ten pounds, and 91/4 cents for
each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten pounds.
(8) For delivery within the eighth zone, 18 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof, 111/2 cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof up to and including ten pounds, and 111/4 cents
for each pound or fraction thereof exceeding ten pounds.
(9) On parcels measuring more than 84 inches but not more
than one hundred inches in length and girth combined the mini-
mum postage charge shall be the zone charge applicable to a
ten-pound parcel.
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(c Catalogs and similar printed advertising matter in bound form
weig ling more than eight ounces but not exceeding ten pounds shall
be subject to postage rates based on the eight parcel-post zones as
follows :
(1) When mailed at the post office from which a rural route
starts, for delivery on such route, or mailed at any point on such
route for delivery at any other point thereon, or at the office from
which the route starts, or on any rural route starting therefrom,
and when mailed at a city-carrier office, or at any point within its
delivery limits, for delivery by carriers from that office, or at any
office for local delivery, the postage shall be 71/2 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each additional pound.
(2) For delivery within the first and second zones except as
provided for in paragraph (1), and except when the distance by
the shortest regular mail route from the office of origin to the
office of delivery is three hundred miles or more in which case
the rates of postage shall be the same as for delivery within the
third zone, 8 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 11/2
cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof.
(3) For delivery within the third zone, 9 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 2 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
(4) For delivery within the fourth zone, 10 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 21/2 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
(5) For delivery within the fifth zone, 12 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 3 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
(6) For delivery within the sixth zone, 13 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 4 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
(7) For delivery within the seventh zone, 14 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 5 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
(8) For delivery within the eighth zone, 15 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 6 cents for each additional pound
or fraction thereof.
(d) Books, permanently bound for preservation consisting wholly
of reading matter or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for
student's notations and containing no advertising matter other than
incidental announcements of books and when in parcels not exceeding
seventy pounds in weight, may be sent at the postage rate of 8 cents
for the first pound or fraction thereof and 4 cents for each additional
pound or fraction thereof.
(e) Books, consisting wholly of reading matter and containing no
advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books,
when sent by public libraries, organizations, or associations not organ-
ized 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 associa-
tions shall be charged with postage at the rate of 4 cents for the first
pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each additional pound or
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fraction thereof, except, that the rates now or hereafter prescribed for
third- or fourth-class matter shall apply in every case where such rate
is lower than the rate prescribed in this subsection for books under this
classification : Provided, That this rate shall apply only to such books
as are addressed for local delivery, for delivery in the first, second, or
third zone, or within the State in which mailed. Public libraries,
organizations, or associations before being entitled to the foregoing
rates shall furnish to the Postmaster General, under such regulations
as he may prescribe, satisfactory evidence that none of their net income
inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual.
(f) To procure the most expeditious handling and transportation
practicable of mail matter of the fourth class, special-handling stamps
shall be affixed thereto, in addition to the regular postage, in accord-
ance with the following schedule: Matter weighing not more than two
pounds, 15 cents; matter weighing more than two but not more than
ten pounds, 20 cents; matter weighing more than ten pounds, 25 cents :
Provided, That, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may
prescribe, ordinary stamps of equivalent value may be accepted in lieu
of the special-handling stamps herein specified.
SPECIAL DELIVERY
SEC. 205. To procure the most expeditious handling and trans-
portation practicable and the immediate delivery of mail matter at
the office of address, special-delivery stamps shall be affixed thereto,.
in addition to the regular postage, in accordance with the following
schedule : Matter weighing not more than two pounds, if of the first
class, 15 cents; if of any other class, 25 cents. Matter weighing more
than two but not more than ten pounds, if of the first class, 25 cents ;
if of any other class, 35 cents. Matter weighing more than ten pounds,
if of the first class, 35 cents ; if of any other class, 45 cents : Provided,
That, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may pre-
scribe, ordinary postage stamps of equivalent value may be accepted
in lieu of the special-delivery stamps.
MONEY. ORDERS
SEC. 206. A money order shall not be issued for more than $100,
and the fees for domestic money orders shall be as follows : For orders
less than $5 and 1 cent, 10 cents; for orders from $5 and 1 cent up to
and including $10, 15 cents; for orders from $10 and 1 cent up to and
including $50, 25 cents; for orders from $50 and 1 cent up to and includ-
ing $100, 35 cents.
POSTAL NOTES
SEC. 207. (a) The Postmaster General may authorize postmasters
at such offices as he shall designate, under such regulations as he shall
prescribe, to issue and pay money orders not exceeding $10, to be
known as postal notes. The fee for issuance thereof shall be 8 cents
each.
(b) Postal notes shall be valid for two calendar months from the last
day of the month of their issue, but thereafter may be paid by the
Postmaster General or refund may be made in case of loss, upon evi-
dence satisfactory to him, under such regulations as he may prescribe :
Provided, That no claim for the amount of a postal note will be con-
sidered unless filed within one year from the last day of the month of
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issue. Postal notes shall not be negotiable or transferrable through
endorsement.
Sr-c. 208. (a) Mail matter shall be registered on the application of
the party posting the same. The registry fees, which shall be in
addition to the regular postage, and the limits of indemnity therefor
within the maximum indemnity provided by this subsection, shall be
as follows: For registry indemnity not exceeding $5, 25 cents; for
registry indemnity exceeding $5 but not exceeding $25, 35 cents; for
registry indemnity exceeding $25-but not exceeding $50, 40 cents; for
registry indemnity exceeding $50 but not exceeding $75, 45 cents; for
registry indemnity exceeding $75 but not exceeding $100, 50 cents; for
registry indemnity exceeding $100 but not exceeding $200, 60 cents;
for registry indemnity exceeding $200 but not exceeding $300, 70 cents;
for registry indemnity exceeding $300 but not exceeding $400, 85
cents ; for registry indemnity exceeding $400 but not exceeding $500,
$1; for registry indemnity exceeding $500 but not exceeding $600,
$1.10; for registry indemnity exceeding $600 but not exceeding $700,
$1.20; for registry indemnity exceeding $700 but not exceeding $800,
$1.30; for registry indemnity exceeding $800 but not exceeding $900,
$1.40; for registry indemnity exceeding $900 but not exceeding $1,000,
$1.50.
(b) For registered mail having a declared value in excess of the
maximum indemnity covered by the registry fee paid, there shall be
charged additional fees (known as "surcharges") as follows: When
the declared value exceeds the maximum indemnity covered by the
registry fee paid by not more than $50, 2 cents; by more than $50 but
not more than $100, 3 cents; by more than $100 but not more than $200,
4 cents ; by more than $200 but not more than $400, 6 cents ; by more
than $400 but not more than $600, 7 cents; by more than $600 but not
more than $800, 8 cents; by more than $800 but less than $1,000, 10
cents. If the excess of the declared value over the maximum indem-
nity 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, 11
cents; for delivery within the second zone, 12 cents; for delivery within
the third zone, 14 cents; for delivery within the fourth zone, 15 cents;
for delivery within the fifth or sixth zone, 16 cents ; for delivery
within the seventh or eighth zone, 18 cents.
(c) For insured mail treated as registered mail having a declared
value in excess of the maximum indemnity covered by the insurance fee
paid, there shall be charged additional fees (known as "surcharges")
as follows : When the declared value exceeds the maximum indemnity
covered by the insurance fee paid by not more 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 ; by more than $200 but not more than $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. If the excess of the declared value over the maxi-
mum indemnity covered by the insurance fee paid is $1,000 or more,
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the additional fee 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 zone, 12 cents; for
delivery within the seventh or eighth zone, 13 cents.
(d) All such fees shall be accounted for in such manner as the Post-
master General shall direct. Mail matter for the official business of
the Post Office Department which requires registering shall be regis-
tered free of charge, and pass through the mails free of charge.
RETURN RECEIPTS FOR REGISTERED MAIL
SEC. 209. Whenever the sender of any registered mail shall so
request, and upon payment of a fee of 5 cents at the time of mailing
or of 10 cents subsequent to the time of mailing, a receipt shall be
obtained for such registered mail, showing to whom and when the
same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and
be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery : Pro-
vided, That upon payment of the additional sum of 26 cents at the time
of mailing of any such registered mail, a receipt shall be obtained for
such registered mail, 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 delivery :
Provided further, That no refund shall be made of fees paid for return
receipts for registered mail where the failure to furnish the sender
a return receipt or the equivalent is not due to the fault of the postal
service.
FEES FOR INSURED MAIL
SEC. 210. The fees for insurance, which shall be in addition to the
regular postage, and the limits of indemnity therefor within the maxi-
mum indemnity provided by this section, shall be as follows : 5 cents
for indemnification not exceeding $5; 10 cents for indemnification
exceeding $5 but not exceeding $10; 15 cents for indemnification
exceeding $10 but not exceeding $25; 20 cents for indemnification
exceeding $25 but not exceeding $50; 25 cents for indemnification
exceeding $50 but not exceeding $100; 30 cents for indemnification
exceeding $100 but not exceeding $200. Whenever the sender of an
insured article of mail shall so request, and upon payment of a fee of
5 cents at the time of mailing or of 10 cents subsequent to the time of
mailing, a receipt shall be obtained for such insured mail, showing to
whom and when the same was delivered, which receipt shall be
returned to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie
evidence of such delivery : Provided, That upon payment of the addi-
tional sum of 26 cents at the time of mailing of any such insured
article of mail, a receipt shall be obtained for such insured mail, show-
ing 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 delivery : Provided further,
That no refund shall be made of fees paid for return receipts for
insured mail where the failure to furnish the sender a return receipt
or the equivalent is not due to the fault of the postal service.
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SEC. 211. The fees for collect-on-delivery service for sealed domestic
mail matter of any class bearing postage at the first-class rate and for
domestic third- or fourth-class mail matter shall, in addition to the
regular postage and any other required fees, be as follows : 20 cents
for collections and indemnity not exceeding $2.50; 25 cents for collec-
tions and indemnity exceeding $2.50 but not exceeding $5; 35 cents for
collections and indemnity exceeding $5 but not exceeding $25; 45 cents
for collections and indemnity exceeding $25 but not exceeding $50;
55 cents for collections and indemnity exceeding $50 but not exceeding
$100; 60 cents for collections and indemnity exceeding $100 but not
exceeding $150; and 65 cents for collections and indemnity exceeding
$150 but not exceeding $200. The fee for notifying the sender or his
representative of inability to deliver a collect-on-delivery article shall
be 5 cents.
RESTRICTION IN DELIVERY
SEC. 212. The Postmaster General, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, is authorized to collect an additional fee of 20 cents for effect-
ing the delivery by carrier or otherwise of domestic registered, insured,
or collect-on-delivery mail, the delivery of which is restricted to the
addressee only, or to the addressee or order : Provided, That no refund
shall be made of fees paid for this service unless request for refund is
made and erroneous delivery of the article or articles was made by the
postal service or nondelivery of the article or articles was due to some
fault of the postal service.
REGISTERED COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY MAIL
SEG. 213. (a) The fee for collect-on-delivery service for registered
sealed domestic mail of any class bearing postage at the first-class rate
shall, in addition to the regular postage and any other required fees, be
55 cents for collections and indemnity not exceeding $10; 70 cents for
collections and indemnity exceeding $10 but not exceeding $50; 90 cents
for collections and indemnity exceeding $50 but not exceeding $100;
and $1.15 for collections and indemnity exceeding $100 but not exceed-
ing $200. The maximum amount of charges collectible on any regis-
tered sealed domestic collect-on-delivery article shall be $200.
(b) When indemnity in excess of $200 is desired, the fee for such
registered sealed domestic collect-on-delivery mail shall, in addition to
the regular postage and any other required fees, be $1.20 for indemnity
exceeding $200 but not exceeding $300; $1.25 for indemnity exceed-
ing $300 but not exceeding $400; $1.30 for indemnity exceeding $400
but not exceeding $500; $1.35 for indemnity exceeding $500 but not
exceeding $600; $1.40 for indemnity exceeding $600 but not exceeding
$100; $1.45 for indemnity exceeding $700 but not exceeding $800; and
$1.55 for indemnity exceeding $800 but not exceeding $1,000.
SEc. 214. This title shall take effect on January 1, 1949.
\TITLE III-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAY INCREASES
SEC. 301. Except as provided in section 303, each officer and employee
of the Federal Government, and each officer and employee of the Dis-
// trict of Columbia municipal government, whose rate of compensation
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is increased by section 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 of the Federal Employees Pay
Act of 1946 shall receive additional compensation at the rate of $330
per annum : Provided, That any employee paid on an hourly or part-
time basis shall receive additional compensation at the rate of 20
cents per hour.
SEC. 302. The additional compensation provided by this Act in the
case of officers and employees whose rates of compensation are fixed
in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, shall
not be construed to be an "equivalent increase" in compensation within
the meaning of section 7 (b) (1) of such Act, as amended.
SEC. 303. (a) Section 603 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of
1945, as amended, is amended by striking out "$10,000" where it first
appears in such section and inserting in lieu thereof "$10,330.
(b) Section 7 (b) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946 is
amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof
"$10,330".
(c) No officer or employee shall, by reason of any provision of this
title be paid with respect to any pay period, basic compensation, or
basic compensation plus any additional compensation provided by the
Federal Employees Pay At of 1945, as amended, at a rate in excess of
$10,330 per annum.
SEC. 304. The provisions of this Act granting an increase in com-
pensation to employees of the United gtates and of the District of
Columbia shall not apply to any employee in or under the municipal
government of the District of Columbia prior to the time that legisla-
tion providing adequate revenues to meet the obligation in the Dis-
trict of Columbia is enacted by the Congress and becomes effective.
SEC. 305. This title shall take effect on the first day of the first pay
period which begins after June 30,1948.
Approved July 3, 1948. .
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