Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/1296

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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, 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. Accounting, (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- Receipt. 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: Refund. Providedfurther, 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 Receipt. 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, Refundwhich 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. EES FOR COLLEOT-ON-DELIVERY MAIL SEO. 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 1266 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 830 -JULY 3,1948 [62 STAT.